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Old Dec 25, 2013 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bradford1984
I was planning on getting the niche milan 20x10.5 all around but can only find them with 30mm offset. I have seen pics of a g37 with that set up so should be possible just not sure how much work it would take?
10.5 +30 would fit. i've had a 10 +7 before and i have a set of 20x10 +0 and 20x11.5 +7 work vsxx coming in. just make sure your fenders are rolled and a slight pull with some negative camber
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Old Dec 26, 2013 | 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Orlandomontanez
Really tired of people bagging on Vossen. I have CV3's and no problem. Vossen wheels are a well built mono block wheel. No complaints from this owner.
to each their own... i have mb battles and some people hate them....
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 09:25 AM
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Hey boys, Looking for some advice as i picked up a set of 20" work vsxx wheels. I need help to try and figure out what i need for tire sizes. Any help and suggestions are appreciated as this is my first time trying to fit an agressive set of wheels.

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Front: 20x9.5 +17 10mm spacer
Rear: 20x10.5 +13 5mm spacer (spacers are not mounted in the pictures)

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You be the judge but to me it looks like my driver side wheel sits out further then the passenger side, the only thing i can think of is that the camber is off slightly giving the illusion that the top of the rim sits out further. Like i said earlier i also need to run a 5mm spacer in the rear.

Help please!!!

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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 12:17 PM
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Why do you need to run a spacer
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 12:50 PM
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Because hellaflush
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 12:55 PM
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a camber kit is going to do nothing for your offset..... hence the name it is just going to adjust camber so that you can angle the top of the tire some to try to fit in in your wheel well. i know it is your car, but i will never understand the hellaflush thing
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Why do you need to run a spacer
I have to run a spacer for clearance on the brembo brakes. The disk size is an O disk and just barely clears the calliper, and work recommends a minimum of 5mms clearance.

Originally Posted by travlee9374
a camber kit is going to do nothing for your offset..... hence the name it is just going to adjust camber so that you can angle the top of the tire some to try to fit in in your wheel well. i know it is your car, but i will never understand the hellaflush thing
i realize the camber kit only adjusts the top/bottom angle of the wheel. But my question is, does it appear that driver side rim sits out further from the car than my passenger? or am i just on drugs haha.

I do know that ill need to camber these wheels to get them to fit inside the wheel wells. Just trying to get opinions on what someone would do or have done in this situation.

This is my first time fitting aggressive wheels as you can tell :P
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 04:36 PM
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If you need to run spacers to clear the Brembos, I don't see how these wheels will ever work. Even with extreme camber, those wheels won't clear the fenders with any size tires. While we have only two pictures and a limited perspective to view in this thread, I'd say you'd be better off selling those particular wheels and finding some that will properly fit a Z33.
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 04:43 PM
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Is your car lowered at all?
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 05:01 PM
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I see why you're running spacers now.
Common size tires for 9.5 and 10.5 wheels are 255 & 285 for starter. You can go wider for the race car look or stretch tire for hellaflush, pick your poison. I'm assuming you'll go stretch because of your 20" wheels and aggressive offset.

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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 05:16 PM
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Is the car on the ground on wood blocks? Are you using a jack to push up the wheels to see how they'll sit when mounted? Could be that you don't have them equally pushed up into the fender...
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 07:27 PM
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So far!

1. The car is on wood blocks
2. She isnt lowered, just has the stock s-tune suspension that comes with the car.
3. I believe my best fitment is to stretch and go flush, race car look and wide tires would likely mean pulled fenders? If im not mistaken?

I was thinking 245 front and 265-275 rear. I also believe ill need an aftermarket camber kit aswell just to make the wheels and the ride better?
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Old Jan 10, 2014 | 10:15 AM
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Default How will my wheels look ...

I'm running 245/35/20 on the front and 285/30/20 on my rear ... My questions is I'm thinking of buying some lowering springs .. Will my rear wheels be "tucked" in? If so do you guys think it will look good? .. Cuz I've see other cars ( not z's ) lowered and their wheels are tucked in like a mf .. And it looks ugly .. Any suggestions is appreciated ! Thanks!
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Old Jan 10, 2014 | 11:02 AM
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I mean yeah of course not yeah
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Old Jan 10, 2014 | 11:04 AM
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Youre not going to find much love with 20's around here.
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Old Jan 10, 2014 | 12:18 PM
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Check out my pics. I'm on cheap springs now, switching to coils before spring.
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 06:32 PM
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Default Pretty much don't know much about wheels/tires .. Soo ..

I'm running 245/35/20 on the front and 285/30/20 on my rear ... My questions is I'm thinking of buying some lowering springs .. Will my rear wheels be "tucked" in? If so do you guys think it will look good? .. Cuz I've see other cars ( not z's ) lowered and their wheels are tucked in like a mf .. And it looks ugly .. Any suggestions is appreciated ! Thanks!
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 07:54 PM
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Need to know the offsets and widths of the wheels
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Lonestarr350
I'm running 245/35/20 on the front and 285/30/20 on my rear ... My questions is I'm thinking of buying some lowering springs .. Will my rear wheels be "tucked" in? If so do you guys think it will look good? .. Cuz I've see other cars ( not z's ) lowered and their wheels are tucked in like a mf .. And it looks ugly .. Any suggestions is appreciated ! Thanks!
Are you referring to the added negative camber from lowering the car without supporting mods such as control arms etc?

For reference, I lowered me car approx 1-1.5inches with lowering springs and springmount mod in the rear. My rear camber is now at -2.5degrees. Which is not that crazy, and doesn't look excessive by any means.

If you are worried, just don't be cheap about it. Buy the proper parts so that you can get the car back into spec. Lot's of info on this website for what you need. Search the suspension threads.

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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by frocker93
Need to know the offsets and widths of the wheels
How do I figure that out ?? Probably a retarded question.. I bought the car with the wheels on it.
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