ricks350z

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3 years in the making and finally! akita rims wrapped in toyos..sorry i got carried away with the photos..rear: 295/30/19, front: 265/30/19
running all 10s..not sure what the offset are but their perfect..YES I DO NEED TO DROP THE TANABE GD210 SPRINGS IN FOR SURE.

I got the rims/tires from bonesenterprises.com (GA)...those guys are fantastic!

solidsnake

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Gonna say this before everyone on the board does. You need to drop it!!!!! Other then that those are freaking HAWT.

zpeedDemon

+1

dro916

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Looks good! Will look even better once dropped

THE TECH

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Interesting wheels. Are they really multi-piece wheels?

onebadfyvo

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They look great, Bro. Looks real meaty from the back side.

Amiricanmade

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Nice, 265-295 is waht i wana go with but not sure which tires. What tires are you runnin btw?

dutchboy350Z

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are you gonna be forced to roll the fenders when you drop it? ... that tire pattern looks bad *** ... I thought 265f/295r would look too big but it looks good.

more info on the rim width ...

ricks350z

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im running toyos proxes 4 all around.

ricks350z

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ive done some research and there shouldn't be any need of rolling the fendors if i get the TANABE GF210 springs...ill post pics of my drop next time.


the lips all around is 2.5 inches or 3 inches depends on how you measure them.

ricks350z

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im not quite sure of what you mean by that...sorry.

ricks350z

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yes it does look very meaty..only if you saw it in person, you would be like HOT DAMN, THEM FAT BEAF IN THE BACK!.

ricks350z

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Thank you.

+1

Red Dragon

Did you say you waited 3 years for the wheels? Car looks good, lower it and call it a day.

ricks350z

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yea i had an 03 model then got this 06 last year on my bd...i never thought of changing my rims...but then i decided to break my piggy bank and called up my friend from bonesenterprises got me those rims/tires....i know their not volks or work meister rims that cost a million bucks out there but hey i got these badboys at a good price that i couldnt pass off.

THE TECH

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I guess they are just heavy knockoffs. You would know if they were multi-piece, especially when it came to price.

ricks350z

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Oh, and as far as the weight on the wheels, from what I can tell some of you are under the assumption that these wheels are heavy since they aren’t 3 piece wheels. What you fail to realize is that an average wheel uses the same amount of metal whether its one piece, 2 piece or 3 piece, as long as the type of metal used to make the wheels is the same. Most 3 piece wheels are some sort of aluminum alloy and so are these. So… same type of metal, same amount of metal yields the same weight no matter how it is put together. I weighed one of my stock 18s with a tire and it weighed 53 pounds, I weighed one of my new 19s with a tire and it only weighed 59 pounds. So a difference of only 6 pounds is not that big a deal. An amount of metal is an amount of metal no matter how many pieces it is. So don’t be fooled into thinking that simply because the wheels are made different one is dramatically lighter than another. These aren’t “heavy knock offs” as someone has suggested. I don’t know about you guys but a difference of only 6 pounds doesn’t constitute a “heavy knock off” to me. These wheels are 1 inch larger and 2 inches wider and have a wider tire, so 6 pounds difference is right in line of what it should weigh given the fact that it’s bigger, wider and has a wider tire. I checked on line at the weight of some of the Volk Racing wheels that everyone is so impressed with and on average the 19x9.5s and 19x10.5s weighed around 28 pounds. The wheels I have weigh 32 pounds. So only a 4 pound difference per wheel, but the Volks cost around $3000+ a set and I paid alot less for mine. I don’t know about you guys but to me paying an extra $2000+ to shed 16 pounds just isn’t worth it. Maybe guys spending their time at the track with incredibly deep pockets can justify spending that kind of money to save 16 pounds but I can’t. I am very satisfied with my product…To each of their own I say.

I'm very happy with these badboys..it's a big improvement from the oem for sure. IMO.

InSaNeZ

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Looks good!

noodleman

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looks nice, but damn, those wheels must be slowing you down alot...and with all that grip....sucking up a lot of gas too :P

ricks350z

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haha it's fine..i don't go over the speed limit here in ga...got a perfect record...my gas tank has been fine..it's $2:21/gallon here (premimun)