18's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Good advice, but I'm already pushing the limits of safety by wanting to run a tire as wide as 275. What do I mean? Ever been to Vancouver (or Seattle) before? A LOT of rain, and quite the potential for standing water, therefore a continual risk of hydroplaning. That risk, as you know, increases with wider rubber.

If safety were my primary concern, I probably wouldn't get narrower rims and run widths closer to stock, but I know the car, and I know how I drive (I grew up in eastern Canada... and I know how to change my style according to weather) so I feel okay getting *somewhat* wider tires. But I think 275 is as much as I'm willing to go. Would that extra 10mm make the difference? Probably not... since I'm not stupid enough to test the car's limits over the Granville St bridge covered in standing water during a rainstorm... but I gotta set my limits.

As for stretch... I don't think it's that bad, really. I'm not a fan of stretch at all, and I don't see it with 275s on 10.5s. Also, I've been led to believe that the ideal rim size is 0.5 inch narrower than the maximum width recommended by tire manufacturers. And Toyo suggest 9.0 - 11.0" rims for their 275/40/18s. So I think I'll be okay there, too. Thanks for the suggestions, though!

Yoichi, your car looks terrific, and I think nearly all the Zs running 19 inch TEs look hawt, but this is where it gets subjective. You think the wheel looks too small and the sidewall too large on 18s, I think that if anything, the wheel looks too BIG on most 19s. It's only TEs where I seem to think it looks quite nice, actually. Still.... more food for thought. I'm leaning 18, but I haven't made the purchase yet, so we'll see.

 

19s 19s 19s 19s !!!!!!!!!!

 

Coming from a guy who has 19" TE-37 Time Attacks.... Get 18's man. I would love to run 18x10.5 +15 TE's with some nice DR tires like the falken azenis rt-615's. The tire options are way better and you have the best set-up for performance. If you slam the Z on some coilovers and have some nice concave wheels the 18's will look amazing.

With a 265/35 tire set-up all the way around you can even rotate your tires !!!!!!!!!

 

that looks badass...

 

18s and 19s are visually different, I can tell easily. Go 18s, if you are driving this daily and likes to drive up to speed. 19s are a little slower and it definitely has a harsher ride. I love looks, so I got 19s and have been happy since I got it for over 2 years with no replacement tires yet.

 

I'm curious... with 265s all around, how do you find the balance of the car? I'd love to do something like this so that I could rotate tires, but I would imagine the rear end would be *quite* twitchy with such a setup. Your thoughts?

Oh, car look awesome by the way

 

thanks bro...the balance of the car is much better with the 265's all-around. i noticed that my car slightly understeered with 245 front and 265 rear. and just in case you're wondering, i've never had a problem with the vdc with 265 all-around.

 

Back from the dead.

After reading all these positive comments about the 18"x10.5" +15 TE37s I was hoping to see some pictures of them. I can't recall seeing any on the forum.