just a teaser for right now until my coilovers go on (soon I hope!):

rear


front


top down of the rear




here was my last setup:

 

WEDS!!! DAmn You. Congrats.
SA70s are one of my favs

 

I'm still digging the 17/18 combo. They looked great in person too.

 

The hotness! I still love the old shoes though

 

Are you selling your old set up?

 

^already sold.


sizes are:

17x9 +20 FR face
18x10 +18 RR face

I risked it and got the Sumitomo HTRZIIIs from the reviews I have seen. went with 255/40/17, 275/35/18 to reduce the rolling diameter about an inch. it is noticeable in terms of performance IMO. the car sits 1/2 inch lower as well.

here is a pic as the car sits before lowering on coilovers (probably 1/2 inch):



just to show rear face

 

Whoa, verrrrrry hot. Just shows you don't *have* NEED a 5" polished lip to look smokin'. Dare to be different, lol. Congrats.

 

thanks. no one has these wheels in this offset that I have seen. or sizes gotta try something different.

a good side affect of the rim choice is that the 06 G35 brakes look super big in front compared to the 19s I had just got to paint them black or something.

 

I like the 17/18 combo. My last two cars before the 350 had "staggered" sizes like this from the factory. One was a 17/18 and the other was an 18/19 combo. So I'm no stranger to the look and I can appreciate it. Good work.

 

thanks man!

 

looks good man congrats

 

That looks great.

 

17"s? look a little small, still really like the setup though

 

yeah, I got the idea from the Nismo Concept RS car which runs a 17x18 combo and just had to try it out. I like it, and the smaller diameter allows for a little more sidewall which I wanted.

and in regards to the tires (for posterity) for the sizes, they were under 600 bucks, which is insane. they got very good reviews on Tirerack so I figured I would try them out.

I haven't gotten 500mi on them yet to judge thier handling but already they are very good tires (maybe 200mi's) and the ride is compliant and not very noisy. Tirerack did a great job balancing them as well, no vibration or anything up to 120 or so. I will be sure to post a review of the tires once they are broken in.

 

Congrats man!! Looks great!

 

oh yeah and I remember hearing that the blue on these rims was a sticker.

it is not. it is painted on. no way to remove it... just an FYI.

 

nice setup man...car looks good with those rims

 

Wedsport!

 

Niice

 

Funky fresh!