First off I'd like to thank Dan aka Wheeldude for helping me order these. He's an excellent vendor and I recommend him to anyone looking to purchase some wheels. Now, on with the show....

Wheels: Rota Torque R's

Front: 18x8.5 +25 running 245/40/18's (Falken F452)
Rear: 18x9.5 +20 running 275/40/18's (Falken F452)

Now for pics:













(Flushness and my shiney leet detailing skills )


Overall I'm extremely pleased with the wheel/tire combo. I've already received a few comments this morning while I was washing the Z and snapping some pics.

 

Not bad at all. Great job. I guess next is a drop.

 

Congrats on the new setup. Nice and clean!

Now it's time to drop it and it'll look really tight.

 

clean, imho remove the caps.

 

I would definitely ditch the centercaps, but overall not bad. Why not go 9.5 all around?

 

It looks way worse without the center caps. I'd have to clean that area up a bit if I decide to removed them. I'll take this into consideration though.

As for why I didn't go 9.5 all around... I wasn't sure what sizes I wanted to go with at first, but read around a bit and saw that quite a few peeps were happy with 245/275 tires, so I threw the idea out there and found out that the 245 tire would be a bit stretched on the 9.5 rim. So I didn't want to risk anything, plus I don't really like the stretched tire look. (I believe it was the NISMO Z's tire size as well, which probably influenced me to choose it as well)

I'm pretty happy with it, the ride quality is better than stock 17's and Kumho Ecstas. Handling is a little bit different in corners though... I'm not sure how to explain it. Its not bad, just different than what I was used to.

 

I don't remember you asking for our approval. What are you trying to do start some sort of revolution.

 

Wheels look sick man!

 

to bad the concave wheels arent also on the front. Wish these were made in 19s. Nice look though.

 

Well you are going to have a bit of understeer as compared to stock with the wider rears (when I switch from stock 18s with 245/255s to 18"front and 19" rear, 245f/285r) there was an enormous difference. Just have to get used to it.

Anyway your sizing in the front is very conservative, but it still looks nice.

 

+1

 

I can't get over how much I like the Torques. Great choice, looks awesome. It's just a shame the largest staggered setup they offer is 9.5 rear and 8.5 front. I'm hoping to get 9.5's all around in gold sometime soon.

 

Looks good from far away, when I can't make out the centercaps...lol.

 

9.5 +20 all around is a great setup and you can always just use a mild spacer to poke out the rear, if necessary. I agree, the Torques look great--I just wish there wasn't a 3-month wait on the silver finish

 

nice wheels, now drop the damn thang

 

+1 and it gives you the concave wheels in the front as well.

 

Should of got concavity all around.

I don't like the staggered fitment, it looks weak.

 

Haha, I've got that on the list of things to do. Just need to wait for the funds to become available so I can pick up some coilovers. (Then some sides... a rear diffuser... a front lip... GOD DAMN YOU, MOD BUG!)

Everyone has their own tastes. I like contrast and difference between certain parts of the car... not sure how to explain it, but with the rear's wider tires and concave look, it makes the entire car look more aggressive in my opinion. I guess I like a "rough" look . To me concavity all around would be for a nice, clean look...

Ha, I'll stop babbling now. Needless to say I like the setup and that's the reason I bought them.

 

That first pic makes me feel like I'm on shrooms lol

 

The new wheels look awesome on your car Ryan! Also the paint looks amazing, nice detailing

There's a neat trick some of our customers do with the Rota Daytona caps. The black Rota logo is held on by an adhesive, if you heat the cap up in some warm water the logo will come off and you are left with a flush color matched cap. Here's an example of what a Subaru customer did with his caps

Rota Daytona Cap Mod


-Dan