kaiwei

I am considering purchasing aftermarket wheels but when i purchased my 350 the dealership offered a "tires for life" deal and was wondering where could i find aftermarket wheels that fit the stock 225/45/18 fronts and 245/45/18 rears, or is it just nearly impossible to find a set of staggered wheels .5 inch larger on the rears? in this economy it seems like i should try to save some money any way i can. thanks

WhiskeyHotel

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Your choices will be limited - but you can find them. You can still use the stock tire sizes on 8.5's and maybe a 9 in the rear. The 225 up front is gonna' be the problem.

kaiwei

oh okay, just kind of curious why would the 225s be an issue? i apoligize if my questions seem obvious to some but ive never went the after market wheels route even on my previous car. ive been searching many websites and yeah i understand my choices are limited. if anyone has a website or a shop around so cal near downtown, oc, or inland empire maybe you could help me out with some helpful information. thanks!!

marques1

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those wheel width's seem pretty thin for the z. I would go width at least 9inch in front and 10inch in the rear.

O_SO_ICY_Z

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If your gonna do that your gonna have to run real low offsets on your wheels for them to look good because I bet if you put wheel spacers on the dealerships "tires for life" deal is off

kaiwei

just curious, how would running wheel spacers affect my situation, once again i apologize if i come off as knowing nothing about wheels at all

oh and one more question, can i run 8.5s all around, i know the 245 rears should be compatible but would the fitting the 225s on 8.5s be kind of risky? i think there was a seller posting those specs on g35driver with 225-45-18 front and 245-45-18 rear with +15 offset

coolblue830

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I'm confused too... why would wheel spacers effect his tire deal? Spacers wont change his tire size, just push the wheels out further.

calin

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I say don't even bother buying aftermarket wheels if you're looking for something 8 and 8.5" wheels. Stick with stocks unless you're willing to go wider

kaiwei

calin - yeah i understand what you mean but im really looking forward to get a new set of wheels and am going to stick with 18s so just kind of threw that idea out there to possibly save some money, and if i become desperate i just might forget the whole tire deal with the dealership..

coolblue830

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What exactly are the details of this deal? Do they have to be those tires specifically? Ask him what if you had a GT Z, cause at least those are a little bigger and give you more options.

kaiwei

yeah ill give the dealership a call in a bit and get a little more details on if they can offer something of that nature, hopefully they can possibly let me cover a small difference to in relation to larger tires. i just remember that "deal" applied to all the cars and after market wheels purchased through the dealership, maybe i shouldve considered that more but im sure they overprice everything after market, 3k for no name 19s didnt really catch my interest

coolblue830

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Dude yeah if it applies to all cars purchased through them, ask which wheels specifically do they cover. Cause if you had a Track/Grand Touring model now we're talking 245/40/18 fronts and 265/35/19 rears. Aren't dealerships able to order the Nismo LMGT4 wheels? That'd give you a lot of options for sure, would be overpriced as hell coming from them though.

kaiwei

alright cool, thanks for all the replies, ill give the dealership a call to get more insight on the offer itself. any further information, regards, or opinions posted will be greatly appreciated. ill post the what i find out in a bit and if anyone in the socal area has some aftermarket rims preferably 18s and are willing to trade for a set of 2008 touring wheels with about 75% tread, no curb rash + cash lets talk!!

davidv

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Most people shop for tires that fit wheels. But you could shop for wheels to fit tires. Sure.

davidv

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Sniff. Sniff. Tires for life sounds like bull poop. You get 4 crummy tires every 50,000 miles? If you agree to what? Recommended maintenance?

No free lunch for you.

jubes

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http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator

Plug in the #'s and it'll show your boundaries of the tire in comparison to widths... and how much it might affect your speedometer, positively or negatively.

kaiwei

thanks jubes

and i spoke to the dealership, they said there would be a difference to pay but its not going to be a dramatic cost. yeah i understand typically people get wheels then tires, but it just seems like its worth a shot to possibly save a little bit of money doing it the other way. if it doesnt really work out then i guess ill be going about it what most people would consider the "normal" way

Lawn Dart

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Buy your wheels at tirerack.com, because they sell conservative offsets that fit stock sized tires.