Help Wheel questions
05-14-2009, 09:17 PM
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Help Wheel questions
How does 19x9.5 and 19x8.5 look?? If anyone here has a picture of their Z with those wheel size can you please post them up?? And how much of a wheel gap is it from the fender with the stock suspension?? Also am I going to need spacers to make them flush against the fender and what offset would they have to be?? Im debating weather to go 19's or 20's because of the wheel gap issue. Ive seen a few Zs with 20s on stock suspension and the wheel gap arent too bad. I will replace my stock suspensions later I only have $2600 to spend on the Z this month. Sorry for the thousands of questiosn guys.
05-15-2009, 06:39 AM
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The gap between the tires and the fender/qtr panel have little to do with with each other. What you need is a drop. I've seen some Z's with 20's and they look like they are ready for some 4-wheeling. Probably a drop is much cheaper than trying to buy the largest wheel/tire combination to eliminate the gaps.
You will need to either provide what the offset for the wheels before even talking about spacers. You don't want to get spacers for a set of wheels that only need 15-20 mm to make it flush.
You will need to either provide what the offset for the wheels before even talking about spacers. You don't want to get spacers for a set of wheels that only need 15-20 mm to make it flush.
05-15-2009, 06:52 AM
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The middle number in your tire's measurement is the sidewall height, as in 245/45/18. That's how much "tire" you see from the side.
The 8.5/9.5 width measurement is the measurement of the actual width of the rim.
The amount they flare out from the middle is the offset. Spacers adjust the offset only, not the amount of gap between the tire and the fender. Springs, coilovers, larger rims (upgrading from 18's to 19's or getting a larger diameter/sidewall height tire will fill this.
The 8.5/9.5 width measurement is the measurement of the actual width of the rim.
The amount they flare out from the middle is the offset. Spacers adjust the offset only, not the amount of gap between the tire and the fender. Springs, coilovers, larger rims (upgrading from 18's to 19's or getting a larger diameter/sidewall height tire will fill this.
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