Z Professional

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Setup is unequivocally badass in my eyes. Sorry for taking so long to respond back. Been working my butt off at the job and gotta find someone in south fl that wants to help me out wit this (rolling and pulling and installing coilovers, arms of all types lowering it as low as possible, being flush as possible and having the required suspension travel. The fronts (275/35/19) taking a while to come in. Should be here tomorrow I hear and it's my day off so I'll be gettin cracking. You all will be the first two see pics though.

-Trav-

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Got ya... good thing i went 265/295 in that case (pics soon!).


Z Professional: I hope these sizes work out, cant wait to see What made you choose a 35 series over a 30?

Z Professional

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Basically an amazing deal. I been wanting to try out new setups for a while (i intend to mix and match, see how large I can go)

A friend let go the 295 35's for 175 shipped for me and they still have alot of life left.. Secondly, that Porsche 996 flat black i posted a couple of pages back? I REALLY wanna see if I can pull off a look with bigger sidewalls like that, Even got a great price on a pair of relatively new fronts so we'll see how large i can go.

After this though, I wanna see how shorter tires affect acceleration so i will be on the market again in a couple of months..

Johnnyone

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^ cant wait for pics.

^ do u have 19's? and what series tire did u get?

SoCal07HR

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Nice, I'm really interested in what camber and ride hight you will be able to run with those tires. I have TE37 in the same size and offset and would really like to run the fatest tires possible with my next set of tires, after my suspension is done. Can't wait for pics!

-Trav-

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Im running 19x9.5 +22 265/30 and 19x10.5 +22 295/30 with stock camber:





The 265s stretched more than planned, but I wanted to run stock stagger so this was the way to go. I might push it and go 275/30 in the front later (or not run a falken up front ), but Im enjoying the lack of camber wear and rubbing for right now.

EDIT: Thought Id also mention..Yes you'll need to roll the rear to keep camber stock. Mine are rolled flat and slightly pulled, anything less will require more camber. Im on very settled sportlines, and these tire sizes fit my setup the best. A 35 profile is all wrong at this height IMO, and will actually raise the car a bit with a 255/285. Besides, everyone and theyre mommas are running those sizes.

AllstarE4

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Trav, do you have any clearer pics? Any up close pics or better shots of the front?

Z Professional

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Trav, real nice setup on your car. What wheels are those again?

Btw point of contention with what you said.

Stock 06+ Wheels: Overall Diameter: 26.68 in 677.67 mm
Radius: 13.34 in 338.83 mm

295 35 Series 19in : Overall Diameter: 27.12 in 688.84 mm
Radius: 13.56 in 344.42 mm

295 30 Series 19 in : Overall Diameter: 25.96 in 659.38 mm
Radius: 12.98 in 329.69 mm



There is no such thing as all wrong sizing as long as it satisfies your look and performance needs. For this application, I prefer more sidewall as do some others in this thread. Your choice is under the diameter of stock. Mine is over. But do the math and they are equidistant from stock. It's partially personal preference. Now I'm not sure exactly but i believe more sidewall contributes to:

• The sidewall height affects the turn-in feel (the responsiveness you feel at the steering wheel) and the ride quality.

• Lower aspect ratio (shorter sidewall) provides better turn-in response than a higher aspect ratio, but at the expense of less break-away warning and a more jarring ride — in extreme cases, even exposing the wheels to potential bending and breaking damage from potholes and other surface irregularities.

I intend to be as low as conceivable. Between your tires and mine, I'll naturally be .5 inches higher. That can be remedied with coilovers. I got wider tires to mitigate my tires always breaking loose at low speed full throttle + changing turning angle situations. I'll have more warning of that with the higher sidewall apparently.

And also wanted to set off the beaten path and do something new that I haven't really heard of many people doing. Part of modifying our cars is to be unique right?

Anyway I just wanted to show you that your stance on 35 profile tires being all wrong at this height was quite baseless.

P.S. Sorry everyone for the novel. Just wanted to share what I had learned and make a case for em. If anyone especially Scott have any countering information please share.

-Trav-

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Thanks, theyre AME TM-02

I actually fit the same wheels with 255/285 and it looked terrible. I plugged in all the numbers which you also have, and on paper it wasnt as ridiculous as it looked. My car got raised by .5" and it made me weep..so my "stance" (pun intended?) on that setup is not baseless, since I actually put it on and didnt like it. Remember, Im talking about my setup, not yours. I cant adjust anything. I knew shoulda said IMO after making that comment

In regards to sidewall height, I went from stock tire to this, which robbed me of about an inch worth of sidewall. Comfort wise, I hardly notice. I just drove from LA to SF and back btw. Youd prob notice more on your coilovers vs. my progressive springs though.

In regards to turn in/handling etc. Youre right, my setup isnt ideal for track, hell i even have a ultra high perf tire up front with a max performance rear! But I did this for looks and I dont drive hard enough to notice the handling difference on my humble journey to work and back. Keep in mind, this thread is kinda like the stretch tire thread. It doesnt have to be functional, just has to look cool If youre functional as well, more power to ya. But for the sake of functionality, please remember not to go too low or youll throw off your suspension geometry.

Not trying to diss your setup which you've apparently made this out to be. Seems like you misunderstood and ran with it. No need to make a "case", relax! What works for you just doesnt work for me and my little spring/shock setup, that simple. Im itching to see your end result just like a lot of us.

AllstarE4: Sorry, shaky hands. Ill have a front pic tomorrow.

Z Professional

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lol my bad bro. I always get excited and love to prove my stance whenever something comes up and differing points of view are involved. It was actually more so to your previous question of why i chose this particular way. I hate not backing up whatever i say or feel so I come off argumentatitve..meh..

I'm actually intending to try to go the low and slow route sometime in the future for sh*s and giggles.

-Trav-

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Well do us all a favor and dump as low as possible, take a pic and post up before you raise it back

SQBassHead

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Black z up top looks like a 4X4.....

Has anyone posted a lowered car with fat tires? I haven't been here in awhile and dont really feel like scrolling threw the pages lol

So how's everyone been? Any new setups scotty?

-Trav-

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Lol, never thought Id hear that in the fat tire thread. Im actually lowered -1.8 in the front and -1.4 in the rear. Modifying the rear mount to even things out, then throwing on some KC lights

Check toby-22s setup, probably one of the best examples of really low with actual wide tires.

nismofreak1208

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Ohhh tire guru gods, hopefully this'll be my one last question before i finalize on purchase but i'm in the rounds for a 19x9.5+15 and 19x11+10 setup and I need some suggestions as far as sizes to keep VDC AND speedometer and odometer happy without running obnoxious camber or fender destroying sidewall heights, thanks!

ps. I am trying to keep somewhat towards the function>form and i do realize the setup above and Gnosis GS4's belong in stretched tires but i like 'em and wanna run 'em with meat and keep similar handling. I'm lowered with HKS hypermax 3 sports and full kinetix front and rear kits so camber is not a problem (would like to keep stock camber though)

nismofreak1208

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Well after some hassle, searching, and tire calculators....i've managed to come up with a tire combo that i believe should work for the following 3 attributes of which i'm trying to achieve. Compliant with VDC/Speedometer/Odometer, No extreme bulging tire making it seem like i'm a monster truck, and keeping some weight down by getting what i just need and not go overboard on width. So here are the sizes listed below.

245/35/19 (.16% diameter difference than stock)
305/30/19 (.39% diameter difference than stock)

Rims are Work Gnosis GS4 with O-Disk in the following sizes

19x9.5 +15 (Adding +20mm spacer)
19x11 +10 (Adding a +15mm OR +25mm spacer)

SoCal07HR

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Good luck with that rear fitment, if you go back a page or two there's a red Z with 305/30-19's in the back on 19x10.5 +22 you can use that pic for reference. Maybe consider not using that spacer in the rear.

nismofreak1208

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But the rear rim i'd be using is 19x11+10 with spacer though?

-Trav-

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Offset w/o spacer?

SoCal07HR

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Yep. offset before spacer? Is it 19x11 +25??

nismofreak1208

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The stock offsets are +15 front on the 19x9.5 and +10 rear on the 19x11, just realized i made a confusing comment, my bad

https://my350z.com/forum/wheels-tire...s4-o-disk.html

Those are what i purchased.