There are a lot of Wheel Specific Threads and thought I would start one for us guys who cheaped out .

No H8ters please

The before shot:



See what a decent set of inexpensive wheels did for my DD:





Rota Torque 18x 9.5. Car was lowered approx 1" using Eibachs.

So whacha got?

Ohhh and if you look real close (3rd pic), I painted my stock calipers black.

 

History of my wheel whoring

ASA JH5
Bought these as my winter setup



Racing Hart RS721
Sold these so I could get a BBK



Rota P45R bought to hold me down
I still keep these for my track day


Rota Torque bought these cause I liked the design




My newest setup 360 Forged Mesh 10 20x13 20x10




This last pic just to show I'm still keeping my P45R

 

Brand new in 2005:


Now (Rota P45R):

 

that rear tire looks like the thread is going in the wrong direction

 

I get that all the time. Actually the tires are considered "asymmetric non-directional" Hard to explain without seeing how they work or playing it out in your head, but essentially there's no other way to mount them. They were meant to mount with the thick tread band on the medial side of the car. No matter what, the tread direction will always look like that from the car.

Here's some more info if you're interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyWMTiXPbLQ

 

What size tire you running?

 

275/35/18 fronts, 295/35/18 rears.

 

Im running a similiar setup but using 40 tall tires. I hope they dont look too fat.

 

The 35 profiles give me the same rolling diameter as stock, thus my speedo is not off and my TCS doesn't not complain.

 

Can we get some more shots? I'm looking to run those same sizes on my LMGT4's but hadn't seen anyone with that setup. Do you have any straight on shots, close-ups of where the tire meets the rim, etc? Are your rims 9.5 all around? It looks like they are.

 

Not hatin' here Keep em coming

 

bomber - are your wheels bronze or hyper black? I am so torn on what wheels to get next.....

good thread, keep em coming guys.

 

Yes, wheels are 9.5 all around. These are the only images I have showing the tire rim/tire relationship. Hope it helps.

 

Hyper black

 

watch out.. the wheel snobs with their only mods as 4k Volks and tint are going to come in here and tell you how much their cars are better than yours because they have JDM Rims

 

Nice setup. I would go for 19 inchers, but 18 looks good too.

I really like the way those black P45Rs look on a black Z. I am curious as to how they look in bronze on the same car. I don't think I have yet to see a black Z with those rims in bronze.

 

I already called no H8ters

 

Dont think they're replica's maybe milano rep's???? but they were cheap and ive had them for 4 years now. They've held up well, are not heavy, and get compliments all the time. Oh they're ASA somethings.

 

Thanks. I liked the wheels but 19's weren't available when I got these.

 

Thanks, looks good. I like how the wider tire kind of protects the lip of the wheel unlike the regular 245/275 setup that I have on mine.

Will 275's fit in an 8.5" wheel though? I know 255's fit on the stock 8" just fine.