So I've spent the past few months researching wheels and tires of my 07 Z and I wanted to run it past you guys first to make sure I'm making a good decision.

Wheels - volk te37's 18/9.5 front and 18/10.5 rear with +22 offset on all four.

Tires - Nitto nt05's in 275/35/18 front and 275/40/18 rear.

reasoning for this setup - I like a square setup for handling so I wanted to keep the tire sizes as close as possible to each other. Now you may be wondering why I didn't pick the same size wheel all around, but this is because I want the lip in the back to keep the offset look. Also, according to nitto's website the tires fit a 9 to 11 inch rim so I'm in specification.


This all looks good on paper, but with little personal experience buying wheels and tires I don't want to be clueless on something.


thanks in advance

 

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I understand your preference for a square setup tire wise, but it just seems like such a waste to put a tire that small on a wheel that big. Although I'm a fan of big rubber in the back.

Have you calculated the tire difference for traction control purposes?

 

Welcome. You give me little information to work with. TCS? VDC?

 

I what you're doing, here, though I agree that a 275 on a 10.5 will look a little stretched while the 275 on the 9.5 will look nice. Even if you could justify bumping the rear to 285, that would be helpful (though I'd rather see a 295 (or 305!) but am not sure it'll fit with the +22 offset).

 

Will work great and have no problems with TCS or VDC

 

I have, it's very close to the stock ratio so there would be no problems with TCS.

I have traction control but no VDC.

It seems like a staggered setup is the way to go (I'm not completely set on square so that's fine) what offset would you recommend?

 

Your offset of fine, and if you go stagger 295/35-18 would be a perfect match for your chosen front tires.

 

27.5 mm is a consideravble difference;however, if this suits your needs I am 90 percent certain it is OK with TCS.