Thanks to Wheeldude for the great customer service and fast shipping. I couldn't be happier with how everything went. I went with flat black Rota SVN's in 18x9/18x10 with a 20mm offset and black McGard spline drive lugs. I decided on 265/35 fronts and 295/35 BFG drag radials for the rear. I also installed Tanabe GF210 springs, Ichiba camber arms/toe bolts and painted my front emblem matte black. I didn't do the spring bucket mod because I ran out of time but I will be doing that asap to get another 1/4"-1/2" drop in the rear. I had a tough time deciding between the GF's and NF's and, unless it settles some more, I probably should have went with the NF's....but it's done now so I'll live with it for awhile. Next up is deciding what to do with the amber side markers. I thought about seeing what clear lenses would look like or maybe even paint-matching them and the door handles PPW. I've also thought about wrapping my roof in matte or glossy black.

All criticism/ideas are welcomed....it's still somewhat of a work in progress so you won't hurt my feelings. I ran out and snapped these pics in between rain drops and I plan on detailing the car and getting some professional looking pics as soon as we have a nice, sunny day.

 

I don't know if it's my monitor but the only picture where I can even see a little bit of the wheel design is this picture, all the rest it just looks like a black circle where the wheels should be.








white car black rims FTW by the way!

 

yea werd, cant see wheel at all

 

Hmm...I was afraid of that because my monitor is generally pretty bright. It was really overcast when I took these and it was about 8:00 PM so there wasn't much light. I'll try to get some better ones up with some sort of light on them.

Edit: I tried to brighten them up a little but with my limited (read: nearly zero) post-processing skills and I am going to have to take some more with some additional light. I will do that asap so you can actually see the design.

 

i think it looks good.

once u do that rear spring mount mod...you'll be golden.

 

but from what I can see, it looks good, nice and simple

 

Looks great and I have no issues seeing the details of his wheels..

 

Can't really see the wheels, but that's a good look'n car I've always liked the rear SVNs...not too fond of the fronts; they look weird to me.

 

looking good but need to go lower IMO.....

 

i see the wheels.

 

looks good, maybe a little more drop in the rear is needed but nice overall. How did you do your front emblem? i want to do the same but am scared to remove it and then put it back in haha let me know!

 

I painted all my emblems on my '05 Xterra matte black, I used krylon fusion plastic adhesion paint and it looks great, only complaint is two of the emblems have smalllll chips. But I put 3 coats on each, re applied with heavy duty double stick tape and they stuck amazingly well. No sanding necessary with plastic adhesion paint either.

 

Flat black FTW!

 

Here are a few I just snapped in the garage with a little better detail on the wheels.

 

This is exactly what I used on mine and I did three coats as well. I popped the emblem off, sanded it down with 1000 grit, 3 coats of Krylon Fusion, a coat of clear and used heavy duty 3M 2-sided tape to put it back on. Didn't take long at all.

I agree that I need to go lower. I think one of these days I might go to NF210's but at the very least I will be cutting the rear spring bucket.

 

What kind of wheels are these knock off's of? RE30s?

 

Looks great.

 

looks good!

 

how did you guys pop the emblems off?

 

Thanks guys.

I just heated it up with a hair dryer and hooked the edge of it with a screwdriver and it came right off. I thought I might have to use floss to get behind it but it ended up popping right off.