so im about to get these wheels from my buddy, they are not a size i see people with z's running. would a 18x7.5 with a 5x114.3 bolt pattern and a 67.1 hub bore AND an offset of 45 work on my car with spacers? what would i need to make these wheels fit? or is 45 too much offset for spacers? thanks for the help in advance. (dont worry cuhristiann im a wheel ***** and still intested

 

45 is really high, what are the widths?

 

they are 7.5x18 sry, they were off a honda. they would look great on my car and would be cool looking extra set of rims put on my z. what size would the spacer have to be?

 

What about wheel diameter and width? These are things that need to be known for proper wheel sizing.

There is a 99.99999999999999% chance that any wheel with a +45 offset will look like coch and bawls on a Z33.....even with spacers..........

 

Don't dont do it.

 

i dont really understand offsets. what would it look like with big *** spacers? worse than the stock anti-flushness?

 

They will look like chit with those sizes and offset plus 7.5 is wayyyy to small for a z. You will get ne traction with a 215 in the rear.

Look for wheels that are 8.5-9.5 for the front and 9.5-10.5 for the rear with offsets in the low twenties

 

It will be about 4x worse than stock. Those wheels were made for a Honda. seriously dont waste you're time.

 

read this before you make the purchase.

http://www.1010tires.com/tech.asp?type=wheels#offset


understand what you're getting yourself into..

 

really so even though these rims are only 1/2 an inch smaller than stock (18x8 right?) it wont be the the same flushness as stock even with like 38mm spacers?

 

ok im tryin.

 

Mount your snow tires on them with 20mm spacers, you good to go.

 

Considering your stock wheels are about 35 offset, why would you want to go 45? That would be less flush than the stock wheels, not to mention it's a skinnier width so good luck mounting bigger tires.

 

Take them, sell them and buy setting you can use.
post again when you have money and need advice on what to buy..

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You never want to downgrade when buying new (or used) wheels.

In this case:
Going from 8"/8.5" wheels to 7.5" is a downgrade.

Going from +35 offsets to +45 is a downgrade

Planning on using spacers, especially 38mm, is not good. Never buy wheels with the intention of using spacers, buy wheels that fit. Now using spacers to make your wheels more "agressive" is ok but using them to make your wheels look like they actually belong on the car is dumb IMO.

 

just take them, and sell them to the honda crowd. And please, please, do not put them on your car. Even with like 50mm spacers they will look like ****.

 

I cannot believe you would even consider a +45

 

oh no

 

take it, sell it and buy another rim..

 

wtf is up with these threads lately about people wanting horrible fitting wheels for the z