ronn1

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Boy, he certainly *cleared* that up for us

terrasmak

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Minor roll and your good , 305/35 would be better, to bad its not a popular tire size

ronn1

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Thanks..
I'm slightly lowered (.75") so I don't think I'll have to. Also tire is 1/2 shorter than 275, so wheel gap will increase by 1/4" (not happy there). Section width is 3/4" wider and I have enough clearance on both sides for that.

resident25

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Looks great man, great color choice. Definitely a big improvement over the Konigs.

ronn1

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Turns out bigger choices for an 18X11 (as opposed to 19s) aren't that great
They (295/35/18) are expensive as well. This is really about a *meaty* look, rather than performance. The 275 is really optimized being fit on a wheel that is the widest approved. There is a thread on 265/35/18 being fit on 10.5s and it was pointed out that many race car/time attacks are using that set up...must be a good reason. Just sayn' 275s on 11S isn't all that bad.
Here is the link:

https://my350z.com/forum/2990119-post9.html

Quote:
The idea stemmed from looking at a bunch of the Time Attack guys and the Super Taikyu guys running stock fender Z33's. I may be way off, but their reasoning must be similar to mine:

-Wider track up front to increase turn in response.
-Even though the tires aren't as stretched as I expected, a stiffer sidewall will allow for a better feel for the road and faster turn in response. When talking with some of the motor sports engineers at Kumho, they were on the same way of thinking and actually gave me percentages that I had forgotten exactly, but they compared a 265 and a 275 contact patch increase versus the decrease in sidewall stiffness and actually recommended the 265.
-Also the stretched sidewall allows for a better taper to clear the inner fender well for less of a chance of rubbing.

Other examples that I have found in the 2 racing series are:
NISMO R1 with 10.5 rear and 265/35/18.
Autech Tsukada with 9.5 +15 and 9.5 +15 with 225/40/17.
Power House Amuser with 10.5 +22 and +18 with 265/35/18
Yashio Factory with 10 +15 all around with 265/35/18
Sunline racing with x10.5 +16 all around with 265/35/18

There are many more and these teams are posting very fast times.

Waiz

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What the time attack guys do is not a good reference, those are race cars and they need the maximum contact patch for short stints at extremely high speeds on race tracks.

Your car is not used for the same thing but as long as it works for you that's all that matters

ronn1

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True..
Just pointing out there's no handling *penalty* for using the maxed out 275s.
It's just hard to get reasonably priced larger 35 profiles with 18s.

terrasmak

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All they stuff you mention is Japan teams, i would love to see what they actually do on our tracks. Also, i could swear that is old info, cars from 2006 , 2007 , many advances from then.

ronn1

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When I used to track my car (time trial format), I always used the smallest APPROVED tire width for any given wheel width. For example..I would use a 225/40 on a 9" rim with great results. These were special soft compound tires of course.

ModBargains.com

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Wow the wheels look great!

Amirs350z

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Sweet, bro! They're lookin' secksie

BoomerZ33

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not bad at all

zeehee

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Damn, you are going to make me rethink my wheel choices now. Looks great!