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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 02:36 PM
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I think it looks good. Not a fan of how you painted your amuse in the front though
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 03:39 PM
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Not bad. As people have already said, the tires need to be switched out. It's amazing how similar those wheels look to the OEM nissan R33 GT-R wheels.
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by taryon
I think it looks good. Not a fan of how you painted your amuse in the front though
its plastidip o the **** comes off the reason i did that was to hide the holes for the front splitter
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 05:43 PM
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I like the wheels but not sure who told you to get that sidewall size, ends up making your Z look like a lifted truck
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 05:59 PM
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So Cal has some of the worst roads I have driven on, and I have had no issues w/my 35 series sidewalls like was said.......I guess the extra ground clearance would be good in your area, or something like this:
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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That looks like trukfit. Actually, truck fit. SUPER meaty tires make the wheels look extra small and your rideI height doesn't help. I mean, overall, the wheels ain't bad. I just don't like how you put all that together.
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 08:57 PM
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Reminds me of the R33 GTR wheels, nice. Good job for trying something different.
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by juanmotime06
its plastidip o the **** comes off the reason i did that was to hide the holes for the front splitter
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 09:23 PM
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+1 to all my fellow my350zians...


May not look too bad without the spacers!

Too mexiflush!
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 10:21 PM
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should've just bought xxr's.
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Old Jan 27, 2013 | 01:22 PM
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Your offset calculation is wrong.

OEM Anniversary wheels are 18x8.5 +33 in the rear.

The wheels in question are 18x9.5 +18.

A 18x9.5 +33 would sit 13mm closer to the fender than the OEM anniversary wheel. Adjusting for +18 offset places the edge another 15mm closer to the fender. The wheel without any spacer would sit 28mm closer to the fender than the OEM wheel.

Adding a 25mm spacer to the OEM wheel, the new wheel still sits 3mm closer to the fender than the OEM wheel with spacer.

For the fronts, 18x8 +30 (OEM), 18x8 +12(new wheels). A 7-8mm spacer will be fine to match the OEM wheels with 25mm spacer.
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:19 PM
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yeh it would look nicer with smaller tires up front. I like the actual rims though. Nice Z
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 12:41 PM
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They dont look bad design wise, they just look too small for the car..
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 03:54 PM
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not bad at all. nice example of the meaty look.
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 01:42 AM
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**UPDATE**

I went ahead and swapped out the rear tires for a set of 295/35/18 I moved the 255's that were originally in the rear to the front. I was on a budget and could not afford a front set of appropriate sized tires to match the rears. I* also removed all of the spacers. However after I swapped out the rears I noticed that I had a 10ft wheel gap between the fender and tire . So I went ahead and order a set of even lower lowering springs to take care of that. below is the results. hopefully next month I'll have the funds to invest in the correct front tire sizes and a set of coilovers to drop the car even more
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 02:35 AM
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Looks better, but car looks uneven.

The meaty look looks great on certain cars, and only a handful of Z's. Yours looked horrible in the original post.
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Spork
Looks better, but car looks uneven.

The meaty look looks great on certain cars, and only a handful of Z's. Yours looked horrible in the original post.
lol yeah those were the tires that were on the M5 the wheels came from. its gonaa take me some time but iy will eventually look respectable.
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Old Feb 8, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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ur front sits higher than the rear looks awful. get 255x35 or 265x35's asap
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 08:52 PM
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Yeah i know I should have new front tires and coilovers by the end of next week. Just waiting for funds to arrive
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ur front sits higher than the rear looks awful. get 255x35 or 265x35's asap
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 08:57 PM
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Looks a LOT better than before, rears sits pretty. But those sides skirts need some love
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