It's been days of research and haven't found the right answer.
I'm buying a set of 19x8.5 wheels with +50mm offset.. yes yes I know about the offset being too positive but these are the wheels I LIKE and WANT.

Question is simple, What size of tires on front and rear???? and what size of spacers to have an aggressive look?? I don't want no issues with the TCS/VDC neither I want rubbing PLEASE!

My vehicle 2004 NISSAN 350Z Convertible Enthusiast

any help will be much appreciate it.

 

you would have to run a hellava spacer to make them look right

 

a 25 mm spacer will still have your offsets higher than OEM wheels

 

Thanks for your reply, what size of tires would you recommend?

 

Thanks for your response, I was thinking 25mm but I still hasn't quite figured out the math.

Knowing the oem are +30 and +33mm putting 25mm spacers would help?

What would be your recommendation for tire size?

 

i would go 9.5+15 on front and 10.5 +15 on rear personally, or second choice 9.5 +15 on all corners. but that is me

what is this wheel you are dead set on?

 

putting a 25 on would essentially make you a +25

 

19 enkei raijin silver rims

 

OK I dont get it, positive offset push the tire/rim IN and 25mm spacers wouldn't help to push it out?

 

Wrong wheels if it's +50mm. A complete waste of money. Move on.

 

It would... if you put the spacer directly on the wheel off the car, it would put the wheel hub at 25 mm from midline of the wheel, making the effective offset a +25. Right now the hub and spokes be pretty flat. You would be better off getting correct offset wheels and not run spacers

 

They have 18x9.5+15 in that wheel. Price out 19 inch tires, they are more expensive than 18s.....


With the 18x9.5, I would run 275/40 and 255/40 tires on it

 

Even if you're dead set on that wheel and size, why not get +35 offset instead of 50?

 

Everyone is spot-on in this thread.

But here, do these things to get educated (not meant in a bad, denigrating way, just facts to learn - and a tour of the resources available on this site!):

1. First thing, read this: https://my350z.com/forum/wheels-and-...t-novices.html

By the time you are done with it, you will have a better grip on understanding offset. AND, why a 50mm offset wheel is waaaaaay wrong for your needs. But if that's still not enough...

2. Secondly, go look at your car, take a tape measure or steel rule and measure how far you can move the tire/wheel out before it contacts the inner portion of the fender lip. I tell you to measure it because it ALL depends on your particular car's setup, e.g., lowered, sag/settling, etc.

3. Next, use this tool to tell you exactly how much offset you need to move the wheel outwards towards the fender:

https://my350z.com/forum/tire_rim_calculator.php

4. Tires - on an 8.5" WIDE wheel (don't care if it's 17, 18, 19, 22 whatever, 8.5 is 8.5): Use the "1.2 Factor" (to calculate the optimal/max. width tire on a given size wheel).

Here, I'll do it for you as example: (8.5" * 25.4) * 1.2 = 259mm max. (255 or 265) treadwidth before performance starts to fall off dramatically. That's not much tire for a performance Z application.

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Off the top of my head, for an 8.5 to flush the fender, you'll need an effective offset of around +10 to +15 MAX. That says you'll need a 35-40mm spacer if you opt for +50mm offset. NOT RECOMMENDED.

And THAT'S why everyone is telling you NYET... for good reason.

Look again, Enkei Raijin is available in 35mm offset as < rearranged > said (and < Travlee > said it's available in +15....??) Either way, both are much more manageable to try and flush it out. 20mm spacer on a +35 works OK (or better yet, NO SPACER if +15 is available!)

Oh, welcome aboard.

 

19x9.5 +15 is available in those wheels. That is what you should order

 

^^^ this 100%

 

You guys are awesome, whoever you are thanks so much for your knowledge Lesson Learned