195/35 18”. On 10.5 wheel with 20 mm offset

 

There are more BBS LM replicas out there than any other wheel. Just about every low-mid wheel mfgr has one. ESR, MST, come to mind as well as countless other no-names.

Aodhan


ESR


Small differences just so they wouldn't sued; but you get the idea.

Caveat emptor: some of them are not worth buying. A friend bought a set that, at the time, sold for like $550 for a set. They were about worth what he paid for them. 🤮😆

 

Don't feel the need to reply to these messages, just rambling because I can.

After looking around at quite a few wheels in this style, Volk, ESR, Aodhan, Work, Vors, JNC, just to name a few, I think I have come to the conclusion that I am probably just going to get the XXR's and run spacers. It is actually quite funny to me that the cheapest, probably worst quality, ones look the best to me. Although I am not going to be thrashing the car around so it'll be fine.

Also to the fact of my conservative driving, I think having spacers on for the life of the car will be fine. The most I will do is cough* the speed limit cough* so I think I am just going to settle on this sub-optimal, but working, workaround.

Just a few new questions I have now. I have read the VDC sticky post and what isn't fully clear to me yet is if it is the difference between the stock size vs aftermarket size on either front or back, if it is just the ratio between the front and back that you are trying to keep, or if it is both.

To go along with keeping the diameter/circumference the same for both front and back, my setup would look like this:
F: 18x10+25 255/40/18
R: 18x10+25 275/40/18
I'm just going to have to measure for the inside clearance of the front wheels to see if 10's will work, I'll leave that for tomorrow me. (－.－)...zzz

 

Just a quick word about spacers (and you may already know this), make sure that you get bolt-on HUB-CENTRIC spacers as opposed to lug-centric. The Z33 hub size is 66.1mm. If you never plan on removing them, some loctite will provide some extra insurance, but that's up to you.

If the spacers you plan on running are not thick enough to be bolt-on, you could get slip-on spacers, but make sure they still have the proper hub size and plan on installing some longer wheel studs in order to have enough bite from the lug nuts.

Obviously, bolt-on are the safer alternative to slip-on.

 

Alright, I think I have finally finalized what I want.

The smallest bolt-on I could find was a 15mm, granted maybe I didn't look hard enough, but based on proportions that sounds about right for the minimum. Which I might be able to pull off on the back, since it would bring me to the equivalent of a 18x10.5+16.35.

The setup I have chosen is:
F: 18x10+25 245/40/18
R: 18x10+25 265/40/18
*spacers not included in the specs

Correct me if I am wrong, but I shouldn't have any VDC issues with a difference of -1% in the front and -1.3% in the rear, with an overall +2.4% difference between the front and rear, which is a -0.3% difference from the stock f/r ratio. The diameter difference between the front and rear is 0.6" which is closer to the 0.5" recommendation I have seen than the stock 0.7" difference. There aren't any issues I am glossing over right?

Also, any recommendations for brands that produce high quality spacers? Figured I would ask just in case before trekking along to search for some.

Loctite is a good shout, I hadn't even thought of that.

Now I just need to figure out how I want to go about the TPMS system, or if I even want to.

Thanks again everyone in this thread for helping me out! Even yall who I didn't directly speak to, I appreciate the specs and images you all sent. (..◜ᴗ◝..)

 

Those specs should be fine to keep TCS/VDC happy.

You likely will not find bolt-on spacers thinner than 15mm. This is by design. The bolts and lugs would be too long to fit flush with something thinner than 15mm. Z1 sells them in 15mm bolt-on. Lots of other options as well. While it's not something you necessarily want to cheap out on, they're all fairly comparable.

Not sure what you mean about figuring out the TPMS. Just get some compatible sensors (315MHz) and you can program them yourself using this write-up if the tire shop doesn't do it for you.

 

Why not go 255 and 275 so you can keep the same tire diameter

 

I am going for a decently low offset.

 

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deadeye was talking about tire sizes, not wheel specs.

 

Yes, I meant that the more "stretched" tires would allow me more room for fitment.

 

Never understood the stretch look, I like the shoulder of my tire squared up