That's an Enkei RP-F1 17x8 rims with Toyo T1S tires. 37 lbs of total weight savings against stock wheels.

 

probably I put to big pictures... I'll try again

 

Nice..ready for track?

Oh BTW, your first and last 2 pictures dont show...

 

very nice... looks good on the dark car

 

They do look great but I would prefer them in an 18" size.

 

Interesting offsets.

 

they make great track wheels, but they look so tiny.

 

tiny wheels for sure. 17" with a lip look small.

 

What the point of having big wheels if they hurt performance? I'm married so I don't care about picking up girls (if girls have a worm feeling for a 19 wheels, which I'm not sure)

As far as I'm concerned 18s and especially 19s are
1) heavier rims.
2) heavier tires (at least toyo).
3) more expensive rims
4) more expensive tires
5) easy to bend

As for advantages... Hmmm, I see none. So what the point? I never understood why people put 19s on their sprot cars? I don't take my car to stupid car shows. I can't see my wheels when driving. Not that I find big wheels pretty.

BTW, Formula-1 do just fine with 13".

 

I'd prefer rears to come a little bit further out, like 10mm or so, but those wheels didn't have such offsets.

 

yea 1/2 second you might lose in the quarter mile is really gonna affect you driving around on city streets

 

Vlad,

I agree on all your technical points regarding 17 vs 19. The only thing going for 19's is looks (assuming tire widths are the same) are looks. I have 19's, but I kept my 17's for track days. I will loathe the day I curb my rim or run over a rim-eating pot hole.

Your rims look great. From what I've read, they are extremely light, and well suited for the track. You should be able to feel a bit better acceleration over your stock rims, especially if you had the cast 18" rims.

As for your offset, if you want to pull your wheel out a bit further, you can use spacers. I've never used them, but I've seen a couple threads on them. You'll probably need to replace your bolts to longer ones if you go that route, but I don't think it's very expensive.

 

wow! those look really good.
are you goin to lower it at all?
if you did, i think they would look even better.

very nice wheels. congrats!

 

humm...if you are concerd about 18s or 19s slowing you down...i think you may as well ditch the auto tranny too...

 

WOW, very nice my man!

I'm looking at picking up a set of 18's direct from japan (avail. up to 19" over there)

But I'd like to correct you on your comment about the 18" tires, especially Toyo being heavier.

If you go to toyo's website, you'll see that in fact the T1S' are actually a pound to a pound a half lighter in the 18" version of an 8.5 and 9.5 fitment versus the 17" version.

 

I would lower it, but I can't. Living in Michigan and having Z for a daily driver, I need that clearance to drive in winter. Even as it is I'm having difficulties sometimes in snowfalls.

 

I would if I could. When I was buying this car, I wasn't so performance crazy and thought more about convinience. It changing me. I will buy my next Z with manual of course.

For now I'm trying just NOT TO ADD any more weight. Actually shaving 37lbs is making car 1.15% lighter! And than, it's rotating mass...

 

I was looking for 255 & 245 widths. Even if it's lighter for some combinations, the rest of points stay.

And I forgot to add that I need stock 17s to stay in BS class in autocross.

 

haha, alrighty then, i thought this setup was meant for a track

 

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