Final Opinion On Wheels

Staggered…gonna be hard to find a matched set. That’s why I’m not getting any hits on my 350Z WTB thread on the other forums.

I’m probably going to get direct 18" replacements and call it a day. Wrap them in the new Goodyear Assurance ComforTred or whatever tires…the ones that have like 8.0+ scores on everything at Tirerack.

You’re also not going to find the 370Z rims for your price range, they are going for approx $1000 on the Z forums, they are actually close to $700 a pop new for the stock sports package wheels. Nevermind that they are also 19"s when you have said you want 18"s.

Edit: these are the stock 370Z wheels that are 18"s, you could prob. find them in your price range

http://www.originalwheels.com/nissan-wheels/images/nissan-370z-wheels-62523-b.jpg

Yeah that’s the range I see them on the Maxima.org forums mostly, but they are sold in sets and I, again, need to get all the same size and not staggered.

Going to be hard to find two sellers with two mint sets and have them be willing to split it up. That’s why I think I’ll just get exact replacements for mine and call it a day.

Okay folks. I’ll be buying a new set of wheels/tires in the next day or two.

I can NOT find a NICE set of my factory wheels. All of them that I see are scuffed up, etc. I can’t have none of that :lol.

They are all within my budget, all will be 18", and all will be on the same tire (the new Goodyear Assurance ComforTred or whatever it’s called).

Here are the three options I’ve decided on.

Advanti A4 Kudos:

http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/advanti/swap/advrac_a4kudos_sml_ci3_l.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/M35/Random/Rims/350Z/Advanti.jpg

Enkei EKM3 @24.6lbs and $179/each:
http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/enkei_performance/swap/enkei_ekm3_bs_ci3_l.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/M35/Random/Rims/350Z/Enkei.jpg

Sport Edition KV5 @ 22lbs and $134/each or 20" (29lbs) for $195/each:

http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/sportedition/swap/se_kv5_s_ci3_l.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/M35/Random/Rims/350Z/KV5.jpg

Enkeis.

I’ve decided to go with the “BE by Breyton GTS-AV”. But, instead of doing 18" like I was looking (OEM is 18")…I’m went with 19". With tires (245/40/19 Continental ExtremeContact DWS) and new TPMS (so I don’t have to rebuild my OEM ones or worry about taking the setup to a shop to get balanced, etc. - they will be installed by Tirerack), it’s a total of $2,256 shipped to my door ready to mount. $400 more than I was looking to spend, but that’s the price of going +1 in size and getting everything from one place instead of having to go to a shop, pay shipping multiple times, etc.

Stock wheels:

18x8
+47
~25lbs

Breytons:

19x8.5
+45
23.2lbs

http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/be/swap/bebb_gtsav_hs_ci3_l.jpg

http://www.ilyakol.com/M35/Random/Rims/350Z/Bremmer.jpg

Thank you for going with an interesting wheel.
I like those a lot.

So your keeping the M now?

Forgestar F14

http://www.forgestar.com/v2/images/f14brushed.jpg

Good pick, they will look sharp on your car

Yes.

It’s a hard car to sell evidently. Not many people know about it as you don’t see a lot of them on the road, etc. Only people who buy that car are those who are specifically looking for it, as I was. Many people confuse it with the Infiniti G because the front end is similar and that doesn’t help it’s case.

Plus, I like the car. After a little while, I wasn’t really set on selling it :lol. Sellers remose, I would have regretted it most likely.

I needed tires anyway, and since my rims are ever so slightly tweaked, I figured I’d get the whole set in one move.

And thanks folks…I think this will look good too.

the breyton wheels look the best imo

See the result here:

http://shift518.com/showthread.php?p=913380#post913380