My rims? POLL need opinions...
 

Alright hey everyone... i just wanted everyones opinion... so now that i have the whole matte black theme going on the rims of my z look ridiculously brite....

So im thinking of painting them matte black and have a red pinstripe go accross the out lip... and rock red tuner extended lug nuts to finish off the look..... i would do powdercoating but i dont know anyone on the island that does powdercoating here... :shakes head:

tell me wat u guys think....

I'm pretty sure someone named Mike does powercoating here I don't personally know him but his rims look great. I'm pretty sure his names Mike not positive.

Wait where do u live? in guam?

Powdercoating Mike is in Georgia I believe, not gonna help in Guam. Do you get the Rays wheels in Guam? I know australia doesn't. Might be worth seeing if someone that has pulled their Rays wheels off for aftermarket would sell you their stock ones and have them coated for you.

Or you can go aftermarket and get Mike at DoubleDown Motorsports to hook you up with some Black (piano or matte) F14's with a red time-attack stripe. Those would look fantastic on your car.

^^^ second that... Buy the f14s from Mike for like $1,500 or whatever it is and sell your OEM rims for probably just as much. Then you have the wheels you want and you're not out any bucks.

Yes... :shakes head: but i only bought the baseline one... the other four on guam all have the rays which i am sooo jelous of.... damn them lol... does anyone have a pic of the f14s?

search feature works really well for questions like that, but here you go ;)

http://www.the370z.com/tires-wheels/...d-1-piece.html
http://www.the370z.com/tires-wheels/...orgestars.html

I'll have pictures of piano black on a pearl white car hopefully within about a week :tup:

yeah, Guam is pretty far. I do everything mail order, and have done stuff for customers in Dubai, Europe, Hawaii and Alaska, but it would take several weeks sending wheels back and forth. My friend painted the wheels on his Carrera C4S with a ceramic spray paint that he then baked on a low temp in his kitchen oven for a little extra cure, and they are holding up great for him.

lol, you have a friend that used spray paint when you have a powdercoating business? I hope it was before you started doing powdercoating :)

Also, dupli-color makes a wheel specific paint that I have heard is pretty good. I personally refinished some 2004 350z wheels with the gun-metal color to sell them and they turned out pretty good for a spray-can job. I dunno if I would use that on my Rays wheels, but for your 18's I wouldn't be as scared.

hey thanks everyone for ur replys... dood those f14's are like sex dammmmm i want those rims!!!!!

ive used that spray paint b4.... it turned out pretty well too... but no turning back if it looks wack... lol damn... wat u guys think i should just go for it right lol? by the way will tuner lugs fit my stock rim?

http://www.the370z.com/members/simot...housin-007.jpg

Can someone please do a chop? and make my rims matte black looking... b4 i go and just do it and it might look ugly? the F14s matte black are what im gonna shoot for next... but for now... i want a damper kit from bc racing... and a mines spoiler add on... so the rims have to wait... :shakes head: i have to make do with my rims right now... for a while...

those tuner lugs will not work....only the stock lugs will work on the stock rim.


get the F14's and put the lugs you want



here's a pic of what happens when you put different lugs on a stock rim

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/p...8Lacorda-1.jpg

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/p...Lacordaire.jpg

^^^ oh damn!!!

Oh that hurts. Can anyone verify this or can you further explain what causes this?

whoa!!! what the **** happened? the rim broke off?

the stockers require a washer/cone tipped lug to safely secure the stock rims to the car.
almost all aftermarket rims are made to have just regular coned tipped lugs and most aftermarket lugs are just coned also......do not put aftermarket lugs on the stock rims or it will not be safe....car has a good amount of torque, which is why the rear rim broke on the G37..

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/p...me007/lugs.jpg
diagram not to scale....lol



oh yea, the stock rims are designed to have just the washer/cone style lugs only

thanks!! nogoodname .... i guess ill leave my stocks with the original lugs on... by any chance are u good at photoshopin pictures? can u do a chop for me please? on that pic on the second page?

lol...reformatted my PC but never installed photoshop...i lost my CD for it

^^^ damn it... lol its ok... ill just have to wait for someone to do a chop for me...

Wow. I think I may just have to go remove one of mine to check this out in person.

lol...go ahead

i have a pic of it some where


EDIT: found it

http://www.the370z.com/attachments/w...s-p1000610.jpg




the one on the right

next time I need a photochop done, I'm going to pm Nogoodname. Those graphx are l33t!

MS Paint is so for the win

hahahahhaha :roflpuke2:

quick ps...

This is lock nut but you get the idea.

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/DSC01624.jpg


This problem is stickied on the top of wheels and tires section.

DOOOOD thank u soooo much!!!! imma do it i like how it looks...!!!:tup:

Dang, these new Nissans use some strange looking lugnuts.

http://www.the370z.com/members/simot...3f1c5b1e-b.jpg

Alright guys one more photochop b4 i do it just to make sure k? can u guys please ps this pic to look like my stock rims are matte black and have a red pinstrip around the rim and my door handles are also matte black and drop my z a lil lower... this is what i hopefully want my z to look like... someone please help me ps...

Do you have a side profile shot that's more in focus? I cant do any PS stuff to late late late tonight at the earliest.

sorry that pic was takin while i was driving away.. would this work?

http://www.the370z.com/members/simot...ndz043-1wm.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/simot...7-p3031556.jpg

here u go man... thanks for ur help :tup:

This is not really good at all but maybe it will give you an idea.

BTW black handles look like poopy :(

What's up with bent down front licence plate

flow more air to the radiator?

Like an air ram.

wat does poopy mean? btw thanks for the PHOtOSHOP!!!

Actually guys.... its a jdm tilt bracket... alota of the VIP status cars like junction produce are running this on my island so i stole the idea... :ughdance: