Hey dub! The Z has done surprisingly well in the snow. The Blizzaks make all the difference. I may get a beater before next winter but as long as I have enough tread left on the snow tires I'll probably put it off another year and drive the Z again next winter, it really has surprised me. I have a buddy who used to have a Z and he thought I was crazy driving the Z through the winter, but he never had snow tires on his.

That sucks you haven't been able to drive your Z but of course you're all set with your Titan. I miss mine, wish I could have kept both but it's all good. I carpool with the wife on the worst snow days like today.

We just got her Xterra back from the body shop after a little mishap. So much for the X being the better winter car!

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A big thanks to Motoextreme for the great deal he hooked me up with on his Nismo rims. These are off to the powdercoater later this week, going with the same solar (flat) black as my winter rims since I'm happy with how they turned out.

I plan on ordering Hankook Ventus V12 Evo tires in 275/35 & 305/30, but no hurry there as I won't swtich wheels until March or early April. Anyone have any feedback on these tire sizes for 9.5/10.5 wide rims?

I was impressed with the weights on these wheels (see below), nice and light (especially for an OEM wheel).

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Nismo Rays 19x9.5 (Front) weight = 20.7 lbs.
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Nismo Rays 19x10.5 (Rear) weight = 23.0 lbs.
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The rims arrived in perfect shape, thanks again Adam!

i'm very interested in seeing how they look on the sport Z. do you (or anyone) know if you can purchase them seperately...w/o the NIZMO Z?

those tire sizes are right on

Do live near mammoth mountain???

And Also how much do the sport rims weigh??

Nissan has some other wheels available as an option but at a high price, you'll do better in the aftermarket. The Nismo rims pictured above are exclusive to the Nismo Z, though that could change in the future I suppose.

Awesome, thanks. Getting excited to put these on in the spring :)

I'm not familiar with a mammoth mountain here in Utah, so I guess the answer is no. :icon14:

I haven't weighed the Sport package rims myself (don't own a set) but I found this on Injected Performance's blog:

Sport 19×9.0: 23.20 lbs (10.52 kg)
Sport 19×10.0: 23.80 lbs (10.80 kg)

Schrute, if what you need is inexpensive daily driving tires, then the Hankook are great. If you need sticky, track-drivable tires then get one of the more expensive sets. Like RE11's or AD08s or NT05's. I'm on the NT05s and they are pretty good. SUCK in the cold, but then again, so do all performance summer tires.

I've also heard good things about the Hankooks, Schrute.

RCZ, even you Florida folk have been getting a little taste of the cold lately, eh?

Hey shrute! I'm glad to hear that the Z is beating the xterra in the snow so far! I did actually take my Z for a drive the other day while the roads were as clean as they have been in a few months so it wasn't too bad. I really don't know how you can deal without having the Titan around, I would go insane without mine. Hope everything is well and those rims and tires are going to be awesome! I will have to drive up in the spring and check out your car once you get em on.

Nice wheels!! i think im set on going with the nismo wheels for my car as well. I love how your z is turning out. Ive had great experience with the Hancooks on my s2k and def would recommend them. One question, is it cheaper to go with slightly used nismo wheels than say, te37 or ce28s? Thanks!

Yeah looking for tires for daily driving. Thanks guys for the feedback on the Hankook's. I'll be ordering a set in the next few weeks.

RCZ, how do you like the Hotchkis sways? Trying to decide between those or Stillen.

I went to lunch with a work buddy in his Titan today, it was like old times haha.

Yeah hit me up for sure when you're up this way in your Z! What color is yours again? I think I'm going to follow your lead and get the Berk CBE - I need to get in on that group buy before it's over.

Thanks man! Yeah looking like I'll get the Hankooks for sure. It's crazy how much less expensive they are than other tires available in those sizes.

If you can find a set of Nismo wheels for sale and make the right deal it should be less than te37s or ce28s, but with the relatively few Nismos out there there's not too many for sale. My new set is only the third I've seen on here since I joined up. Motoextreme hooked me up with a great deal, if you're looking for a set I hope you also find a good deal.

The other rims you're looking at are both fantastic choices, you can't go wrong either way!

Whichever wheels you go with you can sell your sport package rims on here for sure, most seem to sell without too much trouble as long as the price is right.

Sorry schrute but I for some reason you were from northern Cali??
:crazy:

The Titan's are so hard to get away from, they are a great truck..

My Z is black tho, I might start a journal sometime soon as my mods roll in. I have quit a bit of stuff on order other than the exhaust but I'm just waiting for it all to show up. I personally think that the Berk exhaust will be worth the wait and at the GB price why wouldn't you pick one up?

Glad they arrived well my friend. Just posted some pics of my ride, just about done. Rest of the parts are going on tomorrow and then its time to build my roadster.. That one will take a while though :icon14:

^Just checked out your pics, looks amazing! Nice job man!

I haven't powdercoated the wheels yet, been too busy. Not in a big hurry but can't wait to get them done so they're ready to go when the weather changes.

Schrute, I'm not sure if you snowboard or not... but I took a trip up there with a bunch of friends. This was RIGHT when a storm hit that was a record in 20-30 years I heard, from the locals... there was at least 5 feet of snow poured on us. We went to powdermountain and snow basin... the wind on the very top snow basin literally pushed us up the hill it was f'ing crazy!!!! Also we would run into snow up to our stomach and it would take 2 hours to get out!! haha.

I've only Ben to Mammoth once and it was okay but I'm am spoiled by living in ski town USA for a couple years

No thread jacking Darkseed...

Kidding bro.

Hey, if you ever hit big bear let me know. I'm up there all the time and have boarded 6-7 times already this year. Hopefully this recent dumping of rain transpires to some snow up there. Its not Utah but its close. Tahoe next month, Aspen in March....CANT WAIT

Nextweekend I get to try out the new vokls at mountain high

Motoextreme snow levels is above 7000 ft so base will get rain and summit with get wet snow. Untill Saturday where snow level drops 2 5000

Or as they call it...Sierra Cement, forget that, guess my Cabin is going to stay vacant for a couple more weeks. No point in going with 2 ft of mud :shakes head:

Hey darkseed! You get your rims PC'd yet? How'd they turn out?

I haven't hit the slopes in years. I get a little tempted when family or friends come into town and invite me along but I never want to go and make a fool of myself without having been in a while. One of these seasons I'll buy a pass and get back into it.

That and it's one of those things that is so convenient it gets overlooked, like whenever I make it back to SoCal I always go to the beach but if I lived there again I probably wouldn't go that often.

I did go to Mammoth Mt. a few times when I was in HS. Beautiful area up there. We would also go hiking in the Sierras near there in the summer, weeklong 50+ mile hikes way into the backcountry. Some great memories.

I just read your entire journal, very good stuff, keep it up :tiphat:


- Ty

^Thanks TT! :tiphat:

Shrute do you ski or snowboard???

It's been a few years but I used to snowboard. Did a little skiing before that. Lately the most fun I've had in the snow is on a ATV until the Forest Service closed the canyon by my house to ATVs during the winter. Sliding aound in the snow on a quad is a lot of fun. I was bummed when they did that. I sold my ATV a little while ago :shakes head:

And.. back on topic :tiphat:

Shrute its funny you mention selling your ATV a while ago. I work for a Honda, Yamaha, Polaris and Suzuki dealership in Helper so if you are thinking you want back onto an ATV I will make sure you get a crazy good deal! Imo the best thing on the market right now is the Polaris rzr, check it out sometime.

ok haha my rant is over, back on topic.

Thanks dub, next time I'm looking for an ATV I'll hit you up for sure. I've only had Hondas (Recon, Foreman, Rubicon) but I'll look into the Polaris, thanks for the tip. Speaking of the Hondas I've owned, about your avatar...:rofl2:

Hey Schrute, great journal! Lots of useful info, I have to admit I have used this journal as a reference guide quite a few times :)

^Thanks JB1! I appreciate that, and I'm glad the journal helped!

I took advantage of a break in the weather (high 30°'s, maybe 40°) to do oil change #3 today at 8512 miles. I was going to stretch this interval out to 5000 miles but I just couldn't wait :)

Redline Oil, Purolator filter, new Filter Mag and Blackstone Oil Analysis kit

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I upgraded the filter mag to the HP250 version (stronger magnet). I'll use the SS250 on the other car now.

Always use a new crush gasket, they're cheap!

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I lift the driver's rear corner to drain a bit more oil out of the pan (about 1/8 to 1/4 qt. drains after lifting the corner).

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ahhaha we did the same things at around the same time! Good call on tilting to the side. I did that as well.

Hardcore at night true Z lover

haha your thread inspired me to do another oil change and the weather cooperated today. Feels good to have clean oil in my baby.

ya my neighbor says I work on my car at crazy hours. I work swing shift so my clock is a little different than most people.

Loving them. Depends on your setup. Both are great bars.

Oil change at like what? 1:00 AM your hardcore shrute! I love my Z but it is too cold for that kind of thing haha. As for my avatar, its my dream that honda and nissan mate and have a baby :)

Thanks for keeping this journal up so well, it has given me so many great ideas!