schrute's journal

370zdub

Shrute! How is driving the Z in the snow treating you. I don't think I have even started my Z in the last two weeks

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schrute

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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schrute

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).











Nismo Rays 19x9.5 (Front) weight = 20.7 lbs.


Nismo Rays 19x10.5 (Rear) weight = 23.0 lbs.


The rims arrived in perfect shape, thanks again Adam!

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alexpila

These are gonna look sweet in black on ur car!

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09 7AT Touring 370z, Pearl White, Evo-R Carbon Fang Cover, Carbon Top Cover, HKS Centre Pipe, Illuminated Kickplates, Custom Sprayed stock RAYS

schrute

Thanks man, I'm excited to get them on the car in a couple months!

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res0zsfa

i just finished reading your journal. Thank you for having such an impressive write-up. im thinking of tinting my headlights too but kinda the opposite from yours. you have the main headlight part tinted but i only want the white part reflector thing tinted. lol

schrute

I changed my mind about running these ^ wheels, but I wanted to let everyone know what a class act Adam (Motoextreme) is - if you ever have a chance to do business with this guy you won't be disappointed. The Nismo 19's are great looking wheels, I just decided to stick with 18's for now and Mike's price on the SSRs was too good to pass up. The Nismos are on their way to Australia to serve as track wheels for a guy with a really big BBK. Enjoy bezzita!

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dlmartin81

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?

schrute

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.

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travisjb

those tire sizes are right on

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schrute

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

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Luv'n my Z

Do live near mammoth mountain???

And Also how much do the sport rims weigh??

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schrute

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

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)

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darkseed

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.

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motoextreme

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

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