Didn't drive the Z today(Winter), but ordered whole bunch of stuffs from ebay including the DDX418 DVD player and all hardware needed!! Can't wait to have them arrive!

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Sounds like a Christmas present to one's self. My favorite. :tup:

Save me about $400 when order from the 'bay' than in Canada.

That $400 I saved goes directly to my 19-Tires-Rims Saving Bonds.

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What wheels are you looking to get??

Something not too crazy, Drag DR-37, like the style, cos the Z is my DD in the summer.

Going to match it with the Continental ExtremeContact DW.

Was thinking about the AvanteGarde M310, but I feel it's too wide for DD, and will cost too much to fit tires on it cos they are 19X11 at the back.

alcheng- get forgestars if you're going to get that kind of wheel.

dont get Drags unless it's for winter snows or something... come on now. :icon17:

Absolutly. Or even the M310's, they are pretty nice. My Forgestars are 19x11 in the rear but there are smaller widths available if you want to save on rubber:tup:

hehee, know what you mean Mr.KenChan

The forgestars looks pretty $$$, how much do they run around???

hey Ryan, what size of the rubber you fit with the 19X11???

Drags are pretty much for FWD/AWD low-end cars imho and they dont offer the correct size or offset for our cars.

19x8.5 ET20 or ET40
19X9.5 ET20 or ET40


FRONT: i suppose the ET20 could work but it'll probably stick out too far and look too narrow.

REAR: 9.5 is too narrow and ET20 is sunken in...

Im running 295/30 in the rear. The Forgestars are a remarkable value. I got them in a package deal with tires but I believe the wheels were about $1600 ish. ONLY prob w Forgestar is long wait times. Mine took about 8 weeks to be made and shipped. You get to custom pick your offsets and color, which is awesome.

yah, if you're stock height get 19x9 ET32 front, 19x11 ET18 rear.

if lowered something like 19x9 ET25 front, 19x11 ET10 rear maybe? wat do you run, alchemy?

Getting wheels that are lesser quality than what the car came with for the sake of "getting wheels" is a bad use of your money.

yep. i absolutely agree with this corkasian. :tup:

To be honest Forgestar doesnt make the optimal offsets. I went as low as I could go front and rear. 19x9 ET20 front (just about perfect, if not perfect) and 19x11 ET23 rear. Rear leaves a little to be desired. ET20 or 18 would have been $$$ It def wouldnt hurt to throw a 5mm spacer on my rears.

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Time to do shopping again.

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I think the M320's are even more affordable than the Forgestars, no??

Yes, it's less, it's just the width on the rear, 11', maybe a bit too wide.

I am looking at the Forgestars 14, it looks pretty good, and the price is still around my budget.

Until I can afford (justify dropping a large chunk of change on) these, I'll make do with the wheels the car came with.

http://www.corwheels.com/wordpress/w...r-wheels-2.jpg

COR Encor Wheels | Classic Series

Those are very nice rims. ^^

Great wheel at a GREAT price. Cool colors to choose from as well. I worked with Eric from GETYOURWHEELS.com. He is on the forum, very nice guy. I have some other pics in my album if you're wondwring what they look like on a Z.

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Drags only drag you down from their absurd weight :bowrofl:

LunaZ, that wheel looks like pure sex! :)

Pulled up to the drive thru window tonight and here's how it went:

the cashier dude was staring and smiling at me......for a full three seconds. THREE SECONDS. Not a word did he say.

Then, out came "I LOVE your car! He even went so far as to lean out the window to give it a good back and forth once over!

I was all like, "well thanks a lot dude!" :tup:

And then he said...... "are you married"? :wtf2:

When I replied "yes", he responded with a "geez, I've got to get me one of these."

Funny story :icon17:

Call me crazy, I'm not a fan of going through drive thru's in my Z. After scraping my old set of wheels in a drive thru I don't even risk it and just go inside instead.

that's actually perfectly justifiable paranoia

Bad combination of wide wheels and low bumpers :icon17:

I couldn't get them off but got them loose and pulled out. The keyless entry button I couldn't remove all the way. Its held on by two small phillips head screw. They must have had lock tight on them because they wouldn't budge any and I ended up stripping out the head on them on both sides. So I'm going to start to spray them today. Only had enough time to tape everything off.

Post some pictures when you are done. Good luck!

Will do. Hoping the rain holds out today

Good Luck Spohn! Are you painting or plastidipping?

Plasti dip.

tints :) 20% all around, except the windshield of course

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luna- wats the weight on those wheels? multi-piece looks nice but usually heavier than one piece.

PWJDM shift knob install today. I definitely need some washers to boost up the boot.

http://www.the370z.com/members/onzed...pwjdm-knob.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/onzed...pwjdm-knob.jpg

Wow, that's a big gap. Are you going to use the O rings or the bottle top to fix that?

Yes. The short shifter is not helping matters, but a few plastic washers will do the trick.