Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1758728)

What widths do you want? I can help once we have that down.


I can also explain...If you teach a man to fish, right?

I'm going to assume you aren't doing anything truly crazy, which means we can ignore the inner clearance and just worry about the outer clearance, which will make things a little bit easier.


To start, let's look at the stock 18" rim sizes:

F: 8" ; +43mm
R: 9" ; +15mm

So our outside width for the stock rims is:

F: = 4" - 43mm = 5.86cm
R: = 4.5" - 15mm = 9.93cm

Of course, stock rims aren't very aggressive, and most people want something that pushes them out a bit more.

25mm spacer front and rear gives us something like this:


F: = 4" - 18mm = 8.36cm
R: = 4.5" +10mm = 10.43cm

And a more aggressive 9.5/15 (this may actually rub) || 10.5/5 gives us:


F: = 4.75 - 15mm = 10.565cm
R: = 5.25 - 5mm = 12.835cm


The long and the short of this is that what offset you need is going to vary dramatically based on the width of the wheel you need, and the look you want.

Something aggressive might be in the range of:
F: 9.5" , +18
R: 10.5, +5


If you want to stay with stock widths and keep the offsets, you have those numbers. If you want to space them out more, just subtract out how much extra spacing you want* (ie, 25mm spacer takes the front to a +18 and the rear to a -10).

These numbers should give you an idea how various offsets will sit

Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1758749)

June 7th is a trolling holiday :roflpuke2:

Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 1758760)

I talked to someone at Modbargains yesterday and after explaining the tire/wheel size I'd like to stay at, they recommended 18x8.5 & 18x9.0. Based on this info, what would you recommend I do about the offset?

Thank you for the explanation!! Will definitely rep when I get a chance. :tup:

Originally Posted by LunaZ (Post 1758800)

Left it home today. Weather forecast on my phone said thunderstorms. I have free time for lunch and it's gorgeous out... figures!

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758101)

made a little tripod bracket on the rear bar... lol (never mind the tape on there on the bottom... just holding the screw in place until i get the 3/8 to 1/4 adapter on there. :p

http://www.the370z.com/members/kench...08-bracket.jpg

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758799)

18x8.5 and 18x9 are good for snow tires.


get 18x9 and 18x10's minimum. front 30-35mm offset, rear 15-20mm offset for stock height.

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758799)

18x8.5 and 18x9 are good for snow tires.


get 18x9 and 18x10's minimum. front 30-35mm offset, rear 15-20mm offset for stock height.

Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1758812)

She's trying to keep tires.



I personally recommend just running out the new tires and going all out when those wear out though.

Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 1758805)

Looks good. Have you tried it out yet? Does the mic pick up any vibration or noise from the bar?

Edit - oops, I assumed this is for the mic...

Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 1758806)

Will that work with these tires?

Front Size

225/50ZR18XL 99Y B

Rear Size

245/45ZR18XL 100Y B

Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 1758817)

Going all out = more costs down the line too. I might as well jump up to 20's since the price of the tires will be less than 19's! :shakes head:

Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 1758817)

Going all out = more costs down the line too. I might as well jump up to 20's since the price of the tires will be less than 19's! :shakes head:

Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1758812)

She's trying to keep tires.



I personally recommend just running out the new tires and going all out when those wear out though.

Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1758352)

Good morning all! :hello:

Yesterday was not a good day for me at all in terms of work. I blew out some settings remotely from another location that directly impacted two important switches, taking a number of important servers offline for an hour and a half. :crying:

Well, live and learn. Hopefully there isn't too much political blowback from it.

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 1758370)

Morning all :hello: Off to work.

Someone needs to pick this up http://www.the370z.com/exhaust-intak...ml#post1758196

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1758393)

Good morning guys.

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 1758396)

Totally meant to post last night but I came home to dead primary computer. No response at all, so I swapped out the power supply for one I know is good. Same thing... nothing. :icon14: It ended up being the damn power cord :shakes head: I have never had that happen before, and I sure wasted a massive amount of time swapping out PS.

Mr. GaleForce, this one's for you. :icon17:

http://thejungle.ath.cx/370z/Mods/OilCap2.jpg http://thejungle.ath.cx/370z/Mods/OilCap1.jpg

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758453)

Nice oil cap, JAR! :tup:

Hello everyone. :hello:

Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1758821)

By all out I just mean going wider...I like 9.5/10.5

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758822)

yah, dont bother with re-using stock tires. just get the right wheels and tires you really want pint, and keep them for a long time.

my G's wheel/tire is 1300 per corner. but ive had these wheels for like 7yrs now. tires have been re-wrapped a few times. :p

Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 1758827)

Not stock, PSS but for the stock 18s.

Originally Posted by Pintsize725 (Post 1758646)

:hello:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758818)

my rode mic is coming in tomorrow. i will give it a shot plugging it into the gopro if it improves anything as there is a guy on youtube that appears to like the rode + hero2 combo. i got the videomic pro which is a stereo shot-gun mic.

i made the mount for the recorder too just in case i can't isolate the pedal noise when my shoe contacts them by using the new cupholder mount coming soon. i can rotate the mount on the rear bar, which is nice. :p

i may mount an adapter and put camera #2 facing the rear. :p many options.



no, too narrow. areyou getting snow tires? :confused:

Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 1758843)

Sounds like an awesome set up.

Thanks for doing the ground work for me. You'll have it all figured out and I'll be good to go once I get my GoPro at fathers day :tup: :bowrofl:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758903)

hey 2 new idiots made my ignore list today. :icon17:

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 1758912)

:vuvuzela:

Congrats to them :tup:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758903)

hey 2 new idiots made my ignore list today. :icon17:

Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1758918)

Hey!!! I am not an idiot!!! :icon17:

Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 1758824)

Hello Steve :hello: Have your work days mellowed at all?

Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1758918)

Hey!!! I am not an idiot!!! :icon17:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1758920)

I would love to log in to the forum as Kenchan and see how different it is through his eyes. :bowrofl:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1758920)

I would love to log in to the forum as Kenchan and see how different it is through his eyes. :bowrofl:

Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1758931)

Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1758931)

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1758955)

stupid newb <= ignore list! :mad:

Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1758974)

Just a reminder on this Thursday afternoon to slow down, and enjoy yourself along the way! :)

http://i45.tinypic.com/dnjd3q.jpg

Originally Posted by GaleForce (Post 1758972)

What the heck is that? Is someone cooking their underwear?

Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1758974)

Just a reminder on this Thursday afternoon to slow down, and enjoy yourself along the way! :)

http://i45.tinypic.com/dnjd3q.jpg