I goofed on my tires w/ pics
 

I should have went with 295 or 305 in the rear. Instead I got 285/35/19 on a 19x10.5 wheel and they looked stretched.

I put 255/35/19 on the front on a 19x9.5 wheel, they are cool, but could have used 265/35/19. The wheel kind of sticks out a bit and not flush with fender.

Should I just go with 30 profile wheels on all 4 corners? The guy over at tirerack.com said if I leave the fronts alone at 35s and go with 30s on the back that it will look like crap and the electronics will be off. I dunno about all that.

Anyone looking for a good deal on some pilot ps2. They have less than 25 miles on them.

Anyhow. Below is my new Venaci wheels. I love the wheels, I just need some feedback/opinions on the rubber.

The tirerack guy apparently doesn't know what he's talking about. Profile by itself means nothing, profile is a function of the height of the tire divided by the width. Look at the tire diameter and revolutions per mile (rpm) specs to see how close the tires are in size to each other.

You do you
 

All that matters is that you like the way it looks man, don't sweat everyone else's opinion. You obviously have good taste, you picked a wicked car!! If YOU smile when you walk up to your ride, then trust me, the rims look perfect. Congrats on your new wheels!

Thanks fella's

not sure why the pictures are not showing up for me

http://www.the370z.com/members/jason...3-p1010946.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/jason...7-p1010940.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/jason...8-p1010941.jpg

Nice car, it looks good! Once you drop your car you'll get a bit of camber and it will look flushhhh!!

Not feeling those rims at all...looks like the offset is more in the front than the rear :S

so what kind of drop would one recommend.

I don't want to lose comfort. I don't track, just street.

Eibach for a mild street drop.

Eibach for spring
HKS for coilover! 32way msrp about $2k
Tanabe coilover hight adjust only for about $850

In the PS2's I probably would've chosen 265/35 and 295/30 for your wheels.

I agree. I think the wheels could benefit from a 10mm wider tire all around. That plus a drop and you have one sexy car!

looks good and for springs I would go with Eibach

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for the wheels? Also, I added your pictures to my flickr 370z wheel gallery. Let me know if you don't want me to post them on there.

Jason,

no offense, i like these wheels, but I think the offset on the front is way too aggressive. Are the offsets +15 for rear and +17 for front?

I think you are going to have a serious rubbing issue when the car is lowered unless you go with some real aggressive camber and stick with the 255's

Check out Dannys thread, his wheels are 9.5 in front with a +22 and he had some minor rubbing issues, although he is running a 275.
http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...html#post57656

The tires aren't so much the problem but the front offset is way too much.

If you put a 265 on that front, it's going to look worse than the 255's you have up front now. Other than getting different wheels, the best thing you could do to make it look better both on the front and rear would be this.

Run a 245 on that 9.5 front. Yes it will be stretched (could look like crap too) but it wouldn't look like it sticks out so much. And then run a 295 or 305 one profile lower than your front. I'm sure the 370'S have that slip light stuff if your rear tire diameter is too close to the fronts diameter.

For example I'm running 245/35/19's front on 19x8.5" wheels and 305/30/19's on the rear on 19x10.5" wheels. I have the base model 350Z so I don't have to worry about that traction contral mumbo jumbo, however with my setup my rears are 1/2" bigger diameter than the front and that much should not cause problems with the traction control.

If you ran a 295 the overall diameter is only about 1/4" larger than the front and I'm not sure if that would throw a traction slip light thing or not.

Anywho this is what a 305/30/19 Potenza would look like on your 10.5" wide wheels.

ok, I dropped the car with some KW variant 3's and wow I am impressed with the look and performance. Fixed the aggressive offset problem and the ride is so comfortable. When I corner it feels like the car is glued to the road. There is no rubbing with the wheels, but the air damn is a issue.

Think I have it set too low? My next step is a camber kit to help the rear end. It's a bit too much of a negative camber. I am going to get 305's on the rear and get rid of the stretched 285's

http://gallery.me.com/jstom/100015/P...12445983760001

http://gallery.me.com/jstom/100015/P...12445984280001

Looking good!

No, this is kind of sticking out a bit:


http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3...nutt/017-1.jpg

-Phim

Looks way better lowered.

wow looks WAYYYY better! :P

wow! lowering makes all the difference in the world. I would have sworn the offset was too aggressive when it was stock but after lowering it tucks right in. Looks great!

Jason -

could we get some more pics looking down the sides of the car to get a better idea of the flush fit of the wheels? Thx

wow that look's hot now.Baller went with KW ha!
when people think of doing wheels they got to think if they are going to lower it some day.
If it sit ok before you drop it.After you drop it your'll going to end up buying spacer,and with a wrong spacer your going to have problem.
NICE! WHAT'S NEXT? lol:ughdance:

wow what happen there?

That's the stock 19x10 w/275 rear put on the front just too see what it would look like.

O;) I SEE:tup:

Have you tried this OEM 10" wheel on a lowered 370? Maybe it will tuck with some drop?

It is lowered, 1.25 inches with megan racing coil overs. Has -2.0 camber in front. It was on jackstands when I shot it. I'll reshoot that with a couple of different angles when I get it off the jackstands and post to this thread.

Jason -

What offsets did you go with on the VS124s?

pm sent:tup:

the rims look awesome , congrats ! id just get a new tire the whole stretched tire thing just dosnt look good and is prob not very safe