JoeK Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Yes, yet another "will this fit my" car thread. I've searched, searched some more, tore some hair out, searched some more, read everything I can find, looked at every car in the show your wheels thread (all 103 pages), and answered questions from my wife about why I'm spending so much time on the internet. Post #1914 is running these same size wheels with a slightly narrower tire. I don't know what suspension mods he may have done to make them fit. I've got 2.5" coilovers, TTT LCA's front and back, 5 lug hubs and standard depth ZG flares. I read that people like to switch to 5 lug because there are more wheel choices. Maybe I'm looking in all the wrong places, but I'm not seeing that great of a selection of wheels with the proper offset. I really like the look of the RKR, and they offer them in 5 lug but only in 9.5"-20 offset or 8.5"-0 offset. Like most people, I want the widest tire reasonable, and I'd prefer to avoid staggered. Will these fit with difficulty or ease? If with ease, am I leaving a bunch of potential on the table? I guess I'd also ask if you have a favorite place to search for wheels? I found a post by John Coffey stating with coilovers you can expect to fit a 4.5" backspace. I wasn't able to find out what one can expect in front spacing w/ ZG flares. Thanks, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Have you seen this thread? http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/105011-rota-rb-r-17x95-on-all-4-how-large-of-tires-will-fit/page-3 There are at least 4 seperate people in this thread with that wheel and 275/40 tires. You should expect a lot of trimming to make a 275 fit in front. Sunny Z posted that somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Any further discovery JoeK? I'm in the middle of trying to figure this out with Marugen flares. Everyone says 275's fit fine in the rear, which I bought) but at 4.5" BS they barely fit flush. I'm using the Wheel Fit tool to simulate wheels which I have yet to purchase. I also have T3 coilovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 No discovery yet. Decided to hold off on wheel purchase until I return from vacation, in a couple more weeks. But based on the link that Bludestiny sent, I think I'll be ordering 275/45 all around, on 17x9.5 wheels with -20 offset. Even, so it'll be a bit before I have the car on the ground with a motor in it. But I need to have something to even roll the car around on, so I have to make an expensive commitment. The only wheels I have now are 4 lug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramagedained Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I have 17x9.5 -20 RKR with 275-40 tires and my Marugen flares should get here from Japan in the next couple of weeks. If you're not in a hurry I'll have a writeup of that as I'm doing in my project thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Awesome. That'd be great to read. What tires did you get? I know different brands vary width and tire section. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramagedained Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Continental Extreme Contact DW. It will be my DD in the summer so tires that don't suck in the rain made more sense than the extreme-performance group of tires. I didn't mention, but, I ended up with 17x8.5 -10 in the front and 255/40 tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 (edited) I'm using the same tires. 245 front on 9" wheel, 275 rear on 9.5" wheel. I have the rear tire mocked up with 5.25" backspace (which works out to -2mm which seems weird) and I like the look. I'm trying to keep the rubber inside the flares. Clearance on the inside is better than it appears in the photos. I was going to go with -13 in the front but that may change. What are you guys doing for wheels? I'm using an American Racing custom built. These are also Marugen flares from RHDJapan. Edited February 7, 2016 by str8pipez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I'd be interested to know what the final offset was for this: http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/122385-275s-in-240z-factory-well-mission-accomplished/ How he got it in there is a real trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramagedained Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 (edited) I'm using the same tires. 245 front on 9" wheel, 275 rear on 9.5" wheel. I have the rear tire mocked up with 5.25" backspace (which works out to -2mm which seems weird) and I like the look. I'm trying to keep the rubber inside the flares. Clearance on the inside is better than it appears in the photos. I was going to go with -13 in the front but that may change. What are you guys doing for wheels? I'm using an American Racing custom built. These are also Marugen flares from RHDJapan. For curiosity sake, can you eyeball a measurement from the factory fender to the shoulder of the tires in the rear, at the middle of the arch? Edited February 7, 2016 by bramagedained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 About 1.5" at the top of the fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) I'm using the same tires. 245 front on 9" wheel, 275 rear on 9.5" wheel. I have the rear tire mocked up with 5.25" backspace (which works out to -2mm which seems weird) and I like the look. I'm trying to keep the rubber inside the flares. Clearance on the inside is better than it appears in the photos. I was going to go with -13 in the front but that may change. What are you guys doing for wheels? I'm using an American Racing custom built. These are also Marugen flares from RHDJapan. I plan to order the Rota RKR wheels. For some reason I can't explain, I don't like 5 spoke wheels on the z cars. I think I associate 5 spoke wheels with '70s muscle cars. And there are some really great looking z's with 5 spoke. Edited February 8, 2016 by JoeK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 The wheels I'm using are not quite 5 spokes. Attached is the first sneak peek of my render, showing a corner of the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Sneak peak looks really nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Well, for what its worth, it looks like I'll need larger flares. I did get the Rota RKR 17x9.5 -20 wheels and mounted 275/40's. Tires are Sumitomo HTZR. With the Marugen Shoukai ZG flares, the tires are about 3/4" outside the flare with the adjustable control arms all the way in. Not sure why this combo seems to work for some but not me. I could probably dial my camber way in, but I'm not really fan of that look on my own cars. So, it appears as though my next best yhing will be to get a set of jpngarage Wide ZG's. Any feedback on fitment would be welcome. Anybody know of others making wide ZG's? jpngarage flares seem to get mixed reviews. Edited August 20, 2016 by JoeK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Well, for what its worth, it looks like I'll need larger flares. I did get the Rota RKR 17x9.5 -20 wheels and mounted 275/40's. Tires are Sumitomo HTZR. With the Marugen Shoukai ZG flares, the tires are about 3/4" outside the flare with the adjustable control arms all the way in. Not sure why this combo seems to work for some but not me. I could probably dial my camber way in, but I'm not really fan of that look on my own cars. This is exactly what I was afraid of. I had my wheels made by American Racing and they will do any backspace and bolt pattern so I bought a Wheel Fit Tool and used the Marugen flares and found 5" BS was perfect, which is -6 offset (on a 17 x 9.5 wheel). WAY different. The fronts are 17 x 9 and 0 offset. They could use about another 1/4" of poke though. Tires are Conti DWS, 245 and 275. I'll post a pic with everything mounted and on the ground next week, the flares were just painted and have yet to re installed. The attached pics don't do the fit justice. Edited August 20, 2016 by str8pipez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I got my flares from jendoza off the web. 17x9.5 -19 on 255 45 17 with plenty of space.... I could run the 275 I'm sure. I think jendoza makes his flares a tad wider in the rear. Shots taken before I was rear ended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) Here is mine with the newly painted flares mounted. Rear is 17x9.5, -6. Edited August 25, 2016 by str8pipez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ereschkigal Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 275/40R17? Could you take a picture of the strut clearance? Whats the front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str8pipez Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 275/40R17? Could you take a picture of the strut clearance? Whats the front? Yes, 275/40. Fronts are 245/45. No struts, coilovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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