Guest Cruzmeister Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hi guys, newbie here. I'm sure you get ask this all the time, but I'm hoping you don't mind helping out. I was wondering if someone can advise, what the widest wheel size I can fit under a standard guard on a 240z ('71), without lipping or fitting ZG flares? I was considering either 16's or 17's. What offset is best for either diameter? I do like the dish out look. Again, this is to fit under an unmodified 240z body. I'd like to keep my Z body original, but would like to dress it up with fatter wheels (ie. Rota) for a cruise here and there. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeX Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 If you roll the fender lips , I run 16x8 +0 with 225 50 16 lowered a good bit and no rubbing. I don't know if you consider that 'lipping' it's just rolling the lips not modifying them really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifton Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I haven't heard the term lipping. Is it trimming the inner fender lip?. I run a 17x9 with a 275mm tire non flared. You have to run a 8" coil over though. Some brands of 275 are wider than others. Nitto and Toyo fit the best. The wider ones, Kumho and MT need a small inner lip trim. A 245/255 tire would easily fit with zero trimming. You can run a 18x9.5 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cruzmeister Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Thanks guys, By the sounds of things, "Lipping" seems like an Australian term only. Lipping is basically rolling the guards. We use both terms in Australia. So I should be safe with an 17x8.5 with an offset of +4 for the rear? I'm considering running two different wheel width. I was thinking running 17x8.5 (+4 offset) for the rear and 17x7.5 (+4 offset) for the front. Will there be any rubbing under stock standard guards? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 my old 71 240z had 16x9 on all for corners with 225/45/16 the lips were rolled but it was not really required with the 225/45 but I think this was done when the car used to run 225/50. There are pics on this site in the show us your wheels thread. And I can link some pic here if you can't find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudypoochris Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 You can definitely fit a much wider wheel out back if you have coil overs. Up front if you keep the over all diameter down you could probably fit a 9" wheel just fine. Steering angle might be limited a bit though. Its not really the wheel that is the issue for getting max width in. It is the tire... that is to say with the larger tire diameters it becomes increasingly difficult to make them work. You may be able to fit a tire with a 22" OD up to a 9.5" rim on the front but with a 24" OD maybe only something around a 8.5". Those are fictional numbers, but that is the general idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cruzmeister Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 ...There are pics on this site in the show us your wheels thread. And I can link some pic here if you can't find them. Yes please. I tried searching for it to no avail. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifton Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Thanks guys, So I should be safe with an 17x8.5 with an offset of +4 for the rear? I'm considering running two different wheel width. I was thinking running 17x8.5 (+4 offset) for the rear and 17x7.5 (+4 offset) for the front. Will there be any rubbing under stock standard guards? Cheers I would run the same 8.5 on the front too. My 17x9 rear works out to be a 24mm offset. I don't know about a 8.5, +4. Seems out there a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310z Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have a set of 3 piece BBS 16x8 with 0 off set running 225-50-16 Bridgstones. The front fenders are rolled and the clearence issues are on the lower valence when turning the wheel. The tires also hit the strut towers. 1/4 in. spacers and clearence work on the strut towers is required. On the rear I removed about 1/4 in. of the inner lip. The rear tire hit the strut tower also. A 1/4 in. spacer gave 1/8 in. clearence at the strut tower, I will be doing some clearence work on the rear strut tower also. I have read were a lot of people have no clearence issues with 16x8 and 225-50-16. I realize that not all tires are the same size, even if the numbers state they are the same. I am glad I did my clearence work prior to body work and paint. I have left the appearence of the wheel wells looking stock but a lot of work went into getting those wheels to fit my 1972 240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8INtheZ Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I have a set of 3 piece BBS 16x8 with 0 off set running 225-50-16 Bridgstones...1972 240z Sounds killer do you have any pictures of your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janaka Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I too am running 16x8 with 0 offset front and rear. I have 225/50/16 up front with no issues and 245/45/16's out back. I need to roll the fenders to avoid rubbing on big dips. Otherwise no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310z Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_specs.jsp This is a site I found that was intresting to work with on tire and wheel size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310z Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I do have pictures but I was wanting to wait until the car is finished to post any pictures. I am also not very good with computers and I don't know how to post photos but I will figure it out. But the early era BBS wheels with magneisum centers, completly re-done at 13.5 lb look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cruzmeister Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Janaka, nice car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janaka Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Janaka, nice car. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Yes please. I tried searching for it to no avail. Thanks see here http://forums.hybridz.org/showpost.php?p=810363&postcount=122 I have since sold the mags - and the the car. The mags are now on a 260z which has the larger suspension with the lower spring perches in the front. So the guy had to change the inner shells so the front rims are now 16x8. If he had coil overs of 240z front struts these would have worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310z Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 V8INtheZ, I finally got the picture thing going. In this picture you may notice there are no nug nuts. The tire is touching the spring perch and the wheel is just sitting on the studs. Prior to rebuilding the wheels, I got a hold of BBS, USA. They did a little reasearch via searel numbers and found that the wheels had not been produced for 22 years and were never imported into the USA. The goal is old school. I think the wheels came out nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gb20 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I would love to have 245s on all 4 with 16 inchers. Possible? What offset? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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