trancematic

Say it how i see it mate. Many thanks Once again.

Bought the Rims of Aidan Monday evening,the guy had them shipped Tuesday and they arrived shortly after Noon today Wednesday,what a fantastic service and great product for the money and I'm well pleased with the sale in general and the time and helpful information aidan gave me as i asked a awful lot of questions ? Great guy,great communications skills and extremely helpful in selling this item . Wouldn't hesitate to buy other goods of this person if i needed to in the future.

Cheers matey

I enquired about these and asked the guy i few question regarding width size which he said he didn't know,also asked him if they came with the appropriate bolts,again he failed to answer,so based on that communication its best i leave this one alone as i don't want to be making a 250 mile round trip and buying some Rays that are not exactly the size i require for my tyres.

Hey Salesy they certainly look pretty decent,anyway i have contacted the seller as I'm away for a few days but they really have my interest,i like the look and the price. Thanks for the heads up mate .

I don't mind it sunken inside the arch if I'm honest,much appreciate your time and effort Grundy in giving me some advice as I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing . By the way what do Rays stand for .

excuse my ignorance guys but what exactly are these Rays i keep hearing about,i know absolutly nothing about cars i just drive them,all i want is to basically get back to basics ,get another set of alloys that don't really require spacers that won't make my tyres look stretched. I have been told the rim sizes but Ive been looking on here but don't see any 8.5 on the rear,i have seen 1 set of alloys which fit my tyre size but didn't like the look of them,budget is around £500,and all this offset is confusing me even more. There last thing i want is to get a set of alloys/Rays whatever and then find i need spacers or they don't look much better than whats on the car. I do appreciate all the advice and help though but I'm not a 350z expert and have little to no interest in the mechanics of cars and i have to say that guys with total honesty .

Yeah i have seen them at other places.

Well I just be informed by Alloywheels.com that finding after market alloys of 8 on the front and 8.5 on the back is basically impossible according to these guys. He is telling me that 9 on the rear is fine and the tyres won't look stretched . Think I will just swap the car ......Lol

Thanks guys.......

Now I'm confused with the previous poster telling me I need spacers for 8 and 8.5 rims,I actually thought these were the standard sizes judging by what you guys said. Would prefer to buy alloys that fitted the hubs without spacers if I'm honest

Lexx,sorry for the confusion,I'm not really interested in the mechanics of what a car is all about,just like driving decent cars,so in that respect I'm completely I did notice that the car had really wide tyres on which were in extremely bad condition,so I cam on here asking for the correct front and rear tyre sizes completely not thinking that those size tyres were on those rims for a reason. So my stupidly,besides these Jade/R alloys are a little scuffed so it's a much easier option to buy the correct sized alloys.

Yes you are correct I don't like the Jade/R alloy wheels and yes in my ignorance I bought what was the correct sized tyres for the car which don't exactly sit nice on these rims . That is not the only problem ,the spacer is corroded and if I replace 1 I would much prefer to replace the 4 , so given the cost is £200 for the 4 spacers and They want to know the spacer measurements it's an ideal opportunity to get myself a set of new alloys instead

Thanks guys for the speedy response ,and the first guy that asked the question? I want new alloys to fit those tyres I have . Many thanks guys.

Right guys I'm in the market for some new alloys for my 350z,when I bought it about 15 months ago it had some custom Jade/R alloys on it with 245 on the front and 275 /45r18 on the rear. Because the tyres in my opinion were absolute pants and budget tyres i decided to by some Mitchelin super sports but the correct tyre sizes 225/45R18 front and 245/45/R18 rear. Now when they proceeded to put the new tyres on the rims the tyre fitter looked a little bemused and called his gaffer,the tyres looked completely stretched due to the size of thes alloys which I'm guessing where around 9.5 . Now I have a spacer problem on the rear which has rusted and corroded,these come in sets of 2,if I buy 1 set I'm going to want to buy them all round which is around £200. Now I have seen sets of alloys for £500 so what I need to know is what are the correct size alloys for the tyres I have which once purchased and tyres put on them won't look stretched. Is it 8 on the front and 9 on the rear ,I'm sticking with R18. Thanks in advance.

I don't know much only that other people have said they look a bit stretched,when i had the car originally like i said they had 245 on the front and 265 on the back,its not a smaller tyre i require but different alloys which are around 8inch.

Thanks KyleR for the information think i will just try and get hold of some decent Alloys,As for the offset and Spacer thing you have lost me and i just want the tyres to sit flush around the rims,not bothered about all this Spacer stuff as i have seen plenty on here with handling problems due to fitting different spacers and tyre sizes . Someone here said PM ZMANALEX or something regarding Alloys.......Is he a trader and has someone got a direct link.

What does poor offsets mean ? Sorry And why do they look awful as i thought they looked fine......Goes to show how much i know if you think they look that bad As for your there to narrow scenario that is not the case,the alloys are actually to wide hence the tyre stretching problem pointed out by Mitz at Cougar Store on Wednesday and several other observers. I was told they were actually 18inch Jade Alloys so if you think by that picture they look like 17inch then i better get the tape measure out because i did not put these on the car and i have no information on these wheels apart from the Jade-R name.......Period. Also take into consideration that when i bought the car it had 245 on the front and 265 on the rear,i asked what where the correct stock sizes for a 350z not really knowing at the time that the Jade-r alloys where a different size,so in my wisdom and the fact the tyres where crap i put 225 /45r18 on the front and 245/45r18 on the rear which i thought was correct not knowing that was the reason the guy had put the bigger sizes on in the first place. Besides i wont have these alloys for long awful or not...........You have know upset my Zed and she is not very happy

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Cheers KyleR i see what your saying,unfortunately it says the jpeg is to big,i will sort something out.

14N that is correct in what you say,originally i just thought the guy had put wider tyres on the front and the back,but the tyres were in a bit of a state and a brand i had never heard of,so i looked on various websites and the size of the tyre profile for a standard stock Z alloy was the ones i have now put on the car not really knowing that the Jade-R alloys were wider than the normal. I am not blaming anyone on here as i asked the question and did not mention the fact that it had custom Jade-R alloys on as to be perfectly honest did not think they were a different size from stock alloys,thats me having very little wisdom and knowing very little about the dynamics of cars. There are plenty enough petrol heads on here who love what they do with there bits and pieces and know how and i wish my passion was the same,but its not and I'm not afraid to admit it,i actually get lost on this forum with all the upgrades and technical stuff going on. I bought the car because i like nice looking speedy cars but when they go wrong then I'm not the man in the know and there are very few drivers other than dedicated Nissan 350z owners on here that know a lot more. At the end of the day most people just buy a car and have very little interest in what works what and what goes where,but having said that it comes in mighty handy if you do know your stuff when having a certain type of car and this forum is a great place to be to get the answers. When i bought the car the dealer said it had some nice Jade-r Alloys on it........To me it did not mean that in the future i had to put wider tyres on them. Anyway at present the car drives really nice so i guess thats all that counts and if i see a reasonable alloy set a a nice price then i will change them. KyleR i see a download feature at the bottom but i don't see any upload feature mate

No it don't work like that apparently,the actual Alloys are bigger than the usual Z spec which i think is around 8.5 inches so the tyre stretches to fit the wheels,don't ask me i know nothing about cars and performance i just like driving decent cars. Not sure if there is a easier option of adding direct photo to this site apart from having to copy the link in your browser thats the only thing i seem to be able to find.

Will do later KyleR ok and thanks for the information by yourself and everyone else.

Yeah its easy to spend money on mods at CS i bet.

Hi all. A have been informed by CS when he done my exhaust Wednesday that my tyres on my car looked a little odd on the wheels which were on the car when i bought it Jade R alloys 18 inch,Now the tyres on the car have been replaced because when i looked they were some cheap brand i had never heard of so put on what people raved about on here......Michelin Super Sports. Then i came to this wonderful 350z forum and i asked a question as i noticed that the tyres on the front were 245 and on the rear 265,the question i asked was what was the correct tyre sizes for a Nissan 350z and was told 225/45 r18 front and 245/45r18 rear of which i bought. Now guys i know nothing about cars and just enjoy something nice,but here lies the problem and obviously my stupidity as the tyres look a little like they are swollen if you catch my drift,this was picked up at the time by the tyre fitter who called his manager who then looked up the alloys and said they would be fine. But after mItz comment at CS on Wednesday it has me slightly worried if I'm honest as this is the 3rd time someone has commented on the look of the wheel,according to Mitz i am looking for some alloys of around 8inch to 8.5 as he thinks these Jade-R are possibly 9 to 9.5 hence the problem with the way these look. Its becoming a bit of a expense at the moment,New Super Sports,New Exhaust and now this issue,anyone selling some alloys to suit my car at a reasonable price then let me know because i know this problem is going to play on my mind. Thanks all. P.S although Mitz has explained it over to me by email i am still a little confused as to what i need to be buying if I'm totally honest based on the tyres i now have on.