19 Inch Rays alloys, but value unknown?

[Nake]

Hi all, I'm new here and having owned my 350Z for about 6 years now I thought I'd try and find out more about my wheels. I'm guessing they're not standard and wondered what they are worth as thinking of getting them refurbed?

 

Any info is most welcome

Edited February 22, 2022 by Nake

[DoogyRev]

They are LMGT4's and prob worth about 600 in good condition. Some of the nicest wheels for a 350z IMO ..... even more so on a midnight blue 😎

Edited February 22, 2022 by DoogyRev

[Jack94]

£600 for the set? Not unless they're in VERY bad condition. Mint I'd say at least £1500.

Anyway yeah they're Rays Nismo LMGT4's, which I believe were a factory fit option but pretty rare. 

Very sought after wheels due to the great look and fact they're very light/strong (forged). 

 

They must have been refurbed at least once before because the original finish was silver with a diamond cut centre and rim like this-

Edited February 22, 2022 by Jack94

[DoogyRev]

24 minutes ago, Jack94 said:

£600 for the set? Not unless they're in VERY bad condition. Mint I'd say at least £1500.

 

I was going by what's been up in our for sale section . . . 

[ATTAK Z]

Yeah, worth £1500 but would easily sell for £1000 when refurbed as original above

[HEADPHONES]

When I ordered my Zed in '05 and enquired about the 19" LMGT4s, they were a little over £3k as an option!

Alas I had already ticked the Nismo Aero kit option and hit my £30k budget ceiling.

I did however manage to save up for a set and in 2007 these arrived.....

I would definitely recommend a refurb to the original finish as it's truly a finish that has no worthy rivals.

Despite being 19's and wider than the standard Touring 18" rims, they weigh almost the same.

I've had these on my zed all year round for 15 years and seen no cracks or buckles

[ZMANALEX]

A set of MINT 19" LMGT4 rims refurbished back to OEM finish (Diamond Cut) will be worth £1500 /£2000 IMHO.

 

[da.murf]

Surprised at the blatant attempts to get someone to literally give away their wheels here 

 

sitting well not needing a refurb then 1500 is Starting price all day 

[Nake]

Awesome, thanks very for confirming what my wheels they are.

Obviously they've been refurbished before going by what they should look like and I noticed the NISMO logo is on different spokes compared to the valve between wheels.

 

I had a price of £200 to refurb locally, but think it was for just powder coating. From the sound of it I should get some prices to refurb back to original to make the most of them.

Any suggestions for the Midlands area? I was looking at Planet Alloys in Aldridge https://www.planetalloys.co.uk/  

 

[Jack94]

I had mine done at the wheel specialist last time, they've got quite a few branches around the country. 

Not cheap by any means but done to a really high quality and great service. 

[ATTAK Z]

2 hours ago, da.murf said:

Surprised at the blatant attempts to get someone to literally give away their wheels here 

 

sitting well not needing a refurb then 1500 is Starting price all day 

I don't think anyone here is trying to do that ... members are always helpful, especially with newbies.

[Olly350z]

For what it's worth, I sold a mint set of these back in 2019 with good tyres for £1800. A highly collectable and sort after wheel

[Nake]

2 hours ago, ATTAK Z said:

I don't think anyone here is trying to do that ... members are always helpful, especially with newbies.

It's ok.. I have no intention of selling the wheels..(Not without the car anyway). I just wanted advice on their potential value to see if they are worth spending money refurbing before they get any worse. 

 

1 hour ago, Olly350z said:

For what it's worth, I sold a mint set of these back in 2019 with good tyres for £1800. A highly collectable and sort after wheel

When you say mint, I'm guessing that's with diamond cut centres too?

Edited February 23, 2022 by Nake

[Olly350z]

No, they had been previously refurbished and had lost the diamond cut outer and centre. However, they were mint mint not a mark or chip to be seen 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ZMANALEX]

Just a bit more valuation help for the OP:

 

I stock and sell New Genuine Nissan 19" Nismo LMGT4 rims for £1000.00 each.

 

 

 

 

[DoogyRev]

Well I guess this guy did not know what we had and what they were worth 

 

 

[ZMANALEX]

6 minutes ago, DoogyRev said:

Well I guess this guy did not know what we had and what they were worth 

 

 

Indeed he did not.

 

Someone on here got a real bargain and it was not me.

 

I honestly would have been to embarrassed to only pay £600.00 to a fellow forum member, knowing that they were worth at least double that.

[Payco]

Personally imho given the current market price I wouldn’t be selling them for less than £2.5k. LMGT4 are going up in price and are very desirable .

[SHEZZA]

11 hours ago, Nake said:

Awesome, thanks very for confirming what my wheels they are.

Obviously they've been refurbished before going by what they should look like and I noticed the NISMO logo is on different spokes compared to the valve between wheels.

 

I had a price of £200 to refurb locally, but think it was for just powder coating. From the sound of it I should get some prices to refurb back to original to make the most of them.

Any suggestions for the Midlands area? I was looking at Planet Alloys in Aldridge https://www.planetalloys.co.uk/  

 

I got mine refurbed at JP Alloys in Cannock 

[Nake]

1 hour ago, SHEZZA said:

I got mine refurbed at JP Alloys in Cannock 

 

Very Nice too!.. Dare I ask how much it cost for the full works? 

[da.murf]

22 hours ago, ATTAK Z said:

I don't think anyone here is trying to do that ... members are always helpful, especially with newbies.

 

the first response to this thread was misleading, whether it was failed sarcasm etc, a newbie member wouldn't have the background understanding that the £600 LMGT4 sales was a mental error (in my opinion) by the seller. 

 

17 hours ago, ZMANALEX said:

Indeed he did not.

 

Someone on here got a real bargain and it was not me.

 

I honestly would have been to embarrassed to only pay £600.00 to a fellow forum member, knowing that they were worth at least double that.

 

I absolutely agree with ZMANALEX here, something would not have sat right with me about that. Yes everyone likes a bargain, but that was a very clear case of someone not knowing the worth of something and being taken advantage of. Gumtree sale etc might be slightly more understandable but in a owners forum I would be of the opinion we look out for other members, also one mans bargain just kills the value of others items.

 

 

 

regarding the LMGT4 wheels themselves and the value, I can only see them rise, bearing in mind this is a prime choice wheel for R34 GTR's etc and you see the price they are going for now. 

[Olly350z]

Genuinely interested in a set for my Nismo to be honest. Can picture a nice set all refurbished in gloss black looking the dogs dangleys. Just not sure being a half inch smaller whether the ABS would pick up on it or not 

[ZMANALEX]

It is not the size of a compatible wheel that will effect the ABS.

 

it is the rolling circumference of the tyre.

 

Just use an online tyre comparison website.

[DoogyRev]

https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/

 

 

[SHEZZA]

On 23/02/2022 at 22:54, Nake said:

 

Very Nice too!.. Dare I ask how much it cost for the full works? 

Thank you ! They cost £380, however that was in 2015 !