DARE350 Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Had the 350z for just over 2 months now and I wasn't happy that it was still pretty much standard spec so I decided the biggest change will come from fitting some new wheels. After a quick chat with Chris at Tarmac Sportz at the start of the year I had the exact set in the exact sizes that I wanted (that other suppliers couldn't match) on their way to me along with all new rubber. I decided to keep the staggered sizes and focus on function rather than form as I've made that mistake on previous cars, so these are Rota Torque Drifts, 18" 8.5/9.5 with I think et30 and et12 offsets. The rears especially look staggering and have added a much more powerful stance to the car. Future plans will help to tie together the colour scheme and I should hopefully end up with it looking track ready. The result keeps impressing me every time I look out the window and I had to take my camera along for a quick drive at lunch so that I could capture them in the best condition they'll ever be in. So here's the photos, quality greatly reduced by Photobucket, and I hope they go down well 3 Quote
peteman35 Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 I toyed with the idea of torques for ages when i was looking at wheels. Look brilliant, lower it a bit and you'll be onto a winner 1 Quote
coldel Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 I have to say, most 18s I would say you need to lower, but these look fantastic and fill the arches lovely. Good work Mr Chris Tarmac! Quote
DARE350 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 I toyed with the idea of torques for ages when i was looking at wheels. Look brilliant, lower it a bit and you'll be onto a winner I have to say, most 18s I would say you need to lower, but these look fantastic and fill the arches lovely. Good work Mr Chris Tarmac! Thanks guys, I might lower it slightly in the future but good to hear that it's looking suitable as it is for the time being. Loving the combo! Haha so i'm not the first I'm going to invest in some splitters/spoilers and have them all in black that should tie together the colour combination, as well as colouring the calipers red I think. Fortunately this thing isn't lacking on power so I don't feel bad adding to the looks first. Quote
pagan Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 I think with black wheels they look better with a machined lip. Quote
Slosh Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 I like the wheels, but the rear looks high. Get it lowered a bit then you're off to a good start Quote
GMballistic Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Very nice imo. I see what you mean about the rear alloys ~ they look so much nicer with the spokes dipping inwards like that. Quote
StevoD Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Looks nice whats the tyre size as wheel/ratio looks what im after Quote
gazzard27 Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Hi mate, Guessing this was 8.5 et12 front, 9.5 et30 rear? Look siiick Quote
brsf1991 Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Wheels look sick! just get rid of a little bit of the arch/wheel gap and itll look mint! Quote
jonty88 Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Great choice! I have been toying with getting Torques since I got my Z, nice wheels! Quote
martybhoy Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Love the wheels. Car looks great with them on! Quote
DARE350 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Last Active Offline Oct 04 2014 12:13 Oh i'm still around, just forget to login usually. Thanks for all the comments, the car looks slightly better nowadays Nissan 350Z Front Lit in the Dark by HE is DARE, on Flickr 2 Quote
gazzard27 Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 Hi mate was this 8.5 et12 front? 9.5 et30 rear? Thanks Quote
daveallen1999 Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 Wheels look great. I will get some for my car in the future. Quote
DARE350 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Posted May 28, 2015 Hi mate was this 8.5 et12 front? 9.5 et30 rear? Thanks Yeah that sounds right, Tarmac Sportz on here is where I got them from. Quote
GMballistic Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Love that picture of your Zed DARE. Fantastic looking car. 1 Quote
slickcell Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 These wheels look great! Is that completely standard height at the most recent picture?? I really want to stay with 18s for mine but struggle to resist with how good 19s look in comparison to 18s Quote
DARE350 Posted June 1, 2015 Author Posted June 1, 2015 These wheels look great! Is that completely standard height at the most recent picture?? I really want to stay with 18s for mine but struggle to resist with how good 19s look in comparison to 18s Totally standard yeah, the additional body bits help the looks a lot and there's not much of an arch gap after putting on the front wheel spacers. Quote
slickcell Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 These wheels look great! Is that completely standard height at the most recent picture?? I really want to stay with 18s for mine but struggle to resist with how good 19s look in comparison to 18s Totally standard yeah, the additional body bits help the looks a lot and there's not much of an arch gap after putting on the front wheel spacers. Looks brilliant mate, well done :-) Quote
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