trancematic Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 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. Quote
StevoD Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) 245/40/18 front and 265/40/18 rear Edit im confused do you want tyre sizes for your wheels or wheels for your tyres? Edited July 30, 2014 by StevoD Quote
Grundy Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Standard Rays are 8J and 8.5J I believe. My fronts are 9.5J and they have a 245 on them. Which isn't much of a stretch. The problem you made is buying tyres for the wrong sized wheels 1 Quote
pjf1985 Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 If you want to use the tyres you have already but don't want any stretch on them you should stick to the OEM sizes of 8.0J fronts and 8.5J rears. Anything wider will mean you will have to have a bit of stretch Quote
trancematic Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 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. Quote
Lexx Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 I'm slightly confused... I think what you are saying is you bought the correct size tyres for standard OEM Rays? But these don't fit your Jade alloys (because my guess is they are wider than Rays) If you like the Jade alloys, sell the wrong size tyres you bought, and then fit the correct size tyres for your Jade wheels. 1 Quote
trancematic Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 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 Quote
Paddy78 Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 What Lexx said. It looks like you looked up the correct tyre sizes for the standard Rays, without realising that your wheels are slightly wider. So, a. sell tyres and buy wider ones or b. sell wheels and buy Rays to fit tyres. If you can return the 225's and swap for 265 or 275, then this would be the better option IMHO. The 245's should be OK on the fronts! Quote
Paddy78 Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Scratch that... you don't like your wheels! So you need 8j fronts and 8.5j rears with the tyres you've got. Quote
Grundy Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Depending how you want your car to look OP, you are going to want spacers with 8/8.5J Wheels. Quote
trancematic Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 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. Quote
hensh65 Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Grundy you should avoid commenting on these types of threads to avoid conflict Suppose its not bad now they are on the car now! ( and look good ) I thought I saw someone selling Jade R alloys for £800 on here a while back. You should try and get a set of runners and sell the alloys and put it with your £500 and get a decent set of alloys. I wish I waited with mine tbh. Quote
trancematic Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) 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 Edited July 30, 2014 by trancematic Quote
hensh65 Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) He means because they sit so far in the arches and look GASH! They will fit though,,,, Grundy stop confusing the guy with your Stance cR@P ! Edited July 30, 2014 by hensh65 Quote
GMballistic Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 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 8J and 8.5J are the standard rim sizes for Rays alloys ~ the Rays alloys tend to sit a little inward on the Zed so a lot of people buy spacers to make them sit outwards to make them fill the arch gap more. Quote
Lexx Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Wheel width is mostly irrelevant with regards to needing spacers or not. what matters is the offset of the wheels. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/56720-wheel-offsets-for-dummies/ Quote
trancematic Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 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 Quote
roscopervis Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 If you were to get 8 and 8.5 inch width wheels to match the Rays, as they have an offset of 30 on the front and 33 on the rear, people tend to put a 20mm and 25mm spacer on effectively making these wheels have an offset of 10 and 8. So you'd be looking for a set of aftermarkets with offsets of around 10. If you went to 8.5 and 9 inch rear wheel (keeping it staggered and not stretching the tyres too much) the offsets would be similar hovering around 5-10ish I reckon. Who the heck buys new aftermarket wheels only to put spacers on?! Quote
WhackyWill Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Think Alloywheels need to either look on here or FleaBay for Rays at 8J fronts and 8.5J rears, lots in there for between £300 to £450 depending on condition ...!! Quote
trancematic Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah i have seen them at other places. Quote
Grundy Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Look at either a square setup of 9.5J or go for 9.5j + 9J Quote
Ekona Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 It might be worth considering a set of Rays, as not only are they cheap but they're also very light, which means that your will improve in the following areas: Handling Braking Acceleration Fuel economy (minimal on this one though!) Worth bearing in mind. 2 Quote
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