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Subject IMHO the biggest factor in wheel design is proportion and
     
Posted by YugoBernie (NoVA) on October 18, 2005 at 12:31 AM
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In Reply To I think the stock wheel matches the body styling well posted by ZLover4Life on October 18, 2005 at 12:12 AM
     
Message that you'd likely loose it when you made the wheel bigger.

I like the stock wheels for what they are, but I'm certainly not going to spend time & money to R&D a 15year old wheel design plus 1 inch.

IMHO Nissan's design team really dropped the ball here we should had have 17" wheels stock OR at least large enough internal clearance to run the R32 GTR calipers w. out shims or shaving. I know at the time they made a big deal of the brakes but still it's clearly our weak link AND it's dictated by the wheel's inner dimensions.

Personally I'd rather Nissan have a classier 17x8 17x9 combo on the 350Z rather then those nasty ass 7 spoke wagon wheels they come with. Frankly it kills me that the G35 sedan 17" wheels don't come an inch wider.

YugoBernie

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1995 NISSAN 300ZX TwinTurbo 5 Speed in Cobalt Green
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