Subject	Widened my wheels. They look great!
Posted by	XTZ on May 05, 2008 at 11:01 PM
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Message	Got my wheels back from the wheel stretcher! My wide body project is coming together. I sent my wheels out to James at Weld Craft Wheels in Plymouth, Michigan. He did a great job taking my rear 19x9.5 wheels and adding 2.5" to the front lip for a 5"deep dish. Now they are 19x12. The wheels still need to be finished (fine sanding and polishing) but they will look great. I have finally come to a decision about tires. I will be wrapping them in Toyo Proxes T1R. 315/25/19 rears and 225/35/19 in front. I will be making use of my Tein Coilovers as well so the wheels fit real nice in the wells. :) You can vistit James website at [ www.weldcraftwheels.com ] My car will be pictured on there after all is completed. 3 months from now. PICTURES BELOW: Two dollars to my name: This is what the finished product should look like:
Follow Ups	Widened my wheels. They look great! - XTZ 23:01:45 05/05/08 Yup weldcraft wheels rocks (n/m) - collegeboy 23:07:07 05/05/08 Jebus those are big, congrats. (n/m) - 5280Z_nightstalker 23:09:35 05/05/08 Re: Widened my wheels. They look great! - arthoes 23:21:19 05/05/08 was going with a 345/30/19 Nitto INVO but it seems too large (n/m) - XTZ 23:30:38 05/05/08 That is. Get 355/25/19 from Pirelli - collegeboy 23:32:18 05/05/08 Ok, read your post - collegeboy 23:34:36 05/05/08 Another factor is time. Shop needs wheels during body work - XTZ 23:46:41 05/05/08 get a crap set of stockers for body work (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 00:12:22 05/06/08 you need the wheels on the car when doing a widebody - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 10:22:54 05/06/08 Yup. 30 with 345 is way too tall though XTZ...trust me - collegeboy 16:11:01 05/06/08 was going to go 12.5" but decided for a 12" better tire opts (n/m) - XTZ 23:37:10 05/05/08 It all depends on the width of the tire - collegeboy 23:30:45 05/05/08 Ride quality may be a matter of taste, but performance is - 240Z FeO2 10:16:27 05/06/08 Re: Re: Widened my wheels. They look great! - XTZ 23:34:10 05/05/08 Those are gonna look very nice on a widebody Z... - TheTwinZ (Peru) 23:35:31 05/05/08 Either made by Paul Bailey, or Z Central Strosek like - XTZ 23:42:17 05/05/08 Great to hear...I was just going to suggest you to check - TheTwinZ (Peru) 23:59:23 05/05/08 I will have to do that. It will not look right if I don't (n/m) - XTZ 00:02:45 05/06/08 that's phat lip, bro (n/m) - zyoulater 23:36:11 05/05/08 The rear should look awesome, but really only 225 front? - Scotts94z32 00:45:27 05/06/08 The fronts are 19x8.5 with 225/35/19 - XTZ 00:55:05 05/06/08 I'd run almost anything on the front over 225s. I have no - Scotts94z32 09:26:03 05/06/08 You can/should run a 245/255 up front. 90mm section diff - BigTDogg (MA) 09:56:24 05/06/08 you know, I always thought that could be done - ZLover4Life 00:56:51 05/06/08 Re: you know, I always thought that could be done - XTZ 01:05:36 05/06/08 when I was thinking of doing it - ZLover4Life 01:43:51 05/06/08 uhhhh! lipped stock wheels! (n/m) - inf 02:18:48 05/06/08 I don't think that'd look right - ZLover4Life 11:04:04 05/06/08 then you might have to get spacers, depending on width (n/m) - XTZ 15:36:05 05/06/08 I won't be doing it - ZLover4Life 10:28:11 05/07/08 speechless (n/m) - robo (sebring1970) 05:13:14 05/06/08 I suggest going with a JSPEC front instead of that - ENVYMYZ 07:05:01 05/06/08 agreed!! wheels look awesome tho (n/m) - fst300zx 07:13:26 05/06/08 Agreed...But on the other hand, the j-spec fascia needs some - TheTwinZ (Peru) 09:08:42 05/06/08 maybe something reminiscent of a 911 Turbo or Supra, clean - Zlicious (Seattle) 11:43:47 05/06/08 That one would be a nice choice too! lol - TheTwinZ (Peru) 12:07:52 05/06/08 how much do they weigh? Balanced? (n/m) - MidLifeZ (DFW) 08:00:36 05/06/08 wow, that's pretty good! (n/m) - RedSER13 09:51:23 05/06/08 * thumbs UP * (n/m) - Milo (SATX) 11:12:23 05/06/08 thats great work done. how much did it cost u? (n/m) - shougun 11:36:02 05/06/08 Re: thats great work done. how much did it cost u? - XTZ 14:36:02 05/06/08 You should do that once the body is finished... - TheTwinZ (Peru) 15:50:31 05/06/08 WOOHOO ... hello massive understeer (n/m) - Luke@tirerack 15:26:59 05/06/08 Come on... being able to turn is overrated. (n/m) - 240Z FeO2 16:31:02 05/06/08 That's what I told SZ... - Dave N 16:42:00 05/06/08 how'm I going to have a problem? Near Stock diameter & Width - XTZ 16:43:59 05/06/08 Perhaps it's counter intuitive, but rear wheel width - 240Z FeO2 17:38:06 05/06/08 Re: how'm I going to have a problem? Near Stock diameter & W - Luke@tirerack 09:11:41 05/07/08 Looks great! Just curious about something though >> - Ash's Z 17:47:23 05/06/08 Re: Looks great! Just curious about something though >> - XTZ 21:32:59 05/06/08
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