GTR Rims on G35 ?

[smr514]

Originally Posted by 05DGx

Shipped from Nigeria? Lemme wire that over in the next 24 hours.

lol

[Lexxy]

Originally Posted by Marlin84

Lower profile tires can exhibit a quicker transitional response (when you turn the steering wheel, less delay until the car tracks in the new direction because the tire doesn't flex from side to side as much). However, for what they gain in that respect, they can lose more in impact absorption. I had 215/45-17's on my SE-R. It was like riding around on basketballs. Or like riding on a train. I could feel every tiny crack in the road. Road feel is important, but it goes past the point of being useful and into obnoxious once you get much lower that a 45 series tire. The stock 19's are what, 225/40 and 245/40? If you go to a 20", you'll be going to a 225/35 and 245/35 to keep the proper overall tire diameter. You hit an acorn hard enough, you might bend on of those rims with that little amount of rubber in place to help absorb impacts.. lol

And going with a larger wheel often means more weight for the wheel+tire combo. More un-sprung weight can adversely affect handling, and increased rotational mass (the wheel+tire+brake rotor) makes it harder to accelerate and slow down.

Small changes might increase the desired characteristic without making other attributes too much to handle for your taste, but bigger changes can bring bigger problems.

Just trying to help you think about all the angles on this decision.

That all totally makes a lot of sense thanks. I actually was referring to impact on 'steerability' since bigger wheels should be harder to turn than small ones, but since you're not mentioning that at all, i reckon that's negligible..? I guess it's a matter of quality if you wanna go for 20's, not being to eager on saving money but spend a lil more on a good quality to decrease the chance of bending rims. OR go really really cheap so it's not too bad if they get deformed lol.

btw @Mike: i know you need thinner tires once you go bigger rims, but what i meant was if your REAR wheels are BIGGER than your FRONT wheels. i.e. 19's on the front and 20's on the back.

[Lexxy]

btw 1 thing remains questionable to me: does anyone know (or maybe someone can show us) how well these R35 GTR wheels would fill up the wheel hubs? i'm not talking height/diameter but width since they're 20x9,5+20 and 20x10,5+20. If you don't need them to stick out aggressively but just want them to allign nicely to the width of the fender, would that be a good size or would you need spacers?