should i go for the OEM 19s?
I just had a similar debate with myself--
1) Get OEM 19's with tires on them
2) Get OEM 19s without tires and put on the tires I want.
3) Get non-OEM 19s from someone on this or the Z site.
Here are my answers to each:
Scenario 1:
Pros: cheapest route. Easy when you re-sell since they will be OEM rims. Looks stock if that's what you want.
Cons: The OEM Potenzas suck, roar like none other and are still way undersized for the car.
Scenario 2:
Pros: You get the tires you want. Easy when you re-sell since they will be OEM rims. Looks stock if that's what you want.
Cons: You can't safely put a 265 tire on the rear wheels which means that you are stuck with the 245s in the rear (unless you want to run an oversized tire on an undersized rim and deal with the possible safety and wear implications). This route becomes expensive: say 1000$ for the rims alone and another 1200$ for a good set of tires--you can see why I did not go this route.
Scenario 3:
Pros: if you are patient, you can eventually find almost any set of rims with tires for sale in the black markets. You can usually find them for about 50% less than what they cost the original owner. You can get a larger rear wheel so you can get a performance increase out of all of this. If you buy good wheels, you can re-sell them for pretty close to what you paid if you keep them in good shape. They can give your car character.
Cons: You probably want to keep your OEMs around so that when you sell the car you can sell the rims seperately if need be.
I ended up going with scenario 3 since performance is very important to me and you simply cannot get to where you need to be on 8.5 inch rear wheels.
1) Get OEM 19's with tires on them
2) Get OEM 19s without tires and put on the tires I want.
3) Get non-OEM 19s from someone on this or the Z site.
Here are my answers to each:
Scenario 1:
Pros: cheapest route. Easy when you re-sell since they will be OEM rims. Looks stock if that's what you want.
Cons: The OEM Potenzas suck, roar like none other and are still way undersized for the car.
Scenario 2:
Pros: You get the tires you want. Easy when you re-sell since they will be OEM rims. Looks stock if that's what you want.
Cons: You can't safely put a 265 tire on the rear wheels which means that you are stuck with the 245s in the rear (unless you want to run an oversized tire on an undersized rim and deal with the possible safety and wear implications). This route becomes expensive: say 1000$ for the rims alone and another 1200$ for a good set of tires--you can see why I did not go this route.
Scenario 3:
Pros: if you are patient, you can eventually find almost any set of rims with tires for sale in the black markets. You can usually find them for about 50% less than what they cost the original owner. You can get a larger rear wheel so you can get a performance increase out of all of this. If you buy good wheels, you can re-sell them for pretty close to what you paid if you keep them in good shape. They can give your car character.
Cons: You probably want to keep your OEMs around so that when you sell the car you can sell the rims seperately if need be.
I ended up going with scenario 3 since performance is very important to me and you simply cannot get to where you need to be on 8.5 inch rear wheels.
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Being 100% honest.... I think the stock OEM 19's are some of the BEST looking wheels for the G coupe. You can find better, but not for $1,000. The OEM 19's look great, and will give your coupe an updated look. I say go for it. You could keep them for a year, and still re-sell them for probably $800-1200. $1k is a nice price.
- Jason
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