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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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Getting rid of wheel gap?

As I am contemplating on what I want to do hear soon with the car, I really don't want to mess with the suspension, however, I do want to get a set of wheels. I am looking to either throw on 18's or 19's. I want to be able to ride around not looking like I am on 4x4. What size tire/wheel size should I go with the fill in the wheel gap so it doesn't look so horrendous when I drive?

I am looking into a cheaper set of XXR wheels. Either the XXR 962, or something along those lines. Can anyone toss in some insight?
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:53 PM
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stock suspension and aftermarket wheels...











wait for it...........













you'll need to drop that thing first, no getting around it lol
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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you will need 20s if u want to clear the wheel gap.. even then i dont think it will look right. try and get a coupe suspension, its a .5 drop.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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AHH, terrible. I just don't want to lose the ride quality I have.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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I've heard people doing a complete 350z suspension? How reliable/good is that? I'm new to the Infiniti/Nissan world, and haven't done much research on anything.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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a lot of springs do a great job of obtaining oem ride quality...look in the suspension section for reviews
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:58 PM
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^ what suspension are you running? Your car looks like a perfect height/stance I would want.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 03:08 PM
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^ what suspension are you running? Your car looks like a perfect height/stance I would want.
where are you located, i will be putting my setup soon for sale. ride quality i thought it was very good. it was firm and responsive. here is my setup.



 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 03:08 PM
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I'm probably going to go for the 350z tein h-tech springs with 350z tokico blues. Maybe switching the teins out for vogtlands.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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Social, what is your setup? I am located in Lexington, KY. I want low, but not too low. Roads here suck around campus and all around the town.

Looking for OEM ride quality and a decent drop so when I purchase wheels, it'll have a good stance to it. On my S2000, I ran Tein S-tech's and they were pretty decent, as well as a decent drop. My brother who currently has a 07 G is on Eibach's I believe, and that thing sits pretty nicely, and still rides great too.

 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 03:18 PM
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i have a 2.7 inch drop. the suspension was from an 07 Z that had 12k miles. i have put like 13k so has a total of around 25k miles on the suspension. springs are eibach sportlines in the front and teins in the back.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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Social, what is your setup? I am located in Lexington, KY. I want low, but not too low. Roads here suck around campus and all around the town.

Looking for OEM ride quality and a decent drop so when I purchase wheels, it'll have a good stance to it. On my S2000, I ran Tein S-tech's and they were pretty decent, as well as a decent drop. My brother who currently has a 07 G is on Eibach's I believe, and that thing sits pretty nicely, and still rides great too.

I went to UK. Go Cats!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 04:40 PM
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^Please tell me this is the Jarvis I'm thinlking it is lol.

To the OP: I have a set of tein stechs for a 350z if you're interested. I'm located on mainstreet in Lex.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:21 PM
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215/100-17 would probably fill it
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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i was looking at xxr wheels to. I ended up going with drags. Their also pretty cheap set up. Discount tire direct well hook you up if your looking for new wheels i would recommend there. I'm running 350z Tein S techs doesn't look bad [/IMG]
 
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