So what do you do when you can't find a wheel calling your name???

Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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So what do you do when you can't find a wheel calling your name???

...looking & looking & looking; nothing is really doing it for me

Has to be 19s, preferably forged (definitely not too weighty) & of course looks kick **** on the sedan.

I like Progressiv ME, but been there done that on my last car.
I'm stuck


...BTW don't mention this to my better half
 
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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LOL... boy, you've got it bad!
 
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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& you're a big help too.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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Well Ian, since you're starting this thread I'll have to say just make your own since you customize everything else already.

Honestly, wheels should be decided by you, just look for something that hits the right spot when you see it. There are a ton of wheels out there that'll look sick on our cars.

i.e. the Advan Model 5:


There's a pic of a sedan in Japan with these on and it looks so sick with the right fitment.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Borna
Well Ian, since you're starting this thread I'll have to say just make your own since you customize everything else already.

Honestly, wheels should be decided by you, just look for something that hits the right spot when you see it. There are a ton of wheels out there that'll look sick on our cars.
^ lol.... I agree.
In all the time spent on here, I have never posted about wheels selection.
For what ever reason... I'm stuck
re the T5 ...Hasn't the it been discontinued?

I saw these, but one minute I luv em, the next meh....

 
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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Those look decent, there are wheels that look better on the G though.

The Model 5's were discontinued and replaced with the Model T5's
The pic I put up isn't of the T5's, sorry about that.
Here are the T5's.

 
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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Love that style. Very Corvette-ish. There's a cheap knock-off of it but the offets are ridiculous for a G, and they only go 7.5" wide.



I'm a fan of concave 5-spokes without lips (ala BMW), but alas they're pretty hard to find.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by soundmike
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I'm a fan of concave 5-spokes without lips (ala BMW), but alas they're pretty hard to find.
Yeah I like the lipless concave as well.

these F7s are sweet
 

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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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Those would look sick too.
But make sure you get some aggressive offsets so they have a proper concave look.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Borna
Those would look sick too.
But make sure you get some aggressive offsets so they have a proper concave look.
^ that's a big part of the problem....
I don't want to run crazy camber just to fit wheels either,
performance is more important than bling, for me.

From what I've seen, I think 9.5 ET45 rear & 8.5 ET35 are about my limits.



...BTW just received shipping # from FI
 
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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Congrats on the tracking #, wait till you have the package from FI sitting at your door, that'll be a nice feeling.

Honestly, I'd have to say anything below -2.0* of camber isn't too much.
I'll be getting the H&R springs, which give you about -1.8* without a camber kit and as long as you adjust the toe back to spec you shouldn't have a problem with uneven tire wear, when I order my wheels in the near future. Since my wheels will need about -1.8* to sit flush I won't have to spend money on a camber kit...maybe just a toe bolt.

Unlike toe which shreds your tires quickly, camber only kills your tires over a long period of time. And if you get directional tires you can flip them after around 15k miles and voila, you have an almost new set that'll last you at least another 10k miles.

If you'd be willing to dial in some negative camber, then you could run 8.5 +28 fronts and 9.5 +30 rears easily. That'll give you a nice concave look and still be conservative in terms of camber, you'd have to run about -1.5* front and back with 245/40/19 and 275/35/19 tires with your suspension setup.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 09:39 AM
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^ yup... found the same thing.
I have my fr. toe dialed out to 0.00 now


...I didn't think I could push anywhere near those numbers^
Terry has a great setup here & he's at 10" ET48
 

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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 10:22 AM
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Yeah but Terry's car has the camber dialed back to spec so it fits flush, but as you can see Terry's rear wheel doesn't have too much of a lip and I'm sure you know that concave wheels need a more aggressive fitment than wheels with a lip. If Terry's wheels were no lip concave wheels, the face would be nearly flat.
If you're willing to run some camber then you can fit those specs with no problems, I'm going to go even more aggressive than those and like I said I'll be running only around -1.8*
Just do it Ian
 
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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...guess I'm not as brave as you.

I agree, there's no point to a half a$$ concave look.
I may can the concave idea


That was the one thing I didn't like about my ME setup on the Z4M...
I had a reasonable concave on the rear, but the front sucked.
 

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https://g35driver.com/forums/norther...you-think.html

Someone in this thread mentioned they could conceivably be made to fit...with spacers? Would need some sort of bolt pattern conversion, but hey, you ARE the InTgr8r.
 
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