Hey all, I've finally decided on the rims I'm going to get for my '06 coupe... They are going to be the 19'' hyper silver AME Tracer FS-01

I'm wondering if this color will clash with my car color... I have a Liquid Platinum so would it kind of be like an awkward "navy blue socks with black pants" clash or would the two colors compliment each other? I can only picture it in my head and I can't really find pictures (why not many people with LP coupes???) so input please!



I just have a few questions/comments about what you all think I should get as far as staggered/non-staggered + tire circumference. I'm new to the whole modding scene (never was interested until I just picked up my G a couple weeks ago) so I'm still learning!:

I'm leaning heavily towards non-staggered 19''/9.5/+30 offset because I've read on the forum that non-staggered width will result in better handling and I'm more of a "if something looks good, great, as long as it doesn't reduce performance" kind of guy. I live up a fairly windy hill and I like to take the curves pretty quickly and I figured if non-staggered do in fact improve handling, then that's what I'm getting. However, I'm also wondering if it's true that non-staggered heights will make the VDC go crazy as some people have claimed... I'm currently on stock 19''s with 245/40/19R and 225/40/19F and I've read it should be 40R/35F (or some arbitrary staggered height)? Unless the manufacturer screwed up with the heights of these tires, I've been using them since I got the car and I've had no issue with the VDC locking up my wheels when I'm turning or whatever people have said happened. I figured I would stick to (255/265)/40/19's for all four tires if the claims of the whacky VDC is false...

Will the 8.5'' width for the front rim fit without spacers/other mods? I understand that stock width for the front was 8 flat; I just don't want the wheels to stick out like a go-kart or anything... Flush = good. Any input on this issue would be great!

Finally, (this is very trivial but I though I might ask) how come some pictures of this particular rim show the Enkei logo, and others have the AME? I know that AME is the "luxury" branch of Enkei (or at least that's what I've read), but is there any difference in the quality/performance of the rim? is it just some kind of emblem you can remove and interchange?

Thanks to whoever looks this over and helps me.. Once again I'm new to all this and I have searched the forums regarding these issues but nothing I found was really definitive... And I think it's kind of specific for each person depending on their setup... Just asking for some profession advice (and trying to not waste money and screwing up my first mod), that's all

 

19x 8.5 +30 is pretty high for a coupe, are you lowered on anything if you dont wanna go staggered atleast run 19x9.5 +15 or +20

 

8.5+30 is far from flush. If you want to run a nonstaggered width, at least go up to 9.5

 

Sorry, I meant to type 9.5. Edit made. From the pictures I've seen, 9.5 would seem to fit the front perfectly however still a little inward for the rear... I was hoping a spacer would fix that problem.

As far as offset is concerned, the deepest they offer for this rim is +30... That's not too bad, is it?

I'm planning on getting some coilovers with the rims and dropping the car accordingly...

 

cant remove or interchange them , most if not all the wheels have enkei etched in there somewhere

+30 isnt the deepest the offer, you can go for +25 , i know on is300 that would be a very aggressive fitment with those wheels don't know about a g35 , if anything call up DOM at AME , he can tell ya what you would need better than most people

GL man

 

og dave are you talking about that red is300? depends on the car i dont know what kind of offsets the is300 has to run to be aggressive. you can already get those 9.5+30 and run 15 mm all around. depends on how much you drop your car and what tire size your gonna run.

 

Really? I was looking at the spec sheet off of ame-wheels.com and according to that, they don't have any other size...

Where can I find contact info for Dom?

 

I've been reading up a lot on wheel sizes and fitments, especially the whole offset thing... Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't anything less than +30 offset cause the wheel to be more towards the inside of the fender? I know that with stock 19" with +33 in the rear and +30 up front, the rims are till a little bit toward the inside...

Since I'm looking at 9.5'' width and +30mm offset all around, wouldn't that pretty much be perfect since stocks were 8/8.5 with +30/33 offsets? If this isn't true, then my understanding of offsets pretty much flew out the window.

 

^^no. +30 wont give you flushness, get lower offsets

also depends how low your car is.. if you are stock height and trying to be flush with the fenders, thats not that hard.. but then again thats not what most people would consider flush, you would need a good moderate drop, and ALSO take that into account when choosing the offset

 

get some work vs-xx with low offset and people will be drooling when they see your car. if you can afford the bbs that shayne has then get those!

 

Don't waste money on +30 offsets!

 

ya a 9.5" rear rim isnt near flush with a 275 tire until about +5, front 9.5" rim with a 245 tires isnt flush until around +10

so those rims and a 20/25mm spacer would a start. just remember thats about $200 in spacers. Much wiser to spend that 200$ on properly offset wheels.

 

19x9.5 +30 is the best fitment AME offers on this wheel. If you go for that, run 15mm spacers up front and 30mm spacers in the back. That makes it much closer to flush while keeping them looking even with respect to the fenders.