Hey all,

First I want to say please don't flame me for this questions. I just purchase 2 G35 within a month and now since having them there are a few things I want to change but don't want to waste the money due to fitment. So my wife has a 04 with the 18X8 Stock wheels and my car is an 05 which has the 19" Rays I guess stock wheels. We both honestly hate the tucked in look so we are looking for a wheels that will sit flush in the front and back without using spacers. I can purchase wheels but I don't want to purchase one with an offset that either isn't going to fit correctly or end up purchasing brand new tires since she already has new tires.

Ive asked numerous members via PM and Facebook about there cars and what size wheels they are running over the past couple weeks but nobody has responded. I have plenty of pictures but again no names to add to them. We both like the 5 spoke look but want a good lip especially in the back and we are not lowering the cars at all. its basically looks. Is there anyone that can help us with this. I know the offsets of the factory wheels and that is where im at currently.


The car, Not interested in the female, Have a good one already



Thanks for your input if you will

Robert Maynor
Pembroke, NC

 

Not sure I am following the question. The title of the post mentions OEM wheels in 18" and 19". But then you want to know what wheels fit flush without spacers? So you want flush aftermarket wheels with no spacers?

You need to start reading the sticky threads in this section to figure out what the dimensions/backspacing of your stock wheels are. Then measure the amount of tuck you currently have with the stock setup. Go from there when selecting an aftermarket wheel.

 

I guess I don't understand why you don't want to use spacers?

 

Sorry if I didnt clarify myself better. I've been told not to use spacers as they have a tendency to break or come off. Yes I would like to know what wheels would sit flush as I dont really like the factory wheels and would like to have a good lip on the back.Even these would work for me but I haven't found them anywhere yet. Sorry if this is a redundant thing for you all.

 

Quality spacers won't break or come off. You get what you pay for lol

 

No problem, spacers get a bad reputation because some people don't know how to use them properly. There are basically two different kinds, slip spacers and bolt-on spacers.

When you use a slip spacer you MUST replace your wheel studs with ones that are longer to compensate for the spacer width.

Bolt-on spacers don't require this since they bolt onto the existing lugs and have their own set of lugs sticking out of the face.

The issue with spacers and why they have a bad reputation is when people take a slip spacer and DO NOT replace the studs, now the studs have less thread engagement on the lugnut, very dangerous and you can lose a wheel.

A quality brand bolt-on hubcentric (it's a little ring in the middle to help center up the wheel) is just as safe as the factory wheel bolted to the hub as long as everything is torqued to manufacturers spec.

Here's a picture of the 15mm on the front of my car, small spacers like that typically use a recessed head design like this.



In my experience the only time spacers like this are a problem is from people not properly torquing them down, here is my preferred method to keep the hub from spinning.




I'm running 15mm front and 25mm rear with no rubbing issues whatsoever on a suspension 1/2" shorter than stock on a coupe. Front fenders are rolled, rears are not. I could probably get another +5mm in the front no problem, if I went +10 I would probably rub when the suspension was loaded like going over sidewalks into parkinglots and such.

If the rear was rolled I could do +10 more in the back.

I'm not trying to be flush though, this car used to be a highway daily driver so I needed the clearance and sometimes **** happens on the highway.

 

Basically all Im looking for is the flush look in front and the back. When I had my Toyota Supra I went aftermarket and they were a +8 offset so I went 0 in the front with a 8" wide wheel and +6 in the rear with a 9.5" Wheel. I would do spacers if I can get a good brand to run and a good mm size to bring the stock wheels out to as close to flush as I can.

Thanks al for your comments.

 

I have Project Kics spacers on but they're pretty damned expensive.

If you are going to roll the front and rear then run 25/30 for a really flush look, should be able to google some pictures of that setup.

 

Use spacers or calculate it with measurements.

 

I'm confident enough in those Project Kics spacers that I could lose the car into a curb and I'll walk away with a broken wheel before a broken spacer. They're made in Japan to a very exacting spec with great materials and a very successful history of use. However they are spendy, but I track the vehicle on rare occasion and everything needs to be able to handle those sorts of conditions.

 

No tracking or anything like that here, I will just be doing normal highway driving. Ive seen spacers from +10mm all the way up to +35mm