I finally decided on new wheels but have yet to place a confirmed order I was going back and forth between 5zigen and enkei. I learned several things along the way and after about 20 different phone calls to different tire/wheel places one thing is for sure a lot of them don't know sh**t espically for being in the business asked lots of questions got a lot of different answers. One thing I learned not all enkei 5zigen are made in japan a lot of there wheels are but a lot are made elsewhere in asia etc. not that it is bad just deceiving. I asked 5zigen and a lot of the wheels the mold is made in japan but its cast in tiawan so a lot of those wheels you see on wheelmax are really made elsewhere even though they say "made in japan" As far as the wheel i am leaning towards is the enkei rpo2j 18x7.5 45mm offset bore 73 Tires 225 45 18 anyone whos knows all the technical stuff that goes along with choosing the proper offsett etc etc etc How will these work out on my sedan will there be any problem running this or is it right within specs or totally acceptable rang even if its off a little as far as offset goes or anthing other info u can provide.

 

...General rule of thumb for safe fitment on your sedan... WIDTH..................OFFSET.............WIDTH OF TIRE |
| 6.5 ............... +30/+50 ............. 205/215 |
| 7.0 ............... +30/+50 ........205/215/225/235 |
| 7.5 ................+33/+50 ........205/215/225/235 |
| 8.0 ................+38/+50 .........215/225/235/245 |
| 8.5 ..................+45 ...................235/245

REARONLY .................................................. .................................................. .......... |9.0 ...................+55................... 245/255

I knew that would look silly once I posted it. Anyway with the rpo2j you can run 18x7.5 +45 or 18x8 +42 and have plenty of clearance. You will have room for a brake upgrade as well if you should choose to do so

<font color=blue> I went crazy with dots and straightened out your chart a little.</font color=blue>=<font color=red>Gsedanman</font color=red>
Thank you,
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(888)459-4080 mention G35driver<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by gsedanman on 07/26/03 06:18 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

Don't get the 5Zigen. The enkei wheels are nice.

don't want too many cars rolling in Zigens.

 

hehe

G35C 6MT / AMG E55