Hello everyone,

 

 

So I bought some "new" volk f-zero wheels recently and can't wait to get them on. They are 17 x 9 et 45 on the front, and 17 x 10 et 48. I had a quick look against stock and thought yeah that will be fine, before noticing the HICAS!! :(

 

So I have worked out that on the rears I will be 6mm wider on the outside (fine), but on the inside I will be 32mm wider!! Oops. Obviously this won't work with HICAS and will hit the linkage. So what are the options?... I have 15mm hubcentric spacers, which will reduce it to 17mm wider on the inside, but will this still be too close? I can't tell at the moment as I don't know the sizes of the wheels on it currently.

 

If spacers would work then I can get some extended hub bolts which should be okay? Also the spacers I have aren't bolt ons but are apparently hubcentric, will they be okay? Personally I am thinking stick the 15mm on the front perhaps and get some decent hubcentric bolt on 20 or 25mm spacers on the rear?... Hmmmmmmm

 

Cheers!! William

Nice pic haha, whos zed? I see what you are saying but the fitment on that pic doesn't look great either. I wish I could have found 18s but haven't seen any for sale, and until I am rich enough for some TE-37s I have to make to with ebay and forum finds :p going to test fit next week. I picked up 4 proper hubcentric bolt on spacers so will see what I can get away with! Fingers crossed.

 

OHHH when is beaulieu ?!

See the details here buddy.

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?181445-Simply-Japanese

ahhh i really want to go!! Last year I was at a wedding and this year I am in weymouth with old uni friends for some camping that I arranged... Very tempted to ditch them all that morning and head down or drag them all along but I can't see either of those going down well... :(

so... After all that did a test fit today and they wouldn't fit without spacers (hit the knuckle), and with 20mm spacers they stick out too far and the fitment goes to poo. On they bay they go!! along with the spacers haha. Was worth a punt so don't mind too much and was interesting to have a play at least

 

I reckon with a lot of messing and trying different spacers I could get something to work, but would be time, money, setup etc.

 

Lesson here though.. prior planning prevents piss poor performance.

So, a pair of 18" x 9" + 40 f-Zero just went on ebay.... Now thinking of runnign 17s on the front and 18" on the rear as they are a good width/fitment....

 

Bad idea? Why am I still clinging on to this!

 

I would like to refinish the wheels with Charcoal vs blue similar to this: