Fellow Zr's

 

Alloy q time...

 

If I was considering some new 3 piece alloys 18x9J F and 18x10J R (i.e. of the AZEV type the Big MAC1 has)... what offset F&R would be best for a non flared arch (strosek) 92 Z32???

 

Also anyone fitted the bolt on type spacers with the stock alloys to give a little extra width???

 

I have a Veilside front spoiler which hides the stock alloys... boo hoo 8:-(

Any major handling disadvantages to fitting of the bolt on type spacers of front and rear and anybody know what widths are available???

 

CheerZ

Rob

 

 

 

 

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Hi Rob,

 

I don't know the offsets I'm afraid - Johnny would be a good bet I should think.

 

As for spacers, you can theoretically use them to compensate for wheels with too little offset but only to get it to the correct figure. Personally, I've never liked the idea but that's just gut feel and not saying that they're actually bad.

 

Others may have real experience.

 

Best bet is to get the right offset in the first place of course.

 

Dave

Hi Rob,

 

The following link may help you: http://www.strosek.de/prog07/prog02e.htm

 

Looking at some old Strosek material, their 18" wheels for the wide body used the same offsets as seen for the 17" wheels, both front and back. They only go to 9.5"J for the standard body width.

 

Fyi, I have some bolt-on spacers for the wide arches and intend initially to use the standard wheels. My car is (still) being done, so I don't know how they will work out. However it was Iain (MAC1) that put me in touch with Sykes Engineering and we both had our spacers made at the same time. Although a little costly, they are wonderful pieces of work, and being Ally do not have the drag of steel ones. I have some pics (sad - I know) if you e-mail me.

 

Ciao, Geoff

Two weeks ago i tried to fit my new wheels which i brought of some dude on this site,he suggested to me that i might want to play with my callipers so that they fit inside my new wheels.Well BOLLOX!! the rear wheels perfect fit , but the front ones needed spacers inwhich i had machined with a recese to fit over the hubs and on the opposite side of the spacer it was made to fit snugly inside the new wheels ,This was made along with 10 extended wheel studs to go with the new spacers,now every thing is spot on and the front wheel track has been extended by 10mm.There are some points to be considerd while using spacers inwhich i and a few of my Hot rodding frends have discoverd over the last 15 years or so.Firstly if you must have spacers have them made for your type of wheel(ie lets say that the 60mm hole on the inside of your wheel is filled with a 59mm diamiter outer face of your spacer)and have the spacer made to fit over your origional hub centure.This is becourse if you buy universal spacers the spacer will not fit sungly in your wheel and as the car rolls the wheel spacer will want to move around inbetween your wheel and hub and eventualy loosen your wheel nuts.Also get proper extended wheelstuds made,dont risk holding on the wheel with a few threads,NOTE i have learned from the last few weeks that the Shank diamiter on the rear studs are smaller than on the front.I know this becourse i took in a spare rear stud as a pattern for my extended studs and when i came to fit them discuverd the studs only spun in the front hub holes,the front ones were thicker.As a old school rodder we machine and make things fit correctly,spacers are safe to use provided they are correctly made for the wheel and car,dont buy universal ones unless they are for your car.Ok enugh .Chas

Rob IMHO! dont fit spacers to a stock arch Z!

Buy the correct offset,I however had to fit rear hub spacers as I had the Strosek arch,and these are not you run of the mill ones,They cost well over £200,they are made from top grade alloy,and have the Nissan wheel studs pressed into them.

cheerZ MAC!

 

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Ok there's some nice advice on here and I'm not so tempted to fit the spacers on the stock alloys. I have the offsets now from the Strosek site for 17" alloys which leaves me only to find the offsets for the 18" wheels... anybody know???

 

Cheerz

Rob

 

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An example of what Iain is talking about.

See link http://www.sykoracing.com/

 

My thanks to Iain for putting me wise. I nearly got solid steel 'weights'.

No problem Geoff,I can tell you that fitting the alloy spacers, has made no difference to the performance of my Z.When I was at Johnnys house and picked up his steel ones in his garrage,I could not believe the weight of them,Surley this will slow the car down.Geoff I just had some alloy bells made from Graham at Syko racing,and as usual the quality of them is unbelievable.

 

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