Wheel Decision

[Victor Laury]

I've decided The new wheels are needed. Just tired of the 14X5.5 old school american wheels and looking for the the following

Stlye

Forged Quality

Light

Vintage look

Soi far the choices are

SSR MKII

SSR MKIII

Dio you think the Red Centers will go with my Lime green car?

Or

Volk Racing TE37

[Fun_in_my_z]

I like the mark 3s ,But i donno about the colors tho.

[brianglawson]

why hold out for watanbes when you can buy them new for the same price as all of those?

but out of thouse mk2 def.

[brianglawson]

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rs-watanabe.co.jp%2Findex2.htm&lp=ja_en&intl=1

[panchovisa]

Victor, the Mark 3. The Mark two looks slightly odd with half the number of bolts, and the Volk doesn't have the vintage look you wanted.

Since the Mark 3 wheel disassembles you can chose any color for center (an anthracite gray might look stunning) so don't make a choice based on red centers. Try a photo chop of your choices (with color choice) on photo of your car.

Also the spun aluminum rim halves could be anodized in color.

[Victor Laury]

I'm hoping the mark III's do come in other colors.

Here's how the pricing works out, delivered to my local rice shop.

Volks $1,120

SSR's (both mks) $1,350

Wats (he's looking for a distributor) $ 2,000+?

[2ManyZs]

Sorry Victor, but IMO they aren't that nice compared to Panasports, especially considering the price of the SSR's......:cross-eye

We all know how Pana's look on a Z, and they are a bit cheaper to boot.

FWIW, with your car's color, I think a neutral color like silver, gunmetal, or somewhere in between is gonna look the best.

Of course, if you don't spend a pile of money on wheels, you could always try powder coating the centers until you find the right shade or color to suit the car.

[Victor Laury]

Keith, I like Panas, I really do. But what do you see at a Datsun Show? 1/3 of the cars in Pana's. Know what I mean? That's why I bought the Revo's for the Roadster. Couldn't stand to be "Just another Roadster in Pana's". It's nice to know there are alternatives. And compared to the SSR's and the Volks, Pana's are boat anchors. True, The Wats would be about the same, but they're Wats, so a little leeway is warrented.

[kyteler]

I couldn't help myself

A quick 10 minute flick into Adobe to see what they would look like:

SSR MkII

[kyteler]

SSR MkIII

[kyteler]

Rays Engineering

VOLK Racing TE-37

[Gav240z]

if i could afford it Watanabe's.

Hands down.

To me the other wheels are just ugly but that's IMO.