Jeff, I just noticed that your Z was one of the Z's I used as inspiration for what type of wheels I wanted on my car. I had this picture saved on my pc.

Hey SR,

I bought the same wheels for my 71. I put on 235/45/17 and they rubbed a little. I actually took my rear spring out and ran the full travel and I only had to trim from the 12-3 O'cloch position about 1/4" of metal and the wheel and tire would go all the way up into the well.

I also want to know if you think you truly got the RBR design? Now I see the RBR's coming out on hybridZ group buy, they look different. I was anticipating a flatter spoke, but couldn't tell by the pic that Kim had on his site. Now that I see the new RBR's coming out in the 9.5" size, I feel decieved. I must have asked Kim 3 different times if these wheels were the RBR design. Do you have any thoughts on this?

What did you use to trim the lip?

I'm pretty happy with my RBR but I wanted more curved spokes. From what i've seen the difference between RB and RBR depend on the size of the wheel. I think the 16 RBR has a flatter spoke, but the 17 has more curve. I think it also depends on offset and the amount of lip.

I just used a cut-off wheel and was able to stay to the outside of the spot welds on the lip. I believe the lips are the same size on our wheels as are the larger 9.5 in. wheels. I was hoping for the flatter spoke, but like I said the pictures on the web site were not defining. I think the wheel looks like the RB, but that's okay too!

Hmm..cut off wheel! I need to get me one of those, but then I would need a compressor! Damn it sucks not having all the tools i need. I will probably go to my brothers house and use his! haha. Also may just buy a dremel tool. Just been putting that off and could have used it hundreds of times already.

I think both flat spoke and curve spoke look good. But you are right that none of the websites show very good pictures.

Those wheels look great, I've always thought those wheels looked fantastic on Z cars.:classic: