orange260z

I bought a set of the graphite 15x7 Rewinds when they were first available a couple of years ago. I ordered them through Tiretrends.com (in Vancouver), and have had nothing but excellent pricing and service through them. At the time, the price per wheel after CAD/US Dexchange was BETTER than the ebay price. I decided to play it safe for now and got 205/55R15s - the 206/60s were a bit tall, and I actually had some contact issues with the previous 215/60R14s. The only problems I've had are the super-cheapo plastic centering rings cracking, and the front hubcaps not fitting over the hubs. Arch at TT has offered to send me new centering rings, but I'll have him send them with my next tire order for one of my other cars. I haven't found a solution to the hubcap problem yet, but would love to hear if someone has... cheers, Ayan

Hey, welcome to the world of Z, particularly the 260! I have an early '74 260z that I bought about 2 years ago, and I love it. Last year I switched the flattop carbs to the roundtops, and haven't looked back. The car has become much more driveable just from that one change. This forum, along with www.zcar.com and even www.hybridz.org have been great. The Z community is a close one, and you'll always find members willing to help each other out. Best regards, Ayan aka "orange260z"

Hey Carl, I just got back from the "Porsche Clash" at Watkins Glen this weekend. I'll take a couple of pics and post them as soon as I can dump all the pics from this weekend from my camera... Others - I may end up painting my front hubs silver at the end of the day, but I can understand Carl's desire to have a more "finished" look. That would be my preference too, but I have no money left to get a different set of caps or to hire someone to customize... so may go the silver paint look in the meantime... cheers

... won't work. I finally got around to measuring the hubs on the car, and the "rise" of the Konig centre caps, and found the problem... even with the grease caps off, the spindle comes out too far for the Konig cap to fit, let alone with the grease cap on. So even if one is to pound the grease cap until it touches the spindle inside, the Konig cap will NOT fit properly. The only solution to fit those caps on would be to grind the spindle down about a 1/4 inch. I think I'm going to be painting my grease caps silver... BTW, Carl, do you still need to have the pics of the wheel nuts? Sorry, with all the excitement of driving my car around I had totally forgotten, but I have my car here now, and would be happy to take any pics or get any info you need. Cheers, Ayan

Hey Gary, thanks for your response. I'm trying to locate the relay without actually removing all the stuff in the area, so it's a little hard to see what wires go into what relay. I was hoping that someone might have a "map" of the relays - ie a picture of the area with labels showing which relay is which, like a fuse box cover usually shows. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be such a map in the FSM, at least for the relays (there is one for the fuses, of course). Do you know from experience which relay is which? Thanks for your advice as usual... Ayan :beard:

Hey all, I am trying to figure out which relays are for my electric fuel pump. I checked both the FSM and the Haynes manual, but neither has a "map" of the relay block. Can anyone tell me which of the 6 or so relays are for the fuel pump? Thanks, Ayan

Hi, On my early '74 260z the boot is clipped to the edge of console using 8 metal clips. The clips sandwich both the edge of the boot, and the edge of the plastic console together inside it. They go all the way around the boot-hole, two on each of the four sides. I hope that helps!

Hey Carl.... unfortunately, I won't be able to send you a picture of a lugnut for a couple of weeks at least. As you may have noticed from the pictures, we are still in the middle of winter here.... ok, maybe the tail end. The car is at a garage I rent, and I will likely not be going out there again for a few weeks. I'll be happy to send you a pic when I do bring the car home... cheers, Ayan

Roopz, the 205/55R15 is a little smaller in diameter than stock, about the same diameter as the 225/50R15 that most are using with the 15" wheels. The smaller diameter gives you the benefit of slightly lower gearing. The 55-series carcass is generally stiffer than the 60-series carcass, so likely to handle a little better. Carl, I bought the 15x7 Rewinds in 0 offset, but my dealer supplied me with lugnuts and centering rings. If you notice, none of the Rewinds are bored specifically for the Z; rather they are made to fit a range of cars. It is common for the multi-fit aftermarket wheels to use centering rings. Unfortunately, in this case they are REALLY thin (I guess the bore of the wheel is not that far off the size of the hub) and fragile. Also, in the past my "plastic" rings have been more of a nylon-type material, these are more of a hard plastic - which would tend to break easier. cheers,

Roopz, I ended up going with 205/55R15. The reason was twofold: one, the 225/50s seemed like a snug fit and I plan to lower the car this year, so wanted a little more margin for error; and two, the two "reasonably priced" tires in 225/50 were the Kumho 711 (summer, but a real budget summer) and the Falken 512 (all-season). Going with the 205/55 allowed me to go the Kumho Ecsta Supra 712, which is quite a bit higher performance. Cheers,

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm really happy with the look. Datto, you may want to see if there is a local Australian distributor for these wheels - it seems that they are not quite as limited availability as people first thought. I bought them through a Canadian TireRack wannabe (tiretrends.com). Not only was their service excellent, their price was actually cheaper in CAD than MSA/TechnoToy after currency conversion. By buying them in Canada, shipping was also cheaper and no duty/customs hassles. Overall I'm sure I saved a couple hundred dollars on the wheels alone. cheers,

Hey all, I received the wheels & tires on Friday, and finally made it out to the car to pop them on and see how they look! They fit on nicely, but the plastic centering rings were so thin, they shattered as soon as torque was put on the wheel. I'll have to have some metal ones made up. The front center caps did not fit on, my hub dust caps will need some learnin' with a hammer. Not sure about the solution that someone posted about putting the caps on first, then the wheel - the caps seem to have a lip that would prevent them from being iinstalled from behind. I'm VERY happy with the graphite colour, I think it goes with my paint colour far better than the silver would have. Now if I could just lower the car... Here's some pics... they are still "pending approval", so not sure when they will be active. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showgallery.php?si=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=500&ppuser=5805&friendemail=email%40yourfriend.com&password=&thumbcheck=0&page=1 Cheers!!!

Hey Proxlamus, I will try to take some pics when I get the wheels on the car, but that may not be for a few weeks yet. We got about 12-18 inches of snow here in the past week, winter just doesn't seem to want to give up!! Datto, there are almost NO tires (if any) in the 225/55R15 size. The common size that people use with 15x7s seems to be 225/50R15, in which there is quite a lot of tire choice... but the prices seem to start at about CAD150 and up for the decent tires. The two cheaper ones are the Kumho 711 and the Falken 512, both at around CAD100. Most of the well-known performance tires in that size are about CAD175-200 each. I was able to get the Kumho 712 (still a compromise, but from what I understand quite a bit higher-performance than the 711 and the 512) in the 205/55R14 size, which is essentially the same diameter as the 225/50, just narrower at CAD110. cheers, Ayan

Just ordered my 15x7 Rewinds in Graphite yesterday! They should be in on Friday or Monday... but then again, the way the weather's been, the car isn't coming out for at least a few more weeks. Ended up getting a slightly smaller tire 205/55VR15 - this allowed me to get a higher performance tire, the Kumho 712, instead of the Kumho 711 or Falken 512 I was considering in the 225/50R15 size. That also gives me a larger margin for errof in terms of clearances when I lower the car later this spring. Now I'm all excited.... :classic:

Howdy all... So this afternoon I did a little experiment... I borrowed a Z friend's set of 0 offset 15x7 Centerlines (with 225/50R15 Toyo RA1s), and tried test fitting on my car. Immediately we could see that the outer edge of the tires was WITHIN the fender line. After rolling the car back and forth a few times, we bounced the car up and down to the bump stops, to see if the tires hit either the lip of the fender (where my current tires hit) or on the outer part of the inner fender (right where the fender starts to flare out). The tires just cleared the fender lip, and did not make contact anywhere. I guess that mean's I'll have to order up a set of gunmetal 15" Rewinds!!! cheers,