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im not sure what car these wheels came off of, could someone maybe tell me if you know? thanks a bunch! I know theyre oem wheels from something. and they look very very nice.
I mentioned in the What did you do to your SC today? thread that I picked up some Mustang Cobra wheels this week. Specs are: '94-04 Mustang Cobra, 17x9, +24 offset, 245/45-17 (exact match for stock height), 50 lb 1 oz with full tread.
I need to de-chrome/re-finish the set, as one's chrome is in poor shape on the face and the others probably will begin peeling before long. Two came with excellent tread, while two are garbage. Unfortunately, only one of the good tire ones was holding air, so I couldn't mount them both on the rear as intended to run them until the tires need replacing, at which point I would de-chrome them, also. The other three were hissing up a storm as soon as I filled them. $%@*ing chrome... Talking to a powder coater today, I think I found someone who hates chrome as much as I do. I did mount the good one for a test fit, though, and it's absolutely perfect!
Mustang Cobra wheel on the left, GS400/430 (+50) wheel on the right.
I do think they might stick out a bit too much in front, though, so I'm not sure what to do about that. I might end up running different wheels front and back, but that'll be tough to get a similar look. I've seen some of the replica Cobra wheels listed as 17x8, so maybe there's a good option to be found for the fronts there. At any rate, I might have two spare Cobra wheels for someone's back set once they're all cleaned up.
Cobra wheel in back, temporary aftermarket wheel in front.
Looks pretty good from the side, too, although not quite as good as the GS wheels. It looks even better with the black Cobra center cap on, but I popped those off in preparation for de-chroming when calling around this morning. Those aftermarket wheels in front came with the car and were replaced by the GS400/430 wheels, but the latter had too little tread left for winter wetness, so I swapped the good tires back on until figuring out what direction to go with the full setup.
Edit: I got the tires off and have been busy scraping away peeling chrome and gobs of tire sealant goop. (I didn't realize that stuff is so corrosive. If you ever have to use it in an emergency, get the tire/wheel fixed and the goop scraped out ASAP!) Another data point, the 17x9 Cobra wheels are 25 lb 6 oz (25.4) each. That's comparable to the 17x9.5 Supra TT rear wheels at 26.55 lb ('93-97) and 25.4 lb ('98).
Edit 2: After a fair bit of chrome removal work on everything but the face, I re-weighed one of the wheels and it came in at only 24 lb 7 oz. This was a more reliable reading than the first one, which utilized a zeroed platform to help keep the wheel from rolling. This time, I just placed it face down on the scale. I also weighed one of the Sumitomo 245/45 tires and it's 22 lb 15 oz (3-4 lb less than expected), making the total combo only 47 lb 6 oz total (2.5 lb lighter than initially). That's a rather alarming difference! Oh, and after much research, I determined the wheels to be replicas, not one of the mere 250 sets produced by Ford. Some of the replicas are considered very good quality while others are Chinese crap, so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that I've got the former.
350Z wheels, 18in. Looking to trade for MKIV TT's if anyone's interested, PM me if you're game. Didn't mean for it to sound like a classified's post but yeah. Stock brakes+ stock suspension+ 18's= No Bueno Amigo lol
Sc430 wheels for winter "beater", snow tire setup.
Hah, you made the opposite mistake I did. I posted my non-Lexus wheels in the Lexus thread, you posted your Lexus wheels in the non-Lexus thread. At least my blunder occurred when both threads had been updated the same day!
FWIW, I think you have the only color SC that those 430 wheels look remotely good on. The ice theme sorta works with the obviously early 2000s blinged out wheel design. Judging from SC430 sales, I'm not the only one who wonders what Lexus was thinking...
Hah, you made the opposite mistake I did. I posted my non-Lexus wheels in the Lexus thread, you posted your Lexus wheels in the non-Lexus thread. At least my blunder occurred when both threads had been updated the same day!
FWIW, I think you have the only color SC that those 430 wheels look remotely good on. The ice theme sorta works with the obviously early 2000s blinged out wheel design. Judging from SC430 sales, I'm not the only one who wonders what Lexus was thinking...
Haha,
He wrote 'from another car" and the 430 is another car for sure. I love ours and don't like the 430 at all, LOL.
I don't even like the wheels but they came with Blizzaks with the car as an extra. I can't justify buying wheels I like for the snow...... at least yet. The good thing is, once we have our last snow Work VS-ZF wheels with Nitto rubber go right back on the car.
I don't even like the wheels but they came with Blizzaks with the car as an extra.
I've recently come to the conclusion that there's little point in buying new wheels and/or tires. Just pick up used wheels with nearly new tires and sell the wheels when the tires are worn out, and move on to the next set basically for free. Of course, now that I've done so much re-finishing work on the "new" wheels, I can't imagine ever getting rid of them!
350z anniversary. Been a while since I posted. Got a custom exhaust done. Lowered it some more. And bought a toyota soarer which I will be modding soon. Heres the SC!
12-17-14, 06:40 AM
my 95 sc400
I did mount the good one for a test fit, though, and it's absolutely perfect!
