So my buddy that owns a collision repair and towing company and I were talking about how I need to get my car in for an alighnment so my front and rear camber kits can be set. He also told me about how he just got a good hook-up on one of the largest distributers of aftermarket accessories the other day and was showing me some of his pricing he gets. I could not beleive how much most vendors pay for accessories and mark it up. But I understand everyone has to make a buck. I ran across a few sets of wheels that I like, and even though i planned on waiting until winter was over so all the gravel and de-icer are off the road, I got anxious. Now the wheels are suppose to be here wednesday and get painted thursday so i should have them on the car and driving next Friday. But we all know how it goes when you are talking to body shops about estimated days you get your car back..... So here is a teaser picture i stole from another website. I wont give away the Brand and model of wheels yet, but here are the specs:
19x8.5 et24 for the fronts and 19x10 et40 in the rear. I have 5mm, 8mm, 10mm, and 15mm spacers and extended lugs so i can get the wheels perfectly flush. The tires i oredered are General Exclaim UHP 235/35/19 for the fronts and 255/35/19 for a nice stretch in the rear.

 

Nice

 

I'm looking forward to the reveal!

Btw "detailed" is spelled wrong in your signature

 

maybe he has custom tile work in his TL

anyways nice sizes I have similar sizing 19x10 in the rear but I am running 19x9 up front. Anyways for the rear to be flush you will need to add a 5-10mm spacer. I am at +35 in the rear and its relatively flush, you need +30 if you want the hellaflush look. Front should be pretty flush as long as your fenders arent flared. I have 19x9 +25 in the front right now, its nice, I think +20 would put me hellaflush. Also the 255/35s will rub if you are lowered. My next set for the rears is going to be 245/35s, thats if I keep these wheels. Also I might switch my fronts to 225s. Undecided what direction I want to go with my TL right now, I dunno if I want to go for hella flush, or just change up everything completely and start modding more for performance.

 

Perfectly flush staggered on FWD? That makes no sense.

What is this obsession with making a good looking car look like something it is not?

 

Can't Wait To See Them!!

 

If you have the wheels already, why post a teaser thread?

 

Teasers FTL.

 

 

In for more pics

 

i'm guessing XXR...Formerly sportmax... 962's

any bets?

-Jason

 

Wow, I own an auto detail company and I can't even spell "detailed".


I'm two steps ahead of you. I already have extended lugs 5,8,10,15 and 20mm spacers i have collected over the past few cars. So trust me, she'll be hellaflush

 

Go away if you don't like the thread. Not everyone has the same taste buddy, that what makes our world so great and you so boring.

 

wheels are on their way. If i had them, you would be getting the full monty

 

ehhhhh. try again

 

^
Got it. Waiting on more pics!

 

ok. waiting on wheels!

 

well hurry up already

 

i had a change of heart and ordered 235/35/19s all the way around. Wheels and tires should be here tomorrow or thursday

 

yep i was going to say good luck with 255 in the back! i was questioning 235 35 for my rear and im going for the flush look also. my spec are a bit more aggressive then yours though, its in the 20's for offset

 

let's see some pictures of your wheels. how wide are the rears? front offset? pictures!

I'm already planning on using at least my 10mm spacers and more than than likely the 15s in the rear and something like 8mm inthe front. I like the staggered look, i.e. wheels flush/a little poke in the rear and just inside the fenders in the front

 

pictures will come eventually. it will be the debute of my tl to this forum since the first day i got it. i want to get everything on my car done before showing it. wheels are in my back yard as well as the tires that i just ordered. im running 225/35 and 235/35 for my wheel.
the debute will be in about a month from now as im waiting for my suspension to come in.

 

"Debute" huh? With that kind of build-up, you better not disappoint.

 

^ seriously, we wanna see some good stuff lol

 

not fair...lol

please reveal...

that pic looks like an s14 ...

-Jason

 

good call!


Soon young grasshoppa! Tires are in and wheels should be here today or tomorrow. They are nothing expensive and exotic, but they are just classy cheapo wheels that i got them for almost free. I'll let you guys be the judges. And trust me, within the first hour the wheels get put on, pictures will be taken and posted

 

i sure hope i dont disappoint you guys, but differnt stroke for differnt folks, im sure some will hate the flush stance =\

LETS SEE YOUR WHEELS! may i ask what the color combo is?

 

I'm grinding my teeth over here, man! The shipping guy at warehouse the wheels came from said, "Wednesday or Thursday".

Yes you may. They are silver from the factory. I'm going to leave them the original color until spring, when the gravel and de-icer is off the road. I'm having them painted, but I don't want to give the custom colors out just yet because I still haven't seen any other TLs with my particular idea.

 

Update!!!!!

Here is a crappy cell phone picture of the rears without tires. The tires get installed today and I'll have pictures of them when they are installed, hopefully by the end of the week. I have to lift the car up about an inch and a half to fit the 19s. Right now im bottomed out on my Koni SP3s with H&R Race springs. Im running a +40 in the rear so, hopfully, I dont need to run any camber.

 

 

Here is the test fit of the rears. 19x10 +40 with 0 camber!!! Flush with no camber is exactly what I want since I daily drive this car. On Thursday I'm adding a little camber, 1 maaaaaaybe 2 degrees, and dropping the car another notch on the SP3s. I ordered 15mm spacers for the front cause the spokes hit my front calipers. I guess that's what I get for ordering +40 front and rear. I'll have to lift the front up too because there is no way the 19s will fit on the lowest perch setting.

 

Those are hot man, I really like em.

And I also like what you did with your door panel, adding the black where the perforated tan leather used to be

 

Thanks. I'm pretty happy with the wheels. I'lll be happier when they are painted. But that's a few months out. And the door panels, headliner and other misc. parts are all wrapped in black suede and now that my wheels are on, my next step is to have all the seats re-wrapped in new leather cause mine getting pretty worn.

 

cheater...

those aren't the same wheels that are in the teaser photo on the s14!

what wheels were on that s14?

-Jason

 

Yes they are. All you can see is the lip in the s14 picture. I pulled the picture off a nissan site with more pictures of that guy's s14 and they are the same wheels.

 

nice setup! hopefully mine comes like that as a end result. what tire size r u running again?

 

what tire sizes?

 

I think he said hes running 235 all the way around. Curious as to how that will look since the rears are 19x10 and the fronts are 19x8.5

 

negative!!!

look at the lip on the picture you showed us!

the lip has a notch into it...the lip has a square face into the wheel...

yours don't have the notch in the lip...and yours are rounded into the center...


no fair...

cheater!!!

-Biggs

 

I missed it. It's in the first post.