Nissan Alcoa wheels, who has them?!?!?!
 

Yes mods, I know, wrong section, gimme a day? Pretty please?


Anyways, I bought a set, noticed they were a bit heavier than stock (2-3lbs each) so I decided not to put them on...

BUT I noticed that they are REALLY wide.
Fronts measure 10", rear 11" BUT they're stamped 9.0 and 10.0
I thought maybe I was measuring them wrong...

BUT my Nismo wheel measure a hair under 9.5/10.5"

Anyone with these wheels care to chime in?


Nismo wheel:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...D2145CC500.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...B8FCFA926B.jpg


Alcoa:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...F2638F7573.jpg

Smidge over 11"
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...6C941B6CCA.jpg

Stamp:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...C09D3A9808.jpg


Side by side:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...5D1FD2807E.jpg



Thanks in advance :tiphat:

lololol of course you have them. they're that wide? interesting. post up pics.

Pics posted

Never heard of them, are they forged?

Pics of the rim face please!

Nvm, just looked them up, nice concave but chrome?

Yes forged, not chrome, polished aluminum! Alcoa makes them!

Ah okay, "polished" looks nice on blue. Mount them up:tup:

Lol, will do! Sometime... I have so many wheels

Share the wealth :happydance:

Rim width is measured from inside the bead lip to inside, not the outside of the rim to outside, so 9" and 10" is correct.

If anyone has been telling you different, they've been telling you porkie pies - Tyre and Rim Assoc standards doco has all details

In your 11" photo, you can see that rim bead lip is ~0.5" - so rears will be 10".

RB

But by that logic, the Nismo wheels would be narrower then specified.

I had a feeling it was something like this, BUT...

I'd have this question^

No problem!!!


Hey David, share the wealth... Of cash, lol

Bump to get attention!

for heavy narrow non-jdm wheels? :ugh:

Looks like you didn't read very well Ken... SMH, a few lbs heavier for wider than JDM wheels, lol
And hey, Alcoa's wheels are as strong as, of not stronger than Volks.

but your car doesnt even run correctly..

That's because it's a POS Nissan...

:icon18:

:ban:

Who made you premium again?

Oh crap.:owned:

LMAO, what did your post SAY?

Bump...

No one? Really?

I found one guy with these wheels on a blue Z like yours, hope he sees this thread and chime in.
http://www.the370z.com/texas/18597-d...els-tires.html
http://s7.postimage.org/hzjit3z63/image.jpg
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6162/191868b107.jpg
http://www.z1motorsports.com/g37_370...0inchWheel.jpg

blingie

or is that blingy

PM'd and emailed him twice, lol

try and put 325's on the rear

It is 10''

wat was DE's question?

i thought he already figured out how to measure the wheel width correctly...(?)

I wanna see if someone else who has them can potentially measure theirs.




And if they are really 10" does that mean Rays is screwing people be giving them overall width?

If it's confirmed that inside lip is the proper measurement, then aren't you able to confirm that the Nismo rims you have are not as wide as Rays claims?

That's not the issue at hand, I've determined that Rays is jacking us all. I just want to know if anyone's Alcoa wheels are as wide.

:confused:

If Rays is jacking us on their wheel widths, isn't that confirmation that the Alcoa wheels are properly labeled? Thereby confirming that other Alcoa wheels of the same spec would be the same size as yours?

If you're really wanting to know, have you tried contacting a reseller of the wheels to ask them?

Even I don't have 50 sets of Rays, lol

The wheels have been discontinued so long I sourced them from different people

oh i c.

but your wheel is made in america. standard tolerance = +/- 1 inch. :icon17:

:gtfo2:

You don't?!? :eek: ;)

Ahh... gotcha :tup:

Well good luck in your endeavors :tiphat:

aka mr.jar don't care :icon17:

Yeah. Fvck this $hit. I'm out :hello:


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