DaveW wrote:
WHEELS AND ARCHES now........please?
Dave,
I'll answer your PM here;
The overfenders on my car are the Nissan works race type, and are therefore not what you want. You need a
lot of wheel and tyre under the works overfenders to make them look right, and basically that just slows you down. I believe - based on what you have mentioned before - you just want the stock KPGC10 street overfenders for the rear and none on the front, for a totally stock bodied GT-R street car look - yes?
You can buy excellent replicas of the OEM overfenders from the likes of
VICTORY 50,
RUBBER SOUL and
RS START. In fact, these three suppliers will cover almost all the parts you are going to need for your car. Any of the rarer, hard to find trim items or 100% correct resto parts can be sourced from the likes of
FINE PARTS or
REVIVE JALOPY too. Your Japanese contacts can buy from these companies on your behalf. You don't need to be inducted into any secret societies, or get approval from the Japanese crime underworld to buy parts for these cars....!
Your wheel choice will depend on what you want to pay, and your suspension ( ride height, spring travel etc ) as well as the sizes of tyres you wish to use. One factor will affect the next. I suspect you might want somebody to just
tell you what sizes and offsets to use, but we need more input from
you to work from. Are you going for arch-filling internet forum 'stance' biased WOW factor ( not necessarily best for actual performance ), or would you prefer form to follow function? Period-correct ( I hate the term 'Old School' ) or a more modern twist?
You have to have a 'theme', and think of your car as a complete
package rather than just a randomly chosen conglomeration of parts. Do you have a vision of the finished car in your mind? That's what I would try to aim at.
Hope that helps a little....
Cheers,
Alan T.
