Newbie From Sa After Some New Parts

[tomstevens]

hey, im new to the forum, car scene and australia. im from the uk and im still trying to suss out the best places to go and where to find what i need.

wheels. im looking at work, yokohama and volks, what should i stay away from. the only thing i cant understand if the offset, how it affects handling.

headlights. someone told me i should get them from japan. i saw some at the car show in adelaide the other day that looked sick and he said to look on here as a few guys ordered them together.

cheers

sorry for mylack of knowledge, hope i havent frustrated too many of you

thanks again

tom

(adelaide)

[SuperDry2013]

I purchased these. http://www.spyderauto.com/product_list.php?car_make=Infiniti&car_model=G35&year=2005&submit=Go+!

Fitment is good but bulb alignment was necessary. You can see them fitted on my thumbnail.

I went through Ebay Coz i'm lazy and it was much cheaper than other places.

Edited November 25, 2013 by SuperDry2013

[Nightcrawler]

Was good to meet you (and your car) at the SAU National on the weekend Tom!

The answer to all of your questions is http://jessestreeter.com/ - he is an Aussie living in Japan. He is the guy who got our lights in the SAU group buy, and he can organise you any wheels in the world at a great price. That said, the principal sponsor at the SAU Nats was Aaron from www.importmonster.com, and he always stocks great wheels at ok prices.

As for offset, it is the amount that the wheel sits away from the hub. In terms of performance, lower offset is GOOD for your performance, assuming you have the correct camber so your contact patch remains good. Generally speaking though, if you are going to get better offset wheels, then you will also be buying wider wheels and wider tyres, so your contact patch with the road will be improved anyway over stock.

A good website that explains offset is:

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=101

Oh, and as I mentioned, DO NOT buy lights from the USA like SuperDry did - they are lhd biased to will blind oncoming traffic - VERY illegal. If you had an accident with them fitted, say goodbye to your insurance cover.

[szymonsta]

welcome to another sa v35 owner

like andrew said, jesse streeter is tops! but you need to know your stuff eg part numbers etc

ps sorry i missed the SAUnats carshow, i was meant to enter but had/have terrible sunburn from the trackday on friday.

[Nightcrawler]

Yeah I was hoping to see you and your beast there Szymon .... pretty sure there is a trophy floating around for you from your efforts at the track day too (not sure what Ash did with it in the end).

Speaking of trophies, thanks for NOT coming along to the show'n'shine - it meant I brought home this beautiful trophy instead of you

[szymonsta]

wasnt yours like the only V-series at the show? haha winner by default.nice.

a trophy for me? i was runner-up in modified RWD, maybe its for that?

out of 11 or 12 in that class i think..not too bad after a 7 year absence and first time on track in the Skyline.

[Nightcrawler]

Lol yeah there was only Toms and my V35 at the show .... but I am most happy to win by default

[Howaitonaito]

Hey nightcrawler i might bring the stagline along to next years! We need some (more) V representation at event. Not these iron block tractor motor models!