240Z2NV

So, I now need to clarify...after further investigation of that transwheel place, they do NOT make the wheels, they just refinish them. They have NO current availability either. The gal that was talking to me made it sound like they had 100s of them, then upon actually getting to final 'order' time, they didn't have any... Sorry if I got any of you excited like myself about the propsect...

Scotty, lol I'm not yelling at anyone...it is just interpreting the 'emotion' of someone else's written word... Anyway, email me off-site and we can discuss. I cannot fit the OE widebody rear wheels [16x8 -10mm] IF I am correct in my understanding about the various OE sizes. I could possibly do the fronts x4 [16x7 +18mm] IF I am correct in my understanding.... In a PERFECT world, I would find FOUR of the FRONT SHP wheels [16x8 +18mm] Those would be PERFECT !! An offset of -10 & an offset of +18 are worlds apart when talking close tolerances.....

FWIW, a site [company] called transwheel ( www.transwheel.com ) makes them NEW....now. Someone had mentioned the site on another thread along with some unintelligible 'street lingo' and I checked them out. Their site is THE WORST; but, they do have the wheels....NEW....

Realistically, I don't have much hopes of scoring any wheels here seeing the reaction...AND, now knowing how 'valuable' that they are. It was just an option that I was investigating. To the two 'Topic Detours' - The LSx powerplants are considerably easier to get torque & hp out of [over Mopar]. The aluminum blocks are LIGHTER that the OE inline six, and lighter than any modern day 'Hemi'. The TT swap is neat & all; but, not NEARLY as easy and widely 'serviceable' as the LSx powerplants. To get 400+ rwhp out of an LSx is quite simple; but, not the case out of the [exotic] TT swaps. It's all relative to experience, I suppose. SIGNIFICANT fabrication is involved in the TT swaps, as well as MUCH more expensive....custom ECMs, tubing, scarce parts, etc. I don't belong to ZCar.com [per se]. Yes, they are snobs there [sound familiar..?] and NOT eager to help newcomers. I only go to that site as a LAST resort. I belong to nearly a dozen sites...there are only a couple with 'attitudes' that don't serve their general 'community' well. 'Molesting' [my term] a car is relative. One could consider aftermarket wheels or side mirrors [green Z above] a molestation...those people need to be on an island somewhere in the south pacific, where they can keep their 'purity' to themselves. As car enthusiasts it would seem logical that we would all share an appreciation for work that is well-EXECUTED...... WE are in some very trying times right now [with the economic meltdown & housing market debacle]. Some of us wrench on our cars as a respite, a momentary distraction from the stresses of job-loss and home-loss, it is a 'sanctuary' for folks like myself. The last thing that we all really need right now is petty criticism over a 'hobby' of choice...like good 'ol Rodney King [repeat felon and LAPD plaintiff] said "Can't we all just get along" [snif snif] We are some so eager to poop on others' Cornflakes...? If it helps, I have coveted the widebody StarQuest every since Grad school in the late 80s....

Sounds similar to the Z car 'enthusiasts' who think that they have some divinity because they keep their Zs stock.... they are CARS ... These Holy Grail SHP rims.....I din't even know that there was a difference between SHP and regualr wide bodies until I found this site. Those that feel as though they have some exclusive claim to a WHEEL need to get over themselves.... We live in a free market society. If I can find the wheels for sale somewhere, do you think that the seller is going to turn away my money if I paid the asking price because of what kind of car that they are going on? If he does, that is his choice...perhaps he should keep them until a 'suitable new owner' comes along [sic]. I have yet to see a posting in the For Sale forum that qualifies any parts being sold that they HAVE to be utilized as the seller deems appropriate. This is just a silly conversation. There are a half dozen wide bodies [including SHPs] being sold on craigslist in my area for peanuts...many of which have been severely 'molested'. Are the purists here going to send out a lynch mob? "True, but I still don't think some folks are going to take kindly to SHP's being used as track rims Regular's I don't think people could care less honestly." So, that is to say that any of your members who have SHP cars cannot use them on the track?! Because other members won't 'take kindly' to them being used in such a way? PULLEEEZ........

Fair enough. I like to think that newcomers to my online group receive a warmer welcome; but, there are always those members... It really [should have] no bearing; but, it is a 240Z with a Corvette C5 Z06 drivetrain....just looking for some rims for track-day tires....

$80 for four rims...that's damn reasonable! I spent many hours making a cardboard template [fake wheel] and it seems as though the SHP Rears will be a very difficult fit, so I guess that I am back to searching for TWO sets of SHP FRONTS... that is, if I am correct in my understanding that SHP Fronts are 16x8 +18 I need the small + offset. A small - offset is impossible for what my parameters are, and zero offset is potentially problemmatic. This search, from what I have seen in availability is next-to-impossible. Good thing that I'm in no rush...

see www.craigslist.org SF Bay Area [CA]

I'm in CA...I'm not too concerned about where they are coming from, as long as shipping isn't outta hand.... CA 94591

Only one intelligent response....? I'll consider 7s & 8s....

Hoping to find TWO decent sets of SHP 16x8s for track days. By "decent" I mean minor rashing or none. No bent rims. I might be powdercoating them, so the finish isn't 100% vital; but, they need to be straight. I'm very new to the site, so thanks for looking! Direct email link is best way to reach me...until I get set-up better on this site... ** Will consider 7s & 8s I have some fitment 'issues' and need the small + offset. I now realize that what I seek is TWO Needles In The Haystack! :~(