New wheels are on their way for the ute.

Originally wanted Simmons but cant afford the brand new and chances of finding a set 2nd hand were getting slim.

As we all know, us e-series boys dont have alot of choice so i have gone with an AU-BA based wheel and will be running my hub adapters that i have sitting here.

Wont give it away just yet but lets just say there is some mighty big dish on the back of these puppies.

Cheers,
Jeff

New rims are on and the ute is looking at its best yet IMO

They are Speedy Cheetahs and measure 19x8.5" up front and 19x9.5" in the rear. They are AU offset so i am running hub adaptors for now. Very suprisingly though the rears were able to be fitted up without hub adaptors and still had sufficient clearance all round, and sat only about 10mm further in than the Koya's did. I have plans to run just a 10mm thick spacer (spacer NOT adaptor) and use that between just the wheel and the hub and do away with the adapter all together.
Fronts seem to sit out about 15mm more than the Koya's so im thinking about machining 10mm off the inside of the hub adaptor to bring it in abit.
At the moment though i think the 9.5" rears with the hub adaptors fill that rear XH guard beautifully.

Tyres are the new Sumitomo's from the top of their list, the HTR-ZIII's. Fronts measure up at 235/35/19 which actually sit quite well on the 8.5" rim, didnt want the std 245/35 size as i know clearance to front guard would have been pushing it, the 235/35's keep it away from the guard that little bit more. Although they were actually quite wide for a 235.
The rears are 275/30/19's to stretch over the 9.5's. Such a tuff looking tyre when they are that wide. A short drive today that felt very nice, couldnt quote them on traction yet though, need to give them a good run to bed them in before i give them a beating.

Anyway heres the only pic from today, will give the ute a good wash tomorrow and try get some more.

Opinions good and bad are welcome!! Do you think they suit the ute?

They look good Jeff.Will be nice to see them in the sunlight to see how they fill the guards up.

^i'll second that, as always looking awesome! deep dish FTW

Cheers Fellas.

Heres a few pics from today. Missed the sun so its a bit dull but you get the point.

Jeff

NICE UTE !!!

Awesome mate.Nothing better than a guard full of tyre

Lookin very nice

Time you brought it out on a cruise maybe?

Haha, thats right.

Yeah i really need to get it out on a cruise thats for sure.

Bad opinions are welcome? Are you kidding?

They look f***en awesome! Dish FTW . Yeah mate they look really good aye, nice score .

Geez thats a nice ute mate. Im quite jeleous

got dish?

those rims look spectacular!

I'm sure you know the legalities about this, so I won't harp on at you about that side of things.

When you do move over, get some longer wheel studs to make up for the lost thread. Last thing I want to see happen to this car is Tocchi V2.

Yeah mate thats no dramas.

I think there was other issues with Tocchi's though.

Jeff

I did a track day at Barbagello with 6mm spacers on the front wheels and they didn't fall off