jcainhaze

Purchased my first Nissan ever. It's a 2009 Altima 2.5. It's pretty plain at the moment but I like it. The first thing I want is some nice 20" rims and good tires. I like the chrome or shiny look. I'm not really looking to buy the top dollar stuff....more of a budget/quality balance. Any recommendations?

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superbad

would help but my taste is completely opposite of yours
dont know what chrome would look good to people since i hate it

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Superpug

Oh, may I suggest not going that big? I know most cars can take a 20" or bigger these days like my old 300, but these imported cars are much different. The largest I would feel safe going with on one of these high offset cars is an 18" or 19". Me personally, I think that sometimes chrome makes cars look cheap. I went the opposite direction and got charcoal grey wheels on my dark slate altima. See if you like em:

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charleslara6

when i was getting mine, i saw these chrome foose 18'' 5 spoke rims that were effing amazing. They looked similar to these


They were just too expensive for me at the time.

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jcainhaze

Thanks for the info everyone. Superpug, those look nice on your car. Sounds like I will stick to 18". How wide 8.5, 9.0, or more? What size tire would be good?

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charleslara6

I would go 8 wide. if you get 18'' go with a 245/45 18 tire. thats what i got. I've seen up to 9'' wide rim on the altima but i think thats pushing it.

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Superpug

Thanks! Yeah, I agree - unfortunately going much wider than 8", 8.5" on these FWD cars does not work out too well. I know how cool those M5's with the deep dished staggered wheels look with tires wider than rolls of paper towels - but that kind of setup just don't work on these cars.

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Singh9

Where can I buy those wheels?

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Superpug

Sorry haven't been near a computer in a few days... I got them at Discount Tire. They are the Drag DR34's. I actually got a really good deal on them since I used my DT credit card for part of the purchase I got a $60 rebate on the wheels and tires (not sure if they are still doing that or not). I went with the Kumho tires too, because they were about $2 more per tire than the Falkens I was looking at, and I got another $60 rebate off of those too. I know when I got these, they had to ship them in from other stores because the charcoal color wasn't available (couldn't tell you if that was temporary or permanent).

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