GU split rims

or $55 for 15in.

$45 if you shop around :)

$95 fitted and balanced at Kevin Donellins, Oakleigh, Melbourne

True, but I need 6, even at 5 plus tyres thats over $1k. 15in are half the price of 16's.

Tires alone will be a grand.

Rims should not cost you more than $90ea for 6 of them.

and if you buy all together you should get a better deal again.

Ageed, but with mine traded it makes it a little over a grand. Didn't explain this as the problem I had in my mind was to justify changing an already good set of rims with something else. Though from the comments sounds like it's the best way to go.

Thanks

There is only one good thing about split rims, if you get a small nail punchure, the tyre goes down immediately, more than likely saving the tyre. I have ruined more that one tyre because tubeless tyres go down very slow. Sometimes the destruction of the tyre lets you know you have a puncture,(driving on a uninflated tyre) Nothing else good about them, considering all the tyre removal gear you can buy now.

not to mention a pair of black hands when you have finished struggling with split rims....

GQs dont all have a drama with viabrations. Mine had it at 60ks new panhard bushes and its sweet now. I'm using ROH Sunnys, same as 99.9% of GQ's out there.

Its luck of the draw on the vibs, some have it some dont, no matter what tires or rims you use.

When you get a balance done on your hoops, goto Bob Jane I think it is, they do a Gold, Silver, or Bronze level of balance (why I dont know - shouldnt they do their best anyway?) at different prices.

The other advantage over genuine rims is replacement cost if you do bend one.
YMMV

Thanks, didn't realise it was only some GQ's, I had major trouble with mine and was given the impression most others did. Knowing this I'll probably give it a go with new ones. I've been quoted $110 per rim new for 16in.

Also noticed in some other threads that some of the GQ's had 16in, I thought that they all had 15. Would the GQ's 16in fit the GU? If so what are they 16 x ?

GQ and GU rims are exactly the same size (for the 16" rims that is), offset etc. I moved my GQ alloys to my GU with no drama. This is one area where Nissan has played a sensible game, by maintaining the same wheel stud pattern and offset since the G60 series (even though they have gone from 15" to 16" dia). It'll be interesting to see if the new model has the same stud pattern and offset, though it appears that it may come in a 17" diameter.

Later model GQ's had bigger brakes, thus the 16inch rims. The 3 spoke alloys I think are 7inch wide, but could be wrong, I priced them once at high 300's EACH! Didnt ask specs after asking price!

Same as late model GU's (4.8 and TD6 etc) have bigger brakes, thus cant fit 15 inch rims.

The interesting thing is 15inch tires are that much cheaper for same size, it would be worth trying! Then going to 17inch rims, price goes up again!

Thanks Truckster,

The thing that's concerning me the most is spending the dough and finding out that like my previous GQ that wheel shimmy is bad at high speed. Guess I'll have to make up my mind to give aftermarket a go or stick with split rims as second hand geniune rims are pretty dear.

The three spoke GQ alloy rims are 8". The GU 3.0lt can fit 15" rims (same as GQ) as a friend has a second set of rims and tyres from a GQ. The brake caliper clearance is around 1/4", but has never fouled yet. The 4.8lt from memory has bigger rotors, but didn't think that was the case for the 4.2 lt and 3.0lt are different.

When the GQ first came out with the 16" rims, it didn't take all that long before decent tyres became available and the last time I priced BFG ATs, the 16" were cheaper than the 15". My aftermarket alloy rims don't exhibit any shimmy, unless they simply go out of balance, nor have others I know with factory alloys experienced this. The factory alloys at my last check, weren't priced too badly compared to aftermarket.