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looks good man. What was involved in getting them in there? 11" wide wheels are nice for grip but not nice for grip with a 10 bolt rear. I was gonna go with a 11" rear rims but decided not too since I stil use a stock 10 bolt and I want the tires to give a little in gear shifts or hard take offs. replacing a 275/40 tire is a lot cheaper then a 10 bolt exploding on you. been there and got the t shirt on that one already.
Those are as clean as both your vehicle and your work area(garage)from what I see in the pic. I even like the little carpet pieces! Nice, very nice.DUECE
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1992 Polo Green RS 3.1L 5 speed
Indiglow Gauges
Dynomax catback
Hurst Competition Plus shifter with a T56 short stick. (About 3 inches shorter than stock)
36 24 sways! OH YEAH!
88aziroc's old iroc hood
Fresh paint! Nice and shiny!
Yep,
I had to roll the fender lips, also had to use a tourch and heat up
the inner fender well, where the tire was rubbing hard, and use
a big hammer and slowly massage it out of the way.
After I drive it a few miles on some bumpy roads, I'll remove
them and check for any rubbing.
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Louis
2001 Supercharged Suburban 4x4.
99 Buick Regal GS Supercharged.
92 Convertable Z28 Supercharged 355cid, 9.5 to1, tpi Auto:
All Forged internals, 6in rods, w/Paxton VR4 13psi, CC blower cam .560 .570 @ .230 .235 dur @ .50 114LS, Ram air mod,100% methanol injection intercooling. W/ PAC controller,52mm T/B,ASM Large tube runners, ported upper & lower TPIS Bigmouth intakes,AFPR set to 55psi,32# injectors,1.6 Pro Magnum roller rockers,slp 1 3/4 headers,3in. cat,3in. gale banks cat back system,3.42 gears,17x9.5 Front, 17x11 Rear, Vett ZR1 wheels, 275x40x17 Front, 315x35x17 Rear G-Force tires,and much more, Check my web site for pics and mods. http://www.lbsz28blown.cz28.com
man louis NICE TOYS!!!! your like a waaaaaaaaaaay better version of me. lol. I'll trade you my regal limited for your gs and my berlinetta for your Z28 convertible. yah right huh.
that looks awesome, i wanna do that . I would love to put a friggen wide *** rim like that on my ta. What bs do i need to do that . I would order them custom from boyd coddington, so what do i need to do that . I want details , i would really love a big *** rim like that .
Originally posted by Blake and what backspacing did you use?
cheers
Blake
Thats an interesting ordeal I whent thru.
The 17x11 ZR1's I got are supost to be 50mm off-set, which
I understand take a 2.0in adapter, well that didn't work.
Next I tryed some 1.5in adapters they were ok but the tire still
stuck out.
Next I tryed some 1.25in adapters and they gave me the look I was looking for, but I had to modify the inner fender well greatly.
do you have pix of the adapters yoru talking about? i've never delt with spacers so have no clue what they are, unless yoru talking about those lead based things that slip over and space it out by about a half inch? but then u'd run out of threading with a whopping 1.25" so I'm taking it its somethign totaly different, and this is on a stock camaro width rear end? looks good, if you fill me in i'd love to get the same set up, cant blame me for envying you
i would like to see more pics of the tires, like how they look from the back and also how the wheel well looks. And also what the bs is in inches. I want 17x11's too.
Next week I'll pull the wheels to re-torque the adapters,
I'll take pics and measurements of everything and post them here.
Sorry for the delay, but I have a three year old and a 8 month
old that takes up a lot of my free time right now.
on the back spacing issue, like I said I'll take measurements
of my set-up, but be cautious I've seen this same wheel
advertised in three different off-sets (36mm, 50mm, 56mm)
mine where advertised as 50mm off-set but I question that.
The tires I ordered from NTB, they came very close to the price
from the tirerack.com.
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Louis
2001 Supercharged Suburban 4x4.
99 Buick Regal GS Supercharged.
92 Convertable Z28 Supercharged 355cid, 9.5 to1, tpi Auto:
All Forged internals, 6in rods, w/Paxton VR4 13psi, CC blower cam .560 .570 @ .230 .235 dur @ .50 114LS, Ram air mod,100% methanol injection intercooling. W/ PAC controller,52mm T/B,ASM Large tube runners, ported upper & lower TPIS Bigmouth intakes,AFPR set to 55psi,32# injectors,1.6 Pro Magnum roller rockers,slp 1 3/4 headers,3in. cat,3in. gale banks cat back system,3.42 gears,17x9.5 Front, 17x11 Rear, Vett ZR1 wheels, 275x40x17 Front, 315x35x17 Rear G-Force tires,and much more, Check my web site for pics and mods. http://www.lbsz28blown.cz28.com
Originally posted by Blake do you have pix of the adapters yoru talking about? i've never delt with spacers so have no clue what they are, unless yoru talking about those lead based things that slip over and space it out by about a half inch? but then u'd run out of threading with a whopping 1.25" so I'm taking it its somethign totaly different, and this is on a stock camaro width rear end? looks good, if you fill me in i'd love to get the same set up, cant blame me for envying you
I Purchased my Adpters from www.skulte.com
Here's A pic from there site:
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Louis
2001 Supercharged Suburban 4x4.
99 Buick Regal GS Supercharged.
92 Convertable Z28 Supercharged 355cid, 9.5 to1, tpi Auto:
All Forged internals, 6in rods, w/Paxton VR4 13psi, CC blower cam .560 .570 @ .230 .235 dur @ .50 114LS, Ram air mod,100% methanol injection intercooling. W/ PAC controller,52mm T/B,ASM Large tube runners, ported upper & lower TPIS Bigmouth intakes,AFPR set to 55psi,32# injectors,1.6 Pro Magnum roller rockers,slp 1 3/4 headers,3in. cat,3in. gale banks cat back system,3.42 gears,17x9.5 Front, 17x11 Rear, Vett ZR1 wheels, 275x40x17 Front, 315x35x17 Rear G-Force tires,and much more, Check my web site for pics and mods. http://www.lbsz28blown.cz28.com
you can see almost half of the tire sticking out from the back. just because the tops of the fenders are out that far doesn't mean the tires look good going there, but it's just my opinion. they look nice, just to far out for me. for 11" their in pretty far without actuall modifying the inner well. just my opinion that it would look that much better in their right location.
That's what I'm talking about. I would really like to see the inner fender just so I have an idea of how much work I have to do.
Oh yeah, the car looks awsome!!!!
__________________ '91 Z-28 5.7, SLP 1 3/4 headers, 4 inch Mufflex/Flowmaster cat back, gutted cats, Edelbrock intake, 8.5mm Jacob wires, MSD Blaster coil, S&W subframe setup, Jacob Pro Street Ignition, Harwood glass hood, Spohn lower control arms, complete Kenwood system, and a few hidden goodies.
IDP.........bring'n it back once again!
Forced Induction 427?..........................on HOLD!!!
Currently have:
Stealth Ram......In polishing phase
Soon to be World Castings 427 sbc
SLP 25lb injectors
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1992 Polo Green RS 3.1L 5 speed
Indiglow Gauges
Dynomax catback
Hurst Competition Plus shifter with a T56 short stick. (About 3 inches shorter than stock)
36 24 sways! OH YEAH!
88aziroc's old iroc hood
Fresh paint! Nice and shiny!
fuggin awesome, im goona get some 17x11s , i found out that i need a 6 inch bs to make them fit and then a rolled fender lip and then some hammering, but i think its worth the headache.
Looks like you had to roll the fender lips a little to make them fit correct? 
