Hey anyone have pics of a car running bigger tires in the back than in the front?

Perhaps 225/50/15s front and 275/6015s rear ?


Im thinking about it

here is my old camaro. loved the way it stood..


wish i could have it back.

and again

i have 255 in back with 215 in fron.... the rims are alot wider than i thought...but i like it so thats what matters...not many on this board do though. ohh well.

i guess one more wont hurt anything.

the trend seems to be coming back.

yeah I got bigger tires on the back also and smaller on front.
u notice it more in person.

Wow that looks good. I really like the way it stands. By any chance do you remember what size tires were on there?

Nate

RARE-ROC-Z: I remember that car, it sure was beautiful. How's the project RS comin along?

my freind had 275/60/15s in the rear but they rubbed really bad..

Here ya go!


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is that your car redbird? What size tires are on there

Is it just me, or does this seem a little, stupid ?

I think that this trend should stay back in the 70's where it belongs,although they do look good on 2ndgens.

this all reminds me of my 86 sc I had I put bigger tires on the back of it and the handling went to crap do you guys have the same problem I just noticed my car liked it better with the same size all around it. I didnt like the way it looked at all I like the third gens to stand the same all around just my $.02 though

Hmm I dunno im im goign to do it now....I mean its a great deal. $500 for new rims/tires. But I dont want it to rub. ANyone have a combo like this and it not rub?


Nate

Redbird... that is a photochop right? Looks like it. I sure hope so! Looks WAAAAAAAY better with the Formy rims.

I would agree with you to some extent... it does look *******

still gota say these look good 17/18's

I don't like the "higher aspect ratio" way of going, I think it looks way better if you run low profiles and 2 different sizes, personally I'm going to be running 275/40/17's and 295/35/18's.

Just remember if you are running high end tires that are directional, you can't rotate them at all, so when the backs are starting to go you just have to get new ones. This will get pretty expensive especialy if you're an agressive driver.

Nope, its not you.
All the high school kids went through this back in the 60's & 70's and now it seems they are doing it again. You do realize that GM put a lot of engineering into the suspensions of these cars and by using different sizes of tires front and back; you are negating any benefits of the suspension? Not to mention that when taken too far the handling characteristics of the car can become very unpredictable and possibly very dangerous.

Jebus, I hated how this looked . . . 255s out back and 235s up front.





She looks TONS better now . . .

Agrees

yeah poppa chubby, looks much better. great rims!

89transam, where did you get your avatar?

Some other message board....someone had it..Im probobly goign to replace it I dont really like it

Looks much better, but I'd drop that vert quicktime, need those wheels to fill the wells better. IMHO, Z28 rims look better than those on verts but to each his own.

To each his own. I personally like the older style look. I'm not going to add another pic to this thread though. I have 275 15 60's in the rear and 215 15 70 up front. I like the way it sits and I've never had a rubbing problem. Sure it don't handle the corners like it did when it was new, but dangerous, not even close. I built mine to handle quarter miles not autocross.

Nope thats not my car and yes it is real, no chop there. Its one of my friends and If I'm correct he put 295s on the rear. Every time he its a bump the body tears into those tires. Your right I like the way my car looks and rides. I dont think I would go that far. The the persons who owns that car is sorry that he put those big sobs on there. My car is in the sig for those how havent seen it.

from a teen of the 70's. 215/65 in front and 235/60 in rear both sitting on 15's in crome. Slightly RAKED!

I think Camaros should be on the ground not up in the air. But thats just my opinion. Later

In the words of the great pimp-hop philosphers of the early 90's .. 2 live crew
"face down a$$ up, thats the way we like to fuc|<"

:rockon:

All the more reason to leave a car level as GM intended.

I did not raise the rear of my car, the tires did. I know thats obvious but lowering this car is really not an option for me. It scraped the wheel wells as it was , and still does on launch. A better suspension perhaps, but not lowering. The front could use a small drop, but I also enjoy being able to get over speed bumps.