Just got'em on yesterday. I think they look completely bad assss! What do you guys think?

17X8's with P275/40/R17's

 

I wanted 17X9.5's.....but the dumbies at the tire shop tried 3 different sizes...and they were concerned how close everything was with the 9.5's...so I just went with 8's.....plus...I can rotate them....they order the sam backspacing on all of them..

(new picture)

 

..the rear

 

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You know the rules, image removed.

 

Wow, those look incredible on your car. I love it. :hail:

Weird thing is I didn't used to like those wheels at all and I love them more and more as I see them, and they look absolutely awesome on your car.

 

Wow 275's on a 8" wheel, I did not think that was possible.

 

oooooooooooooooooooooo very nice!! :hail:

 

That looks incredible, kick *** car :hail:

 

not trying to be a ****...... but...I do? I just read that I'm only aloud to attach 3 pictures....maybe you guys should have this posted in huge letters at the top of the site so everyone would know this.....it would just be easier and much quicker to know..

 

do you have any close-ups of the wheels from the side? I'm interrested in getting a good view of how the 275s look on an 8" wheel.

 

I would be glad to take a few for you....but I don't think I'm aloud to post anymore pictures. Give me your email address and I'll send'em to ya.

 

Wow, that looks sweet!! I wish you could post the rest, I'd love to see them.

 

me too please speedingpenguin@comcast.net thx

 

Looks great!!!!:hail: :hail: :hail:
What do you think of them on a bird?My bird with torq-thrusts

 

Your car is awesome :hail: What backspacing did you use. Could you send me some more pics too. Thanks!

w.prokop@comcast.net

 

Start up a cardomain site so that you can link to your pics. Looks nice from what we can see in these pics...

 

looks nice

 

That last picture is an AWESOME angle! Your car looks great, there really isn't anything I would change about it.

:hail:

 

jim85iroc@yahoo.com, but i'm on dial-up, so only if they're small like the ones you posted. Thanks.

 

beautiful car

 

hey, once you do, please post them in this thread... he cant post them anymore, but hey, you can.... you're just showing off

1.. what we're asking for
2.. its not your car.
3... you can post upto 3 pics in here....

 

They do indeed look bad@ss.....

Now that the wheels look nice, how about getting that car lower to the ground........

 

very sharp. :hail:

 

I have the 17x9.5 version...

 

I love those rims.:hail:

 

I wish I could flynlow...but my exhaust is way to low to the ground...I have ground clearance issues as it is right now....I wish I could somehow gget it lowered though...thanks too all of the comments on here. I'll get busy taking a few more pictures tomorrow and email them to you.

 

Looks great man!


Ken

 

you gotta get your sig updated now eh

 

your car keeps getting cooler

 

i hate you with such a passion. just kidding. they look awsome. i want to get them so bad but i don't have the money yet. maybe in the spring.

 

Hope you're happy... I soiled a perfectly good pair of trousers.

 

Dude I think your cars givin me a stiffy... its soo pretty...I agree with the lowering, but i havent dont it either cause I got sum big ol pipes like you. Leather seats wouldnt hurt either ; ) As youve probably figured out by now i've been wanting to do this to my car, but dont have the cash. How much did you end up spending with tires and all if you dont mind me asking. if you dont wanna post it you can email me jordanm@arches.uga.edu, you can send me some more of those pics too and ill post em on here (when did they change the rule with 3 pics, and why wont they let you even tho everyone is asking for em?) Also how do the wheels look under the wheel wells with the same backspacing on each wheel?

 

Damn that's hot. I want to mount your car and do it in the tailpipe! Anyway, excellent pictures; and I agree, get that baby lowered! Do it right and you won't have scraping problems, I'm sure.

 

You know, i'm not against the lowering, but I don't think it necessary to look good. If you're on the fence, then I'd say do it, but if not.....leave it. I think the higher stance (stock) looks a little more old school.

I like it.

-Heck, it's not like it's sits high right now.

 

Well I got some 16x8's...I'm sad now. I wish I would have gotten 17x8's.

 

Thanks for all of the opinions and kind thoughts guys. All together....with tires...I have about $1600.00 in'em. Today, I also had a different set of tips installed....I can get a picture...but will have to probably send it to a few people.....or I can make a site at car domain or something.

 

88Camaro350:

I like the 16's. I think it looks more old school (just like not lowering). Especially with your gray ground effects and cowl hood.

 

Car looks awesome! Love the black and then, the wheels just set it off. Keep it up man. later

 

Small rims are old school. I see alot of 1st gesn with TTII's on them. They are always 15'' thought.

Ive seen a 3rd gen with TTII's that were 15's. I thought it looked kinda stupid. Just my opinion thought.

 

Cays back off I saw her first!

84, thats way cheap, alot less than I thought I was gonna have to spend to get them, I price checked last year when I had money and it was gonna be well over 2k with tires, but that was for 18" chrome, and I think its like 400 extra just for chrome. Hehe not like I can afford it now anyways! Oh yea I had a thought too, if you wanna post more pics just make another name! I have an old one that I dont use..but I cant remember the password or i'd give it to you to use.

 

84customZ28
Yet, another great addition to your ride!


I'm jumping on the wagon also in a few weeks. I've got a 91 RS Vert and I'm creaming big time for these rims. I have the mystic teal paintjob and I think these will look perfect on the car.

But I'm still a bit confused about the backspace size to get on the 17" rim.

chevyken has the TTII's 17x9.5 with 5.25" bs on the front and 5.5" bs on the rear with 275/40 17's and he says they fit like a glove.

84customZ28 yours are 17x8 with what kind of backspacing?

Right now I can get the 17x9.5 with 5.5" bs for $925 shipping included.
If I go with the same setup as chevyken then it bumps up to $990 shipping included and a 4 to 5 week waiting period. I'm guessing the 5.25 backspacing is the custom wheel here.
And therefore the waiting period.

I've seen pictures of chevykens rims in other posts and I'd swear they look like they would rub on the front if he hit a nasty bump. Also do they rub on the inner fenderwell when you turn all the way?

I'd like to get some nice fat tires under my car, more for the looks than the traction. I'm not a lead foot and just prefer the look of wide tires.

Currently I have stock tires and rims on the car. My tires are 235/60 15's and are approx 9.25" wide with 4.5" backspacing. I have maybe 2 to 3" of clearance on the rear inner fender well.
(tire to trunk gap)

If I went to a 275/40 17" tire with a backspacing of 5.5" would I not rub on the sides of the trunk? The tire would be approx 10.75" and then add another 1" for the back spacing. This would cause the tire to sit 2.5" deeper towards the sides of the trunk leaving me with a 1/2" gap between the tire and the trunk if my math is right here.

Are you guys this close to the trunk also? If so, are the tires rubbing with body flex in sharp curves?

Thanks for all the info!

 

I got my 17x8's for 700$, and the Daytona ZR's for $440, paid after tax bout $1200 for my TTII's and tires.My backspacing is +14mm, fits like OJ's glove.

 

When they installed a set of the 17X9.5's.......it looked like they would hit very easily if a bump in the road was harsh enough. I'm not saying that Chevyken's won't work.....but I just wanted to be as safe as possible with these wheels. I think my back spacing is like 11MM

 

verry nice

Chevy Hi Perf. Mag did a story when the TT2's 1st came out.
with 17x9.5 with a 5.5 BS you can stuff a 275 on there. up front you May have to gring on your end links. some people have some havent.

 

Just to answer a few of the questions:

Yes, I have a bs of 5.25" up front and 5.5" and out back.
The reason for that was that after careful measuring 5.5" would give pretty much 0 clearance. Since few had experience with these rims at the time, I didn't take the chance of having the rims rubbing the end links.
Im glad I did, as there is less than .25" clearance now - in other words, I would've had to grind the end links, which I wasn't too keen on doing
So for me, this was the perfect solution. Also, at the time (about 3 years back) 5.5" bs was also a custom rim, so I had to wait the 6 weeks anyway, and the price was the same.

As for rubbing, they rub at full wheel lock, just like my stock 16x8 IROCs with the stock 245's on them did. No difference.
Sure, at a harsh bump they will touch the wheel well - but so did the stocks after the car was lowered 1.5".

So all together, I have the exact same troubles with the 17x9.5s as I did with the stock rims/tires - and it is nothing worth mentioning. I drove the car on a 1600 mile road trip this summer and it was all just pure fun!!!

Hope that cleared up some ???'s about my rims


Ken

 

You take the left pipe and I'll take the right... double-teamed!

Anyone know if there are 17" TT-D's anywhere? Pics on a thirdgen, maybe?

 

Looks good!! But I think those wheels are getting a little too common.

Since we both have black Z's, this will give you an idea of what your car would look like with Chrome Z06 wheels.

 

Looks good!! But I think those wheels are getting a little too common.

I agree but have you seen ebay lately? There must be over 30 ads for just those chrome ZO6's! Its called a trend. By the way, your car looks good too. later

 

I dunno man, Ill have to see these new tips first.

Both those wheels are really common, but theres a reason for that ; )

 

Thanks for the info guys.
It makes things a bit clearer.
Except for the 11mm backspacing.
That would be like a 1/2" backspacing right?

The roads around my town are flat terrible. All the parking lots are about 1 foot higher than the road you are coming off of. And just to make things more tricky they added a gully before each entrance so you have a nice 3" dip to hit before you make the 1' climb.

some of these are so rough I keep thinking I'm going to knock the alignment out of whack every month.

I do worry about hitting the fender.
But I also did not lower the car so maybe I'll be safe there.
I can't lower the car simply because there is not enough ground clearance on the roads around here.

I added a B&M deep transpan and it has scuffed a few times already, fortunately only light scuffs. This is with stock rims and tire size.
So you can see my problem here.

I don't mind the front rubbing a bit on the inside in a full turn. I think if I did it once and heard that aweful noise I would problably not do it again.

Hmmm...
It would be nice to be able to rotate the tires. So having the same backspacing would help this problem.

What do you think if I went with a 17X9.5 with lets say a 4.5 to 5" back spacing all the way around with 275/40 tires?

Would the tires stick out too much?