Well I finally got my wheels installed and I love them!!

ROH ZS 17x9.5 on Sumitomo HTRZ II's 275/40/17 in the back and 17x8.5 on 245/45/17 in the front.

I also bought a 99 Jeep Cherokee so i didnt have to drive the camaro daily now that everything is done on it.


Before wheels and lowering springs:




And After:












What do ya think?

 

They look very nice.

 

I am loving the rims on the car and also a very nice jeep. I am liking both:hail:

 

looks good, what kind of lowering springs do you have .

 

ooops , just read your info and u got sportlines.

 

Wow....what color blue is that? I like...

 

GM Ultra Blue Metallic

 

i like those new rims. Now if you could send me your old ones we could be friends...........

 

You can't beat the look of those wheels. Did you see they came out with a charcoal/polished finish wheel in this style?? SMOOTH! :hail:

 

Ha! Found it...

 

Very nice. I've heard they discontinued those rims, anyone know for sure?

 

Like the new look! Much props
Is that a...a...supercharged golfcart, yes!(j/k)DUECE

 

daaaaaaaaaamn you guys and your nice wheels!!
your making me want them more and more and thats not a good thing

looks awesome though!!!

hey guys....After looking at the before and after pics of Gen X Mar0's car Im thinking my car must be lowered
and thats why my exhaust is probably so damn close to the ground too the front of my car looks the same as alot of these guys that have had springs put in....

 

very nice! :hail:

 

nice car

 

Nice choice of wheel, they look great on thirdgens! I have a set I got for Christmas waiting for tires, which might be a while. Any specific reason you went with 245's on the fronts? Using the handy tire size calculator at http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html I come up with 255 45 17s as having a size closer to the original stock 215 65 15s. Although, I am assuming 255's would fit on the rim. Am I wrong?

 

The best sizes to make it fit like stock is 245/45/17 in the front on 8.5 inch rims so they will turn completly in the fender and 275/40/17 in the back on 9.5 rims so the speedo will remain correct....thos sizes also have identical sidewall height....

thats what I did anyway :shrug:

 

I guess when I meant closer to stock size I was talking about tire diameter. I wasn't considering any rubbing in the sidewall. Which now that I think about it maybe the 255s would do. I was going to call Group A and ask about what style lug nut they recommended for these wheels, I guess I can ask about tire size while I am at it. Anyway, now I know for sure 245s will fit. Hell maybe I can skip the call and ask you- what type of lugs did you end up using? Acorn, etc? Did you get a longer lug due to the deeper rim holes? Thanks.

 

The 255's fit good. Here is a pic of my 91 Z when I used to run ZS's with the Eibach Sportline springs. They were also the 17x8.5 fronts, 17x9.5 rears, but I used 255/45/17 fronts and 275/40/17 rears. 255 is closer to the stock size than 245's. But its really no big deal. Since this pic was taken, the ZS's have been re-done, powdercoated the spokes black and polished the lip. They look really good! I will get new tires when the 89 RS is complete (these will be going on my track car).

 

Ok cool. So you didnt have any problems with the extra cm of width? Wider is better- as long as everything fits...

 

Ok I will play devils advocate, there nice looking rims but for what you probably paid I don't see that much improvement over the stock ones. They both use a 5 leg star design and when those stock camaro rims are polished they look really nice. Unless these offer a fat weight savings for less rotational mass I couldn't justify the change for price value. Then again some people have alot more money to blow than others. Either way beautiful car.

 

I paid $650 for them new....I hate the look of the huge sidewall required with 16" rims and the 16's were dwarfed when I lowered the car..

But everyone has different taste. Thats why they make chocolate and vanilla. Some weirdo is bound to like vanilla j/k..

 

yes they are discontinued. I bought 2 of the last 4 9.5 rims that exist and group a just got a huge shipment of the last of the 8.5 inch size....

So if you want them, give the arizona store a call and ask for jeff and tell him you are interested in the last 2 9.5 inch ones and he can get you 2 8.5's for the front from the ny location.....

 

Yeah I hear you GenX on the different taste thing. I for one do not care for most of the open spoke rims unless you got a really nice set of brakes to show off then I am all for it. But with the puny looking stock calipers I prefer a closed rim and fat sidewalls gives it an old school muscle car look. The tires on your new rims do noticablly appear lower profile than stock so you accomplished that look. Heres mine with 15" rims I actually went down in size with a deeper back rim for a big little appearance without actually sacrificing to much handling putting little tires on front, I am running 235/60/15 on all fours but will probably go to 255 on the back next swap.

 

Gorgeous car and the rims with the lowering kit...makes the car look even more gorgeous!! Beautiful ride Gen X!!

 

Love the car gen-x. Personally i think that only some cars can pull off the low proflile tire look without appearing r*cy. Your car certainly does the trick.

Just lose the antenna, it really interrupts the clean lines and makes it look like a toy car. Besides i never listen to the radio anyway, i took off the antenna as soon as i bought my car

 

here's mine, should have gotten 17's though

 

Great looking car, but I actually think the stock wheels looked better.

 

Looks great!

 

wow thats a beautiful Z28

 

Man, I wish I'd have found as good of a deal on my wheels as you did...I paid $880, but mine are 17x9.5 all the way around. I don't get any tire rubbing on the front, but I did have to install some thin spacers on the front to get them to clear the tie rod ends. I love being able to rotate the tires front to back, plus it's cool to stuff as much meat under there as you can

 

thats a sharp car too

 

real nice rims man, real nice:hail:

 

great looking cars. i love those roh's.

 

Car looks nice.....:lala:

I like the way the look on stock appearanc cars......