well i finally got my new rims ...18x8.5 chrome foose lusso's....with 215/35/18 nankang tires....i cant wait to put them on but i need eibach pro spacers cause the offset isnt made for are cars only in the 20' wheels..so i gotta wait 1 week for them and ****ty thing is about another week later my car goes in storage

 

why a 215. i have a 245 on an 8 inch wide rim , isnt that a little too thin.

 

They look like starfish! LOL! Mine has to go away inthe nextweek or so too. Oh how I would love to live in a summer climate all year round. :hail:

 

i had to go with the smallest 18' tire i could get cause i have like no wheel well left...its almost tuckin 205/50/16 already and that was the closest tire to match the hieght of my 16's

 

Post pics when they are on your car!!

 

not bad

 

nice wheel, not sure on how it will look but i'm sure it will come together. insanely small tire though. not sure if i like that much, you must have very nice roads as you bend one of those and your out a set of wheels.

 

i like the fact that someone in this forum dares to put a 215 tire on a 8.5inch wide wheel, although i think a 225 looks best on a 8.5' rim. I wonder how it looks when they are on the car, because i am afraid it will look wrong.

 

ya i shoulda went 225 i didnt know it would be that skinny

but what are you talking about it will look wrong?

sorry for trying something different..my car is for show not go..so i dont need big ugly side walls

 

lol...it's daring alright. for a show car and this situation it isn't that big of a deal but a thinwalled tire is going to cause problems on the road plain and simple. if it looks good to you go with it, i'm sure it will turn out nicely.

not many can say they have foose wheels anyhow, wether you got a deal or not that's unique in it's own.

 

thanks kandiedz ya like i know its not a good idea with skinny side walls...but without air ride thats the skinniest side wall i could go...cause i wanted 18's cause it just fills up the wheel well really nice...but like when these tires ware down ill pick up some 225/25/18 not much bigger but saves the rims abit more

 

it MAY look worng because the overall diameter of the wheel is smaller than stock

 

I'm gonna keep my mouth shut on this one.

 

 

now are you gonna put some big brakes behind them , because i know from experience how stupid big rims with stock brakes looks. do you still have an air dam, your car is so low , i cant believe you still do , if you do can you show me a pic of the distance between the air dam and the ground.

 

yup my front piece is still in great shape to

ill try to get one really soon....if you measure it from the very center of it to the ground it sits 4.5 inchs

 

ok sorry i though you were being cocky by saying im doing something dumb with big rims on my car...cause no offence to anyone on this site but factory stuff bores me...i like to try something different not to crazy different just to stand out from the rest...thats why i like my car cause you dont see camaros slammed with big rims and stuff thats all....like if you dont like the rims its ok..i wont take offence its your personal opion i just dont like ppl being cocky about it thats all

 

this is probably the best pic i got right now of the front pieces height

 

i didn't see anyone being cocky or telling you that it was a bad idea. many like myself who said anything are just trying to help you. i think the new wheels are a 110% improvement over the ones pictured above and it should turn out nicely. just looking at the wheels the fact they don't have a large outer lip will make a difference. many of us who have run larger wheels like that all have had some sort of lip in most cases. a tire that small won't support that sort of thing leading to more expenses down the road.

in the future try not to look so hard to find faults in what people are telling you. it's just the internet after all and different ideas are good ones. as i said i'm sure it will look great, now you just need to get them on the car...

 

WOW! I love the ride height! Rims in this pic IMHO fit the guzzler better than ones you're talking about in the beginning of this thread. Great skin too, btw

 

no it was just the way Graboid said i think it will look wrong made him sound like he was being a ***** by saying its gonna look bad...thats why i said it...like i didnt care if he said i dont think it will suit it just the way he said it made it sound more mean then just a normal opion

 

Dude, that's a one amaz28ing Iroc you got there, holy fnck! That's for the rims on the current pic :hail: Just how low does it sit off the ground? Love it man!

 

all depends where you measure it from ..like if you measure from any of the ground effects the lowest point is the side skirts right were the iroc emblems were..it sits about 4' off the ground there...and the undercariage your looking around maybe 2.5 for the crossmemeber and oil pan

 

heh, feel like buying it from you, what's the price? LOL Would you sell it at all? (I wouldn't ,fnck no way!)

 

not low enough...

 

i had it forsale but it was the wrong season only one person looked at it..im glad he didnt buy it...i woulda regreated it...if i ever did sell it wouldnt be for afew more years

 

Show it off, my man!

 

thats it kandied....get out the tape measure with pics of proof lol j/k

 

I suppose those are 18 inchers? Dude, that baby looks just perfect. You know when you see those oversized 20 inchers ppl put just to hide half the wheel somewhere inside the hood, lol. Yours looks Fncking well put together! Wish I had dough to get some cosmetics for mine '88.... your's is '85, it's about 4 inches shorter and half inch lower than an 88 (stock).

 

in that pics man those are only 16' rims

 

Go to hell, they look perfect in proportion to the body. Makes it look like a high speed train or something.

 

swear man only 16's...i got bigger ones cause these ones are just abit to small since i added the rest of the kit

 

That pic by the lake would be sweet if you had the side pieces of the GFX on at that time.

I think the new rims will be sweet.

 

being pricky and other things is what i always hear when i dont say: "Oh, you are my ***! I aoplogize in advance for my rudeness, but i think there may be a chance that it will look only super and not perfect. No offense, just my thoughts, but i could be wrong as always"
Nevermind, good to see that i am not the only one who thinks that with that combo will goofy. From the back i see skinny tires, from the side i see wheels which are to small.

 

sorry man i though you were trying to come off rude..i didnt know you ment it just will look outta place.....but like i really wanted 225....but if you roll even the 215 up to my car..like it already looks like it will be a tight fit which really sucks