I showed my friends my choice of wheels for the camaro, and NONE of them like them. At the moment I'm going with the polished version, and do hope to put some fat disc brakes behind them (front and rear), but they think it's too "modern" for my "old school" type car.

What do yall say?

I know some guys on here have some, but I don't see them as much as a lot of other wheels for some reason.

 

Don't listen to them. The Y2K rim is perfect for a thridgen. It's thin sqaure spokes match the body lines on these cars perfectly. Most 5 star style rims look great on these cars. The only beef you typically hear about the Y2K's is that they don't come with a lip. You will like them. Your friends will too once they see your car.

 

Either you like them or not, what do your friends have to do with it?

 

Not that it makes my mind up one way or the other, but it would be nice to convince them otherwise.

 

Just pull up to their house with them on. They will be like

 

The only thing with the Y2K wheels is you will need big brakes immediatly. With those thin spokes the stock brakes will look ridiculous.

But since you said you're wanting to do that anyways, I say go for it. It's a real good looking wheel.

 

what he said....I wanted these wheels too, but didnt want to drop the money on big brakes....go with em, not enough thirdgens with them

 

Yeah, right now I'm playing catch up with them.

One has a Infiniti G35, so he wins the looks and luxury award. And the other rides around in a new Mach 1 and has the 1st addition of a wheel that was released this week, so he wins the " " award and fastest award. I used to be able to outhandle them, but I have a busted tie rod and bald tires at the moment. I'm faster than the G35, but right now I'm only winning the "frugal" award.

Someone post some good pics of them from the side so I can try and convince them. Most of the shots we found on here are from an angle.

 

Yeah, I saw that immediately. I'm hoping to go with this kit for the front: http://www.bigbrakeupgrade.com/

And I think EBMiller still sells the rear kit. That should do the trick.

 

i need to get some pics of my gunmetal y2k's...i need to drop the car first though

 

cool...

I am looking at getting custom wheels made which will cost me a fortune, I am sure.

I really like the 88-90 IROC wheel look but 16's just aren't enough.
It would look so much better with 17x8 or 17x9.5's on it. I really hate the Chrome single groove wheels that are made.
No offense to anyone with them.
Just not my taste.

Thats my dream and one day it will come true.

 

Thank you for the link.

 

Absoultely! I've had chrome Y2k's for well over a year now with the itty bitty stock rotors, it looks like hell! You can see the rust on em all over the place and you see right through the wheels.. That's why a 4thgen rear is under the car ready to be bolted up and I have a C5 conversion for the front about to get started on that as well.. It'll look sooo much better I can't wait to finish. Probably gonna head out there right now and bolt the rear in

 

Yeah I want to go for those wheels when I can get the money for them too. What size are you gonna go with? I wanna do 18x9.5s and do the C5 conversion or LS1 brake upgrade. Does anyone know if the Y2k's in that size would fit on the front with spacers and without rubbing with like a 255/40 or 265/40 or something like that? I also wanna get some sportlines soon too.

 

I'm going with 17x8.5's wrapped in Pirelli Zero's 245/45 on the front and 275/40 on the rear with 2" spacers all around. (atleast I hope that's the right combo)

 

If there spaced right I think the thnk spoke vette rims look really good on 3 gens . Not my taste at all as its too innocent looking , but they do go very nicely with the car . With the Vette rims getting them spaced right is key . Get em spaced out to just about even with the fender lip and keep the gap between the tire and fender minimal and youd have yourself a winner .

 

before i say my opinion (and yes i know nobody asked for it)


i just want to say, you should do what YOU like not what others do.

I just dont understand why you would buy "stock rims" for such a huge amount of money when you can go aftermarket and get something much nicer for probably cheaper $$$

just going by what i know, since i work in a rim/tire shop i see guys coming in all the time looking to do this, and i change their mind when i tell them, vette wheels are $599 each (canadian) in 18x9s whereas a nice new CHROME 18 inch i can give to them for $299.

doesnt take a rocket scientist

iroc2nv

 

Perhaps because you can buy a set of 4 Vette rims in 17x8.5 for $550-600 for the set?

Some people prefer a flashy look, like yourself. Some prefer a more subtle improvement over stock.

 

I think the y2k's are super sharp.

too bad they don't have a 1-2 inch lip...

 

My car has the modified stock look to it and the wheels can be had for $500 shipped to my door.

 

must be nice to live in the united states where everything is made and doesnt cost an arm and a leg for shipping and border charges

i have to add that stuff to the cost of the rim...unfortunately

like i said before..

it is your car, you have to look at it all the time, make sure thats what you want..screw everyone else :P


iroc2nv

 

just let them see the rims on the car that should do it for you

the stock rotors do look small in there now

 

heres mine..

MORE PICTURES

http://members.***.net/dpitlyuk/

car is for sale by the way!!

 

1991 Z-28 - i must say those look hottt!

 

I love them. im getting some eventualy but im still a little thrown off by the need for wheel adapters.

 

Here are a few of mine!




Thanks to Lock for this one!

 

no1. reason is they don't fit the style of a thirdgen, ta or camaro. they are too thin of a spoke showing too much.. my personal opinion is the fwd design of the rim because of the larger offset that is needed for them to fit their properly designed vehicle. it throws the look off of the car as well as the actual design of the face.

however that's just from a build standpoint. if you like them use them. people have been using 100 spoke dayton and similar knock offs on our cars for the last 20 years. do what you like and don't worry about your friends. if i could truly say anything against them is the fact that you need adapters. beyond that if you like them use them.

 

too bad you have to sell it, but i did laugh out loud at the never abused, always babied part of your ad.

Weren't you just here asking about what to do after running it off the road racing?

I am not giving you crap, just an observation, good luck selling it.

 

I would have to disagree. obviously they arent fwd style rims as we all know they are from the vette however i think they blend in realy good with the body style lines. I do feel thay show a little rotor thats why i would say they only should be on a car with 4 wheel disc.just my opinion though

 

I haven't like any flat faced wheel yet. Wheels just don't look right without some amount of dish to them...

Vette Y2K's =

 

a fwd offset is typically +35 or higher... the vette offset is this as is the 4thgen. luckily there is room on these vehicles to run a lower offset giving a dished appearance or the flat face if that's what you like but the higher offset is typical of fwd rims which the y2k vette is.

 

i dont like em that much. and what are those rims that practically all the camaro owners have, that look similiar to these? i dont like those either but i like the y2k vette ones better.

weld draglites, now thats a respectable wheel.

 

I think Kandied is right. The third-gens (particularly the Camaros) are big cars with bold lines, and I don't think those wheels compliment those lines. But thats just my opinion. I could be wrong.

 

Without digging to far into this... how far are you going to impress your friends. You can only receive so much validation from a buddy, you've got to look at the bigger picture.
1. Will you be happy with the decision ten steps down the line should you decide to go for it?
2. Will you be happy with the decition ten steps down the line should they influence you to go old school?

3. If the opinions of your friends are important, then its safe to say that the opinion of women is important as well, and at the end of the night, which do you want more attention from (married or not) ? In short.. do chics dig it ?

My opinion, if you've got something to show behind those wheels, then go for it. Having such visible brakes can hinder a cars apperance if they are not clean, or have miniscule calipers.

Mine are not y2k's but I dig em.

 

I have gotten nothing but compliments on my car since i got them. Everyone loves the look. As far as them not fitting the lines of a thirdgen, well it all depends on what you are trying to do with your car. My car is my cruiser, not a crazy high horsepower vehicle so I think they fit. Now when i build my next thirdgen in the future it will have a rim with a big lip. So basically like some have said, don't do anything for validation or to impress others, do it to make yourself happy!

 

apparently they only suit maroon cars cause those are the only pictures of thirdgens we have seen with them

 

Look guys, I'm not doing any of this to impress my friends, but this is the first mod to the car that I've chosen that hasn't been accepted well. Just curious as to the line of thought about it.

As stated in another thread, I was orginally going to go with some 17" polished IROC's and paint the center lines gunmetal, but I saw them on another Camaro, and they just looked cheap to me. I mean it could have just been the car and the light, but they didn't look very good at all.

Just to restate though: I'm not basing my decisions on what my friends like, just trying to understand the line of thought.