I'm looking into 17" wheels that are at least 9.5" wide. I kind of like the ROH ZS 17X9.5's but it seems like they're kind of common. I also like the SS/ZR1 style 17X11's (9.5's in front of course) but I'm just looking for other ideas. I'm not looking to spend a ton of money so custom ones are out of the question. Please give me suggestions and advice. Pics are great also.

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...threadid=99214

 

Any more thoughts?

 

i think a 5 spoke wheel looks best on 3rd gen fbodies. which 5 spoke is another decision altogether. personally, i think the rounded 5 spoke looks good (i.e.: AR TT2's, boyd coddington smoothies, etc.), or you could go with a star shaped 5 spoke...tough call though.

im sure you can find tons of pics of TT2's on thirdgens (or any other car for that matter ).

 

Heres a pic of mine. They are ROH RT 17x9

 

That looks photoshopped.

 

Check out the line of Boyd Coddington Wheels. I fell in love with the Smoothies II and the Stingrays there are others that I like also. And they are verry reasonable priced. Around $1,200- $1,400 depending on what size you want.
Http://www.boydcoddington.com
check em out, you should like them

 

but if that isnt photoshopped then lower the thing and put like z28 ground effects on it. my .02 cents

 

I like the WS6 Wheels,

 

Hey twisted I love your paint job how much would somthing like that caust in white and black?? :hail:

 

I don't know how Chrome Illusion piant can be black and white. Actually that would be pretty f'n sweet. I wouldn't be able to give you a price for the labor or anything like that cause my pops painted it for me. I paid almost a 1K just for the paint. That paint is awesome and it has just been wetsanded and polished. And that pic was dirty as hell the car was in that spot for 4 weeks. But I would guess that the total paint job if I was to have someone do it all for me would be close to $8,000 if not more. I wouldn't mind paying for that paint.

 

ttt for anymore ideas

 

CenterLine stars here, 17x11 rear/17x9.5 up front

 

Another...

 

Check out my uberiffic rims

 

17" cragar ss' all the way baby

 

This isn't my car, but its very very nice and it has the ROH ZS rims that I want (but probably will never get.) I work 48+ hours a week, I dont understand how everyone has nice toys on/in their car. sigh

 

lmao I just actually read your post, sorry about the above post sigh, I thought I was helping.
Again, sorry.

 

No problem man, I have no problem looking at a nice car I definitely dig those wheels too.

 

Shotgun,
Who owns that black RS with the ROH ZS wheels? I'd like to find out the sizes they are running and tires sizes.
I just contact JD Wheels and they are saying:

I have 17x9.5 Silver ZS's 5:4.75 +05 mm offset in stock. I will sell them
to you, but I will need paid by postal money order and they will sold on a
no return basis...due to fitment, because I show it's a tuner fitment (car
will need modified).

Some people plan on modifing their car to make it work. Also, some people
that put the 9.5's all the way around, may not specify it's been modified.

I have no problem selling them but I need to advise you of the fitment
situation. We have done many of these cars.

Would these 17x9.5 fit my ride without any problems? This company seems to think it needs to be modified...? I thought we could run 17x9.5 with little to no probs.

 

i have 17" inch cobra r's and people really like them!!! you can get them for about 175$ ea polished.....:hail:

 

badgta, those actually look really good. Do you have any more pics? What did you have to do to get them to fit?

Im looking for wheels too, actually I bought the Cragars from Jegs, but when I got them, there was stains all over. Jegs says if all four are like that, then thats the way there made and thats the way we sell them.

 

Cmon - can someone please help me out with this? I just need to know if JDWheels is correct and how they do not recommend 17x9.5 in the front. I know it can be done, but with the ROH ZS wheels? Also is the backspacing she's giving me correct? I know in inches not in mm offset stuff.

 

I love these rims!

 

i got mine from a company in ca, they asked my make, model, year, and original rims, and they did the rest... they will give you the specs so that you can call the company they refer you to with all the info!!!

rims: www.performancewheeloutlet.com
adapters: classic wheel works, glendora ca

throw some 245-45-17's on and your ready!!!!

later badgta

 

Sals82Z28,
I didn't have any problems fitting my 17 X 9.5's in front. They have a 5" B/S. But the 17 X 12's in the rear, well.... that's another story!! But they should fit. I run a 275/45/ZR17 in the front, and at full lock to the left, they will slighty scrub if I'm backing up. They have never done it going forward though.

 

Here a couple of pics of my 17" wheels BTW.

 

I'll probably catch some heat for this one but hey! Here's the Torque Thrust 2's on my SS. I just had to show this bad boy off. Don't worry guys i still got the 92, but its "flyin high" on jackstands as of now.

 

Bassettracing,
Thank you so much for the info. Do you know how much +05 mm offset is? Your ride looks so awesome, is there a lowering kit? Thanks again for answering my question.

 

Well, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "+05", but I can tell you:

5mm is .1968" or a little over a 3/16 of an inch.

50mm is 1.968" which is almost 2"

.5mm is only .0019 which is less than a human hair!!

So double check, and see exactly what offset it is in metric.

As far as my car goes, I have Hotckis lowering springs, but I ended up cutting a 1/2 round off of those because I wanted it just a little lower. It also has several other suspension mods. Go
here and you can what all I've done it. I have an 82 Z28 also, so you can check it at the same site. The Navigation on my page is at the top.

 

Here ya go...

 

Shotgun,
Who owns that black RS with the ROH ZS wheels? I'd like to find out the sizes they are running and tires sizes.
I just contact JD Wheels and they are saying:

I have 17x9.5 Silver ZS's 5:4.75 +05 mm offset in stock. I will sell them
to you, but I will need paid by postal money order and they will sold on a
no return basis...due to fitment, because I show it's a tuner fitment (car
will need modified).

Some people plan on modifing their car to make it work. Also, some people
that put the 9.5's all the way around, may not specify it's been modified.

I have no problem selling them but I need to advise you of the fitment
situation. We have done many of these cars.

Would these 17x9.5 fit my ride without any problems? This company seems to think it needs to be modified...? I thought we could run 17x9.5 with little to no probs.

I have no clue whos car it is, I picked the pic up about 6months ago, I saw it somewhere on this board. As far as ordering, go to www.skulte.com they have some good prices, and the thirdgen specific offsets. You can talk to skulte about the return and fitment policy and all that jazz.
Hope this helps...

 

Thanks Shotgun, Rocc4u and Bassett and all others who helped out.
Bassett you stuffed some big sneakers under your ride, looks killer.
I was thinkin of the Hotchkis springs but didnt want a rough ride so I'm gonna search this board to see about those. Thanks again.

 

Still one of my favorite wheels. Lots of people like these and the WS6 wheels.

Oops guess I should read the whole first post, you've already though about zr1 wheels.

 

Well here go my suggestions, some of them arent avail. in a 9.5" wide, but quite a few that arent are cheap enough that you could afford to have them widened 1-1.5" if you like them....

 

Next.

 

Another

 

you guessed it...

 

Definetly would look good on a 3rd gen and a great price...

 

One of the sweet boyd's

 

Niiiice huh ?

 

Thanks. Fitting the 17 X 12's took quite a bit of massaging to the inner fenderwell. The rear tires are 335/35/ZR17's, and they actually measure a little over 13" at the cross-section, So they are still pretty tight, but I eventually got the wheelwell pushed back enough so they wouldn't scrub, but it was a helluva job! The Hotchkis Springs do ride rougher than any factory ones I've even seen, but them, along with the other suspension mods made my car very fun to drive, and it handles excellently. It was definetly worth the effort!