I wanted to know if any one has any pictures of Wide tires? almost like drag tires, but as street tires. I'm having a differcult time choosing how wide of tires I want, because I dont have an actual idea what would look good with camaros with out over doing it. I do like Coker Tire Pro-Trac Performance Tires S515/45-15. but their not cheap. (but of course, I don't expect them not to be.) but I don't want to order a pair off Jeg's and find out their way too much. (btw, I'm not worried about clearance under the wheel lips, I'm putting drag bags on and these tires be more for just car shows and when ever I feel like having them on the car.) I'm sure in many opinion's may think this is waste of money, well, yes, I do agree, but this is something I want to do, and willing to pay for. any suggestions or pictures of good wide tires on camaros would be very appreciated

Thank you,
Tim

reasons like these, I quit asking questions here, but of course, I liked an second opinion. :-\

Depends on rim size & width.

Yeah.. Im going to get new rims along with the tires.
Idk, I might find something I might like eventually and get them, asking people's oppinion is almost the far worst thing to ask when they know the awsner.

The Drag guys should know the widest tire you can run on the street without major mods to your fenderwells. Also the rim size that will work with those.

Did you say 515's? Just to clarify, the tire you mentioned has a 515 cross sectional width?? PICS!

Yeah... I do and saw 515's, and thier the one size I saw that actually come to my satisfaction of wide tires, other tires I thought wasnt wide enough (but then again, these were crappy pictures, and they were with out rims, just the tires it self. so their probably bigger then I would expect.)
as I do know they are more then extreme tires to put on a camaro, I dont think I have seen one camaro that had tires that wide on a street car, not a drag car.
But I guess, I do know I wont be able to get these tires for a long time from now, saving is usally an issue with me. but I do plan on getting those tires.

BTW, does any one know where I can get size 16" wide rims? I looked on jegs (course, the wrong place to look) they were around $530, and I think its just one rim x.x I can understand if it was two, but they dont mension anywhere if it was one or two.
x.x

Sounds to me like your building a third gen roller skate! 16" wide wheels, and 515 sectional width tires, those are gonna stick out a FOOT on each side!

This is exact type of thing that give our cars the reputation of being Whiskey Tango.

Explain a little more what is a Whiskey Tango? and why does it matter to you anyway?

That tire requires a 14-16" wide rim and has a 20" section width. A thirdgen will accept a 15x10 rim without a ton of fenderwell mods. You will need at least 5.5" backspacing to make it work. You could probably run a 28-29" tall by 12.50 wide M/T sportsman if you want the drag tire look without having to backhalf/tub the car.

Whiskey Tango=W/T=White Trash

For those of you that are being a$$holes, knock it off, you were new once.

theres mine i think their plenty wide for being stock size i think there 245/45/16s

Thank you, that is pretty helpful and understandable.

Right now I have 275/60/15 tires on the rear, I cant really remeber the front tires were, but still.. I wanted something more.. wider.. but I'll look into the 12.50 wide tires, you mensioned

Did you want wider tires sticking out or tucked in the wells?

Sometime soon I'm going to attempt fitting 325/50/15's in there. I already have the 15x10 wheels with a 6.5" backspace. I have used 28x12.5x15's on my 15x8 4.5"bs wheels. These needed the spare tire bump on the passenger side to be moved for more tire diameter, should roll the fender lip some, and did some slight rubbing on the inner fender from hard turns.

my buddy has 315's on 17x11 rims but he had to pound the heck out of his inner fenders to make it fit. It looks huge on a thirdgen and it all tucks inside the fenders.

I'm planning on having them stick out, I don't know much of how people really get the tires in and not sticking out.

I'm going to put "drag bags" on before I put the tires on, I was hoping to put those on and stick the tires on and air up the car to the right height so it doesn't bottom out when I come over a dip (and we have a lot of dips in town, I can't really go anywhere with out scrapping my air dam, but that isn't a problem with me, I learn to come to a stop over the dips then go.)

would it be possible to raise the car up to enough where it won't rub the tires? or do I still have to pound out some of the spare tire bump?

do you have any pictures of your tires? how hard was to move the spare tire bump? and do you have yours sticking out, or tucked in? Well.. I dont really want to move the spare tire bump, what kind of tires do you recommend me to get with out doing body work to the car?

I only had the 28x12.5x15's on the car for about a couple weeks because they sucked, so no pics, but they were tucked in as best as possible. The tires just drove like crap; car would dart around with braking and would wander around accelerating. The tread would just touch the fender on top from the ballooning at speed, and touch the inside on hard turns. Bad wording, I didn't "move" the spare tire bump, I just hit it with a hammer to make more diameter clearance. The sidewall of the tire does stick out, but the tread is basically covered under the fender. With minor hammer/trimming, this setup is the biggest properly fitting tire.

did you had drag bags on your car to heighten up the car more? or did you left your suspension stock?

Can't say I left it stock, but I didn't do drag bags either. Like I said, they only rubbed in extreme situations and could be stopped by some hammer/trimming. I would advise lower control arm relocators though. They help out traction, and when launching the car won't squat but rather push the tires into the track. This way you don't need to worry about rubbing off the start, and get better traction also.

If your having problems and need to look at rim possibilities check out this site.... they have a wheel visualizer that might help. I would stick to nothing wider than 10 inches because you will have to minitub/ backhalf.

www.newstalgiawheel.com

I've had a blast looking at wheel combinations

Thanks, I will look into getting some lower control arm relocators too.
and thank you, that site is helpful,
but Im having troubles finding 6.5" backspace,
im finding around 3.625 to 4.5 (4-1/2) of backspacing wheels, but not really of 6.5".
and what is the reasonable bolt pattern?

Thanks,
Tim

I think you should easily find 15x8' with a 4.5" bs, and a 15x10 6.5"bs will put the wheel face at the same spot. Bolt pattern is 5x4.75"

hmmm, I think I might have to get a rim custom made, because Im having a hard time to find those matching numbers..
Probably the only one that matched up was the 8" wide one, but I want to get a 10" wide instead.

I'm not sure if I mentioned, I'm planing on having the tires sticking out, I don't want them to be tucked in. so would I go with 4.5 bs, or can I go less on the back spacing? or would it be too much?

And I was wondering if it would be possible to stick a tire of a 29" Dia. instead of a 28"? I'm not really finding much options for 28" and I like the 29" Dia tires better, but I went out side and tried measuring the best I could with a tape measurer and it looks really close to the front and back of the out side of the wheel well.

Can I fit a pair of 29" dia. tires on or do I have to stay with 28?

285/50/15 on a 15x10 wheel with 5.5 bs.

315/35/17's (rear)Here. I say they fit good. 1/4" more in would be better. 1.25 adapters in the rear.

i agree, im so tired of seeing people on here act like this, we all have different questions and different levels of skills on our cars, also tired of theo up for an reply, not everyone knows how to use the search feature of maybe did find exactly what they were looking for in rhe search



with that being said, you do need to do your homework and make sure you get the right B.S. , if not you will have problems.... i had a scrubbing issue with 255/60/15 but it was due to a worng backspace wheel, i did raise the back of the car up, but soon ditched the wheels and go some factory ones, got it back to stock hight to but i know i can get 255/60 on the back with factory wheels so that what im fixin to do

personaly if i was going for that look again i would do the 285/50/15 on a 15x10 wheel with 5.5 bs. like said above

My friend has a pretty good set he is been wanting to sell to me for a while. (all four tires with an extra tire.) I do remeber the back tires were 295/50/15, but I dont know what the rim width was, nor the backspacing.
they came off his dad's firebird he used to drive.
I'll go looking for pics for what they look like and I might consider them, but I still might want something a little wider.

Another thing is, how is it possible to raise up the rear of the car?
I put air "drag" bags on to help the car from bottoming out when I hit dips (where I live, dips are everywhere.)
but I want to raise it up more, but I looked through JEG's and Summit racing, and they dont have really any choices of suspension parts to raise up these cars.

help?

Thanks,
Tim

hi i put air shocks on my car(very easy) this way i can have my stock tires on and a normal ride height while still being able to pump them up to get my drag tires under there without cutting or modifying the wheel wells. i normally just run stock rims with 215-55-15 and my m50's when i want that nasty bad a** look

here are some pics(note they are on my project car jacked in the air but still gives you an idea of what it looks like)https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/atta...1&d=1223322913

Thats what Im looking for!!

what kind of air shocks did you use?
and how does it work?

Air shocks have been known to rip the upper shock mounts out of the car. When you jack up the car with them they are holding all the weight. The mounts arent designed for that.

I had them on my camaro for a wile, never put alot of pressure in them tho.

Ok...
so what would you recommend me to do?

If you get a 10" wheel with a 5.5" back spacing you can fit a 10" tire under the car.

I have had the rims on my car that i showed you a few post back for almost 6 months now and have only rubber once. That was with alot of weight in the car and hit a big dip in the road.

air shocks dont support the whole weight they just add more support and it shouldnt mess anything up unless you put them on wrong(almost impossible they're itiot proof) basicly theres two kinds you can get the ones like i have that just have an air line running to an acessible place on your car(ex.under the rear bumper) that you pump up with a regular air chuck like your putting air in your tires and then you have the fancy kind where you have a small air crompressor rigged up in your car somewhere that you just turn a switch and it pumps or deflates the shocks. you can get them at almost any automotive store(prices vary i got mine from a local napa shop)or look around online. it only takes about 30 to 45 minutes to install them

good luck

I've looked around, havent found a whole lot on air shocks,
:-\
would new springs work?
I looked around on another thread and here is a place that has springs,
but what would be good for one or two inch lift?
(I'll have to measure and figure out how high I want the car, I want to go with the air shocks so I can adjust it to how high I want it, but with the stories I hear from them, and my troubles finding a good pair with air hoses.
I will look into my local napa and carquest stores around here and see if they have a pair, but if not, I'll go with different springs.

http://www.daymotorsports.com/produc...IGTAIL-SPRINGS

I didn't mean they support all the weight. When you air them up to lift the car you are taking weight off the springs. There has been people who have ripped the upper mounts out of the car. Alot of it depends on how your car is used.

If you get the right rims none of that matters because you wont need them.

btw. i got my set at O'rileys. I had to go in the back and match a set with the ones on my car because the computer didn't show any matches. You can probley get them at any auto parts store.

Alright,
I'll go take a look at a few stores around my area,
(checkers, napa, carquest, etc.)
I cant say Im trying to turn my car into a drag car, or a race car, after me and my father put in my new 350 and a corvette 6 speed, I haven't abused my car since then, (used to when I had the 305 and five speed.)
so I guess what Im saying is I wont push my car to the limit and push into the dirt either.
I still havent figured out what I want for tires yet, I keep going back and forth with different ideas, but eventually i'll make up my mind.

(my plans are finnish working on the rear suspension, get new tires and rims, get blue and black procar seats, and a daytona iroc hood, before the end of the year atleast.)