I went to get new tires today at disount tire. A guy who works there was putting 17's on his 4th gen camaro. I asked him if he wanted to sell his factory chromes 16's. He said $150 for all 4. Sounds like a great deal but I need to know if I can take the tires of my factory 91's (16") and put them on 4th gen rims.

Also....what about spacers on the fronts.

I'd totally search this topic, but I havent been able to use the search feature here for the past few days (anyone else?). I know this has comeup a hundres times or more, but I never bothered to read more into it (oops).

Anyway....can anyone help me out?

 

you will need spacers for the thirdgen rear

Price sounds good though (paid $100 for stock 15"!!)

 

That is a good price for wheels.
you will need 4 spacers, 2" to 2.25" for the front and 1.5" to 2" on the rear.

If you are planning on eventually getting a 4th gen rear, buy 4 front sized spacers, that way you can sell the extra pair to someone easier. That is what I did when I bought my first set of spacers back in 2001, purchased a set of 2.25" spacers from Vettebrakes for $353 shipped.

 

Geez....I had no idea that the cost of spacers could be so prohibitive to getting different offset wheels. But....they'll look great. I found a set of 4 (5 x 4.75) adapters for $200 shipped.


I guess thats still reasonable. But now my only concern is whether or not I can use the tires I currently have on my stock rims. Arent the 4th gen rims .5 - 1.0" wider?

 

these are the rims (16")

 

Nope they are 16x8 just like our 16x8 wheels. I have 4th gen salad shooters on my car right now for the winter, I got the set for $60. $150 for those rims is a hell of a price though. Usually go for $250-300+ (for the chrome ones).

I think if I found a deal like that, I would have bought those for my summer rims instead of trading my old TA black mesh ones for 17" SS 10spokes!!

 

Those are nice, those are the smaller versions of the ones on my car.

 

Just to make sure:: Found a set of 4 adapters (with lugs) for $135 incl shipping. I need four 2" adapters @ 5x4.75 to 5x4.75.

Please let me know if this is correct. thnks

matt

 

yep, that sounds correct.

 

Not a bad price, I got a pair of them for $60 from a member here on the boards. I already have a 4th gen rear so I only needed the spacers for the fronts.