I know their are folks running 17x9.5's up front. Does anybody know if theirs room for a 17x10?

What would it take to make this size wheel fit?

 

Pretty sure a 9.5" wide rim with 275's is as much as you can go. I have 275's on my 8.5" wide front rim and I really dont see the need or room, for any more tire. I'll be going down a size or two when it comes to replacing my fronts.

 

have a close up shot of what 275's look like on an 8.5?

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48...8/91z28_01.jpg

The rears are 295 on 9.5". I would need 265 on the front to match the rears.

 

I would try to talk with Andris (SPD), I believe he ran a 10.5" wide on the front of his TT project roadrace car. Don't have any info on it though, sorry.

 

matt_p, are your wheels 17s or 18s ?

 

I got 275s up front on 9.5" rims. They seem more than wide enough. And I am obsesed with wide tires. I got 11" in the back with 335s.

The only way to get more room is to get those danko camaro flares. They are pretty cheap and look ok. I was considering it before, for the front and rear of my car, but I think I am just gonna stay at 275 up front and then go down to 315 in the rear so that they cand have more clearance, tuck, and of course cost much less.

335 prices are insane!

 

haha folks i know their are tons of folks running at least a 9.5" rim with a 275s up front. What I want to know is if theirs room for a 17x10".

I have seen some "race" cars running 16x10's, but havent seen up close how they fit or how theyre modding.

I appreciate the replies, its just im interested in what isnt commonplace.

 

You can fit 18x11 up front, with a little work. Karl Hunter runs them on his car. I am pretty sure if you do a search, he posted more infomation on this.

 

Interesting.... I would have never thought about running such a wide tire up front.

You can easily gain more room if you get the tie rod to sit in the rim. My 17s are hitting right at the eadge. If they were 18s I could gain at least a couple inches.

Wonder what it would look like to have 315 on all 4 corners???

 

Thats what i was wondering...if he went to 18s because the rim diameter would put the tie rod within the wheel...

btw 315's look bad *** all around...tons of 4th gens are running that set up.

 

yeah, I have seen it. Looks great if you can pull it off and if you have the handling and power to supliment the look.

Maybe I will try that if i can find a set of 18" ZR-1s in gunmetal.... Cool future plan.

 

I've been looking into this and really wanted to be the first one to do it , but I've been pricing 18x10.5" wheels and tires and it is just too damm much money right now esp since I already own 2 sets of 18x9.5

I'm going to let the cat out of the bag and let you be the first one on this board with the 18x10.5's on front!

The front tie rod clears with no problems with 18's. The other critical interference location is between the strut and rim. There is a stamping that wraps around the strut that would line up just right with a 17" wheel, but an 18 clears it and it looks like there might be about 0.75" clearance between the rim and strut with a 18x9.5.

So take a ZO6 18x10.5 and a 2" spacer, and I think it will fit. I have 18x9.5 with a 2" spacer, so add .5 to the outside and .5 to the inside, and that's what it will look like with a 10.5. With a street tire it might line up perfectly with the outer edge of the fender. It will be snug, but I think you can make it work.

I can get some pictures if someone is willing to post them.

 

I don't know how you guys are running these wide wheels up front, I am really having a hard time with my setup rubbing the gfx.

My car is a 92 camaro and I have 18" corvette magnesium wheels used on the C5 cars with a 275-35-18 tire and 2" spacer. I have the eibach pro kit springs, koni yellow stuts and I'm also running the Baer 13" track brake setup which i believe pushes the wheel out some.

I only have about a 1/2" or so on the back side of the wheel before making contact with the strut and I'm hitting the ground effect on both sides when turning. The front of the wheel well has all the room I could want, but I don't know what I should do about the back side.

Also with my 18's my tie rod would still end up hitting my rim, its real close right now so at least on my setup its not going inside the rim area.

 

Sounds like some good info...kinda doubt you'll be the first...one of the firsts...just make sure you post of lots of photos and possible points of interfernce. As we know GMs build tolerances aren't the best so what barely clears on one car can be big trouble on another.

Post pictures of where exactly its rubbing and we might be able to help you, 2" spacers are the general rule but some cars/wheels require a little more/less. Also it seems as the cars that came with 16" rims stock had a different steering box with different stops, so what rubs on a car that had 15s stock might not on a car with 16s stock.

 

I will be happy to take some pictures this weekend thats the next time I get to work on the car.

In the meantime if you look at a 91-92 ground effect (maybe the 85-90 but I don't know they are the same up front by the fender) it kind of bubbles out at the bottom and my tire is hitting that. It's not terrible because just a little force and I'm into the wheel well but enough that you wouldn't want to leave it that way. If I didn't have any gfx I don't think this would be a pro

My wheels actually seem to stick out further than stock wheels but I have very limted room to work with bringing them inward, unless you can tell me how. I only have about 1/2" of space between the back of my rim and the strut. I was consdering a 1 3/4" spacer over the 2" but I haven't checked to see what the minimum clearance between the wheel and the strut is.

 

Key word "wanted". I wanted to be the first but I'm putting this on the back burner since my cash is going towards the engine next. I'm going to let you be "one of the first" to do this. If someone else has done it, I've never seen it.


I just looked under the car again. Between the strut and the rim there is at least 1". You could probably use a 1.75 spacer with a 18x10.5. david auster, what is the offset on your wheels? Mine are 56mm. I also have C5 brakes so the thickness of the rotor is going to push the wheel out about an 1/8th or so.

They might rub in the inner fender a bit. My stock wheels did this. The outside front would hit the front inner.

 

I wish i knew the offset of the wheels off hand and I'm not going to be able to check for sure until this weekend. I'll attach a link to the wheel and maybe you can tell from the pics. Best I can do right now but thanks for the help.

eBay Motors: 18" CORVETTE C5 MAGNESIUM COMPETITION GREY REAR WHEEL (item 220021948895 end time Sep-07-06 08:01:14 PDT)

 

What is the minimum clearance that you should run in between the strut and the rim of the wheel? Dave is running koni yellows and the flare that someone else mentioned is only about 1/2" or less from the rim of the wheel. I think 1/4" or so should be the limit, right? I dont think I would want to run less spacing than that. Also I think part of his rubbing problem stems from the car sitting way too high on the right side for some reason. If we can fugure out why the car isnt sitting level I think part of that will clear up. So if anyone has any suggestions about why his car may be all jacked up on the right so high.........

 

I would feel comfortable with 3/8" clearance. I've heard people say 1/4 is enough, but I would feel better w/ 3/8. I highly doubt that the wheel and bearings will on the inside wheel/tire in a turn will deflect enough to rub.

 

i know ya'll are camaro guys but i've got a '91 Firebird that came with the 15's. Wanting to put 02 SS 17's on and wanted to know what size spacer i'd need to run 275's on all four corners. (275/45/17)

 

So explain the Firehawks with 9" wheels, I have them also and no rubbing problems.......

 

you mean firehawks with 9.5 inch wheels...
they had the proper backspacing so that they did not rub. RONAL did their homework and figured out the proper backspacing.
its the same as a 10" wheel.

is the consensus that a 10" wheel will fit on the front?
does it NEED to be a 18" or will 17" fit?

 

IIRC, BIG_MODS is using, or was using the 18x10.5 that he was talking about in earlier posts, the fit, but im not sure about interference with the swaybar, ect.

this is a 3 year old post to btw

 

I have 17" x 9", 5" bs (0 offset) And my rim edge is about 3/8" away from the tie rod end. So there is no way a 17" wheel, could go any deeper. You could add the extra 1" to the outside but they would stick out a bit. 9.5" would make it FLUSH, which is probably why the Firehawk wheels stopped at 9.5".



With a 18" wheel, it MIGHT clear the tie rod end & have room for a deeper bs, since the tie rod end would be INSIDE the wheel hoop. I think it would clear, but no promises here.

 

thats what happens when you search...
oops!

btw, your pics arent showing up stephen.

from what i have gathered, if a 9.5" firehawk wheel will fit, and will tuck under the car, there must be room for another 1/4" inside and a 1/4" outside with an 18" wheel for sure.
the reason i ask is because it would be nice to be able to run the corvette 18x10 / 19x11 combo.
not that i have anything against a 9.5" wheel, but i think that its harder to find a 17x9.5 than a 18x10...
get my drift?
this is of course purely academic at this point as i am still, and will for a good long while be, broke.
what can i say, i love doing research and figuring out the extremes

 

I see the pics just fine, in this thread.....

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...dclearance.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...clearance2.jpg