Gentlemen, sometime this week I plan to order a custom set of Rushforth wheels for my 89 Camaro. My specs are C5 brake conversion, coilovers, factory 3rd gen rear. I'm wanting to order the deepest lipped rear wheels possible & would appreciate tire suggestions as well. Again, the larger the better. I would prefer to only do minimal cutting, lip rolling & the BFH mod.

Using the search box I've come up with:
18x9.5 5.5 bs 275-35-18
18x11 6.5bs 315-35-18

Anyone see any issues with this setup before I spend $2600 on wheels alone.Any suggestions on backspacing etc.

 

Your car has a lot of mods. Why not just measure your clearances and be sure? I would never trust measurements off the web for this kind of thing. To many variables.

Are you sure you can fit a 5.5 BS with coilovers?

 

IROC;5590874]Your car has a lot of mods. Why not just measure your clearances and be sure? I would never trust measurements off the web for this kind of thing. To many variables.

Are you sure you can fit a 5.5 BS with coilovers?[/QUOTE]

True. Honestly I didn't trust myself to accuratly measure for them.

 

With 6.5" in the rear, you could keep the bumpstops and have the wheel go over them like I do. Just be careful in jacking up the car otherwise if your rear sags to low the wheels will contact the bumpstops. Other option is to cut them out, and yes you'll need the BFH for fine tuning the wheel wells.

Also I believe the front brake upgrade adds a extra 1/4" to the with, might need to adjust for that too.

 

On my last car I had the Spohn coil-over kit on the front and could not run a 9.5" wide wheel without hitting the coil.

6.5" bs on the rears will not sit flush with the fender and you'll still have to massage the front of the wheel tub.

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Looks like I need to takes some measurements prior to ordering. Anyone know of any good directions besides the RSracing ones?