Saturday I got back to work on the car. The wheels I've decides to run showed up and I mounted the rear tires as that's all I had. They are C7 Z06 20x12 and 19x10. The rear tires are 335/25-20 and I'm going to run a 295/30-19 front when I get around to finding a used set to mock up with. I think the Corvette Racing caps give it a nice tie into the chassis and driveline in the car.
They fit very well and aren't as bad looking in person size wise as the pictures make it look. I really didn't want that big of rims, but thats kinda what I had to work with and I knew they cleared the ZR1 brakes.
The front fender is for sure getting cut up. I was hoping to avoid that, but its gonna happen.
The 15.5" brakes look killer in them though
With the wheels fit checked I went back to the firewall thats been kicking my ass. Specifically the driver side trying to get it finished up. The small parts take the most time to fab and fit up as well as come up with a good layout that doesn't just looked hacked together. This is where I started the morning.
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And with a lot of english wheel and shrinker work I ended up with this.
I wanted to build a close out panel to cover the wiper motor and tie the outer tulip to the firewall that bolts on. So I did and I added a bead rolled "X" like the original Camaro firewall had. Annnnd then I realized I forgot to pre stretch the metal for that deep of bead. Here you can see side by side how much pre stretching the metal with the english wheel helps.
And here it is installed with the booster so you can see the curve matched the firewall.
Kris Horton also updated my render to include the extractor hood setup I've been planning on doing. This might change a little once I get the front end of the car mounted and see where everything lines up. Based off rough measurements this is really close though.