72 Camaro: Wheels, Tires, and Brakes

[72RS/SS396]

Thanks for the reply.

Maybe I should've split into multiple threads? :-/

Emailed Kore3. Noticed Apogee's here, but didn't wanna pester him here.

I'll check-out the suspension link, thanks.

Worked so hard to narrow the choice on wheels, but now I'm trying to keep an open mind again. It's good & bad.

I keep coming-back to that similar look. I really dig it. Boosters, TTM/TT2, Boss 338, Foose Legend, Boyd Junkyard Dog (please suggest more like it)...

Important Aspects:
* Chrome (ultimate shine 24/7, goes great with bright-red car)
* Clean, and simple face 'reverse lip' (awesome concept & look IMO)
* 18x10 back, 18x8 front (if I'm going to do it, make it BIG, right?)

Sounds fair, right? I've seen those ones you mention, and they're definitely top5, but they don't do 18x10 in 4.75 bolt pattern. SO many don't, it drives me nuts.

Options for Camaros always seemed AMAZING, compared to ANY aussie car. But when I'm ready to put-down money, it's all going in circles :-/

If I'm doing something wrong, please be sure to "shoot me between the eyes".

[Apogee]

Originally Posted by 72RS/SS396

...Emailed Kore3. Noticed Apogee's here, but didn't wanna pester him here....

Pester away, although email really works well and doesn't fill-up like a PM inbox. Plus, I can attach stuff like instructions to emails...come to think of it, I did.

You don't have to break the bank on wheels to get a good looking wheel, but the American Racing options tend to be some of the worst with respect to brake fitment. A/R used to be able to run them through their "custom shop" for a nominal fee (rather inexpensively if I remembering correctly), however I'm not sure if they're still doing that or not, you'd have to check with them or one of their distributors. The good thing is that there are a lot of options similar in design that will either fit off-the-shelf or require a relatively small spacer. Stepping up to a custom wheel would be ideal, however that probably blows your wheel budget out of the water.

Tobin
KORE3

[JayR]

Here's one we put shoes on. This is our Fuel wheel which is a simple classic 5 spoke but not the same old 5 spoke.

[72RS/SS396]

Thanks for the replies.

Tobin went to a good deal of trouble to write me a SOLID email-reply. Tons of info, aimed right at my level, and really shone a light on the situation.

Without realising, I'm kinda going about things backwards, and I'm going to need to double/triple my rubber budget. That's fine. This car's a keeper, and I would've spent the money anyway, just over time. Instead: I'll do it all now, matched.

The suspension is pretty-horrible, and will effect my other decisions, so I'll need to include that in my decisions/purchase too.

I need to spend some more time reading/learning, and nail-down a lot of these variables. So for-now, I'm off to the suspension sub-forum.

Looks like I bit-off too much with my first thread. Down She Goes!