20" Rims on a 68 Camaro

[Sandro's 1969 502 Camaro]

you can't really make out the front tire profile on lui's car so here's a better picture with Lui's front wheel on my car there's not much tire....

[bigboi]

I have a 67 Camaro (Pics - www.biigboii.com) that is currently on 15" Steel Rallys. I just got the car and want to put the 20" Rallys on it. I noted the sizes below and I am assuming it should be the same for my care since 67-68s are identical.

I have a few questions though...

I am running drum brakes on all four corners. This will be changed to discs at a later date, but I would like to get the wheels on first. What brake setup is Lui running? Will the backspacing you listed affect me because I am running drums? I would assume I would have slightly more backspacing available because the drums are thicker than discs??

Is Lui running any special components UCAs, LCAs, Tie Rods, Etc... up front to make the 20s fit and allow the car to turn?

Where did the rubbing occur on the rear? Fender lip? Wheel well?

The 20s cost a pretty penny so I want to make sure I get the sizing correct before ordering. It seems like once you order the wheel you are stuck with it. Obviously I will double check backspacing to the best of my ability before ordering, but I am not an expert in this area so I am looking for some guidance.

Please let me know if there is anything that you would recommend to me before ordering that Lui should have/would have done to make things fit better.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Sandro's 1969 502 Camaro

With the 68 camaro the biggest tire Lui could go with was 225/30R20 the rim is 20x8 5" back space. In the rear he went with 285/30R20 20x9.5 5 3/4" b/s. With the rear he had some problems with rubbing but the front no problems what so ever. If you notice in the pictures his car is is low as you can possibly go and the front works just fine, unless you hit a pot hole or some thing, then your going to have some problems.

[frankv11]

Originally Posted by Sandro's 1969 502 Camaro

With the 68 camaro the biggest tire Lui could go with was 225/30R20 the rim is 20x8 5" back space. In the rear he went with 285/30R20 20x9.5 5 3/4" b/s. With the rear he had some problems with rubbing but the front no problems what so ever. If you notice in the pictures his car is is low as you can possibly go and the front works just fine, unless you hit a pot hole or some thing, then your going to have some problems.

nice wheels are what are those?

[O.G.SS68]

ok ive read some of the posts here an would hope someone here can give a better picture of what i want to know lol. what size tire,width an back spacing do i need to run a 20 on the rear of my 68 any help here is very good for me. Im not concerned with the ride, just the look an not rubbing