Yet another 2nd Gen Camaro - Project/update

[carbuff]

Originally Posted by gerno

Bryan and I haven't met up. Weather in Austin has been terrible so I didn't even want to ask him to bring the car by.

Looks like the weather this weekend is going to be good finally, although a bit cool. You mentioned you were out of town. I should be around and available most of the weekend, so touch base when you're back, and let's hook up. I would just pull a couple of wheels off and bring them over, but I don't have my jack and stands here at my place yet... Maybe I'll go get those today.

I need to check out all those cool parts you have been ordering too!

[gerno]

Hey Bryan - I'll be back in town late tonight and around all weekend working on the car. I'll give you a call tomorrow and see what's up. I have an extra jack and jack stands we can use unless you just want to get some anyways

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by gerno

What's on the rear?

The rear is 345/19.

Let me know if you need a set of Forgelines. I can drop ship and get you free shipping.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by gerno

I can't wait to run the new suspension either but first I have to get through this wheel dilemma.

I think I figured out an issue with my wheel choice. From what I read the LM20 have the same center section for the 17 and 18 but outer rim is different. This means the outer rim is thicker than other rims such as forgeline when running an 18". Given I want the polished outer lip I would have a lot of chrome if I use the CCW so it might not be the look I'm after. At first I thought everyone had pics of smaller rims but then noticed they were 18's. Looks like I'm back to the drawing board for wheel choice. I'm really thinking about a set of Forgelines, but I was soooo close with the CCW's. I'll call John on Monday but hell I've already blown my budget to hell why not keep going.....

LM20's

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Forgelines

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Call Travis at Formula 43. He can set you up with what you want. If you like the look of the CCW his RAD20s have a similar look.

A couple used tires, an afternoon with the wheelfit tool and a call to Travis can get you dialed.





Some tinted clear powdercoat RAD6s wouldn't look too shabby.

[gerno]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Call Travis at Formula 43. He can set you up with what you want. If you like the look of the CCW his RAD20s have a similar look.

A couple used tires, an afternoon with the wheelfit tool and a call to Travis can get you dialed.





Some tinted clear powdercoat RAD6s wouldn't look too shabby.

Formula 43 is on the list of increased budget wheels. I was focusing on the two you have listed here as well. I'm going to call on Monday

[gerno]

Here's a few pick of the rear wheel/tire on the front. The wheel is a 17X9.5 with 5.5 BS. It fits pretty well without the brake rotor on but does scrub the fender at full lock. I'll definitely get at least a 6" BS and may even try to see if I can get 6 1/4 or 6 1/2" in there so I don't have to worry about rubbing the fender.











I was pretty happy with the way my final welds came out. Think I'm starting to figure things out a little bit

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Is the tire hitting the rear section of wheel well or the outer lip area?

[gerno]

When turned to the drivers side it hits the inner wheel well near the middle of the fender lip if that makes sense. If the wheel had 1/4 more BS then it would clear due to the curvature of the tire. I could also try to roll the inner fender a bit and make it fit

[gerno]

I have finally made a little more progress over the weekend. The frames are now bolted back together and the mini tubs have begun. It's pretty scary adding a huge hole to the car but so far the mini tubs seem very straight forward. I hope to have the first tub complete by the end of next weekend if I can find some time outside of work

[gerno]