1969 Camaro tru-turn - Lateral-g Forums

Smittys67 · #1 03-30-2016, 08:24 PM

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I guess they fit. Just for the record...all GM metal. Is it a tight fit... sure. The 1969 Camaro is much harder to fit the 275s if you want to run the car low. We used an 18x9.5 wheel with a 5.75 bs. We rounded the corner of the sway bar end to eliminate the rub. Still way cheaper then a Sub Frame.

Ridetech front suspension complete $3150. Uses parts to fit a Camaro headers, brakes steering connection and ect.

Aftermarket Sub Frame $7500 plus headers, engine mounts, brakes ect now we are north of $10000.

jlwdvm · #2 03-31-2016, 08:31 AM

What (if anything) did you have to do to the inner fender lip on the 69 to get the 275s to fit? I have the same set up on my 69 firebird, but have 6" backspacing. I am waiting to a spanner wrench from Josh so I can get the front of my car out of the weeds. I would say that my car is currently nearly 2" lower in the front than the 69 pictured. I moved it from 1 garage stall to another last night and the tires rub when I get near full lock, but I think most of that will be taken care of when the front is raised up to ride height and camber is set to around 2 degrees (the car will see a lot of track time).

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Originally Posted by Smittys67

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I guess they fit. Just for the record...all GM metal. Is it a tight fit... sure. The 1969 Camaro is much harder to fit the 275s if you want to run the car low. We used an 18x9.5 wheel with a 5.75 bs. We rounded the corner of the sway bar end to eliminate the rub. Still way cheaper then a Sub Frame.

Ridetech front suspension complete $3150. Uses parts to fit a Camaro headers, brakes steering connection and ect.

Aftermarket Sub Frame $7500 plus headers, engine mounts, brakes ect now we are north of $10000.

glr0212 · #3 03-31-2016, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Smittys67

[IMG]FB_IMG_1459385872408.jpg[/IMG]

I guess they fit. Just for the record...all GM metal. Is it a tight fit... sure. The 1969 Camaro is much harder to fit the 275s if you want to run the car low. We used an 18x9.5 wheel with a 5.75 bs. We rounded the corner of the sway bar end to eliminate the rub. Still way cheaper then a Sub Frame.

Ridetech front suspension complete $3150. Uses parts to fit a Camaro headers, brakes steering connection and ect.

Aftermarket Sub Frame $7500 plus headers, engine mounts, brakes ect now we are north of $10000.

Beautiful car. What is the ride height in the front?

Smittys67 · #4 03-31-2016, 08:57 AM

I do not know the measurements for ride height. We did zero modifying on the sheet metal.

glr0212 · #5 03-31-2016, 10:01 AM

When you say "I guess it fits" What do you mean?

Smittys67 · #6 03-31-2016, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by glr0212

When you say "I guess it fits" What do you mean?

That it works on a car that is street driven on a regular basis with no issues.

jlwdvm · #7 03-31-2016, 01:46 PM

My rim/tire might just kiss the muscle bar end at full lock. I might have to round off the front corner of the bar end for added piece of mind. The back of tire also just kisses the sub at full lock. I am running 6" BS, so that might contribute to that a little bit. There is a short section of each inner fender lip that might need some massaging, but I won't know for sure until I get my coil overs adjusted for ride height.