Another 69 Camaro tire fitment Question

[elwaupo]

Hi guys, I know this subject has bee addressed many times as I have read most of them. My question is more specific, my 69 is lowered 2" and I have Global West A-Arms on the front I installed about 10 years ago. It seems that my car now takes a larger space to make a U turn now and I attribute that to the A-Arms.

After years of running the stock 15" rally wheels, it's time to upgrade. I want to run larger front brakes but I'm limited to the size of my front wheels so I'd like to know what size and back space I would need to run. I'd like to stick with a 17" wheel, and of course run as wide as I can.

I'd like to run with a Torc Thust (5spoke) type of wheel. If anybody knows of a specific brand of wheel I'd like to get a recommendation.

[Sheck44]

If your not tubbed with stock rear end
I did American Racing VN425's a while back spaced as follows;
18x8 5.0" BS 245/40/18
19x9 5.5" BS 275/35/19

Cheers'
Steve

[elwaupo]

Thanks for the information, don't know if I want to run 19s but it's good information on size and back space

[67Rally]

Keep your offset as close to +6mm on a first gen as possible and that should center the wheel between the subframe/fender and the frame rail/quarter panel as possible.

Ideal backspacing for maximum clearance is as follows:

17x7 = 4.25"bs
17x8 = 4.75"bs
17x8.5 = 5" bs
17x9 = 5.25"bs
17x9.5 = 5.5" bs

Wheel diameter is irrelevant, it's the same for any 17"/18"/19" wheel.