**Rim Job!!!**

[SpikeD]

It's not to say that i dont like the factory rims that came with my carmaro, but id like somthing a little bigger. 17 or even 18's are what im looking for. Now iv done a lil shopping around, more on the internet than in the real world,which is proablly why i dont already have a new set of 18's, but heres where my problem lays. Im looking to keep the trackion in the rear where it belongs an get a lil more style out of it while im at it,18x10 in th rear an 18x 7 or 8 in the front. any suggestions would be great thanks!

[CamarosRsweet94]

Well I don't know what trackion is so I don't know what to tell ya...

[SpikeD]

......for give me an my fast fingers, were not the best spellers an this whole laptop thing is new to us. TRACTION! would be the word i was looking for, and its the phyical effect that forces the rubber tires to stick to the ground.

[Link85x]

I'll take those rims off your hands for ya.

[SpikeD]

hehe you anything i can put my tires on? maybe in a size 17 or 18?

[92zcamaroperson]

I just need a cap. One of mine has some spider web kinda cracks in the clear plastic.

[CamarosRsweet94]

You want to keep your tires but change the size of your rims? I don't get it...

[Rally Sport]

Yeah, dont make sense.. tires gotta go with the rims.

[SpikeD]

Sorry i guess i didnt make myslef clear, with new rims come new tires, im not worried about getting new tires togo with the rims, im just looking for some nice 5 star 18x10's for the rear, an 18x7or 8. The problem is that im having trouble finding 18x10s for the rear, nor do i know how 18's will perform on my maro so i was looking for feed back. i know the more race ened guys are gonna tell me to stick with 16s or dont go any higher than 17's but hey thats why i asked, so i can find out what people have to say

[Link85x]

I'm pretty sure you could find some ZR's with 10in backspace. They are 5 spoke too, and they look real good.

[SpikeD]

i know of corvette zr-1 rims that are 17x11, those sound pretty wicked, thats a mother load of wheel! iv heard some talking of backspacing an wheel spacing tossed around not quite sure on the implamination of those though.

[CamarosRsweet94]

What size rims are on there now? Because if you increase rim size and don't go with a lower profile tire you will be changing the overall diameter of the wheel+tire so your speedo will be incorrect... a little bit anyways.

[89IROC&RS]

the corvette front rims will work with spacers.

i suggest going with a 17in rim because if you use a 245/40 tire you wont have to change your speedometer calibration. a 16in rim with a 245/45 tire is 26.4in tall, and so is the 17in/245/40 combo.

as far as the width of the rear tire, id have to look into the forums to find out but i think a 9 or 9.5in wide rim is the biggest that will fit in the factory wheel well. you could always tub it, but why. if your having traction problems i would focus on suspension and tires. worry about big wide rims later. i mean think about it, there are 600hp cars running 10.5in tires down the quarter in 10seconds. i think the 7 or 8in wide rim you have is plenty.

[Viper_Storm]

lol, anything bigger then 17s looks like shit on a 3rd gen.. blunt but true... what about 17x10 / 8 of aftermarket IROC replicas? i got the site around for them some where...

[89IROC&RS]

ive seen larger rims than 17in that looked damn good on the third gens, just cus you havent seen it dont mean it dont exist.