black95z28

What sort of mods if any will I have to do to make 305's or 315's to fit under my camaro? The car is lowered 1-1.5".

black95z28

bump bump

snake charmer

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bfh is what you may be looking for .

robertbartsch

Easy. Put LE1 springs on and 17x11x 50mm offset wheels on the back and 17x11x36mm offset wheels on the front.

This way, you can run 315s on all four corners.

00BlueTA

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On a camaro I have heard you may need to roll the fender if they are lowered. You will need to hammer the inner fender.

snake charmer

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hey robert , i saw in the road racing section about how your are running 315s all around . man that is awesome , i bet that thing handles really good .

vatechguy3

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with running a 36mm offset front and a 50mm offset rear, do the tires look funny because they are not the same along the side of the car??

do you know what i mean??

tony

robertbartsch

Well, the picture in this post gives an idea as to how the car looks from the front with 315s. I posted 5 shots a few weeks ago here from different angles and the pics are listed in a different post in the Racing forum below too.

Anyway, the whole experience was frustrating since people in the Wheels & Tires forum section here kept telling me its a dumb idea, its is not possible, stones will destroy the paint, the car will loook like ***, etc.

I was surprised at how easy it was. No issues at all; the car turns 100% to the left and right with no rubbing. I just bolted the wheels on the car - DONE. I'm on 1LE (SS) springs, however.

The car corners like a train on a track! I've gone 95mph on a few long but sharp on-ramps and off-ramps to test the set up. ...not even a slight tire squeel.

black95z28

Man that's insane 4 315's. When us say 1LE springs do u mean stock.

robertbartsch

Yeh, 1LE springs are stock SS springs - 360 lbs front 130 lbs in rear. Non-SS springs are 300/115lbs, respectively.

Anyway, the car is not lowered, but I suspect any difficulty putting 315s on all fours with a lowered ride would be with the REAR and not the front. For 315s on the rear of a lowered car, many here have said you need (1) a hammer job, (2) a roll fender job, or (3) both.

With all the cool mods being done to these cars, it is surprising to me that more folks are not doing 315s x 4. ...one of the best mods I have done so far!

One other note:

I chose 36MM offset wheels for the front and they were readily availible to match the ZR1 wheels and 315 tires that I had already installed earlier on the rear. If you have non-ZR1 - 11 inch wide rims in 50mm offset on rears, for example, you could also go with the same wheel and offset for the front. This would require some 1/4 inch or less wheel spacers and longer wheel studs, however.

All-in-all, a easy and effective mod.

Z Fury

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I don't mean to bash this setup, but I thought I'd read that doing 315s on all 4 was just overkill, due to the fact that a 9.5 or 10 up front would be more than sufficient to handle normal driving, as spirited as it may get. Am I incorrect in my thinking? Your car does look impressive though, and your comments are making me consider this myself.

robertbartsch

315s x 4 = Overkill?

Isn't spraying a +300HP factory car overkill?

I suppose it is a subjective determination.

I enjoy high speed cornering and knowing I can do this very easily with this set-up is satisifaction, I suppose.

In my neck of the woods, there are TONs of Porka (Porsche) owners who think they are Michael Schumaker. I've always been able to blow them off on the straights. Now I can blow them off on the curves too.

Transamthunder

What about doing a 36 mm offset both front and rear instead of getting the 50 mm offset, maybe to aid in rotation. Dont the 36s stick a bit further out of the wheel well. I seen your post and the idea is striking a chord with me, it looks totally aswome. I dont have 1le springs on yet since i have stock stuff for a 95 TA. My 17 in rims I had on my car ealier where stolen, and i wanna replace them with some black Grand Sport rims or zr1 style. What offset did the GS rims come with for the 11 in wide rim anyhow. I am just getting an idea who to shop with for a quality, but lower priced set.

SIC LSX

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17s or 18's? how wide is the wheel? But to me 305s are a waste of $ In the 18" world 295s or 315s. The 305's are 60$ more a tire voer the 295s and you cant even tell they are wider they look the same!