New Wheels (no pics yet)
06-24-2008, 10:06 AM
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New Wheels (no pics yet) So I took the leap over 2 months ago for the second time and bought another set of Forgeline 3 piece forged wheels...They showed up yesterday and they are AWESOME!!!
I originally purchased the wheels through Wheels Direct Online, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THAT COMPANY!!!!! I ended up having to dispute the charge on my Credit Card and get refunded and buy directly through Forgeline. Forgeline is a GREAT company, they kept in touch through this entire fiasco!
I bought 19x9.5 and 20x11.5 ZX3P's (their 10 spoke wheels) with the Gunmetal centers.
The main reason I did this is because I bought a Project 69 Camaro and can use the 5 spoke, S03P's, on it. The wheels/tires on my TA in my sig are the S03P's (19x9.5 and 20x12.5) with Pirelli 275/30R19 and 345/25R20's. To make the rears fit correctly on my TA I would have to flare the fenders or minitub the car, neither of which I wanted to do since I have soooooo much work to do on the Camaro.
I will have pics soon, the tires will be here Wednesday.
Piece of advice on tires, is don't expect the measurement specs to be accurate at ALL!!! The 345/25R20 Pirelli's didn't fit the 12.5" rim perfectly (the side wall was not vertical), but their section width was supposed to be 13.6" in reality it is only about 12.75". So those Pirelli's are PERFECT for a 11.5" rim. Since I stole the tires off the 5 spoke wheels I needed new tires for the 69 Camaro and ordered the Michelin PS2's in 275/30R19 and 335/30R20. They showed up and they are MASSIVE, they are about 1.75" wider than the 345 Pirelli's. They look like pro street tires from behind, and they actually have a little side wall compared to the Pirelli's.
Sorry for the long post, I 'll have pictures in a couple weeks.
I originally purchased the wheels through Wheels Direct Online, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THAT COMPANY!!!!! I ended up having to dispute the charge on my Credit Card and get refunded and buy directly through Forgeline. Forgeline is a GREAT company, they kept in touch through this entire fiasco!
I bought 19x9.5 and 20x11.5 ZX3P's (their 10 spoke wheels) with the Gunmetal centers.
The main reason I did this is because I bought a Project 69 Camaro and can use the 5 spoke, S03P's, on it. The wheels/tires on my TA in my sig are the S03P's (19x9.5 and 20x12.5) with Pirelli 275/30R19 and 345/25R20's. To make the rears fit correctly on my TA I would have to flare the fenders or minitub the car, neither of which I wanted to do since I have soooooo much work to do on the Camaro.
I will have pics soon, the tires will be here Wednesday.
Piece of advice on tires, is don't expect the measurement specs to be accurate at ALL!!! The 345/25R20 Pirelli's didn't fit the 12.5" rim perfectly (the side wall was not vertical), but their section width was supposed to be 13.6" in reality it is only about 12.75". So those Pirelli's are PERFECT for a 11.5" rim. Since I stole the tires off the 5 spoke wheels I needed new tires for the 69 Camaro and ordered the Michelin PS2's in 275/30R19 and 335/30R20. They showed up and they are MASSIVE, they are about 1.75" wider than the 345 Pirelli's. They look like pro street tires from behind, and they actually have a little side wall compared to the Pirelli's.
Sorry for the long post, I 'll have pictures in a couple weeks.
06-24-2008, 10:20 AM
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I've had a good experience with Forgeline too. I used to work for Discount Tire and ordered a set of 18/19" wheels for an 08 Z06, he needed them in 2.5 weeks and Forgeline went out of their way to get it done at no extra cost, always kept in contact and were always very willing to help out.
As far as your tires go, why did you go so tall in the rear? Michelin makes a 325/25-20 that's pretty beefy and would fit the 11.5" wheel perfect, and mate that with a 265/30-19 and the sidewalls will be nearly identical in height.
Anyway, I'm sure the wheels look great, keep us posted.
As far as your tires go, why did you go so tall in the rear? Michelin makes a 325/25-20 that's pretty beefy and would fit the 11.5" wheel perfect, and mate that with a 265/30-19 and the sidewalls will be nearly identical in height.
Anyway, I'm sure the wheels look great, keep us posted.
06-24-2008, 10:50 AM
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I knew I was going to get the Above Post!?!?!?
Soon...Soon...
The 335/30R20's are going on the 69 Camaro, I saw a 69 built by Killer Customs (over on Lateral-g.net) that used that same tire on it's car and it looks sweet.
I actually tried to order the 325/25R20 and 265/30R19 PS2's for these rims but the 325's are on national back order and I had been waiting 2 months so far for them and decided to just use my Pirelli's on the new wheels.
Soon...Soon...
The 335/30R20's are going on the 69 Camaro, I saw a 69 built by Killer Customs (over on Lateral-g.net) that used that same tire on it's car and it looks sweet.
I actually tried to order the 325/25R20 and 265/30R19 PS2's for these rims but the 325's are on national back order and I had been waiting 2 months so far for them and decided to just use my Pirelli's on the new wheels.
06-27-2008, 06:19 PM
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Pics of wheels, they won't be on the car for about a month. I am redoing my rear end with a Midwest Chassis Chromoly TA and a Watts Link, but just holding the wheels up in the wheel well they look AWESOME...
