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Old 01-29-2008, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by bu01
ol' mighty westerners for your guidance, since w have the best taste, and also posted this in the tire section btw

what tire should i go with that rim 17x11

previous owner had 285s but i really want 305s on there

according to the sticky 305s would be ok

so what size

305/40 <---do they make that
305/35 <---do they make that
can i fit 315w on there with no mods, i will be dropping the car with eibach prokit after


and what is the best track/street tire. i want one that will hold out for a couple track passes and last at least 25k miles
I have ZR1s and the Eibach lowering kit. I have P-Zeros on them. I think the rears are like 285s max and I really don't think I could go any bigger. I can barley fit my fingers in between the top of the tire (to around my knuckles) and the fender..... hope that helps. please don't hesitate to ask any additional questions.
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Originally Posted by eappwr
I have ZR1s and the Eibach lowering kit. I have P-Zeros on them. I think the rears are like 285s max and I really don't think I could go any bigger. I can barley fit my fingers in between the top of the tire (to around my knuckles) and the fender..... hope that helps. please don't hesitate to ask any additional questions.

how wide are you zr1 and whats the backspacing
Old 01-29-2008, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiSSin LS1
these are on sale at Costco...LOL...better hurry up...
im in love. how the hell can i do that and how much would it cost me?
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Originally Posted by bu01
how wide are you zr1 and whats the backspacing
17X11 in the back. backspacing. hmmmmm, good question. let me try and find em. the website i bought them off of had the applications all drawn out. lemme try and find it. edit: ok, i'm seeing +50mm, +56mm after doing some searches.... i'm kinda wondering which ones i actually have on there and if there was another option, if it would have been better... but anyways, do some searching, talk to somebody to make sure and you'll be good to go.

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Originally Posted by eappwr
im in love. how the hell can i do that and how much would it cost me?
Damnit Eli! You are getting enough done to your car! Give your wallet a rest already!!!!

or... just give that money to me!

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Originally Posted by bu01
how wide are you zr1 and whats the backspacing
I have the Eibach kit and i WOULDN'T put it on again... the Eibach kits tend to sag in the rear after a couple years of use... mine was fine for the first 2 years now it sags like my grandmothers ******* in the rear...

get some other springs... Sam Strano makes some nice ones...
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
Damnit Eli! You are getting enough done to your car! Give your wallet a rest already!!!!

or... just give that money to me!

lol, seriously eli!
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
I have the Eibach kit and i WOULDN'T put it on again... the Eibach kits tend to sag in the rear after a couple years of use... mine was fine for the first 2 years now it sags like my grandmothers ******* in the rear...

get some other springs... Sam Strano makes some nice ones...
o...wow, i thought eibach were good considering their popularity. sam strano? never heard of'em
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Originally Posted by bu01
o...wow, i thought eibach were good considering their popularity. sam strano? never heard of'em
he's THE MAN when it comes to F-Body suspension... i believe he is a sponser on here... but he knows a ton of stuff when it comes to setting up suspension on these cars...

if you check/search around, you'll see i'm not the only one with Eibach spring issues... I'd definately look for a different brand

as far as them being popular and good... I thought that as well when I got mine... and on most cars they are a great spring... just so happens on our particular cars they didn't quite get the design right and it causes sagging... just look at my sig pic... if you look close enough you can totally tell that the back of the car is way too low compared to the front.... looks kinda funny to the trained eye....

other brands to look at are BMR, H&R, etc... now.... if you wanna do top notch, no expense spared, there's always adjustable coil overs at which you can actually adjust the amount of height your car sits at... those are REALLY nice... but about 2-3 times the price...
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well got them in today. it sure is going to take all my will power not to buy tires for them right away

must wait for tax check

sellers pics, will get mine soon enough
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315's!
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You've never heard of Sam Strano!

Then again, i hardly check out the suspension forum...
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Originally Posted by eappwr
im in love. how the hell can i do that and how much would it cost me?
+1...
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i have the same wheels on my camaro with goodyear 315 in the rear. i do have some slight rubs right now at stock height on the inner fender wall. i think ill have to do the bfh mod to help it , but i have everything to drop it but strano springs as he is out of them for about a month. i am usning koni 4/4 shocks with all the stuff needed, lca brackets, new phb, lca's and also doing some sub frame connectors. if i need to ill roll the fenders but i think i should be ok.



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