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Old 11-22-2008, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by SSmokin99
They won't stick out past the fender if you have the right offset. There's a guy on here with a red '96 SS with 17 x 11 ZR1's in the rear and GS-D3 315's, its completely flush with the fender.
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SS DNA, I understand where you are coming from. You Camaro guys don't have the wider fenders like Firebird's do. I had 17x10.5 TTM's on my Bird and they sat flush and looked great, but a buddy of mine has them on his Camaro and they DO stick out further than mine did. Just like EVERYONE swears that a 15x10 with a 6.5BS won't fit but they looked great on my car.

It's all about preference. Yes if I bought 17x11's I would run 315's on them. But thats what I like and you may not like the same.

Oh and BTW, almost all 275/40R17's are good up to a 11" wide rim.
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SS DNA , you have any pictures of your setup ?
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Originally Posted by SS DNA
No worries! its just that yea when you see the size posted you think no way, but the GSD3s are some wide tires man.
I have BFG KD tires on my car....they are pretty damn wide too. Had to do some major cutting off the bumpstop mounting tabs and some serious hammering to get those bad boys in there...



But....they don't stick out past the fender....



I do have a dual adjustable UMI panhard bar though, so that helped lining things up.

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Originally Posted by DopdBrd
SS DNA, I understand where you are coming from. You Camaro guys don't have the wider fenders like Firebird's do. I had 17x10.5 TTM's on my Bird and they sat flush and looked great, but a buddy of mine has them on his Camaro and they DO stick out further than mine did. Just like EVERYONE swears that a 15x10 with a 6.5BS won't fit but they looked great on my car.

It's all about preference. Yes if I bought 17x11's I would run 315's on them. But thats what I like and you may not like the same.

Oh and BTW, almost all 275/40R17's are good up to a 11" wide rim.
I need tires already so I think I might try 315S and see how it looks like.




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