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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:58 AM
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just bought a 98 camaro z28, with a crap load of power, for a 19 year old with a lead foot. Ive been looking at rims for it. how wide can i go b4 it starts rubbing, any ideas?
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:11 AM
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Not too sure about how wide you can go in the front, but I currently run 18x10.5 in the rear with 315 tires. In the front I'm running 17x9.5 with 275's. No rubbing exists but by looking at it, 275 looks a bit wide for my tastes, but it's still looks great.

Look into some of the rim places from ls1tech's sponsors. Great prices and great quality replicas. Gunmetal z06's... Yum.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MFS
just bought a 98 camaro z28, with a crap load of power, for a 19 year old with a lead foot. Ive been looking at rims for it. how wide can i go b4 it starts rubbing, any ideas?
There is a good article on this over in the wheel/tire section. Check it out.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Rauch
Not too sure about how wide you can go in the front, but I currently run 18x10.5 in the rear with 315 tires. In the front I'm running 17x9.5 with 275's. No rubbing exists but by looking at it, 275 looks a bit wide for my tastes, but it's still looks great.

Look into some of the rim places from ls1tech's sponsors. Great prices and great quality replicas. Gunmetal z06's... Yum.
^ Agreed. Alot of guys around here buy replica wheels from OEWheels, which is my plan as well.

Are you A4 or M6? If you're manual, you'll want to be careful putting wider tires on the rear because your car will pull harder and put more stress on the ever fragile 10 bolt. Be careful
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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rims are for gangstas, whe... oh f it
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 01:01 PM
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^ Yeah if your planning on going that big have fun with a stock rear end..
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