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Old 01-16-2006, 09:35 PM
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What kind of wheels look alright on a non-lowered Camaro?

Reason I ask is I believe I'm going to build my car to compete in the F-stock class in SCCA SoloII, so basically no changing of the springs... mean stock height.

I want to get some wheels/tires for daily driving and I'll slap some R-compound tires on the stock salad shooters since they're light(and conform to the must be stock sized wheels rule ).

I know I photoshopped a load of wheels on my car a while ago, I'm pretty sure I'll do the graphite-painted TTIIs w/ 275/315 purely for looks.

I felt I would start a thread that hasn't been posted yet because I'm sure there's gotta be SOMEONE out there that doesn't want to lower their car for some reason or another.
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You can get by with 17s on the stock ride height. You may be able to remove the rubber spring isolator and change to a Koni shock in Solo II....then you could drop the car by about 3/4" all the way around (Konis SA have a lower spring perch) and the 17s would look nice. Incedentally, I hear that a 17" rim works best for autocrossing the f-body.
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18" Z06s look good at the stock ride height with 40-series tires but then again, Im biased

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That looks amazing!

Did the larger than stock diameter screw with ABS at all? I would normally just remove it if it presented a problem, but I think I am not allowed to mess with it if I want to auto X is the factory stock class
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Are there a lot of other people in FS where you are?

I find it more fun competing in classes I'm not set up for. Then when I win, people get really pissed that my car is practically stock. (All I have is an LSD and Victoracers.) I usually run in SM or ESP.
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I think ZR1's look good at stock height on Camaro's.




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