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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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Can anyone help me find wheels for my 68? I am wanting to run 18" on the front and 19x11 wheels on the rear. I know the rear backspacing but was wondering on the front what will look good. Let me know what you have done or pics would be awesome

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I'd think an 18x9 would look good, but will more than likely require aftermarket A-arms to clear the offset on the wheels.

This one looks pretty decent without tires mounted up yet:
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You going to mini-tub the rear on it?
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Todd, are you pro touring it? What is the budget?
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I dont want to spend to much on the wheels but want a good looking wheel. It is already mini-tubed in the rear and Im pretty sure a 19x11 wheel will fit no problem. It will need around 4.5 b/s. The wheels on the that camaro are perfect, what are those?
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I'd think an 18x9 would look good, but will more than likely require aftermarket A-arms to clear the offset on the wheels.

This one looks pretty decent without tires mounted up yet:
I have aftermarket arms now so we should be good. Those are the wheels I want.


I dont know about "pro-tour" jake, just need a driver for now, just do something different. Its been a race car its whole life, Time to give it a break
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I believe those are Budniks, it didn't say the specs on them though. The pic is from the Detroit Speed & Engineering site.

Here's some on Ebay that look pretty decent, but in larger sizes than the 18/19 setup:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Budni...QQcmdZViewItem
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I think those would be too big though, 20/22 setup but they do look pretty good. The 18/19 route would look better.
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Boyd's Rebel

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Not as big as you want to go but these look sweet on 1st gen birds.

http://www.newstalgiawheel.com/wheel...ubcat3=1111102
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Another similar style to the ones on the Camaro, is the Centerline Retro.

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Here is another decent looking wheel in the sizes you want and a decent price.

http://www.groupawheels.com/driftr.html
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Originally Posted by LS69TA
I'd think an 18x9 would look good, but will more than likely require aftermarket A-arms to clear the offset on the wheels.

This one looks pretty decent without tires mounted up yet:


those look like Intro Pentia's..
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those look like Intro Pentia's..

n/m..just saw the pics on detroits speeds website.

Intro Pentia's would look real good IMO
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