Long time owner and restorer question my current 69 has 235/70- r15 R and 235/60/r15 front they came with the car before I re-restored it. They are now over 12 years old and still in perfect condition but as a restorer I know better. The question is Im thinking of going both front and back in the 235/60/ 15s which are 2" shorter and I know I ll need to change speedo gears. I have a bunch of cars so its basically a

sometimes cruiser about 1500 mi a yr tops but I do drive it every few weeks all yr round when possible. Do you think I can go to the 255/60 on the rear for that wider stance and still fit? I have room now without any changes? Or just change to all 4 235/60s? I never liked that high rear with the 70s anyway. You can see the back is a tad higher but they fit well. I dont want to lower the entire car and start another project so Im conflicted on changing from the current 60/70 or all 60s? Your thoughts? Tkx Jim F

 

I posted this to the CRG site too and so far we have come up with using 235/16r 15s front and 245/60r/15s rear with the possibility of as wide as 255/60r 15s rear on stock 69 cars Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

Not sure to what extent clearances differ between '68 and '69, so this might not be relevant. What I can relate is that I drove my '68 with P245/60R15's for seven or so years before parking it for a LONG rest (1987-2021) before finally starting a restoration. I was a lot younger than, and shall we say, a more aggressive driver than I am now, and I can safely say, never any conflict between rubber and metal, once we rolled the edge of the fender. Tire diameter was 26.6". The restoration shop is buying new rubber of same dimension.

I never considered my car to be a race car, so never really thought about changing from this combo that worked so well. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

 

Thank you we are both on the same page.!

 

Boy, tires surely occupy a lot of our thoughts when it comes to 1st Gen Camaros! But, thinking back to many years ago, my major lesson in figuring out the correct tire size came, not from my Camaro, but rather from a 1973 1-ton 4X4 GMC pickup that I bought. It was a good looker, 4-ton Warn winch on the front, trussed axles, dual shocks in front, utility box bed, three 20-gallon gas tanks, a cool machine, and it had these HUGE tires on it that just looked so deadly. I even remember their brand: “Desert Dogs” they proclaimed in huge white letters on their side. I ultimately built and put a 396 into it (same that now lives in Ricky Camaro) and a Turbo 400 upgrade to the Turbo 350 it came with. A truly fine pickup truck that looked like this:






However, this picture is MINUS the Desert Dog huge tires. The first time I took it out 4-wheeling, I discovered I could not do 4-wheeling, as the truck was not steerable in the slippery wet-clay mud. Too many square inches of rubber for the weight of the truck. The next day, I went and bought the 7.50-16’s you see here. Those big fat tires were in fact only useful where I needed flotation; i.e. in the Desert. And so I learned a difficult lesson for a ‘child’ in his early 20’s. Sometimes less is more.

 

I have restored 24 ****** jeeps 42 to 62 1st thing I do is take off all the huge tires that cause death wobble. LOL I dont necessarily go back to stock but I take 16x 12 to maybe 15 by10s or 30 from 36's. Cool truck. I build all these off road vehicles and I never go off road! I sell them before I destroy them! attached my most recent from a pile of rust!