I have a 69 Camaro, currently factory ride hide without any suspension modifications, I found a set of ROH RT wheels that I would like to buy for my car. However, I am unsure if they will fit. From what I have gathered the factory wheels were 14X7, 5 on 4 3/4 with a back spacing of 4.25" in the front and 4.9" in the rear. The new wheels I would like to run are (same bolt pattern) 18x10 w/ a 5.5" backspacing (rear) and 18x9 w/ a 5" backspacing (front)
The second question is in regards to the tires. I have (on there now) 295/60/15 on 15x8(rear) and 235/60/15 on 15x8 (front). Which are 28.9" tall x 11.6" wide (rear) and 26.1" tall X 9.3" wide (front). I would like to run 295/45/18 (rear) and 245/45/18 (front). Which are 28.5" tall x 11.6" wide (rear) .4" shorter than what I have and 26.7" tall x 9.6" wide (front) .6" taller and .3" wider than what I have.

I know I can measure the car and see if it will work but it is in storage right now. I would like to know if anyone knows of any foreseeable problems with the fitament of this wheel/tire combo and if so how much or what type of work would need to be done to allow these? Or if any one had done something similiar and if they did any modifications, how extensive they were, etc...?

Thanks, Mike

 

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/te...res/index.html

The March 2000 issue of Car Craft has an article that deals with maximum wheel and tire sizes for various cars. It has a section on the 67-69 Camaro and Firebird and below is the text of that portion of the article.
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'67-'69 Camaros and Firebirds

15-inch: 15X8 with 4.5-inch backspacing front and rear. With some tires the rear shocks will have to be mounted inboard; if you do that, some combinations of 9-inch wheels will work with 5.5-inch backspacing.

16-inch: 16X8 with 4.5-inch backspacing front and rear. The rear shocks will have to be relocated inboard. Use tires with an aspect ratio of 50 or less with section widths of 245 to 250.

17-inch: 17X9 with 5.5-inch backspacing front and rear. There may be lower control arm contact with some steering gears. Use tires with an aspect ratio of 40 or less and section widths of 245 to 255.

18-inch: 18X9 with 5.5-inch backspacing front and rear. Use tires with an aspect ratio of 35 or less with section widths of 245 to 25 in front and 275 in the rear.

 

look threw the packages and see what is selling to fit, then you'll know if it has worked.

 

look and see on tire rack what fits by seeing what they sell

whoops, double post, sorry

 

Hey williesrepair,
Thanks for the link to the car craft issue onthe wheel and tire size. Should be very helpful! This site is great. So much accumulated information.Here's a couple pics of my project. http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/k...ork-67Project/


Shawn

 

Wow, full frame of resto, impressive.

Looks like your doing well and it will be rock solid when it's done. Keep us all posted!

 

Hey man, When are you gonna start a thread for your resto?

 

if you are going to buy rims from ROH, just do your research first. not too customer friendly. also look at their return policy, even for damaged rims. they like to make the customer eat a lot of costs when that happens

trust me on this one, but like I said, look before you leap

 

hi,your orig tires and rims how did they work,any rub ,im doing a 68 its got 14's on it now but a guy down the street has a set of rally's 8 wide with a 4.5 backspace im thinking about ,thanks andy[&:]

 

those will work fine in back, but you might have problems up front