20" Rims on a 68 Camaro

[jy211]

Is anyone here running 20's on all four corners on a 67-69 camaro?

[Musclerodz]

no

Mike

[907rs]

Sandro is. Maybe he'll chime in and give you some more info.

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=864&page=1&pp=10

[Musclerodz]

Bill, Sandro's car is a 69, not a 68 as he asked about. There was a 68 with 20's on it either this site or PT.com, but he pulled them off.

Mike

[BC69]

But didnt one of Sandro's friends have a 67 or 68 with 20's? There are probably some pictures floating around. Might be the same car you are talking about Mike. There might be some pics around here or I know Pro-touring.com I have seen them. I will look later if I can

Tim

[907rs]

Is anyone here running 20's on all four corners on a 67-69 camaro?

My bad Mike, I thought he asked about first gens in general. :D

I believe his buddy Lui is/was running 20's on his '68 though.

[BC69]

http://hobbystage.net/camaro/media.cgi?site=rybar&folder=*&group=1&page=*&id=1110236211-005897

Here is a pic from on of the guys on here and pro-tourings site, hope he doesnt mind me linking to it. Anyway, this is a 68 with 19" and 20", but there are two 69's on the site with 20's all around.

Check it out.

And the post title says 68' the post text says 67-69...so you are both right!

Tim

[Rybar]

Lui is selling the 19/20 combo and now has a 20/20 combo on his '68.

Sandro should know all the sizes & backspacing.

[Musclerodz]

I didn't catch the text, just the title. Since the wheel opening is shaped differently on a 67-8 then a 69, they can be harder to get those big wheels to fit correctly with a tire bigger than 26".

Rybar, do you have a better side shot of Lui's 68?

Mike

[Sandro's 1969 502 Camaro]

With the 68 camaro the biggest tire Lui could go with was 225/30R20 the rim is 20x8 5" back space. In the rear he went with 285/30R20 20x9.5 5 3/4" b/s. With the rear he had some problems with rubbing but the front no problems what so ever. If you notice in the pictures his car is is low as you can possibly go and the front works just fine, unless you hit a pot hole or some thing, then your going to have some problems.

[Sandro's 1969 502 Camaro]

you can't really make out the front tire profile on lui's car so here's a better picture with Lui's front wheel on my car there's not much tire....

[Rybar]

Here's a pic Sandro posted a while back with the 19/20 combo:

http://groups.msn.com/camarofolder/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=17

The wheels are for sale, contact Snadro if your interested.

[jy211]

after PM'ing Sandro, I may go a different route. He told me there is some modification to the rear wheel well to get 20's to fit.....So I may just go 18's all the way around....

Will I run into any problems with the 18's?

[Sandro's 1969 502 Camaro]

after PM'ing Sandro, I may go a different route. He told me there is some modification to the rear wheel well to get 20's to fit.....So I may just go 18's all the way around....

Will I run into any problems with the 18's?


You can run the 20's it's just the with of the rim you have to play with. On my 69 I ran a 20x 8.5 in the rear and squeezed on a 285/30 20 tire and it workled fine with lots of room. But if you put that same tire on a 20x9.5" rim then your going to have some problems especially on a 68, when your running the car that low. Even if you decided to run a 275/40 18 in the rear its basically the same hieght and width as the 285/30 20. It all depends on how low you want your ride hieght and how wide of a rim your going to run. Wile the 20's might look cool to some people the 18's are definatly better preformance wise.

[jy211]

You can run the 20's it's just the with of the rim you have to play with. On my 69 I ran a 20x 8.5 in the rear and squeezed on a 285/30 20 tire and it workled fine with lots of room. But if you put that same tire on a 20x9.5" rim then your going to have some problems especially on a 68, when your running the car that low. Even if you decided to run a 275/40 18 in the rear its basically the same hieght and width as the 285/30 20. It all depends on how low you want your ride hieght and how wide of a rim your going to run. Wile the 20's might look cool to some people the 18's are definatly better preformance wise.

ok cool. I am also just thinking about the driving aspect of the car. Since this is for my pops (64 yrs old), I am sure he doesn't want to be bothered with the rubbing issues....he bent his 20's we put on his suburban enough times to get fed up with the truck being low...I'm more concerned about the possible rubbing in the front when turning and such...the car is stock height right now and I have decide on the ride height(any suggestions)...he's seen some of the PT cars and likes the look...so.....I may just say F it and do the 20" set up....I'll just have to stay on a smaller width wheel for the rear...

[bigboi]

I have a 67 Camaro (Pics - www.biigboii.com) that is currently on 15" Steel Rallys. I just got the car and want to put the 20" Rallys on it. I noted the sizes below and I am assuming it should be the same for my care since 67-68s are identical.

I have a few questions though...

I am running drum brakes on all four corners. This will be changed to discs at a later date, but I would like to get the wheels on first. What brake setup is Lui running? Will the backspacing you listed affect me because I am running drums? I would assume I would have slightly more backspacing available because the drums are thicker than discs??

Is Lui running any special components UCAs, LCAs, Tie Rods, Etc... up front to make the 20s fit and allow the car to turn?

Where did the rubbing occur on the rear? Fender lip? Wheel well?

The 20s cost a pretty penny so I want to make sure I get the sizing correct before ordering. It seems like once you order the wheel you are stuck with it. Obviously I will double check backspacing to the best of my ability before ordering, but I am not an expert in this area so I am looking for some guidance.

Please let me know if there is anything that you would recommend to me before ordering that Lui should have/would have done to make things fit better. :)

Thanks!

With the 68 camaro the biggest tire Lui could go with was 225/30R20 the rim is 20x8 5" back space. In the rear he went with 285/30R20 20x9.5 5 3/4" b/s. With the rear he had some problems with rubbing but the front no problems what so ever. If you notice in the pictures his car is is low as you can possibly go and the front works just fine, unless you hit a pot hole or some thing, then your going to have some problems.

[Rybar]

I think Lui's 68 had stock upper/lower CA's. I don't think he did anything special to make them fit, just proper measure of backspace and possibly rolling the lips on the 1/4's in the rear. But he may not have done that. Sandro would know. Here are some photo's of the local rides with 20" ralleys.

http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/Rybar/Freinds%20Camaros/

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/Rybar/Freinds%20Camaros/P7241403.jpg

[O.G.SS68]

ok ive read some of the posts here an would hope someone here can give a better picture of what i want to know lol. what size tire,width an back spacing do i need to run a 20 on the rear of my 68 any help here is very good for me. Im not concerned with the ride, just the look an not rubbing

[frankv11]

With the 68 camaro the biggest tire Lui could go with was 225/30R20 the rim is 20x8 5" back space. In the rear he went with 285/30R20 20x9.5 5 3/4" b/s. With the rear he had some problems with rubbing but the front no problems what so ever. If you notice in the pictures his car is is low as you can possibly go and the front works just fine, unless you hit a pot hole or some thing, then your going to have some problems.

nice wheels are what are those?

[Rybar]

Holy old thread guys :_paranoid

[buickfunnycar.com]

Holy old thread guys :_paranoid

Holy old thread with wheels and very little tiny tires,lol...:rolleyes:
How anyone could say that's "pulling it off" is beyond me.

[SR71]

Holy old thread with wheels and very little tiny tires,lol...:rolleyes:
How anyone could say that's "pulling it off" is beyond me.

x2

rally wheels were ugly when the cars were new and large diameter ones are 100 times uglier now.