C6 wheels for my 67 Camaro

[latzoo]

Spotted a nice set of c6 wheels and would like to know if they would fit onto my 67 Camaro. They are 18x10.5 and 19x12. My car is on a rotissere so now is a good time to purchase wheels and fit them properly. I am thinking of purchasing a rear multi leaf srping kit for the dream and possibly ATS AFX spindles. Although with this size of wheels might not need the spindles. Tell me what you boys think.

[Bodies67]

I have a 1969 camaro. I just bought a 2009 Z06 And I changed the wheels to the chrome spider ones. I have the chrome orginal 18x9.5 and 19x12 I want to put them on my camaro. Who makes a adpapter or spacer For that? I have looked and found nothing. I think they would look good. I think the ones you are looking at would look good on your car. My camaro has stock suspension. I might have to change the front clip or spindels? Any Info would be appreciated

[Payton King]

21st Century that takes C5 stuff. C6 rim and tire package 18x8.5 on front and 19x10 on the rear. Mine has a slight mini tub and I had the rear built (width wise) to get the spacing right.

On my car I have the room to bolt on a C6 Z06 front rim and tire package. That is about as big as I can go. I have bolted my rear tire 19x10 with a 285 and it cleared fine but I did not drive it like that. Again this is not on a stock subframe

The spacer size would have to be so large on the front I would not do it on a stock track width first gen. I think the back spacing on a C6 rim with 8.5 width is 6 5/8 and on the 18x10 rear it is 7 1/8.

[Apogee]

C6 wheels have dimensions of 18 x 8.5 x 56mm offset and 19 x 10 x 79mm offset front and rear, respectively. For those who think better in backspacing, that's about 6.84" and 8.68" front and rear.

A 10.5 inch wide front wheel, if it's even possible, is going to make your steering radius worse than a semi truck with a stock subframe :wow: ...you'll need a "Caution - This vehicle makes wide turns" sticker on the back bumper.

Tobin
KORE3

[latzoo]

What about adding spacers?

[Apogee]

What about adding spacers?

Wheel adapters were assumed, and while they would move the wheel out away from the sub-frame, what are you planning to do about the fenders? Moving the tires/wheels away from the frame inherently means moving towards the fender lip...so unless it's lifted and you like the tires hanging outside the body look, I'd still recommend either a narrower front wheel/tire combo or a full-on aftermarket front sub frame designed for wheels like you're talking. You could always go the Sawzall route like the roundy-round guys do to their front fenders.

Tobin
KORE3

[69MyWay]

You can get any adatper/spacers you want from www.vbandp.com

[latzoo]

I just purchased a set of 2007 C6 wheels 18x8.5" and 19x10. Hopefully they are ok without too much hassle. Although did forget to ask about backspacing so it might be a obstacle but hopefully they slide right in.

[Payton King]

You are going to need close to a 2 inch spacer on the front and pretty close to that on the rear...assuming you are running stock front sub and stock rear width rear.

If the rear tubs are stock you are going to be very close on clearance and a 275 tire is going to be the max unless you widen it some.

Congrats on the purchase and post up pics when you get them on

[latzoo]

Any ideas guys where to find spacers? Widen meaning that I would have trim the inner lip of the fender?

[latzoo]

Just sitting here thinking. Any idea how much I would have to alter the rear end for these wheels to slide right in? Rear end is next on list as it is at the rebuilder as we speak.

[Apogee]

Just sitting here thinking. Any idea how much I would have to alter the rear end for these wheels to slide right in? Rear end is next on list as it is at the rebuilder as we speak.

On our Nova project we used a 54mm [2-1/8"] wheel adapter with the C6 19x10 wheel. To eliminate the need for a wheel adapter in the rear, you'll just want to mock everything up so that you can set the overall WMS-WMS width of your axle. You could just calculate it using the offset/backspacing of the wheel [79mm/8.68" BS], but in my experience it's better to mock it up as no two cars seem to be alike. Also, don't assume that the axle is centered under the car.

Include the thickness of the actual rear rotor hats for mockup purposes as they're not all the same...assuming you're running discs.

Tobin
KORE3

[latzoo]

Any idea what size of tires i should be looking into. I was thinking of putting some tires on the wheels before i bring them home from the post office.

[Apogee]

Any idea what size of tires i should be looking into. I was thinking of putting some tires on the wheels before i bring them home from the post office.

235 to 245 up front and 275-285 in the rear. If you don't mind mini-tubbing and rolling the lip, reworking the inner fenders, etc, then by all means, go towards the high side. If not then I'd stick to the slightly narrower ones. You may want to check your area for a worn out set of C6 takeoffs for the purpose of checking fitment so that you're not sinking a bunch of money into tires that you don't know will fit.

Tobin
KORE3

[John510]

See post # 4

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=17663