How to make 315's fit your Camaro/Trans-Am with no rubbing

**Eugenio_SS** · 09-11-2007, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by jrgswhitels1

Im NOT encouraging anyone to do anything!! Im just telling anyone that you CAN run 315's on 9.5 wheels and they look good!! You want to talk UNSAFE, fine!! You probably dont have drag radials on you Camaro 'cause it aint that quick anyways!!:however, how many of us utilize the suggested air pressure (cold/hot) when we go to the track? Bet we ALL run well under that rating!! Heck, even NASCAR breaks those rules; some to the extreme even! So keep your self-rightous, over-analyzing comments at bay and reserve your incompetence of stupidity and ignorance to yourself!! Have a nice day!!!

still unsafe... seen 315s get unmounted while pushing the car on a turn... wasn't nice.
Also, you'll have better grip on well mounted tires than going the redneck approach and installing tires that are plainly too wide for the rim. You get better results w/ 275s on 9.5" wheel than you'll get cornering w/ a 315 on a 9.5"
get 2 sets of wheels and try it.
it's another choice between redneck bling vs safe/efficient performance.

**9t8z28** · 09-11-2007, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Eugenio_SS

atop the spring is the spring isolator.
the bumpstops and jounce spacer are together... the jounce spacer comes on the SS, and it should simply be removed for added suspension travel.

Then your wheels will hit on the quarter!

**9t8z28** · 09-11-2007, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Eugenio_SS

atop the spring is the spring isolator.
the bumpstops and jounce spacer are together... the jounce spacer comes on the SS, and it should simply be removed for added suspension travel.

The proper term is jounce spacer, its not together, its either one or the other

**LETHALxLS1** · 09-11-2007, 05:32 PM

^ I like that red 98 you have there. Nice car.

**9t8z28** · 09-12-2007, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by BREAKxNECKxSPEED

^ I like that red 98 you have there. Nice car.

Thanks man, but I want your car. Black is the color to have especially w/ your wheels!

**blackwidow99** · 09-12-2007, 08:02 AM

Listen fellas, just because you can squeeze your tire onto the wheel and drive down the street doesn't mean it's safe.

I recommend everyone go ahead and ask their wheel or tire manufacturer in advance if you are considering running anything less than a 10.5" wheel with any 315+ tire.

**LETHALxLS1** · 09-12-2007, 08:26 AM

I will gaurantee the 315s on 9" wheels I saw looked nothing like that^. They didnt buldge out at all. The guy has ran em like that for a couple years-no problems. If they didnt come off his rim I doubt they are comin off anyones-BUT-I would prolly go with a wider rim myself.

**djvaly** · 09-12-2007, 06:06 PM

Discount Tire has recommended the wheels and tires for me...

**LETHALxLS1** · 09-12-2007, 07:28 PM

^ haha Yeah mine too! LOL

**LETHALxLS1** · 09-12-2007, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by 9t8z28

Thanks man, but I want your car. Black is the color to have especially w/ your wheels!

Thanks man! My 2 favorite colors on F bodys are RED and Black. I would have bought a m6 like yours but I just had spine surgery when I bought this car. LOL It was all I could do to test drive it. I had to get my dad to shut the door hahaha-I will never forget the guys face that rode with me(the previous owner) he looked at me like-"are you sure about this" hahahaha.

**9t8z28** · 09-13-2007, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by BREAKxNECKxSPEED

Thanks man! My 2 favorite colors on F bodys are RED and Black. I would have bought a m6 like yours but I just had spine surgery when I bought this car. LOL It was all I could do to test drive it. I had to get my dad to shut the door hahaha-I will never forget the guys face that rode with me(the previous owner) he looked at me like-"are you sure about this" hahahaha.

That sucks, so you aren't able to work on or maintain it yourself?

**LETHALxLS1** · 09-13-2007, 07:44 AM

No I cant work on my car. I am lucky though because I finally(after a year) found a great mechanic who specializes in Fbodies and has really fair prices. The first couple of shops were totally trying to rob me because they thought I didnt know about cars because I was taking it there for simple things. I have always worked on my cars till this happened to me. Just really happy I found a good guy to deal with which is hard these days.

** The guy who runs the shop will do stuff like-he put on my billit grill for free when I took my car in last time.

**9t8z28** · 09-13-2007, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by BREAKxNECKxSPEED

No I cant work on my car. I am lucky though because I finally(after a year) found a great mechanic who specializes in Fbodies and has really fair prices. The first couple of shops were totally trying to rob me because they thought I didnt know about cars because I was taking it there for simple things. I have always worked on my cars till this happened to me. Just really happy I found a good guy to deal with which is hard these days.

** The guy who runs the shop will do stuff like-he put on my billit grill for free when I took my car in last time.

Sweet! Thats hard to find!

**odinsonthor** · 09-16-2007, 05:59 AM

Nice

**djvaly** · 09-16-2007, 09:18 AM

I got 275 MT et streets DRs (which are as wide as 315 Nitto555R) I may go 295 (or 325 on reg DRs) MT Et next time

on 9.5 17'' z06 wheels on the back.

**djvaly** · 09-17-2007, 07:39 AM

enough room to fit more meat on the back...

**LETHALxLS1** · 09-17-2007, 11:47 AM

Meat

**99'CajunFirehawk157** · 10-27-2007, 04:55 PM

No problems just bolting mine on, thanks goodness...

**twoanimal4** · 02-26-2008, 12:11 AM

thank you for info just tryed to put goodyear f1s 285 30 18 on my 98 will not fit bump stop is in way and did not want to use a adapter or spacer

**Jason Polzer** · 02-28-2008, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by LETHALxLS1

I will gaurantee the 315s on 9" wheels I saw looked nothing like that^. They didnt buldge out at all. The guy has ran em like that for a couple years-no problems. If they didnt come off his rim I doubt they are comin off anyones-BUT-I would prolly go with a wider rim myself.

Brand of tire matters too.

Look at my new Goodyear 315's compared to my old Bridgestones. Bridgestones were mounted on 9.5 and Goodyears are going on 10.5 (I had the wheels widened 1")

http://www.cdntechnologies.com/camar...idgestone.html

And just for fun compard to 11.5 x 16 ET Streets:

http://www.cdntechnologies.com/camar...1.50-16LT.html

Here is being bad with 315 on a 9.5" rim: