Rims and Tires

[95Formula]

hey guys. need help with rim/tire selection. 2 part question. right now im lookin on ebay and found a business selling a set of 4 rims and tires mounted and balanced. the specs are 17x9.5 front 17x11 rear. backspacing is 7" front 7.75" rear. tire sizes are 275/40ZR17 front and 315/35ZR17 rear. here are my questions...

1) will this set up fit on my car? it says its for camaro/firebird 93 and up. so i know it will 'fit' but what will i have to do to my car to get the rear so it doesnt rub? anyone running these rim/tire sizes?

2) the brand of tire that comes with it is sumitomo. really havent heard too much about this company. are they any good? does anyone use them?

i know a lot of people out there use brands like kumho and nitto and bfg. just curious if anyone uses this brand or not.
any oppinions/help is very much appreciated.

[loudmouthzls1]

well wat kinda car do u have ???....if there for a 4th gen camaro...ur gonna need to hammer in the fender wall a few inches to get them to fit..

[95Formula]

...^^^^^^^ check out the name man...lol 95 formula firebird :rockon:

[loudmouthzls1]

wow ...brainfart...sorry bout that...but someone told me the birds can fit 315's with out having to hammer them

[LiquidFire350]

wow ...brainfart...sorry bout that...but someone told me the birds can fit 315's with out having to hammer them
i know a guy that had a 95 formula, had to hammer them to get the 315s to fit,

[LiquidFire350]

hey guys. need help with rim/tire selection. 2 part question. right now im lookin on ebay and found a business selling a set of 4 rims and tires mounted and balanced. the specs are 17x9.5 front 17x11 rear. backspacing is 7" front 7.75" rear. tire sizes are 275/40ZR17 front and 315/35ZR17 rear. here are my questions...

1) will this set up fit on my car? it says its for camaro/firebird 93 and up. so i know it will 'fit' but what will i have to do to my car to get the rear so it doesnt rub? anyone running these rim/tire sizes?

2) the brand of tire that comes with it is sumitomo. really havent heard too much about this company. are they any good? does anyone use them?

i know a lot of people out there use brands like kumho and nitto and bfg. just curious if anyone uses this brand or not.
any oppinions/help is very much appreciated.
sumitomos are decent, not great tires, but awsome for their price,

and the guy i knew with the 95 had ZR1 rims, i dont know what the backspacing and other sizes were but they were 315s and he had to hammer on the inner fender wall a bit, more on the passenger side than the driver

[95Formula]

sumitomos are decent, not great tires, but awsome for their price,

and the guy i knew with the 95 had ZR1 rims, i dont know what the backspacing and other sizes were but they were 315s and he had to hammer on the inner fender wall a bit, more on the passenger side than the driver

do you or anyone else have pics of 315s on either a camaro or a t/a? id like to see what it looks like. and im still wonderin about the backspacing. please...anyone that knows help.

[Firehawk 526]

Yup, I believe you can get 285's, but 315's will be a bit too close for comfort (i.e. rub)

[LiquidFire350]

do you or anyone else have pics of 315s on either a camaro or a t/a? id like to see what it looks like. and im still wonderin about the backspacing. please...anyone that knows help.
i dont have any pictures of his, but i can say from behind his tires made my buddys Z28 with 245s look like he was driving on spares

i really liked how big they were, kinda made me mad that i bought 275 SS rims but oh well, but they will rub with out without pounding the fender in, what he told me that he did was take a rubber mallet and pound away

[Enthusiast]

You guys think 315s out back looks good. You should see them all the way around. Ill try and get pics.

Oh and about the birds being able to fit more tire, ive heard that too. It was about the fronts though. Apparently the birds fit the 315s up front without any huge amount of modification and its apparently a pain in the ass, unless you get a different front end.

[Transamman25]

There is a guy who cut away inner panel on the rear of his 01 Z so he could stuff 335/30/18's back there .. the guy has more money than sense .. damnit i wish i had more money than i had dreams for my car just once ! Ill try n catch up with him it looks mean..

[95Formula]

There is a guy who cut away inner panel on the rear of his 01 Z so he could stuff 335/30/18's back there .. the guy has more money than sense .. damnit i wish i had more money than i had dreams for my car just once ! Ill try n catch up with him it looks mean..

ouch. i dont think i wanna start hacking my car. but maybe gently hammering the shit out of it will do. 315 is plenty wide enough.

[loudmouthzls1]

You guys think 315s out back looks good. You should see them all the way around. Ill try and get pics.

Oh and about the birds being able to fit more tire, ive heard that too. It was about the fronts though. Apparently the birds fit the 315s up front without any huge amount of modification and its apparently a pain in the ass, unless you get a different front end.



damn u fit 315s up front??? i heard it wasnt possible ??? well would love to see some pics of it..

[Transamman25]

Hear ya go 315's all the way around .. http://chuckb.1le.net/racing/race_tires/315_kumho_2/index.html