My new Camaro - wheel concern

ShAgMaN · 02-01-2009, 09:51 AM

First of all I'd like to say whats up and like the site. I sold my 67 Camaro 350SS clone a few months ago in agreement with the wife on getting a 2010. So I ordered a 1SS silver ice met. with the only option of the polished 20's, but now I'm a little concerned. Close up pics have them looking like the just dont fill the wheel well very well. I'm wondering if I should just take the painted and buy wheels that look/fit better. You guys think new tires might help instead? I was trying to stay stock and wont have a lot to spend on new wheels. What do you guys think? Also what do the 21's they sell as an option look like? Pics and comments are appriciated. Thanks.

blackbirdta · 02-01-2009, 11:01 AM

aren't the polished wheels the same 20" wheels as the painted? I don't know why they wouldn't fill the wheel well??

interrex · 02-01-2009, 01:00 PM

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...g?t=1224822093 this location will show the diff.

interrex · 02-01-2009, 01:02 PM

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/attach...1&d=1224823706 and here are the 21"

MetalDragon · 02-01-2009, 02:16 PM

Unless you were kneeling down at this angle, you probably won't notice it. That, and it gives you room for a little bit of a suspension upgrade later. It really wasn't that noticeable.

There's really only about 2" of gap between the tire and fender. Keep in mind the size of that wheel/tire combo.

2010_5thgen · 02-02-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by blackbirdta

aren't the polished wheels the same 20" wheels as the painted? I don't know why they wouldn't fill the wheel well??

thier the same design but painted silver. its an additional charge for the polished. they will fit the fender well. he doesnt want the large gap.

i think the fender gap is pretty large also. i am planning on atleast doing 21" wheels. but not the gmpp 21" wheels. they are heaveir than i am wanting for my camaro. why dont you just lower the car and keep the stock wheels? it will help diminish some of that wheel gap.

ShAgMaN · 02-02-2009, 11:06 PM

Ya it just looks like to much gap for me, but still might be different in person. I'm actually thinking now that a small drop to lower the car an inch or so would prolly be the best bet.

2010_5thgen · 02-04-2009, 08:52 AM

im doing the best of both worlds! drop it 2" and throw some 21" or 21-22" wheels on it.

blackbirdta · 03-18-2009, 08:39 AM

I'm a little late to reply back to this, but since when have cars not come with more wheel gap from the factory than most of us enthusiasts want? and why, with 20" wheels already would you want bigger wheels to fill the gap? just lower it later like everyone always does. my question though is would lowering springs void the warrenty? I really wouldn't want to wait three years or whatever to lower it!

2010_5thgen · 03-18-2009, 10:05 AM

yes lowering it will void the warranty that applies to that part of the car. doing bigger wheels fills the gap more in the fender wells. yeha lowering it does that also, but there will still be fender gap on the sides. you just reduce the gap on the top of the wheels. its just the look im going for. i want to reduce the fender gap as muchas i can and still be very practical.

MetalDragon · 03-18-2009, 01:57 PM

I don't know about that....the Eibach kit I put on my Monte a few years ago had a guaranty that it would NOT void the factory warranty. Read the fine print before you do it, though.

2010_5thgen · 03-18-2009, 02:48 PM

anything you take off of a car and replace with something other than the stock component is going to be voided by the warranty.

MetalDragon · 03-18-2009, 03:18 PM

Technically, that's true. The actual warranty wording from GM is as follows:

An Important Note about Alterations and Warranties

Installations or alterations to the original equipment vehicle (or chassis) as distributed by General Motors are not covered by the General Motors New Vehicle Limited Warranty. The special body company, assembler, equipment installer or upfitter is solely responsible for warranties on the body or equipment and any alterations (or any effect of the alterations) to any of the parts, components, systems, or assemblies installed by GM. General Motors is not responsible for the safety or quality of design features, materials or workmanship of any alterations by such suppliers.

In the case of lowering....they wouldn't warranty your springs and wouldn't fix any problems caused by them. As long as they're installed correctly and the alignment is done, I don't see much that would be adversely affected by it. It won't void your entire warranty. Check into the warranty offered by the company you buy from, make sure that if something breaks and causes damage to another part of the car that they will pay for it, because GM won't.

alexss · 03-30-2009, 11:12 PM

Im not sure i would even do 20"s. Isnt that going to kill the performance? In my opinion the max. that i would do is may be 19" rear and 18" front like the c6 z06 model has.

2010_5thgen · 03-31-2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by alexss

Im not sure i would even do 20"s. Isnt that going to kill the performance? In my opinion the max. that i would do is may be 19" rear and 18" front like the c6 z06 model has.

the ss has 20's on it . and the rs package on the v6 has 20's also.