Wheel and Tire Combo

[COPO140]

I have a 69 BB SS Camaro I have Cragars on. The car is a very nice driver. I’m buying new BF Goodrich tires for it. I’m looking for a nice tire combo that has a bigger tire in the rear and a tire that fills up the wheel well in the front without rubbing. Does anyone have an recommendations for a tire size for front and rears? I’m looking for a good stance. Any help is appreciated.

[Lynn]

I love Centerlines. Technically not a "day two" wheel, as they didn't come along until 1970 or 71. But a great "day three" wheel.

The looked awesome on my 69 Z, but I sold them when I went back to the original Rally wheels. Caution; despite what the "experts" say, you need hubcentric rings if you go Centerline, or ANY wheel that does not have the same hub diameter of a factory wheel. Period. Mine is the black one.

[1967 4K]

I like American Racing Torque Thrust on any car. These are 15x6, IMO they’re just a cool 😎 wheel. These tires are Coker red line radials 205/75R/15, no rub!

[Lynn]

Another great choice. I have 14 x 7 TT on the 57.

[scuncio]

Originally Posted by 1967 4K

I like American Racing Torque Thrust on any car. These are 15x6, IMO they’re just a cool 😎 wheel. These tires are Coker red line radials 205/75R/15, no rub!

Those look great, I have 215/70-15 redline radials on my '68 Z and they also fit well.

[scuncio]

Hard to beat Lynn's Centerline look.

[COPO140]

Originally Posted by Lynn

I love Centerlines. Technically not a "day two" wheel, as they didn't come along until 1970 or 71. But a great "day three" wheel.

The looked awesome on my 69 Z, but I sold them when I went back to the original Rally wheels. Caution; despite what the "experts" say, you need hubcentric rings if you go Centerline, or ANY wheel that does not have the same hub diameter of a factory wheel. Period. Mine is the black one.

Thanks Lynn. What are the exact tire sizes on the front and rear?

[Lynn]

I recently sold the wheels and tires.

This is from the description when I had them listed.

Rears are 15 x 8.5 with 5 inch backspacing. As you can see from the pics they fit perfectly under inside the wheel wells of my 69 Camaro. I cannot say if they would fit inside a 67 or 68.
Rear tires are 255 60 R15.
Fronts are 15 x 7, also 5 inch backspacing. I ran a .200 spacer (very easy to find) to keep them from rubbing the frame rail on full turn. No rubbing issues at all. Although I am normally not a big fan of spacers, but .200, or even .250 isn’t excessive and I had no vibration issues.

[COPO140]

Originally Posted by Lynn

I recently sold the wheels and tires.

This is from the description when I had them listed.

Rears are 15 x 8.5 with 5 inch backspacing. As you can see from the pics they fit perfectly under inside the wheel wells of my 69 Camaro. I cannot say if they would fit inside a 67 or 68.
Rear tires are 255 60 R15.
Fronts are 15 x 7, also 5 inch backspacing. I ran a .200 spacer (very easy to find) to keep them from rubbing the frame rail on full turn. No rubbing issues at all. Although I am normally not a big fan of spacers, but .200, or even .250 isn’t excessive and I had no vibration issues.

Thank you, they look great!

[cruiserofland]

I have BFGs in 215/65 and 255/60 (custom sidewalls to say Goodyear but they are BFG TAs). They are on reproduction Minilites from Trans Am Race Engineering, 15x7 with 4” backspacing and 15x8 4.5” bs. Factory RS fender wells with all hardware and no rubbing