My son and I are in the process of building a 69 SS/RS. ZZ4 motor with the 700R4 and the 373 gear combination. Obviously, he wants the car to look good which happens to be miles apart from my Rally wheel recommendation. He wants a 5 spoke polished aluminum oversized wheel with a low profile tire. I know many of you are not fans of this choice and I'm not making any modifications to the body or lowering the car. What can we use to fill up the wheel well and give him the look he wants?

Skelly welcome to team camaro. You posted this question in the Test Drive section which is for testing out your signature line, practicing of posting photos etc. Not many members check this area very often so you wont get much for replies here.
You should always look for the section that might best be a source for your needs, in this case, Wheel and Tire section. I will ask that this be relocated there.

Front Wheels AR TT2's 17"x7" 5 on 4.75 pattern, 4.5" backspacing
Front Tires P235/45-17 BFG KDWS
Rear Wheels AR TT2's 17"x8" 5 on 4.75 patter, 4.75" backspacing
Rear Tires P255/45-17 BFG KDWS
(These are forsale in the free classifieds section)

Wheel Vintiques also makes 16-20" Rallye wheels if you want to stick to the semi-stock look but want to use modern wheels and tires. I am probably going to go with a set of 17" or 18" billet rallyes myself as I want my car to look kind of stock (sleeper) but have modern tires on it.

Check out this recent thread on them:
http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=127383&highlight=Billet

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r216/skeeter55/Image031.jpg

Coy's C-55 chrome 18x8 with 255/45-18 tires (27" tall) and air shocks on the rear, and 17x7 with 235/45-17 tires (25.3" tall) and standard front........:D
http://www.ukimagehost.com/uploads/ec06e4134e.jpg (http://www.ukimagehost.com/)

Thank you BigBlock69RS for given my Rallys some LOL....

Here are 18" wheels on a customer's car who is a member here. Jbutlr is his name here.
I'll post photos of his car for him:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/Hensons/69Camaro_ConceptOne.jpg

These were brushed and clear coated, but you can get them fully polished.

Here are 18" wheels on a customer's car who is a member here. Jbutlr is his name here.
I'll post photos of his car for him:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/Hensons/69Camaro_ConceptOne.jpg

These were brushed and clear coated, but you can get them fully polished.

I really like the way this looks, I like the cowl hood also. It's to bad this guy was taking some hits on another forum about this car if you can belive that :mad:

What kind of wheels are those? I think they would look great with painted centers!! They look great now also!!

Joe

Thank you BigBlock69RS for given my Rallys some LOL....

It is such an awesome looking car, made my mind up on what wheels I wanted :thumbsup:

It is such an awesome looking car, made my mind up on what wheels I wanted :thumbsup:Hey BigBlock1969RS your car looks awsome and thats how my car looked befor the Billet Rallys 18s....I like that some what stock look to it, but in person people are all over the rims and tires.....You have to get the right tires that complement the rims as well...The tires i have are the G-FORCE

Your looks like it sits nice already....

68John: I realy like that look, its a sweet ride and your customer should be very happy...
It has a mean look to it, that just grabs my eye....

I really like the way this looks, I like the cowl hood also. It's to bad this guy was taking some hits on another forum about this car if you can belive that :mad:

What kind of wheels are those? I think they would look great with painted centers!! They look great now also!!

Joe

I don't think that they were "hits" as much as it was constructive criticism as far as the bare CF hood is concerned (if that is what you were referring to). And yes, it is a good looking car.

Thank you guys for the pictures and the information. The pictures are great, I'm going to sell my Triton bass boat and find me a 69 camaro to build for me when we finish his car. I've wanted one my whole life and now when I can afford it, I'm building one for someone else.

class67, your right on. Dont think I was getting "hit" on the car. I was just looking for a way to avoid having to try and match paint with possibily a cf hood. It was a bad idea to start but I thought I would throw it out there. Then everyone wanted to let me know that they are not a fan of 4" cowl hoods. Oh well. Its a little different and I dig it so who cares.

Here is a pic of my car with a 2/3 drop and 18" wheels......

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii132/rockhog/IMG_0113.jpg

Here's mine with 17 inch Billet Specialties.

http://www.fquick.com/garages/viewgallery.php?action=viewimg&id=11989

Very nice car. Any problems with scrubbing on the turns? I'm assumming you have headers on the car, if so what brand and model, has it been a problem with the car hitting the ground with the lowering and the tire and wheel conbination? Would it be possible to ask for a measurement from the bottom of the headers to the ground when you get an opportunity? If you had it all to over again, what would you choose on tire and wheels?

Skelly, thank you. I don't have any scrubbing issues. The header's are dynomax ceramic coated. I have never had them scrap the ground. The clearance from the floor to header is 4 1/4 inches. And as for wheels if I did it over again, for my car I would stick with these again. Hope this info helps.

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We really like the look of your car. With that 2/3 drop, are you having ground clearance problems?