Ok, so this post is about a year overdue, but with buying a house last fall and many house projects.... I had to put the car on hold for a bit. For several years now I have been wanting to get rid of the Eagle alloy wheels on my Camaro in favor of something that is more visually appealing.
Over the past 4 years I have been picking out my favorite wheels/rim choices, and after many sessions of looking at them in magazines, internet, or seeing some in person.. I have narrowed it down to a top four list. There was one wheel I really liked but I was just slightly skeptical about how it would look it on the car. I took some time last year to learn basic photoshop skills from my father and it allowed me to photoshop the wheel choices onto photos of my car. (I had done a few photoshops with the brake rotors and calipers showing, but it got a little confusing, so I just decided to post the ones here of the wheel on the car without the caliper/rotor behind the wheel). I am posting these here to see if people agree with one, any, all, or none of the choices...and looking for a little bit of feedback. Over the years I have saved up enough $ to buy the wheels and tires flat out, so even though the price of each of these wheel packages is expensive..I have it covered.
These wheels are not for drag/autocross.. this car is more of a cruiser, and my next/future other car will be a full blown race car. I'm keeping this one street worthy and stylish and fun. I currently run 16x8" wheels on all 4 corners. I am now looking to go either with 17"s up front and perhaps 18" or maybe just 17"s in the rear. I need something that can fit in a non-tubbed, non widened wheel-well too. The front of the car is lowered 2" on drop-spindles and the rear has a 1" drop. I have also added a big brake upgrade to the whole car, 13" discs up front and 12" discs in the rear -- I bought the "Percy's wheel-rite" tool to measure whatever wheel choice I decide on getting. Since all of these wheels are custom made, I am able to pick the wheel style and then play around with the wheel rite tool to determine my offset, backspacing, tire size, etc etc. I will probably start doing that in a few weeks once i've decided on wheel style.
I am going with either a full high-polished aluminum, or brushed aluminum center with full polished rim lip. or chrome. nothing else is an option. I dislike black wheels so don't suggest those
I've seen a few of these wheel packages on Camaro and firebirds on the internet, so I may include those photos in a separate post here for more visual reference. Please keep in mind these are photoshop documents from a beginner, and size, angle, depth perception may not be 100% accurate... it helps me out if I just squint ever so slightly while looking at the images...
1. BOZE ZE Injected :
-my top choice. somewhat resembles the style of an IROC wheel but more stylish and aggressive
--this wheel scan I took from a magazine where the car was shot in sunset light so the wheel looks gold, but gives a good angle/view on the car
--this photoshop uses a wheel scan from a 3rd gen blue Camaro, he runs the "tach" style wheel, which is very very similar to the "injected" wheel style very similar, but I wanted to include it for consideration. kinda
[img]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/IROCZman15/WHeel%20Photoshops/tachgreatviewUSE.jpg[img]
2. KWC 025 wheels
- nice clean 10 spoked wheel, no rivets, but has large windows which means you see lots of brake, and less wheel... not a fan of that really.. but these do have a nice look to them
3. BOZE ZE Lateral-G wheels
-similar to the above KWC 025 wheel, but this one has a different rim lip, and has the rivets around the circumference
--another 3/4 view, but my wheels would be high polished or chrome, not dark grey like these are
4. BOZE BOOST wheels
-no longer really a main choice of mine, but it used to be on top of the list about 2 years ago.. its now become to flat and plain for me, but I included it anyways.. I have seen it looking good on other fbodys, so maybe i'll throw on a few photos of those later on in another post
--again, in chrome, not in white like they look here
those are my top four choices basically. Wanted to see what you guys had to say about the choices either positive or negative feedback is welcome. I plan on purchasing these mid-March I also hve to sit down wit that Percy's wheel tool and determine wheel size, offset, backspacing, brake clearance, etc.. Thanks guys