[Stone Cold Goat]

I'm going to be ordering some 17" Weld RT-S wheels for the rear in a few weeks(Ill order the fronts later this summer) and I "think" I've gotten the correct offset for the rear.

I've chosen a 17"x10" with a 44mm offset. What has me worried is that I've seen no one else run this setup. I know the fact that they are expensive may have something to do with it; not to mention that the 17" GTO setup works extremely well and is way cheaper.

Will this offset be correct?

Also, I haven't chosen the tire yet, but I'm leaning towards Hoosier 275/40 Drag Radials.

Also, as far as the fronts are concerned, I've chosen a 17"x5" rim with a 2.2 back spacing. Will I need to run a spacer up front for these?

I think I'm pretty close on the rears, but the fronts....I'm not so sure.

 

[farsighted770]

Pretty sure Shane ran em... I almost did but decided I didn't wanna screw with switching em back and forth all the time.

Shoot him a pm.

 

[Stone Cold Goat]

Forgive me for my ignorance.....but whats Shanes UN?

 

[2StepsAhead]

I thought Shane ran the drag stars, only person I've seen run rts's is thebeast (I think that's his name). He borrowed someone's welds off a camaro or a vette.

 

[meatbag]

Been running them for awhile. 17x10 dont remember the offset off the top of my head but with a 28" mickey i had to roll the fenders. I have a set of 17x4.5 for the front too but i dont have tires on them.

 

[Stone Cold Goat]

Damn that looks good!

 

[Monte8009G8GT]

Been running them for awhile. 17x10 dont remember the offset off the top of my head but with a 28" mickey i had to roll the fenders. I have a set of 17x4.5 for the front too but i dont have tires on them.

Are you stock height? And the offset of the wheels would be awesome if you could check. There site shows 43 or 30, I think the 30 will have it to close to the suspension though.

 

[Roadcone]

BMR control arms state that they have clearance added for 17" weld wheels... i just assumed they were referring to RTS as i dont think anyone runs alumastars. I'm curious if anyone has weighed one of those race star industries/GregWeld 17s to realize how heavy they actually are.

 

[Monte8009G8GT]

BMR control arms state that they have clearance added for 17" weld wheels... i just assumed they were referring to RTS as i dont think anyone runs alumastars. I'm curious if anyone has weighed one of those race star industries/GregWeld 17s to realize how heavy they actually are.

Did not know that thanks for the info. I need new LCA anyways to haha.

 

[2StepsAhead]

Really interested to know what offset those are...are they high pad?

 

[gr8lover]

Wow--- they must run really hot if you dont have tires on them...

I have a set of 17x4.5 for the front too but i dont have tires on them.

 

[Roadcone]

do the 17x4.5's actually clear??

 

[Monte8009G8GT]

Why wouldnt they? they are skinner than stock and should add more room. 4.5inch wide wheel vs 8inch wide.

 

[Monte8009G8GT]

Really interested to know what offset those are...are they high pad?

I would make a safe bet and say yes they are high pad. It shows needing high pad for the 2010+ camaros.

 

[Roadcone]

Why wouldnt they? they are skinner than stock and should add more room. 4.5inch wide wheel vs 8inch wide.

to clear my stock gxp brakes... i cant find much info on it.

 

[Monte8009G8GT]

to clear my stock gxp brakes... i cant find much info on it.

Ahhh gotcha, yeah that I wouldnt know it should though with the high pad option. Same brakes as the camaros right? Have you looked to see if any of the camaro guys run them?

EDIT---- Looks like they use the 17 x 5 on the camaro. They have them for sale at texas speed. So 17x5 should work with the high pad option I would think.

 

[thebeast]

They clear just fine. I ran them with a 315 Mickey Thompson on the rear.

 

[thebeast]

They do clear brembos front and rear

 

[jcuadra]

I'm looking to purchase these wheels and would like to know if anyone knows which rear offset for the 17x10 wheel

 

[dblaron]

Check out this sticky

http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26214

According to it, you are looking for 40-55. What are they available in?