Prokit and clearance question

[2FST4U]

About to buy some 18x9.5 Z06 rims and a prokit to level it out nicely. Just wondering if anyone knows the approx. difference in clearance betweeen the prokit w/ 18's and stock springs with 16's.

Only askin b/c I have LT's and a custom y pipe, which I dont have clearance problems with now and I dont want any problems with it once the rims and springs are on.

[vaperz95]

I dont know what the clearance is, but I just got mine back 10 minutes ago from getting the prokit/bilstein HD combo put on my car. DAYUM this thing is low!

[2FST4U]

what size rims 18's?

[vaperz95]

18x8.5 with 265/35 tires

[99zee]

Pro Kit, with LT's and 18's, you will have to be careful. The Y-Pipe probably hangs lower the headers

[2FST4U]

Originally posted by 99zee
Pro Kit, with LT's and 18's, you will have to be careful. The Y-Pipe probably hangs lower the headers

yea it does, i am careful now and I have never scraped the y or the LTs so im hopin i'll be fine

[wannafbody]

my opinion is the BMR springs are better for street cars with long tubes-less drop

[99zee]

I'm looking at the BMR and Hotckis now. Little less drop. The pro kit and 18's look good, but I'm afraid I will mangle the underside. :mad:

[2FST4U]

thanks i'll check out the BMR's anyone have pics of 18's with BMR springs

[$ickZ06]

I have the pro kit and 18 by 9.5 Chrome Z06's , as long as you get them in the right offset you have NOTHING to worry about

[2FST4U]

what offset is that?

[lucky_topher]

:confused:

the wheels you choose shouldn't generally matter... a larger diameter wheel generally has a smaller width tire, which compensates for the distance in height.. any tire/wheel combo for our cars will be about 26.change inches tall...

the real questino at hand for you is prokit + longtubes... you should be okay as long as you don't pick a low-hanging brand i.e. SLP or FLP... pacesetter/hooker/jethot are very popular and do well with these

i run prokit, pacesetter LTs, 3" true duals, and have run both 18x10.5 z06's on back and 17x11 AR 200s's... never had a clearance problem :)

[2FST4U]

Originally posted by lucky_topher
:confused:

the wheels you choose shouldn't generally matter... a larger diameter wheel generally has a smaller width tire, which compensates for the distance in height.. any tire/wheel combo for our cars will be about 26.change inches tall...

the real questino at hand for you is prokit + longtubes... you should be okay as long as you don't pick a low-hanging brand i.e. SLP or FLP... pacesetter/hooker/jethot are very popular and do well with these

i run prokit, pacesetter LTs, 3" true duals, and have run both 18x10.5 z06's on back and 17x11 AR 200s's... never had a clearance problem :)

Thanks, I already have the headers, there Jet Hots and its more the y pipe that hangs the most although not bad. Im going to try and compare the BMR's and the Prokit...I just bought the wheels and should be here within a week or so.

So who's got pics of bmr's or prokits with 18's?

[lucky_topher]

here's a pic of 18x10.5 + 17x9.5 combo, pro-kit, longtubes & duals... and i even have a huge ass sub box in the back weighing me down, plus full interior (all seats/panels/etc)

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/z06.jpg

and here's a pic w/ 17x11 + 17x9.5 combo, same setup for the rest... somewhat better for seeing clearance

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/camaro/show/IMG_1862a.jpg

[2FST4U]

thanks, Nice Z by the way

[lucky_topher]

no, thank you :D

[bRa_DeN]

i have g2 super springs and have ridden with 16s, 17s and about to be 18's with no problems scrapping anywhere;)

[joblo1978]

Originally posted by 2FST4U
About to buy some 18x9.5 Z06 rims and a prokit to level it out nicely. Just wondering if anyone knows the approx. difference in clearance betweeen the prokit w/ 18's and stock springs with 16's.

Only askin b/c I have LT's and a custom y pipe, which I dont have clearance problems with now and I dont want any problems with it once the rims and springs are on.

The size of the rim does account for some of the overall height of the tire and wheel. But you can adjust that with the size of the tire. Not really sure of you're concerned with hitting the top of the fender or the inside of it. There is a tire calculator around here somewhere. An 18" wheel with a 35 series tire is approx. the same height as a 16" wheel with a 50 series tire.