[White1SS]

Originally Posted by SamSmoothCastel

your OE rims just fit and look better. Its probably just me but everyone and their mother has the 1LE reps now.

That's because they look so good. lol


If my OE rims were 11" in the rear I would probably keep them for awhile and go with a 305 or 315. From a visual prospective I just think a 275 in the rear is not wide enough, and I don't think I can safely go any wider than a 285 on the OE 9.5" rim.

[david_acm]

To be fair, 1LE wheels are the probably the best looking OEM set on a Camaro.

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by SamSmoothCastel

your OE rims just fit and look better. Its probably just me but everyone and their mother has the 1LE reps now.

Originally Posted by White1SS

That's because they look so good. lol

Originally Posted by david_acm

To be fair, 1LE wheels are the probably the best looking OEM set on a Camaro.

Yup. The wheel designer somehow hit a magic unicorn spot with this design, plus it ages perfectly and nothing comes close even after several years. I tried.

For the record, I'm definitely *not* saying nothing else looks good, there are several worthy competitors, it's just that the SS 1LE wheels look astoundingly good and fit the body design extremely well.

[Curr]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

Yup. The wheel designer somehow hit a magic unicorn spot with this design, plus it ages perfectly and nothing comes close even after several years. .

100% agree.

Hell, I tried to find something very similar to put on my 911S!

[White1SS]

Does anyone know if the rear drivers side wiring harness still needs to be relocated on the 2024's?


I think I'm sold on the 315/30/20's and the 275/35/20's. I wish they made the 1LE replica rims in 9.5" and 10.5", I like the look of a tire on the more narrow rim within its safe range.

[Curr]

Originally Posted by White1SS

Does anyone know if the rear drivers side wiring harness still needs to be relocated on the 2024's?


I think I'm sold on the 315/30/20's and the 275/35/20's. I wish they made the 1LE replica rims in 9.5" and 10.5", I like the look of a tire on the more narrow rim within its safe range.

You should be able to feel it through the liner iirc.

[White1SS]

Originally Posted by Curr

You should be able to feel it through the liner iirc.

I know the general area to look for it, if GM has relocated it from previous years I'm guessing there won't be a little bump there?

[havelegs]

Originally Posted by White1SS

They look great ! It looks like you have matte or satin side skirts and splitter? With the front poke I wonder if a little more stagger would look good, maybe a 275 in the front. What brand tire did you go with ?

Yup, matte/satin/unpainted (whatever they are considered) side skirts and splitter. I like the look of it rather than any gloss. My previous LT1 (which was stolen), I had glossy zl1 style skirts on it along with black glossy door handles. I added glossy zl1 style wheels on it too, but after all of it I really didn't like the gloss look. This car, I went with the matte look, I think it looks much better.

I think it's just by design with the wheel poke because the 285s don't really overhang the wheel, just slightly. I think 275's would be fine too.
I went with Bridgestone Potenza Sport, Tirerack has "old" tires on sale which I snagged up for under $800

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...formance%20Pkg

[White1SS]

Have any SS/LT1 owners noticed a minor loss of straight line acceleration when switching to wider/heavier tire/rim combos? Assuming similar height tires as factory spec, the added MOI of heavier wheels has to have some affect on performance. On the other hand, maybe a wider 305 or 315 can hook on the street and foster faster acceleration due to traction control cutting power to a spinning 245 or 275.

[2SS Capt]

Originally Posted by White1SS

Have any SS/LT1 owners noticed a minor loss of straight line acceleration when switching to wider/heavier tire/rim combos? Assuming similar height tires as factory spec, the added MOI of heavier wheels has to have some affect on performance. On the other hand, maybe a wider 305 or 315 can hook on the street and foster faster acceleration due to traction control cutting power to a spinning 245 or 275.

I went from stock SS wheel/tires to 1LE spec MRR017s and feel I gained a LOT of traction vs the factory run flat 275s..

[White1SS]

Originally Posted by 2SS Capt

I went from stock SS wheel/tires to 1LE spec MRR017s and feel I gained a LOT of traction vs the factory run flat 275s..

Do you feel the car would be quicker in the 1/4 mile now ?


Yes better traction, but also more rotational mass eating up power. And of course the added rotational mass of the wider/heavier fronts can only hinder straight-line acceleration. On paper the 1LE spec has to be slower in the 1/4 unless better traction can mitigate the higher MOI of all four wheels. At SS power levels, I don't see how a 1LE spec could win in a roll race as well.


Don't get me wrong, I'm putting 315's on the back of my car, I don't care if it costs me a bit of acceleration or not, they look awesome ! lol.

[2SS Capt]

Originally Posted by White1SS

Do you feel the car would be quicker in the 1/4 mile now ?


Yes better traction, but also more rotational mass eating up power. And of course the added rotational mass of the wider/heavier fronts can only hinder straight-line acceleration. On paper the 1LE spec has to be slower in the 1/4 unless better traction can mitigate the higher MOI of all four wheels. At SS power levels, I don't see how a 1LE spec could win in a roll race as well.


Don't get me wrong, I'm putting 315's on the back of my car, I don't care if it costs me a bit of acceleration or not, they look awesome ! lol.

That is beyond my experience level, but before when I used to spin, I now hook, so to me, that makes it much faster... I have 305/30s out back, when it is time to replace, I'm going 275/35 (front) & 315/30 (back)... Love the wide look!

[White1SS]

Originally Posted by 2SS Capt

That is beyond my experience level, but before when I used to spin, I now hook, so to me, that makes it much faster... I have 305/30s out back, when it is time to replace, I'm going 275/35 (front) & 315/30 (back)... Love the wide look!

That's the same spec I'm about to order...275/35/20 and 315/30/20. I'm going with Atturo AZ850's, they are nearly identical in height to each other, and with factory spec tires. Every time I'm behind a 1LE with 305's, or a Wide Body Scat with 315's, I know the 275's have to go. lol

[2SS Capt]

Originally Posted by White1SS

That's the same spec I'm about to order...275/35/20 and 315/30/20. I'm going with Atturo AZ850's, they are nearly identical in height to each other, and with factory spec tires. Every time I'm behind a 1LE with 305's, or a Wide Body Scat with 315's, I know the 275's have to go. lol

I have the exact same tires, I bought them from a friend VERY lightly used (he went with street drag radials), for the price they can not be beat! I currently have 285/30 & 305/30 but when it comes time to replace going with 275/35 & 315/30 as like you said, they are nearly identical to the SS OEM diameters...