315 tires on! love 'em

**Geldingmakr** · 12-30-2005, 02:03 PM

I got my Sumitomo HTR Z 315 35 zr17's on today, and they are sweet!!!

i know a lot of people are against putting them on the stock SS zr1 wheel,
but I do not corner hard, and I think it looks awesome! plus they were only
$110 each so it was worth the tirerack experiment....
I will post some pics in a day or two, I also got my 35th anniversary stripes on today...

and I am sure there will be people flame me for putting 35th anniversary stripes on a 2000 model SS, but again, this is my car, and I think it looks really nice.

I fell in love my car again today... I have not been this happy with a car of mine in 15 years.... so i had to share my feeling with yall... It is like having a new car without paying new car prices, and I can't get a new camaro yet anyways.

i can't wait to get some pics up.

**oneBADDz** · 12-30-2005, 02:08 PM

Sweet get them pics up. I wanna see the 315s on those wheels

**Geldingmakr** · 12-31-2005, 02:36 PM

ok, I got some pictures, but the camera work is not that great, and it was raining and muddy today,,, sorry I'll post more later...

more raining and muddy pics at
car-sho.com/abe/315/

**Geldingmakr** · 12-31-2005, 03:24 PM

i was not allowed to post a link to my pics because I didn't have enough posts... I posted here a lot before the site went down, then it made me re-register for even reading the threads... and I went to camaross.com for my help the last 6 months... then finally broke down and re-registered here,,, oh well

**Geldingmakr** · 01-03-2006, 04:56 AM

updated the pics

**RyansREDcamaroSS** · 01-03-2006, 01:58 PM

They really look good, i also have 315's on my car, i have 11" torq thrust II's, do they rub your fender wells any? I have eibach springs and i gashed my tire, had to roll the lips.

**Geldingmakr** · 01-03-2006, 02:19 PM

so far I have not experienced any rubbing, that I can hear or feel, I have
not pulled the wheels to look for scuffing...

one thing 315s on the 9" wide ss wheels causes the contact patch to be incorrect,,, I noticed in on the wet parking lot today, that about a half inch of the outside of the tread was dry, meaning it was not making contact with the pavement...

**'99 SLP#24** · 01-03-2006, 02:50 PM

or your tires are overinflated!

**GatorSS** · 01-03-2006, 02:55 PM

What's the rear tire pressure?

**Hurley711** · 01-03-2006, 02:56 PM

is that safe on that size rim?

**Geldingmakr** · 01-03-2006, 05:10 PM

32 psi is that too much?

**SOM 2002 Z28** · 01-13-2006, 11:21 AM

Looks good! I shoulda gone with 315 Drag Radials on my 9.5 TTIIs then since I'm already running them down to 25 psi and still not hooking.

**koolaid_kid** · 01-13-2006, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Geldingmakr

32 psi is that too much?

I would try lowering them by 5 psi, no more. You can always raise it back up if you don't like it.
They look great, btw.

**ls1addict** · 01-15-2006, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Hurley711

is that safe on that size rim?

i also question that..seems like the rims a little small for 315's???

**Eugenio_SS** · 01-18-2006, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Geldingmakr

so far I have not experienced any rubbing, that I can hear or feel, I have
not pulled the wheels to look for scuffing...

one thing 315s on the 9" wide ss wheels causes the contact patch to be incorrect,,, I noticed in on the wet parking lot today, that about a half inch of the outside of the tread was dry, meaning it was not making contact with the pavement...

that's because they are buldging...
the other possibility is to lower the pressure, get contact patch more on the sides, but not in center since it will go in a bit... so you won't get a nice patch throughout the tire.