wallisek wrote:
Thanks for the ideas, the S10 wheel looks pretty close to what I'm looking for, not to mention the correct bolt pattern as well. I just found some early model S10 wheels that are 14x6 but not sure if I can get caps for them.
I'm using S10 rear and front bits.
Look at pre-1993 (not including 93!) Camaro wheels, which share the same bolt pattern. When you look for "Camaro" there are a ton of choices, and many of them are in the local J-yard or Craigslist.
HOWEVER, the Gen 4 and forward (93 and forward) have a large offset -- like most modern wheels the mounting face is almost flush with the outside of the rim instead of in the middle. For the S10 front spindles, this runs afoul of the steering arms, and for the rear, this runs afoul of the ebrake cable (hell, that stupid cable hits damned near everything!) and perhaps even your frame and trailing arms. If if you're gonna use newer Camaro rims (and they are nice, using modern, taller-wider tire sizes) I'd suggest using a wider rear axle out of the 4X4 S10/Blazer (4" wider) which would probably give you a better shot at OEM disk brakes anyway. In the front, you're gonna cut off those steering arms anyway and put in some sort of shortening solution. The "other" solution is to use some of the biggest spacers ever created, and I can't see doing that in a high performance car (or for that matter, any car or truck). So therefore, I'd stay 92 and older.
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