Anyone have a older 2010+ Camaro or 2008+ Challenger? (son's daily driver needed)

[njsteve]

Thanks for the tip. I will measure them later today. It does look cool and handles great with those monster tires on it.

Finding this car has kindled my interest in the 5th gen Camaros. I’d love to find an unmolested 2012-2015 ZL1 but it seems they are like 4th gen F bodies - everybody started modifying/abusing them as soon as they drove home from the dealership. There don’t seem to be any nice untouched ones around.

[Pro Stock John]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Thanks for the tip. I will measure them later today. It does look cool and handles great with those monster tires on it.

Finding this car has kindled my interest in the 5th gen Camaros. I’d love to find an unmolested 2012-2015 ZL1 but it seems they are like 4th gen F bodies - everybody started modifying/abusing them as soon as they drove home from the dealership. There don’t seem to be any nice untouched ones around.

They are out there, takes some looking. A stock one will run 12s and respond nicely to mods. If you like limited edition cars, there is a Hot Wheels edition 5th gen Camaro SS, has badging and came in a nice blue color.

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by GearheadSS

Those are definitely not the stock size tires for those wheels on a 6th gen. It should have 275/35/20 rear, 245/40/20 front. 315 is way too wide for a stock 9.5" wide rear wheel. Check to see if they have the GM tm and part numbers on them. They could be wider aftermarket replicas. There are a couple of companies that offer wider replicas.

fwiw, the stock ZL1 and SS 1LE rear wheel is a 20x11 and comes with a 305 tire.

I got out the camera and got some backside photos of the spokes and both the front and rear rims are 20" x 8-1/2" wide and part number 23434146.

I dont know why they put the cheapo (Zenna rear and Joyroad in the front) China-manufactured, monster size tires on these narrow rims, but they seem to fit and are flat across the tread with even wear all across. They are around 28-1/2" tall. When it comes time to replace them, we will be getting sizes closer to what should be on the 20" rim. Maybe 255/35x20s (27" tall) all around so they can be rotated? Or the stock size 245/40x20 which is 27-3/4" tall?

[GearheadSS]

Originally Posted by njsteve

I got out the camera and got some backside photos of the spokes and both the front and rear rims are 20" x 8-1/2" wide and part number 23434146.

I dont know why they put the cheapo (Zenna rear and Joyroad in the front) China-manufactured, monster size tires on these narrow rims, but they seem to fit and are flat across the tread with even wear all across. They are around 28-1/2" tall. When it comes time to replace them, we will be getting sizes closer to what should be on the 20" rim. Maybe 255/35x20s (27" tall) all around so they can be rotated? Or the stock size 245/40x20 which is 27-3/4" tall?

Ok so it has a set of squared I4/V6 6th gen 20" wheels on it. SS would have had wider rear wheels on it. Check the RPO codes to see what wheels/tires the car was ordered new with. It would be an 18", 19", 20" or even 21" wheel/tire. It doesn't appear to be an RS so it likely had 18" or 19" when new.

245/45/20 or 275/40/20 are the sizes that will match the oem tire height of the 18 and 19 that it would have come with. 245/45/20 is really what will fit that width of wheel the best but the 275 will work. The 315 tires are almost 3" wider than what should be on that width of wheel.

[olredalert]

----Steve,,,Cool wheels. At least your son will be able to clean the wheels easily as there is a ton of clearance around the caliper and spokes!.....Bill S

[njsteve]

Yeah. We are waiting for the new rear brake pads to show up. (I accidentally ordered a front set which of course got here in 2 days versus the rears that should be here on Monday, a week later. Sigh

At least the new grill emblem arrived today, as well as a brand new owners manual I found on ebay.

And we solved the blue tooth music problem. We just bought a $26 bluetooth transmiiter that goes in the lighter socket and then relays the music from your phone to your radio on the 88.3 FM position. It works great. Works so good, I'm gonna order another to use in the old cars.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[njsteve]

The rear brake pads showed up this morning and the boy and I installed them. It's amazing how interested he is in his car now and wants to do all sorts of stuff to it since the car is "cool" versus his old Honda Civic :-)

BTW we sold the Honda in about 30 seconds for $1200 more than we paid for it 4 years ago. A colleague of mine bought it as a first car for his daughter to drive at college. So we ended up just about breaking even since I spent around $1000 on brakes, shocks, tune up and tires over the years.

Another comical note. My son has been complaining (prior to replacing the rear pads) of a high pitched squeel when the brakes were applied. I thought he was nuts. I couldn't hear it and neither could my wife. My son recorded the noise with his phone. Neither the wife nor I could hear it on the recording either. So we tried an experiment: He played the recording for his sister (she's 26) and is very sensitive to high pitched noises. I told him to play it for her but stand behind her when he did it. I also told him that when the alleged sound came up he was to raise one finger so I knew it was playing even though I couldn't hear it.

Well what do you know? His sister immediately heard the sound and covered her ears at the exact same time he raised his finger. Of course she then yelled at me for letting her brother pull this stunt on her since she immediately got a migraine from the sound.

So the morale of the story is that old people can't hear certain very high frequency noises!

I do remember some news story several years ago about a convenience store playing high pitched mosquito sounds that only teenagers could hear, in order to prevent them from loitering in front of their store.

[72heavychevy]

Looks great! As fun as my '74 Camaro was in high school, it didn't stand a chance against my classmates with the "then-new" 2010+ 5th gen Camaros.

I don't see it mentioned yet, but that car also has a 2014/15 Z28-style spoiler added to it! That really makes the rear look a lot better than stock.

Enjoy it!!

[Stefano]

Congrats. I like my 5th gens still. 15 plus year old Technology but still works fine.

[njsteve]

We went to my buddy’s garage last night and went to install the new tire sensors but his tire machine won’t handle the 20” rim. We did find out that the rims have sensors already but they are the 430 frequency units for 2016-17, and are not compatible with a 2014 system. So we still need to install the 315 frequency units I bought. I have an appointment with a reputable tire shop to install them and balance the set tomorrow morning.