$799 plus the cost of the lug nuts and center caps. They are probably the best mod I have done to the car. I highly reccomend them.

 

They look great! Fit the wheel wells nicely too. Eric

 

Looks great! What size are your's, 8's?

 

Yes I have the 17x8 on all 4 corners. If you want to go larger than a 255 tire width then you will need the 17x9.

 

I reccomend a 245/45R17 Tire on the front for no rubbing. I installed 255/50R17 on all 4 corners. I had to slightly roll the front and back sides of the front wheel wells to get about a half inch extra room so there would be no rubbing. I was still able to attach the original chrome trim even though the front and rear had been rolled in a little. It was not enough to make the chrome not fit. The 245/45R17 would not have this issue.

 

Any idea what the backspace would be for a 9" wheel. I'm thinking of going with a 275 tire on the back of my '69. It also has station wagon springs so the rear is raised.

 

The backspace on the 9 Inch year 1 wheel is 5 inches

 

Beautiful, I want to run these on my Carousel Red 69'.

 

+1 and thanks for being the first to dive in and post some pics and learnings you got from it

 

How do you think these would fit on a 68 lemans? Im about to upgrade to disks in front, and im in the market to possibly replace my 14's. Not sure if 68' and 69's share the exact front fenders share the exact dimensions.
Do you think a 245/45R17x9 front, and a 255/50R17x9 rear would fit with no rubbing?
Anyone know of anyone who has gone with a 17" on a 68?
Thanks,
Mike

 

That setup would fit perfect on your 68 LeMans. Check out the Pro Touring forum there's a guy that had the same setup and same car

 

JTWoods4,

Hello! Hopefully you see this message; I know this thread has been dormant for quite awhile. Do you have more pics of the Year One 17" Rally II wheels installed on your '69 GTO? If so, could I bother you to see them?

I ask because, while I have been a big fan of these wheels ever since I found them on Year One's website over a year ago, I still can't figure out if I want to get a set for my '69 GTO. The size concerns me - my GTO is mostly original and I don't know if a 17" wheel will look out of place or not. Also, I'm curious if how "deep" the wheels are, and how much lighter the painted/powder coated background looks compared to original Rally II wheels, will bother me.

If you have any other pics could you post them to this thread? Not sure how much of a hassle that is since I basically just joined this forum today to reach out to you about your wheels.

Thanks!

 

here's a link to one of my photo albums that shows the wheels on the car they are awesome you can't go wrong with these wheels I have them on my GTO and by Trans Am

https://www.flickr.com/gp/33540400@N02/yv2V7S

 

 

This is such great feedback. At least I know now that I can run 17x9 with 5" feedback in the rear. I am gonna do research on some other wheels for my 69 but I will consider this ones for sure.

 

Wow, this is perfect! After seeing your pics I think I'm buying a set of these wheels in the Spring. You've helped me a lot; thank you.

Once I get my new wheels and tires I might have to post some pictures of my GTO on here.

 

68 GTO with 17 rally's from YO
9 inch rear, 8 inch front

 

Came across your post. Can you tell me your tire sizes for front and rear? Also, did you have to roll the fenders or cut the lip to fit these in? Thanks

 

bondobill,

Once again, I am reactivating this post after it's been dormant for months! First off, your '68 GTO looks great. Black always looks great on this body style, and the red-line tires are a nice touch. Thanks for sharing the pic.

What size tires did you wrap around those 17" Year One Rally II's? Did you have to make any suspension adjustments to avoid rubbing since you upgraded to a larger wheel and tire?

 

Here is a very nice 1968 Tempest Convertible with those wheels.

http://www.gtoforum.com/f12/1968-tempest-convertible-38410/

 

here is a picture of mine. front - 17x8 245/45/17 and rear - 17x9 275/40/17

 

Those look great!
I have these sitting in my office waiting to mount up. I ordered the 17 x 8 size, they are called the Ridler 675. Very happy with the price ($512 & free ship) and the appearance!

 

I put 8's on the front with 245's and 9's on the back and squeezed in 285's..Love the wheels and the ride is night and day with the extra rubber on the ground.

 

I have these 17'' staggered wheels on three of my GTO's. They are awesome. The best tire combo is made my Continental. Its 285/40R17 in the rear and 275/40R17 in the front. They fit perfect. And Continental is a great tire.

 

How did you fit 275's on the front? I could only get 245's in with without any clearance issues, wish I could have went wider. I went with the Nitto 555's.

 

The 275/40R17's fit perfect on the front of my 70 and 71 GTO's no alterations necessary. I had to roll in the front fender just slightly to make them fit on the 68.

 

So I would like to change from 15's to 17's but I'm worried about traction, I'm running about 500hp 550tq and it's hard enough with 275/60 drag radials to keep it between the ditches when I pop the clutch. I'm going to try and make some more room in the wells and maybe a 5" backset to try and fit some 305/45/17 in but drag radials aren't the best for handling and I'd like to keep a 28" tall tire to keep the rpms at a decent number, also would like an American name on the tire, just feels strange with a big Japanese lettered tire on my American muscle car...I know I'm weird like that. So what's everyone's opinion on something like that for good street traction?

 

Mickey Thompson ET street.

 

Also Bumping this thread. I have a 68 gto clone convertible... looking to switch it to 4 wheel Disc. Currently has 14" Rallye I's
Option 1 easy choice: get 15" Rally I's and then most disc kits will fit (what disc kit? is another thread lol)

Option 2. 17" Year One rally II's I'm thinking 17x8's all around But i have no idea what offset 4.5" or 5" ???? no idea what I should get.

 

If you go with the Rally II's, the 17x8's come with a 4.5 inch backspace and the 17x9's come with a 5 inch backspace. That is what you see on my car.

 

FWIW my 68 has 17 x 9 all around. No issues with rubbing etc. IIRC I couldn’t get 17 x 8’s at the time which I would have preferred. With the fast ratio power steering mod the ride is vastly improved over the 14 x 6 OEM Rally 2‘s that it came with.