Jay_rich

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Well this is the first time my car has seen the ground since the day I bought it in august. I still need to adjust and align it

Did weight jacks and konis all around, everything suspension wise brand new or custom made and I built a 3.5" stainless exhaust.

Here she is on c4 zr1/ss rims.

4th gen rear
1.75" adapters up front on c5 z06 brakes.(adds 0.300")

Sorry for the cell pic. Once its out ill be doing a photoshoot

Jay

plum92_camaro

Looks really good Jay_rich!

87oldschool

Please tell me what rear suspension you are running is that a IRS late corvette? Would like to confer with you regarding difficulty of swap?
Thanks,
Carl 336-707-2328

camarozz383

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hey guys, can someone help me, I have a set of 18''x9 boss 304 wheels, so I got 2010 camaro brembo brakes, I installed my brakes and my wheel wont fit over them so I borrowed a 18'' cobra mustang wheel and it fits perfect! the design of my wheel is the problem.pic of cobra wheel

next question? does anyone on here have these wheels wheelswww.oewheelsllc.com/Clearance/Wheels-for-Chevrolet/Corvette-C5-Deep-Dish-Wheel-Matte-black_3#.U35lXPldU71 if so can you measure the inside distance of the barrel for me? I really dont want to order these wheels to find out they dont fit!! thanks

MOTO RR

Mmmm vette wheels on a 3rd gen just what I wanted to see.

I've been researching, I have a 91 vert... Looking to just get a clean set of wheels for the street. Found a set of c5z wheels 17x9.5 18x10.5 OEM wheels.

With spacers only would they clear without rubbing?

Tire size front is 295 rear is 315...

Yay? Nay? Before I make a purchase

InfernalVortex

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1.75" adapters will only work with the 17x9 ZR1's (Camaro SS) and not the corvette 17x9.5's.

Really... I dont think theres any advantage to 17x9.5, you're gonna run a 275/40/17 on both of them. Just one has more unsprung weight and will stick out a little further from the fender. Yours look amazing.

I just realized I never put up a picture with ZR1's re plastidipped a different color. I thought the "anthracite" was way too dark so I decided to spray some pearlizer over it.

Gsoleski

Mirror Image

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I was looking at the 2010 Camaro SS wheels but went with C5 Zo6 wheels

dprest68

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I've had the car on the road for a little while now. I am finally getting around to posting pics on here. Here's my car beside my friend Luis' TTA at a local cruise-in.

Skinny Neb

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Forget the wheels! That color looks awesome!




(the wheels look nice too)

dprest68

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Thanks Neb!

robbe_iroc

I used to have cheap z06 copies, but now I've got these c5 magnesium ones and I also upgraded my front brakes with some c6 ones. At first I thought the magnesium wheels were alot uglier than the c5 z06 ones I had, but after a few weeks I got used to these ones too and actually like them now.

1991sleeper

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This is the color I want by bird :-/

91' bird 305 TBI T-5, trick flow 175 cc heads, 4.10 gears, lots of suspension upgrades......... 24mpg @ 2300rpm hwy 65mph ........ 8.63@ 85mph 1/8th on street tires... 8.000's soon

robbe_iroc

Side view with magnesium wheels

robbe_iroc

Old wheels. Old brakes. But upside down.....

dprest68

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It's '96 Grand Sport Corvette Blue

DiabolicalRS

where is everyone getting there wheel adapters, besides easyaccessories (how ever its spelled)? Here are my wheels just need to get these adapters...
dirty atm here they are mocked up..

dprest68

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^^ I have two 2" adapters that would work for those. Shoot me a PM if you are interested.

THEIROCMAN

man that looks just like a car the guy next door to me had in high school. In Tara subdivision in Richmond, Tx.

Coolnyjay

The door handle conversion is pretty cool.

Jay_rich

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I used WheelGear on ebay. Quality pieces. Working great for me.

http://www.ebay.com/usr/wheelgear?_t...10.m2749.l2754

Jay

onetallguy19

Love this car. Do you have anymore up to date pics of this car?

musicnme

My 1982 Z28 after reading this thread and finding C6 Z06 wheels. They fit great and do not rub.

scuzo6969

Ur car are looking Amanzing!!!

I will like to use the same wheels and spacers....
The rear wheels are perfect is exactly this what i am looking for!!

plz can u tell me what full setup are u using??
Tires Size , Wheels and Wheels offset front and rear , Wheels adapters sizes...etc...

Tks

PAFORM350

Nice!

Realmac4

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Here's a set

OE Wheels C6 Z06

18x8.5 front, 1 in spacer, 13 in vette brakes

18x10.5 rear, 1.5 in spacer, stock third gen rear, drum to 4th gen f-body disc swap, minor forward inner fender clearance with a blunt instrument, lol

245/40/18 Sumitomo HTRZ III front
285/35/18 rear

Thanks

Mike

dprest68

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Looks great Realmac4! ^^

Thanks Scuzo! Sorry, I haven't been on here in quite awhile.

Here's the information on the wheels and tires:
dished 18x8.5 fronts w/ 245/40zr18 tires and 1" non-hubcentric spacers
dished 18x10.5 rears w/ 285/35zr18 tires and 1.5" spacers

When I have to buy rear tires again I will switch over to 295's. The sidewall on the 285's lean a little toward the centerline of the tire instead of being vertical like it should be, IMO. And the 295 tire looks like it would fit just fine.

Also, I was glad I went with 18" rims on the front so that I didn't have any rim/tie rod end interference and I have plenty of room for a bigger brake upgrade in the future if I so desire.

I have Sportline springs all the way around, LS1 brakes up front & stock PBR brakes in the rear.

Here's some more information from my build thread along with a few pics:
Front 1" spacer installed


Luckily the wheels are dimpled between the mounting holes because the wheels studs are 1¼" long and extend past the spacer


Because of that the wheels mount-up with no problem.

There's more information towards the bottom of page 12 on my build thread in case you need more. The link is in my signature below.

jimmy92rs

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here is mine.... the wheels are actually polished, but dont look so in the pics... 19x10s outback...




wide bastards....

Slash

C5 Z06 Chrome DeepDish. 265-40R17 front, 295-35R18 in back

VortecZ

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Just another set of C6 Z06 wheels and tires. Seen a lot of them on here but most are replicas. These are OEM. The wife wanted black wheels on her '07 Z06 so I got her a set of the '09 black spyder wheels. That means I got the originals that I just had to do something with. All it took was hours and hours of mini tubing along with narrowing a 4th gen rear about 3/4" each side. Perfect fit for 19x12s in the rear. The fronts just use a 1-1/4" spacer with C5 brakes that space them out another 5/16".




The car isn't done yet so I don't have much better pics. Doing a LSX swap this winter.

Manic Z

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Just out of curiosity, why did you have to narrow the rear end?
I always thought you needed a wider rear end (4rth gen) and/or spacers to get vette rims to mount properly on our cars.

VortecZ

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most vette wheels work great with a 4th gen rear end or 2" thick spacers. For OEM C6 Z06 wheels, the wheels are wider and have a different offset.

greenyone

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I have a second hand cheapo replica set of these to put on a stock rear end. What width are your wheels? If they are the same as mine think I'll do the same tire size as you. Looks good!

greenyone

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That last post was meant for Slash

New2Chevy

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Hey Greenyone. How goes the welding and such? LOL

greenyone

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I talked to Founders and they sent me another LCA relocation bracket just to be sure that one was not damaged in shipping. The replacement bracket was not any better...which means the original rear end bracket was just off from the F body assembly line. I gave it another go with the pry bars with no success. I may have a hernia now. I plug welded the original hole in the rear end, ground it nice and flat then drilled a new one to line up with the Founders bracket. It's all back together now and my ride height seems to measure the same on both sides. I'm happy.

camarozz383

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here are my wheels guys, 18x9.5 front and 18x10.5 rear with 2'' spacers all way around, love them!!

dprest68

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Looks great man! Clean car!

1991sleeper

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Only think I hate about spacers is how far the brakes are from the wheel ... just don't look right especially when u have nice brake setup

scuzo6969

My 91 Z-28 5.7 ( RED ALERT ) with 67.000mil on it...
I have on a C4 Corvette Wheels set....
Front 8.5 wheels with 2.0 spacers and tires 245/45/r17
Rear 9.5 wheels with 1.5 spacers and tires 285/40/r17
Eibach Springs Set...Black ones on front and Red ones on rear and a Bilstein Shock Absorbers Set...

Tell me what you think because nobody uses C4 wheels on this cars...
In my opinion It looks "sweet" !!!

TKS.

jliroc

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Looks awesome man. Nice car!

robbe_iroc

Looks dääm fine with those saw blades on it. And that paint job does ad a bit to the sweet look swell for sure :-)
I just got hold of another set of C5 magnesium wheels for mine, so now I run 4 rear 18x9,5" gold mags. It always fun to use unusual wheels

STREETDEMON

+1 on the saw blades. that looks great. the older i get the more i like a "period correct" wheel and look.

RubberDucky

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This is how I am as well. The longer I own the car the more I appreciate its original design.

ws6drop

What size wheel adapters did you use front and back. I noticed you have corvette brakes in the front.

VortecZ

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I've got a few to add. I've always been a big fan of vette wheels.

My 91 right after I got the air ride system complete:


My convertible with C4 Grandsports just on there temporarily:


And my convertible now with the same wheels from my 91 but painted. I restored this car over the winter and using these wheels painted white was my idea of a somewhat period correct mod:

nyckid

bump

ambainb

ambainb

IrocZ'85

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wanted to update with my ride-height adjusted. I think it really sets off the look! The post above me looks like it has the same deepd dish C5 style ^, but mine are the grey version. Cheers