WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
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WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
91 Formula > Stock rims. Pulled the stock rims out yesterday and put new tires on them, getting ready for winter and putting the cragars up till spring. Brought my stockers home to switch out the cragars on the bird. Major rubbing, Grinding on the front strut tower and a little on the tie rod end. Ground my rims good. Took of the balancing weights ond left shavings in my drive!>>> Did the WS6 come with bigger rear rims and I had the wrong tires installed on the wrong rims?? >>>Did all 4rims on the WS6/Formula come in the same stock size?
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
the 16x8 ws6 wheels have different backspacing front and rear.
it says on the inside of the wheel wich is which.
fronts fit on the rears but the rears rub up front
it says on the inside of the wheel wich is which.
fronts fit on the rears but the rears rub up front
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
Yup! meatal rim shavings in my drive and balancing weights Damnit! I would think the guys at "Belle tire" would of known better. Bought "fatties" for what I thought was the back and can't reverse the order and put them on the front.... >>Thank you!<< Gonna have to swap it all back the right way next week! What a pain in my A$$! Is there a back spacing plate I can EASILY get to rectify this with out remounting all 4tires/rims?
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
#1...Go back to the tire store & tell them they owe you 2 new rims. They are clearly marked FRONT & REAR on the back & they obviousll put the rears on the front (fronts fit rear, but rears don't fit the front (without spacers).
#2....You can run spacers up front for the rear wheels to fit. I BELIEVE the factory rear aluminum drum brake, slip on spacers will allow the rears to fit the front. I've been told that, but never verifyied it personally.
#3...Belle Tire needs to replace the 2 rims that THEY damaged, swap the tires all for FRE. Had they paid attention, no problem would have occured.
#2....You can run spacers up front for the rear wheels to fit. I BELIEVE the factory rear aluminum drum brake, slip on spacers will allow the rears to fit the front. I've been told that, but never verifyied it personally.
#3...Belle Tire needs to replace the 2 rims that THEY damaged, swap the tires all for FRE. Had they paid attention, no problem would have occured.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
so just wondering when you rotate your tires you have to have them pulled off the rims and re mounted huh? its gettin closer to that time for me grrrrrr
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
Well, you can "rotate" left to right by simply swapping the wheels/tires at home, but not front to back. That requires dismounting, remounting & rebalancing the tires. Also another reason people like to run 4 front wheels, on all 4 corners. Makes rotating them much easier & cheaper, plus front wheels on the back just plain LOOK better. More of a wide, aggressive stance.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
Well, you can "rotate" left to right by simply swapping the wheels/tires at home, but not front to back. That requires dismounting, remounting & rebalancing the tires. Also another reason people like to run 4 front wheels, on all 4 corners. Makes rotating them much easier & cheaper, plus front wheels on the back just plain LOOK better. More of a wide, aggressive stance.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
just to add, I have a 90 ws6 and the rims are thicker in front than the back. Is that the correct fitting?
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
Fronts will fit the rear, but rears won't fit the front, because the wheels will hit the brake calipers.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
Axle specific wheels. They are 16 x8 have FRONT & REAR casting identification. So you will not be able to rotate the tires unless they are unmounted and rebalanced. One of GM's better ideas.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
I always wondered WHY is there different spacing between the front and back 3rd Gen wheels?
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
So the thinner rim goes on the back and the thicker rim goes on the front, right?
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
But if your asking about the depth/dish of the wheels? The deeper depth on the outside, goes on the front.
The backs of the wheels are cast with FRONT & REAR on them, so you can't get them mixed up, as long as you look.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
Where exactly can I find that?
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
GM probably realized how dumb it was to have to produce 2 different wheels, when they could just incorporate the different track widths into the manufacturing of the rear end width & the front hub sizes, to achieve the same result.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
my front tires rub ,the PO told me that they had put the rear tires on the front rims and the front tires on the back rims , is thispossible, what were the stock tire size , forthe 88 trans am "not the rim size"
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What size are your tires? I've run 245/50R16s & 255/50R16s up front, both on stock front wheels, and neither rubbed.
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
i just measured them ,all four almost measure 17'' so im assuminf they are 16's
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What is the tire size, printed on the tire sidewall?
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Re: WS6/Formula stock rims front/back different sizes?
the fronts are 245/50ZR16 by CARAT and the rears are P22560R16 by Goodyear they are the Regatta model
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