Pshnmeawy

I've got a set of 1994 rims I want to put on my 87. What size wheel spacer do I need for the front? I've already swapped the rear end to a 4th gen and I think the 4th gen rims look cleaner

84redta

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with stock front brakes, you need 2" spacers, with LS1 or slip on rotor brake upgrades, you need 1.5-1.75 front spacer.

91camarolover

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Where can you buy those 2" spacers?

BlackenedBird

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The Sticky at the top of this Forum would be a good place to start.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/whee...er-wanted.html

91camarolover

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Ok I read the sticky and I'm still confused. How does everybody get their corvette rims to fit? Nobody will tell me

84redta

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wheel...Q5fAccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHEVY...Q5fAccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHEVY...Q5fAccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-WHE...Q5fAccessories

I think I got mine from the guy with the red back drop in his picture.

1ADan

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once you have the spacers, there's nothing left to do. the spacer bolts in place to your lugs and the lugs on the spacer bolt to the wheels. voila, done.

84redta

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Just make sure that the spacers you get come with 10 lug nuts to mount the spacers to the hubs. I'm not sure if there are any suppliers that don't supply them, but just something to keep an eye on.

BlackenedBird

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Ideally, you would want some clearance on the inside of the rim to compensate for suspension movement, etc. In this case, we recommend 2" adapters for the front and rear. You can run the 2" adapters in the rear, even though you only need an extra 1.12" backspacing. This will move the wheel further out in the wheelwell, matching the front, and the wider track will help cornering as well. The only time to not match the front adapters is when you have wider wheels in the back (17x11 ZR1's for example). In that case, the wheel will fit in the wheelwell if the 1.25" adapter is used, but will protrude past the fender lip if you have a wider than necessary adapter. For all fourth-gen rims - 2" adapters front and rear should be used on a third-gen. Some folks prefer having a thinner adapter in the rear. This will fit fine, but the rim will be inside a bit compared to the front. The same thickness on the front and rear gives a more balanced look than using thinner adapters in the rear (with the same size rims f&r) For C5 and 17x11 ZR1 rims, please do the math!

Rim Name Size Offset Backspacing Suggested Thickness (3rd Gen) Corvette 84-87 16x9.5 38mm 6.6" 2" Corvette 88-96 17x9.5 56mm 7.3" 2.25" Corvette GS ZR1 style 17x9.5 50mm 7" 2" Corvette ZR1 style (Low Offset) 17x9.5 38mm 6.7" 2" Corvette ZR1 style (Low Offset) 17x11 36.5mm 7.397" 1.25" Rear Corvette ZR1 style (High Offset) 17x9.5 56mm 7.4" 2.25" Corvette ZR1 style (High Offset) 17x11 50mm 7.93" 2" Rear C5 Corvette 97-2000 17x8.5 front 56mm 6.8" 2" C5 Corvette 97-2000 18x9.5 rear 63mm 7.6" 2" C5 Corvette Z06 17x9.5 front 54mm 7.2" 2.25" C5 Corvette Z06 18x10.5 rear 58mm 7.9" 2" Rear C6 Corvette 18x8.5 front (new 88967389, old GM 9594351) 56-58mm depending on where you see it 6.53" 2" Front & Rear C6 Corvette 19x10 rear (new 88967390, old GM 9594353) 79mm 8.11" 2.25" Rear C6 Corvette Z06 18x10 front


C6 Corvette 19x12 rear


Camaro 82-92 16x8 front 0mm 4.35" Camaro 89-92 16x8 rear 16mm 5" Camaro F1 ZR1-style 17x9 50mm 6.8" 2" Camaro 93-97 16x8 55mm 6.5" 2" ROH ZS 17x9.5 5 mm 5.472" ROH ZS 17x8.5 -7 mm 4.5"

84redta

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Yea, i'm using 2" in the front with a 4th gen rear with my vette y2k's, but will be doing the LS1 brake upgrade in the front in the near future, so may go with 1.5" if I can't find 1.75" cheaply.