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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 02:40 PM
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vette rims

im selling four corvette rims, they are the thicker style c5 rims, chrome lookin to get 400 obo, heres what they look like, but the ones i have are chrome
http://home.fuse.net/corvette/bob-ncm.jpg
Old Oct 8, 2004 | 05:09 PM
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Re: vette rims

interested, would love to see some pics of your rims.
Old Oct 8, 2004 | 08:14 PM
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what size are they? any tires incl?
Old Oct 8, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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Would you do 400 shipped?
Old Oct 8, 2004 | 09:35 PM
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They are 18x9.5 in the rear and 17x8.5 up front. Use of them on a 95 and older 4th gen will more than likely require 1mm being shaved out of the center hub of the hole on the rear wheel because of 4th gens having an "Exploding hub".. They WILL fit though. And if you dont use a spacer and mag style lugs you WILL have to hammer in a few spots on your wheel wells. Sorry to intervein with your sale but I can answer these questions for them.

This is what they look like on my 95 Mystic Teal car.

http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/1.jpg


Install pictures:
http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/camaro/wheel/1.jpg
http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/camaro/wheel/2.jpg (Busted bump stop I replaced, you can see where I hammered -- its where the fresh undercoating paint was sprayed to keep it from rusting. )
http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/camaro/wheel/3.jpg
Old Oct 8, 2004 | 10:29 PM
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Re: vette rims

Originally Posted by OneSickSix
They are 18x9.5 in the rear and 17x8.5 up front. Use of them on a 95 and older 4th gen will more than likely require 1mm being shaved out of the center hub of the hole on the rear wheel because of 4th gens having an "Exploding hub".. They WILL fit though. And if you dont use a spacer and mag style lugs you WILL have to hammer in a few spots on your wheel wells. Sorry to intervein with your sale but I can answer these questions for them.

This is what they look like on my 95 Mystic Teal car.

http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/1.jpg


Install pictures:
http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/camaro/wheel/1.jpg
http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/camaro/wheel/2.jpg (Busted bump stop I replaced, you can see where I hammered -- its where the fresh undercoating paint was sprayed to keep it from rusting. )
http://bellkevin.home.comcast.net/camaro/wheel/3.jpg
Thats good to know. I should be getting a set this weekend, and I will be installing them after getting them painted or coated. I couldnt believe how cheap the painted ones are selling for Chrome would look pretty good on our cars though.
Old Oct 8, 2004 | 10:46 PM
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Re: vette rims

Originally Posted by Josh'95Z28conv
Thats good to know. I should be getting a set this weekend, and I will be installing them after getting them painted or coated. I couldnt believe how cheap the painted ones are selling for Chrome would look pretty good on our cars though.
No problem. Let me know if you have any questions. When I did it nobody could help me with it so it took me like a week to get ideas going on what the hell to do. Since it is only 1mm get a caliper and measure your hub then measure the hole for the hub on the wheel and see if you DO need to take it out. If you do, I used a dremel tool. 1mm isn't enough to throw the wheel out of balance, just take it slow and go in complete circles -- that way you wont **** up and take it out of round. Do it till you have enough then throw it on. DONT go for a drive yet you'll need to have the tires on it and you'll want to stick your arm in the wheel well to see where its close to rubbing. Since the rear wheels dont go in and out you dont need to worry about rubbing in turns or anything. I just figure for flex and tire growth/shrinkage from heat and such you'll want to be able to put your finger between the wheel well and the tires. Thats just me, I feel safer that way. SLP recommends replacing the bump stops with their spacers but I have not had any problems yet with stock bump stops.


It took me about 45 minutes to do the first wheel and the second wheel about 20 minutes because I knew what to hammer in and how long it took to shave out the hole of the wheel. Its DEFINATELY worth it though! I went with 275-40-18s in the back. Some say its too tall because its about 1" taller than stock measurements and will "throw your speedo off" -- but its only by about 2-5%... So when it says 100mph you'll be doing ~105. Surely not enough to worry about for normal driving. Like I said, whoever buys these for their F-Body or is already installing them. Let me know if you need any tips ;P



Once again, sorry to ***** up your thread :P These wheels ROCK on 4th gens though! I bump this thread to a very lucky owner! I wish mine were polished/chrome!!
Old Oct 9, 2004 | 03:33 AM
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Re: vette rims

no tires included, im gonna see if i can do 400 shipped, if i can the first person who gets dibs is Formula305fi, then next is 5literEeter.......if i cant let them go for 400 shipped...maybe we can work something out on shipping, thanks for the interest
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