A buddy of mine has some corvette wagon wheels he'll sell me for $250. Will they fit directly on my formula w/out needing any modifications? And is this a good deal?..I know there's better wheels out there but i figured they'd look better than my stock 16's. Thanks for any input.

 

What size are they? I have 18x9.5 on all four corners on my car. I did have to do a little fender pounding, but after that they fit just fine.

 

They're 17's in the front and 18 in the rear, i think. Its however they came from the factory on a 98 corvette. I bet the rear tires will be pretty expensive.

Anyone have a pic of these on a firebird?

 

i think those wheels are ugly as hell...

 

i have 98 wagon wheels on my 99 z
you will have the bfh mod on the inner fender in the rear not to bad though i used a 5/16 spacer to help to. imo these are the best lookin vette rims they made. they are staggered which gives a awesome look and the 17 x 8.5 and 18 x 9.5 rims give it a great look too. tires werent that bad from discount tire direct w/ free shipping i had less then 325 in the rears( falkens ) and new fuzions fzi up front cost about 225 and close to 80 in mount n balance here locally. if it wasnt night id go snap ya a pic on my car. its pewter w/ siver racing stripes and silver wagon wheels looks killer just needs to be lowered a bit now. btw i removed the vette emblum from the center cap so the whole piece is black looks great in my predjudice opinion

 

Where did you have to pound out, ft, rr, both/rear lip or what? Also, is your car lowered at all, or are those stock springs/height?

The reason I ask is I want to do this too, but lowered with Eibaach Prokit, which my buddy has on his (but 17's and 18's with a spacer on rear) and he doesnt have any problems, so he says...sorry for the hijak, but when the opportunity presents itself...

 

the lower part of the inside lip will needed to be hammered back a lil bit pretty much from the rear (about 1 oclock) all the way down the front ( @ 6 oclock ) going counterclockwise. then once you have done that the inside of the tire well ( at about 9 oclock ) the fender well right there will need to be messaged back as well ( along the front width of the tire ). other people have told me they had bump stop issues, i didnt but i did take the grinder too it and smooth it down a bit just incase b/c those edges looked sharp. my rear tire is a 275/40/18 and after about 3 hrs of test fitting and grinding hammering it was perfect, the 3 hours includeds test riding jacking it up taking off the wheels ect and im very very meticulous about my car i wanted it to serve its purpose but not be noticeable from a quick glance over. i also took sound eliminating undercoating ( black ) and sprayed the intire inner fenderwell, this served 2 purposes
1: cleaned it up alot period and now wont ever rust ect
2: if i had another rub issue id know exactly where to work
( forgive my simplistic 1 oclock 3 oclock references but w/out having a pic its a lil hard to convert what im trying to say. )

 

I'm lowered about 1.25" and I only had to pound the inner fender closest to the front of the car. I didn't have to touch the fender lip. The only other place it rubs is my LCA. If I'm at the track I noticed that it will rub that just a little bit. But this is only under extreme conering. Nothing that I'd see under normal driving. I'm running 265/35/18 in the front and 295/35/18 in the rear.

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