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Old Aug 18, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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Not happy with whell offset, PICS Inside!

Guys, i'm not very happy with the way my Z06 wheels sit on my Camaro. I was planning on buying some spacers for the rear wheels to give it that little bit of "staggered" look. Any ideas on how big a spacer I could use without rubbing against the 1/4 panel?

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Old Aug 18, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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Hard to tell what you are trying to show from the pics, but it appears they show wheels sit fairly deep in the wheel wells. Is that what you don't like.... they are too deep? What is the size of the wheels.... diameter, width and offset? What year Z06 are they off of.... 5th Gen or 6th Gen.
Old Aug 18, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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I can hardly tell what I'm looking at.
Old Aug 18, 2007 | 03:59 PM
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you need to post better pics of your setup. Stand back a little bit more and take the pics.
Old Aug 18, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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i figured out what he is posting...

its from below the wheel wells.... looks like a 2 inch deepness....

get some 1 or 1.5 inch spacers....
Old Aug 19, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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LoL! SOrry about that guys, I kind of made that post super fast. I'll try out some 1' spacers. Thanks for the help.
Old Aug 20, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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How do these work? The bolts shown go on the adapter part or the wheel?
Old Aug 21, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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They are spacer/adapters. The holes in them slide over the stock wheel studs. The nuts are used to tighten the spacer/adapter to the stock hub. The holes in the wheel slide over the new studs on the spacer/adapter, and tighten in the normal fashion.
Old Aug 21, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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So, what offset are you running? Also, what size are the wheels?
Old Aug 22, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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They're 17's, all 4, not sure of the offset, i'm guessing they are the ones that sit in the most. Bought the car with the wheels so that's why i'm not sure.

Anyway, I ordered the spacers so we'll see how much of a difference 1' will make. Some people prefer that "stealthy" look, I on the other hand like the rear wheels to have a little bit of definition.
Old Aug 23, 2007 | 01:35 AM
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looks good to me
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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Like I said, the reason i'm worried is that the car is lowered, not really looking forward to rubbing the wheels against the outter fenders. I believe these wheels are 54mm offset as almost all the ones sold on ebay suggest so. I ordered 1' adapters so we'll see how it goes!
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