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| CorvetteBob | Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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It seems commonly accepted that, in most cases, the early C4's need adapters to put on later wheels. In looking at some of these, I've noticed they don't have a center boss on them to act as the hub, yet our cars are are designed to use hub centric wheels. Am I the only one who's noticed this or is the issue taken care of by some other means? What do you guys think?
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Posted on: 2015/3/27 21:47
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| bogus | Re: Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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funny thing... we don't have to use hub centric rims.
IIRC, the ZR1 rear wheel will fit the early C4 without mods. |
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Posted on: 2015/3/29 21:25
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| CorvetteBob | Re: Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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I agree about the ZR1 rims. My reason for the topic is that I have a set of 9-1/2" saw blades that I'll need adapters for. I'm not suggesting you're wrong but I've pretty much had the "understanding" that our rims were supposed to be hub-centric for quite some time. Is there some documentation regarding this that answers the question either way? |
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Posted on: 2015/3/29 21:54
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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I don't like lug centric only. I guess I don't trust it. There are hub centric adapters btw. Hell I don't even like adapters. Btdt. Get a wheel that fits. Most of the new vette wheels look ridiculous on a C4 anyways.
But I ran both 1.25" and 1" lug centric adapters for a few years including a few track days or auto-x with c5 wheels, without issue. Get a helper to stab on the brakes when putting the fronts on. And snug all the lugs by hand to be sure it's perfectly centered. And make sure your studs and adapter nuts don't interfere with the wheel. Oem castings should be fine. My c5 reproductions required a little grinding! But a dumber person might have just bolted them on and not known unless they had a vibration or a wheel fall off. Have you seen the YouTube vid of the rx7? |
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Posted on: 2015/3/29 21:59
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| CorvetteBob | Re: Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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I agree with most everything you do. Where do I get hub-centric adapters. I'd like to get a set of wheels that fit without them, but It's not in the budget. One of the vendors on the other forum, "1st Rate corvette parts" (I think) sells them, but I don't know for how much. |
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Posted on: 2015/3/30 0:27
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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There's some on eBay.
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Posted on: 2015/3/30 0:49
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| BrianCunningham | Re: Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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My rebuildable hubs are lug centric
No real difference noted |
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| MikeB52 | Re: Wheel spacer/adapters question | ||
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Here's where I got mine recently.. http://www.c5racer.com/catalog/c5-c6- ... JXGldfWoMQCFRckgQodtF8AMA |
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Posted on: 2015/3/30 20:17
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