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 Post subject: So close, yet so far away
PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:25 pm 
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F-bodies and Vettes have the same bolt patter for the wheels, but the f-body hub is just slightly (not so much that you would ever notice) larger. Why does this matter. Aftermarket wheels are usually made to fit all 3 so if they use an f-body hub, it'll work fine of the vettes and they can sell more wheels. This also means that wheel spacers are made with f-body size hubs. Why do I know all of this. I got good new tires for my OEM wheels and went to put them on the car last night only to find they didn't fit over the spacers hub.

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rotten luck ... sorry man ... :(

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I don't know about that I got Vette specific rims and they go on the hub quite nicely.

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See you should get a F-body then and then the problems would be solved.

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Roy wrote:
I don't know about that I got Vette specific rims and they go on the hub quite nicely.


Are they OEM or aftermarket - both my Z06 and C4 GS wheels fit fine, but they're aftermarket replicas.

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Factory.
There is another guy that is running factory Corvette rims on his red Fbody also.

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Keith are you sure its not just the spacer causing the problem?

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yeah, the hub on the spacer is to big. That's the problem. It works with both of my aftermarket sets of wheels, but not the OEM wheels.

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