What size spacers do I need?
12-18-2008, 08:07 PM
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What size spacers do I need? I just bought some factory '08 Corvette wheels, and I BELIEVE the offset on the rears are +79. Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyways, I'm putting them on a '99 WS6, and I need to know what size spacers to get. Someone told me 1.25", but when I told that to a wheel and tire guy, he said there was NO way, because it would break.
12-19-2008, 07:52 AM
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Well, first off you don't need spacers . . . you need adapters.
79 - 50 = 29 mm or ~ 1 1/8" which would be the THINNEST adapter to work.
Therefore a 1 1/4" adapter would work fine.
Try to fine a nice hub and wheel centric unit like Eibach and H&R sells. They are pricey but you certainly do not want your wheel to fall off.
79 - 50 = 29 mm or ~ 1 1/8" which would be the THINNEST adapter to work.
Therefore a 1 1/4" adapter would work fine.
Try to fine a nice hub and wheel centric unit like Eibach and H&R sells. They are pricey but you certainly do not want your wheel to fall off.
12-19-2008, 07:55 AM
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Well, first off you don't need spacers . . . you need adapters.
79 - 50 = 29 mm or ~ 1 1/8" which would be the THINNEST adapter to work.
Therefore a 1 1/4" adapter would work fine.
Try to fine a nice hub and wheel centric unit like Eibach and H&R sells. They are pricey but you certainly do not want your wheel to fall off.
79 - 50 = 29 mm or ~ 1 1/8" which would be the THINNEST adapter to work.
Therefore a 1 1/4" adapter would work fine.
Try to fine a nice hub and wheel centric unit like Eibach and H&R sells. They are pricey but you certainly do not want your wheel to fall off.
12-20-2008, 10:53 PM
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I understand the general consensus is that a hub and wheel centric adapter is supposed to be a superior product, but I'm not sure how it's superior if they both work the same way. The only real difference I see is the lip on the inner hole of the H&R adapters, but aren't the lug nuts what really centers the wheel anyway?
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...but if the eBay adapters bolt to the stock studs just like a stock wheel would, then wouldn't they be centered as well? They've got the same angled holes and lugs as a stock wheel, so that should center just like it would if it were a stock wheel, right? Then, the wheel bolts to the adapters the same as it would to the stock hub too, so wouldn't it still be centered as well?
I understand the general consensus is that a hub and wheel centric adapter is supposed to be a superior product, but I'm not sure how it's superior if they both work the same way. The only real difference I see is the lip on the inner hole of the H&R adapters, but aren't the lug nuts what really centers the wheel anyway?
I understand the general consensus is that a hub and wheel centric adapter is supposed to be a superior product, but I'm not sure how it's superior if they both work the same way. The only real difference I see is the lip on the inner hole of the H&R adapters, but aren't the lug nuts what really centers the wheel anyway?
not saying hub centric is weaker, jsut what i read. personally dont see a difference either way