C5 Brake Upgrade and Smoothie II's
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C5 Brake Upgrade and Smoothie II's
I have 17" Smothie II's on my car and am about to order the C5 brake upgrade. Does anyone know if they will fit? I just want to double check before I spend all the money on them and cut the spindles up to install them. I just don't want to screw myself over.
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When I was doing my C5 conversion, we did some test fitting of some friends wheels. One has a set of 17" Smoothies of a '69 Camaro, and his spokes would have hit the top of the caliper. I don't know how this will translate to the offset of the 4th gen wheels, but I thought I would share.
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Originally Posted by 68z28
When I was doing my C5 conversion, we did some test fitting of some friends wheels. One has a set of 17" Smoothies of a '69 Camaro, and his spokes would have hit the top of the caliper. I don't know how this will translate to the offset of the 4th gen wheels, but I thought I would share.
Originally Posted by Trent
Which C5 kit were you going to do? They might have different clearances. I know the Kore kit will give you a template to measure with. Not sure about the others.
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Originally Posted by UMI Performance
Hello Chad,
Don't forget we are a sponsor of this site and your site
AND
We offer the C5 kits
I am unsure of those wheels as I have never used them and I do not have a template available... I need to make one.
Ryan
Don't forget we are a sponsor of this site and your site
AND
We offer the C5 kits
I am unsure of those wheels as I have never used them and I do not have a template available... I need to make one.
Ryan
Yeah it's kinda frustrating not being able to tell if they'll fit. I'm thinking the top of the spokes are going to rub a little but I can't tell for sure.
BTW I've gotten tons of compliments on the pistol grip shifter. I can't even count how many people I told who made it at Speed Inc's open house and Outlaw's dyno day. I will get pictures up but my camara broke on me.
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Originally Posted by SpdFrk1990
You can ship your wheels to me and ill let you know if they fit .
My SS wheels there was about a hair of clearance between the caliper and a inner wheel weight.
My SS wheels there was about a hair of clearance between the caliper and a inner wheel weight.
I wish you did live closer so we could just toss the wheel on and find out.
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Originally Posted by SpdFrk1990
There was 1 guy on the boards I seen with the c5 brakes and tt2's he just had a slim spacer I forget the size tho.
Thanks I'll look into it.
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Originally Posted by UMI Performance
Hello Chad,
Don't forget we are a sponsor of this site and your site
AND
We offer the C5 kits
I am unsure of those wheels as I have never used them and I do not have a template available... I need to make one.
Ryan
Don't forget we are a sponsor of this site and your site
AND
We offer the C5 kits
I am unsure of those wheels as I have never used them and I do not have a template available... I need to make one.
Ryan
As for the brake kit I can get it for almost $400 cheaper than what you sell it for so that's why I'm going with them. And yes they have quality brakets and not the cheap ones you see come up from time to time.
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Anyone have an idea of what size spacers I should get? I want to buy the smallest ones possible but I don't want to have to buy a ton of them to end up with the right size either.
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Hmm Chad, how soon are you planning on doing these brakes? I just ordered mine too, but I probably won't get to install them til mid-June. Were you going to have yours together before then? If not, I wouldn't mind taking a ride up there as I've got some friends in Milwaukee I wouldn't mind visiting.
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Originally Posted by GR33N GoblinM6
dood at most.. you'll need a 2-4mm spacer.. not a big deal..
Originally Posted by DuronClocker
Hmm Chad, how soon are you planning on doing these brakes? I just ordered mine too, but I probably won't get to install them til mid-June. Were you going to have yours together before then? If not, I wouldn't mind taking a ride up there as I've got some friends in Milwaukee I wouldn't mind visiting.