Pics of C6 wheels!!!
Yeah I also know from experience as well....I put 18X10.5 Z06 wheels on the 94TA, and used spacers and ARP studs. With the spacers they look much better. The car is not lowered in these pics, but atleast you can see how the wheels come out further. remember this is the same exact size and offset wheel, but with spacers.
Last edited by KB99WS6; Dec 8, 2004 at 10:45 PM.
Originally Posted by KB99WS6
Yeah I also know from experience as well....I put 18X10.5 Z06 wheels on the 94TA, and used spacers and ARP studs. With the spacers they look much better. The car is not lowered in these pics, but atleast you can see how the wheels come out further. remember this is the same exact size and offset wheel, but with spacers.
5/16" spacer will help alot, 1/2 spacer should be just right. Just my .02 though. After that your Camaro will look badass!
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how hard is it to put in the ARP studs? I had to put a lose one back in on my truck but I haven't tried to replace some perfectly fine studs like on my camaro. I just don't want to screw something up.
Originally Posted by joblo1978
Yeah, it's funny how little things like that just change the look of the whole car. I'm sure there's also a performance gain from having your wheels spread out a bit further.
5/16" spacer will help alot, 1/2 spacer should be just right. Just my .02 though. After that your Camaro will look badass!
5/16" spacer will help alot, 1/2 spacer should be just right. Just my .02 though. After that your Camaro will look badass!
Yeah I am pretty sure I used 5/16" spacers, not positive though. If the wheels were 18X9.5's instead of the 10.5's, a 1/2" spacer might be more appropriate.
Jammon, I had the local shop put my wheels on the car-the tires had to be mounted, etc etc. I think they had to do something to get the arp studs through one of the holes, but I can't remember exactly what the problem was. i think if you jack it up by the axle keeping the springs compressed, you'll be fine though.
Originally Posted by jammon46
how hard is it to put in the ARP studs? I had to put a lose one back in on my truck but I haven't tried to replace some perfectly fine studs like on my camaro. I just don't want to screw something up.
Jack up car.
Remove wheels and tires.
Remove caliper assembly (two bolts).
Remove rotor retaining clips if your car still has them on there.
Remove abs/wheel speed sensor with one bolt. If you don't have it, which you should because yours is a y2k it's easy.
Pound out bolts through sensor hole.
Pull new ones through, you have just enough room to pull them past the ring gear.
Put washer over the new stud so you don't have to tighten as far and pull them through until snug with an old lugnut.
Very easy to do with access to air tools like I have. An air wrench makes quick work of pulling studs through.
With 1/2" spacers, I actually have more threads to work with than when I had stock wheels and no spacer. Plus the ARP's are chromoly, way way stronger than the stock ones.
Originally Posted by jammon46
how hard is it to put in the ARP studs? I had to put a lose one back in on my truck but I haven't tried to replace some perfectly fine studs like on my camaro. I just don't want to screw something up.
Jack up car.
Remove wheels and tires.
Remove caliper assembly (two bolts).
Remove rotor retaining clips if your car still has them on there then rotor.
Remove abs/wheel speed sensor with one bolt. If you don't have it, (which you should because yours is a y2k, it's easy) you have to drain gear oil and loosen the axles.
Pound out bolts through sensor hole.
Pull new ones through, you have just enough room to pull them past the ring gear.
Put washers over the new stud so you don't have to tighten as far and pull them through until snug with an old lugnut.
Very easy to do with access to air tools like I have. An air wrench makes quick work of pulling studs through.
With 1/2" spacers, I actually have more threads to work with than when I had stock wheels and no spacer. Plus the ARP's are chromoly, way way stronger than the stock ones.
Originally Posted by jammon46
how long of a stud should i get ?
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Verdad Gallardo You know what I just found out I did use 1/2" spacers. I bought both 5/16" spacers and 1/2" and I checked and I still have the 5/16 ones and than I remembered them using the longer ones.
The pictures I posted above you can't tell that well ho far the come out to the fender. Here are some better pictures in terms of seeingthe offset from the rear.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...page_id=301043
(the 6th and seventh picture are real good shots for seeing the offset)
The pictures I posted above you can't tell that well ho far the come out to the fender. Here are some better pictures in terms of seeingthe offset from the rear.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...page_id=301043
(the 6th and seventh picture are real good shots for seeing the offset)
Originally Posted by KB99WS6
You know what I just found out I did use 1/2" spacers. I bought both 5/16" spacers and 1/2" and I checked and I still have the 5/16 ones and than I remembered them using the longer ones.
The pictures I posted above you can't tell that well ho far the come out to the fender. Here are some better pictures in terms of seeingthe offset from the rear.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...page_id=301043
(the 6th and seventh picture are real good shots for seeing the offset)
The pictures I posted above you can't tell that well ho far the come out to the fender. Here are some better pictures in terms of seeingthe offset from the rear.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...page_id=301043
(the 6th and seventh picture are real good shots for seeing the offset)
Originally Posted by KB99WS6
Everyone of course will mention lowering it, and I also agree with that but to me the main thing it needs is some wheel spacers in the back. Those rear wheels tuck in too far IMO. The wheels look to be the stock vette offset which is not right for our cars as they tuck in too much. Bringing the wheels out a bit will look much better from the rear and angle views.
As far as the overall look, I am undecided. Contrary to what someone else said, I definitely think they look better on the actual C6. Overall, in terms of aftermarket wheels Id give the look a C+. If its lowered and you use some wheel spacers on the rear it would probably be upgraded to a B+
Just my measely 2 cents.
As far as the overall look, I am undecided. Contrary to what someone else said, I definitely think they look better on the actual C6. Overall, in terms of aftermarket wheels Id give the look a C+. If its lowered and you use some wheel spacers on the rear it would probably be upgraded to a B+
Just my measely 2 cents.
Last edited by UnleashedBeast; Dec 13, 2004 at 10:27 AM.
Originally Posted by UnleashedBeast
If you think that the vette offset for the rear wheel looks bad on a Camaro you should see how much worse it looks on a TA. Our wider fenders increase the problem. I have 1999 C5 63-65mm offset wheels on mine and they look terrible on my car without a spacer. No problem though, I have some 18x9.5 56mm silver ZR1 wheels I'm bidding on now. That will solve my problem. Yes, I did say 18" ZR1 wheels. Can't wait to see what they look like on my baby.
63-65mm?
Something about that offset doesn't sound right. You're still going to want a spacer with the ZR1's also (or did you know that already?). Even 56mm looked terrible on my TA before the spacer.
Originally Posted by joblo1978
KB99WS6, you're lowered with a prokit now right? Are you still running the spacers and what tire and wheel size/combo you running? Got any spacers in the front? I'm wondering if I'm going to have problems with my tires rubbing on the outside with the spacers and prokit and 18's
damn those look nice..how much of a professional painter do u need to be to paint ur brake calipers Red..ive always wanted to do taht on my black T/A..i like the effect of red brake calipers on chrome wheels..on a black car.
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It's easy man. get some high temp paint (I used some caliper paint) from autozone, scrub 'em down with a brush and some simple green, tape 'em with duct tape or whatever tape you got, and then shoot even, thin coats on it. I think I put on about 5 to be sure. the more the better.
Originally Posted by jammon46
I have been saying that they are 17x9.5 and 18x10.5... but I am wrong, they are actually 17x8.5 and 18x9.5. Same size and offset as the c5 vette wheels.
Ahhhh, so that's why they looked so tucked in.
You gonna get some spacers and studs or what?