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Just checked out there site but there on vacation until 9/7 does anyone know any other place where i can find these adapters and spacers and also what kind of shops would instal them?
Iv'e been to Goodyear and Big O tires and they said I couldn't do anything to fit them.
Dunno how much experience you have hands on with your car(s)....But spacers are as easy as putting on wheels. They bolt right on under the rim. They can be installed with your eyes closed. Tell all those shops to go to hell. The normal market has no idea how to do NON-stock upgrades. Never listen to shops. Listen to guys here.
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-Victor Jr. intake, less than 4k miles on it.
I am buying Cragar SS inset Rims..... 15X10 rear 15X8 on front.... would I need spacers for these rims as well??? anyone Know??
Going Either Cragar SS or TTII's not 100% sure yet.. but the cast numbers of ppl on here with TTII's I might go with the Cragars just to be different.....
Well, pretend you are changing a flat tire, loosen the lug nuts a bit, you jack up the car, remove the wheel, slip spacer over the studs, tighten up the lug nuts on the spacer (need two people to do the fronts, one to hold the brake pedal while the other tightens up the lugs), place wheel onto the spacer, bolt wheel down with lug nuts.
do this for each wheel.
I doubt my studs would be long enough, would i need to get longer one's?
Also i forgot to mention the fronts are 17' and the backs are 18' is it still possible to fit the back one's or would i need to get 17's in back aswell?
you can run 18's in the back. you can run 20's in the back ir your heart desires. Your studs will be plenty long for the spacers. The spacers essentially look like a big ole' block of aluminum or steel. they've got a second set of studs coming out of them in the factory bolt pattern and length. You screw your lug nuts onto the spacers, which secures them to the wheel brake rotor, then you put your new wheel on the spacer. if someone has pictures, it might help you visualize it more.
__________________ 1985 Pontiac Firebird-4th gen dash, 4th gen center console, 4th gen seats, 4th gen door panels.
Jasper 2.8L under the hood
Rebuilt 700r4, shift kit, corvette servo, high pressure boost valve.
don't think so. Check at the sponsors on the top of the page, i think they sell wheel adapters for putting 4th gens on these cars, and i believe that 4th gens use the same backspacing necessary to run the corvette wheels.