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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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Corvette Rims
My girlfriends dad has corvette rims of a 85 corvette the tire size is 275 40 17 i belive they are 10.5 inches wide i want to put them on a 85 pontiac firebird any help would be appreciated thanx Lance
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 08:28 AM
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my 1999 corvette rims required the use of 2" adapters front and back
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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my vette rims required 2 inch adapters front and back as well but i think you may need a slightly larger adapter because they are wider than the ones i have
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 10:38 PM
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i was wondering if i need a 2.25 or 2 inch spacer
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:30 AM
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Those should be 9.5” rims (measured lip to lip the 9.5’s will measure ~10.5”)
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