I know this topic has been beat to death but after doing a search I have come up with nothing. I have a chance to buy a set of 06' C6 wheels and tires from a friend of mine and I am woundering how much of a spacer will I need to make them sit in the wheel well correctly. Where do I get a spacer like that? I will be trying them out this weekend just to try and see what they will look like. They are 19" in the rear and 18" in the front. I shouldn't have any problems getting them to fit over my factory disk brakes. 
Has any one done this yet? Do you have any pics of them on a GTA? Thank's
Phil
Has any one done this yet? Do you have any pics of them on a GTA? Thank'sPhil
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You're probably specifying GTA in the search terms or somthing? I've told countless individuls what I did to put c6 18/19 combo on my bird.
From my last PM:
From my last PM:
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Are you lowered? How much? That will affect how the wheels sit in the fenderwells so my advice will best work on a bird lowered as much as mine (~2-3" in the front). They are 18x8.5 front and 19x10 rear. I run a 2" spacer in the front along with a 275/35-18 BFG KDWNT tire. The only time I rub is at full lock in reverse backing down a hill. A little specific, eh? I like that I don't rub at all driving but I think the wheels tuck a little too far in the fenderwells for my taste. Well, more truthfully they just tuck in farther than the rears because of how wide the rears are. I actually just ordered a pair of 2.25" adapters for the front to see how that looks. I think it'll balance out the rear better but I know for a fact I'll be messing with the plastic fender liner a bit. Not too much but enough.
For the rear I'm using an 4thgen LT1 rear axle so it's wider. I'm also using a 1" adapter along with rolled fenderlips. I think that's around ~2.75" wider than a factory thirdgen per side. From what I understand the rears are between 3.5-4" wider. If you're running a stock thirdgen rear I'd try a 2.5" adapter in the rear and a 2" in the front and be willing to pick up another pair of adapters if that doesn sit how you like it.
EDIT: Someone should start a sticky with different wheels and the spacers/adapters required to fit them along with dimensions and maybe pictures?Are you lowered? How much? That will affect how the wheels sit in the fenderwells so my advice will best work on a bird lowered as much as mine (~2-3" in the front). They are 18x8.5 front and 19x10 rear. I run a 2" spacer in the front along with a 275/35-18 BFG KDWNT tire. The only time I rub is at full lock in reverse backing down a hill. A little specific, eh? I like that I don't rub at all driving but I think the wheels tuck a little too far in the fenderwells for my taste. Well, more truthfully they just tuck in farther than the rears because of how wide the rears are. I actually just ordered a pair of 2.25" adapters for the front to see how that looks. I think it'll balance out the rear better but I know for a fact I'll be messing with the plastic fender liner a bit. Not too much but enough.
For the rear I'm using an 4thgen LT1 rear axle so it's wider. I'm also using a 1" adapter along with rolled fenderlips. I think that's around ~2.75" wider than a factory thirdgen per side. From what I understand the rears are between 3.5-4" wider. If you're running a stock thirdgen rear I'd try a 2.5" adapter in the rear and a 2" in the front and be willing to pick up another pair of adapters if that doesn sit how you like it.
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http://www.skulte.com
Wow. If you do a search for corvette rims you will find lots of post about people putting C5 rims on there 3rd gen. If C6 rims were the same thing I would have never asked the question. I know they will fit, WITH THE CORRECT SPACER. The question I asked was how much of a spacer I would need and where do I get them. I also didn't find any pics of any 3rd gen's with C6 rims. Pleanty of pics with C5 rims but again, there not the same. I did a search for C6 corvette rims and after a total of about 3 hours reading posts I got a little tired and decided to ask a question. Won't happen again.Originally Posted by Stephen
The lack of people searching really amazes me sometimes....http://www.skulte.com
Phil
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From my last PM:
EDIT: Someone should start a sticky with different wheels and the spacers/adapters required to fit them along with dimensions and maybe pictures?
Originally Posted by iansane
You're probably specifying GTA in the search terms or somthing? I've told countless individuls what I did to put c6 18/19 combo on my bird.From my last PM:
EDIT: Someone should start a sticky with different wheels and the spacers/adapters required to fit them along with dimensions and maybe pictures?
Thank you.
Phil