A spacer slides over your studs. You have to get longer studs to make them work properly. An adapter has 5 holes just like a wheel to bolt to your hub AND it's own set of lugs coming from that to bolt you're wheel to.

 

Is it a must to have adapters? I have y2k rims and want to mount them on it.

 

yes, it makes up for the different back spacing on the vette rims. I have 2 inch adapters/spacers all four wheels.

 

this is what it looks installed. This is my rear brakes.

 

I don't even know if they make a 2" spacer. If they did, you'd have to have some pretty long wheel studs to make that work. And even if you did, that would be putting a lot of lateral stress on that long of a stud. Check around on Craigslist for a set. I bought my Y2ks for $100, Tires for $80, and Adapters for $100, all from Craigslist, all within 20 miles of me. I'm in the middle of Iowa too, not really known for it's car scene.

Here's mine:

 

They are really called adapters. You will find them all over fleebay. If you look you will see they bolt to hub/axle and they have their own lug nuts. With all the postings on this subject and you still don't understand it, you better stay away from doing it. You take old wheel off bolt on adapter on, then put The new wheel on. Bolting it to adapter.

 

Larry-that's a pretty different looking front end on your car in that pic. You got any more of it up close?

 

Anyone know what size adapter would be need on the front with a big brake upgrade using the 1le hub? I know 2 inch would be too big, so im thinking 1.5??

 

The wheel backspace sets what size adapter you need. I.E. the c5 wheels on my TA needed 2inch to bring them out to clear the inside wheel well.


It is a Knight Rider bumper with a ram air 1 hood. Stock fenders.

 

Before I installed C5 wheels

 

Still need to drop mine but here she is. 4th gen rear disc and
2" adapters up front. 285/40/17 Nitto 455 on the rear... NO rubbing

 

i have another exact same set i want to use on my 89 formula. im hoping i can use a 295 on this wheel. what width wheel do you guys normally use with a 295.

 

hi everybody, i just bought a set of 18x9.5 Z06 black with polished slip rims for my 87 Z28... does anybody knows if i will need something else to fix them on it and what's the size you recommend to use on it for a nice handle... i was thinking in something like 285/40/18 what do you thuink about it???

 

jaygt that sucker looks nice!

 

i jus bought a set of vette wheels front 17x8.5 and rear 18x19.5. i have a stock 90 camaro what size wheel spacers will i need? can anyone help

 

Jaygt, nice looking GTA. Later.

 

thanks guys. its a light weight wheel made in italy out of magnezium. light and strong. very rare to get wheels made out of this. burns white hot when you light them on fire
found on mid 2000 corvettes.

 

I have the same wheels but 10.5's in rear. I used 2in. In front and 1.5 in rear. I was told many things but these are what work with my car. Feel free to pm me.

 

where did you get the spacers from?

 

EBay... ones I got are great and high quality.

 

Anybody have pics of open spoke Vette rims with stock brakes? I will be rolling stock brakes until I can upgrade to something better and I want to see how small the stock rotors look.

 

With this type of wheel?. I have not been able to
update the brakes yet. Hell I just got it dropped
yesterday. 2" spacers up front with 4th gen disc
rear 'no spacers'. Here is a pic before the drop.

 

I'm looking to run a set of c6 five spokes on my '89 gta, but i have a 5## c.i. big block, think the springs will be compressed too much to run an 18" up front? Think they will rub or no? any opinions welcome, thanks!

 

ok i need some HELP!! i blew my wheel bearing out and i am trying to change them. i got the wheel out got the pin nut and washer out but the race that seats the bearins want come off!!! dose any one know how i can get it off? i cant get it to budge and idk if its just stuck or if it skrews on. PLEAS help reply to my email willg20@yahoo.com

 

im selling my gotti wheels. i went with 17" AME wheels

 

Are you running factory springs? Either way, an 18" wheel isn't going to be any different than a 16" 17" 15" etc. The overall height with tire is what you want to pay attention to. And if you compress the springs in there the point of not being able to run a standard size tire you're going to be dragging the kmember on the ground. The bb doesn't weight THAT much more than an iron sb. Goodluck.

 

You mean you pulled the rotor off the car and the races won't come out of the rotor? Set it on a bench or a piece of wood and go through from the backside with a punch and a deadblow hammer.

 

would 17x9.5 with 2" spacers in the front rub at all? and would 18x10.5 in the rear with 2" spacers and 3rd gen axle be good?

 

I have those wheel sizes with 275's in front with 2in spacers. Rear has 305's with 1.5in spacerssome rub with bumps.

 

so, has anyone installed a set of these C6 Z06 yet??

 

just got them on yesterday cars dirty but still looks respectable.

 

what spacers are you running front and rear?

 

if your asking me, i have a 2 inch spacer up front and none in the back. I have a 4th gen rear in my car. I'm unsure of the exact size for the back on a stock rear. Use the search bar it works wonders.

 

What brakes are those? since you could see that it just clears the caliper and im wanting to get those wheels also with 14" rotors

 

Looks like brembo calipers on a 14" z06 C6 rotor.

 

I hope they are because those are the brake setup i have and the exact wheels ima get also

 

Yes they are brembos, big reds off a 993 TT most likely. Same as I have on my Corvette from MovIt



3genpio, where did you get the adapter brackets?? Those calipers are radial mount, did you sue a radial to lug mount adapter?

 

Those are nice brakes Twin_Turbo how are those brake pads ive heard that they have 6 different pads is that true?

 

yeah they are CTSV brembo+ 14'' C6ZO6 rotors

 

i got basic messurements from roy borrelli but it was a bit away from real, so i make a bracket from a piece of plastic for easy drilling than i draw the diagram and have them cut from iron shop
there is plenty room in 18"




i gues i have somewhere the diagram with messurements if someone need it.

 

What the hell are you using that makes you think that's a reasonable size to post pictures at?

 

Those are the exact same brakes i have, now i know they fit and how they look thanks alot

 

The forum software auto resizes, don't get what you are complaining about unless there's something wrong on your end the pic isn't that large at all.

 

No, the brakes w/ all the seperate pads are the pbr Zo6 calipers but they aren't that great. They're made in China to begin with and I've heard complaints about them.

The ones in my pic are big red 4 pot brembos, back then they were some of the biggest and best brakes out there. That's over 10 years ago.

So those are the CTSV calipers, nice! I like that, especially since they are lug mount. Radial mounts get expensive when you have to do custom brackets. Only problem, I have 17" jongbloed wheels...them thar puppies ain't gonna fit

 

don`t tell me you are running on cabel modem...... check the size of the pics

 

Here are mine. The car is a work in progress but i have 18x10 back 17x8.5 front. 2" spacers on back and 2 1/4" on front

 

Sorry here is a bigger pic...

 

More C6 and ZR1 pics!!!!! Can't decide!!!!!

 

I had the same dilemma zr1 or c6. i like the way the back wheels look on my car but I with the front were 18 also. I am going to get wider tires for the front nonetheless next time.

 

finally got my on 18/19 combo, 2" spacers all round
(bright chrome lugs are temporary )