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Old 03-23-2010, 11:10 PM
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What spacing to use for a 8.5x18 vette rim?
i recently bought 8.5x18 inch vette rims and dont kno what size spacing i need. i was thinking 1 inch?
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2" on all 4 corners

Use adapters rather than spacers
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k thank you
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and to properly suggest spacers, you should really post the offset or backspacing of the wheel
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