On my GTA, I have thought about switching the (stock) front with rears and rears with fronts like a lot of people do, but to me it just looks odd with the rears in the fronts because they look too far in the wheel well. I was wondering if I could just add some spacers to the rear to have the wheel stick out just a bit, without compromising the structural integrity of anything.

I figured I could put longer ARP studs(Summit racing p/n 100-7708) in place of the originals, and then use a spacer.

Something along the lines of this part combo:
studs: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/arp-100-7708
spacers:http://www.summitracing.com/parts/cal-75813/overview/

also, would I be able to put the original lug nuts on with the black caps on them?


Thanks

 

Should work fine and the factory lug nuts will fit on, only issue may be length by you wont know till they are installed if the plastic caps will fit without trimming the studs.

Use a quality spacer and try to get one hubcentric on both sides if you can.

Fyi the rears wont fit on the front. You could always buy two more front wheels and use 4 fronts instead of two fronts and two rears.

 

Yeah, I know the rears won't fit on the front, that's why I wanted to space out the rears. I would love to get another pair of front wheels, but there aren't any for sale right now, and it's cheaper to just get spacers.

 

I used these for longer studs.



and then drilled out the caps.

 

hmm, interesting, but I want to keep it stock looking, eventually make it a sleeper.

On the iroc rims, the caps are inside the rim more. on gta rims, they are a lot more noticeable and the protruding studs might loo funny. I suppose I could always trim off any excess stud.

 

I'm not using spacers. I did this for track rules for running slicks. If you are gonna use spacers they may not stick out as much.