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Old Apr 23, 2017 | 07:35 PM
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Wheel/spacer???

I'm thinking of putting c5 or c6 corvette 9.5" wide wheels on my 86 Iroc and from reading a lot of posts I would use 2" spacers front & back, my question is, has anyone had any issues with excessive wear to the suspension, steering or tires & does this change the geometry to the alignment that I would need to worry about? Thanks
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Old Apr 26, 2017 | 12:51 PM
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Re: Wheel/spacer???

The spacers will put some extra load on he outer spindle bearing. just make sure the bearings are in good shape, greased and properly tightened and you will be fine.


just be sure to keep an eye on all the lugnuts for the first few days while everything "settles"
loose lugs nuts with spacers is what causes failures and lost wheels.
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