Wide body conversion...wheels ?..pics???
David
12-30-2010, 06:15 AM
#22
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here's mine C6 07
I was considering buying a used Z or GS, but decided to keep my '05 Z51 since I am building a house. Problem now is that I bent all four of my Cray Scorpions on horribly marked road construction where there was a deep groove cut out of the road for resurface.
Being that I need new wheels, I am seriously thinking about doing the wide body conversion. I am trying to search prices, etc, but it is hard during this season.
Questions:
-Do I have to do front and rear or can I just do the rear?
-I don't care about carbon fiber, so will the GS kit be fine?
-Do I have to get the Z/GS style bumper if I do front conversion?
-If I want to run 19/20 set-up, what sizes should I be looking for?
-How hard is the conversion to do and guesstimate time?
I do have a couple of very mechanically inclined brothers with a couple of shops full of tools, etc, so we are competent in this stuff. Just want to know degree of difficulty and time. I work in Iraq 9 months out of the year and do not want to waste too much of my next vacation tearing apart and putting my car back together. Of course, I can always just drop it off at a body shop with parts and let them do everything...hmm...
Any pics of white vettes with the wide body kit???
Being that I need new wheels, I am seriously thinking about doing the wide body conversion. I am trying to search prices, etc, but it is hard during this season.
Questions:
-Do I have to do front and rear or can I just do the rear?
-I don't care about carbon fiber, so will the GS kit be fine?
-Do I have to get the Z/GS style bumper if I do front conversion?
-If I want to run 19/20 set-up, what sizes should I be looking for?
-How hard is the conversion to do and guesstimate time?
I do have a couple of very mechanically inclined brothers with a couple of shops full of tools, etc, so we are competent in this stuff. Just want to know degree of difficulty and time. I work in Iraq 9 months out of the year and do not want to waste too much of my next vacation tearing apart and putting my car back together. Of course, I can always just drop it off at a body shop with parts and let them do everything...hmm...
Any pics of white vettes with the wide body kit???
01-01-2011, 08:13 PM
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01-01-2011, 08:43 PM
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Think I'd do the ZR1 front as well. If you're going to look like anything, might as well be the "big boy".
03-10-2011, 05:28 PM
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04-11-2011, 07:14 AM
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rear wide-body only
I will be converting a stock vette to a rear wide-body with Z06 wheels, and I like your set-up the best---I am puzzled why the front rims don't stick out more with your rear wide-body only, since they are stock Z06 wheels. What size tires are you running on the front? I figured I might have to run a copy-cat Z06 rim for the front. Great car.
04-11-2011, 09:14 AM
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I will be converting a stock vette to a rear wide-body with Z06 wheels, and I like your set-up the best---I am puzzled why the front rims don't stick out more with your rear wide-body only, since they are stock Z06 wheels. What size tires are you running on the front? I figured I might have to run a copy-cat Z06 rim for the front. Great car.
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