SPDKLZ

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???

SPDKLZ

Thanks in advance

Dronski47

Hey sorry to hear about the wheels. I cant figure out how to post pics on threads to save my life. But maybe if you click on my user name you may be able to see a couple of pics of my wide body. They are from my iphone so not the best pics. Ill get some better ones for ya soon though.

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

You can definitely just do the rear if that is what you want. And it's a lot less expensive than doing the whole wide body.

Unless you have a 'vert' the rear quarters are all the same.

If you do the front conversion, the Grand Sport conversion is the least expensive. I think it's in the $2500 range for the parts for the FRONT.
$1200 or so for the REAR parts.

You would then have to have them prepped and painted.

You could put them on yourself put I would just have the body shop do it all.

Here's mine with just the OEM Z06 rear quarters, a new hood ($750) , and SIC Mororsports Z06 style front bumper ($750-900).

c6sutton

I did just the rear wide body with ccw wheels. You will love it!!!

keyplyr

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SPDKLZ

Thanks...looks good on a white vette. I see you did front and rear. Looks like I am def going to do this conversion on the rear.

SPDKLZ

My favorite color!! That is very close to the full stripe on have running on top of my car. The wide rear looks great-even by itself. I already have an aftermarket hood and a ground effect kit, so it looks like I am sold on this conversion. I just need to research prices now and find wheels that will work.

Thanks!!

XCELER8

It feels like forever since I posted in this forum..

Ours

johnodrake

Here is my wide rear. Front this winter. I will use the GS front from GMPartsHouse.com. Gene will take care of you.

C746490

With just the with rear - I would like to know if there are any handling issues with the wider wheels and tires?

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

No, none whatsoever.

switchplanner

Car looks great. Where did you get the Z06 style rims for the front? Thanks.

SPDKLZ

You can find those rims pretty regularly in teh for sale section through used sets or even some good deals from vendors. I have never been a "stock" wheel guy, so I am looking into something else that is not too much and will work with a wide rear end. Basically, if I can get a deal on wheels, I am doing the conversion.

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

John is a friend of mine and those are REAL OEM Z06 wheels. He has the stock tires mounted currently so they are just about even with the edge of the wheel wells. He is planning to put a Grand Sport front end on his car soon.

iridelow

Here is my "old" 05 full widebody vette. I sold it months back and now have a vert, but the 05 LMB widebody was very nice. I used all Z06 parts. front, carben fenders and rear. here are a few pics. Also a complete full paint job was done.

HP JNKEY

I'll post some pics next week.

mcandrew67

I did the rear over 3 years ago, then this year i decided to do the front. I went with aftermarket ZR1 fibreglass fenders, and OEM front bumper and install hardware. I put CCW T10 polished wheels on.
David

richardnielsen

here is some pics of my 05 widebody with 360 forged mesh 8 wheels. 20X10 fronts, 201X12.5 rears, pfadt coilovers, warmed over LS7, etc, etc, etc.

SPDKLZ

Wow, these cars are sick! Just when I thought I would stick to my current set-up and buy a Z or GS next year, these pics make me want to change it up now!