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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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Will they fit?????
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:44 PM
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With spacers they will. There was a thread on this a while back. Try the search function.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 02:21 PM
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I messed with it. I was trying 2006 ZO6 wheels on a 81. You need wheel spacers 2.5 rear and 2.25 front and they need to be hub centric. I would order from VBP the ones I bought from ebay needed additional machining. My brother in law ownes a machine shop and when he ran them on a lay, he was not impressed with the quality at all. He was going to make me 2 sets for my car because quality was a issue. I ended up going with the factory chrome (aluminum wheels) the spacers ended up scaring me. I will sell you the spacers if your interested. PM me.


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Originally Posted by spedaleden;
I messed with it. I was trying 2006 ZO6 wheels on a 81. You need wheel spacers 2.5 rear and 2.25 front and they need to be hub centric. I would order from VBP the ones I bought from ebay needed additional machining. My brother in law ownes a machine shop and when he ran them on a lay, he was not impressed with the quality at all. He was going to make me 2 sets for my car because quality was a issue. I ended up going with the factory chrome (aluminum wheels) the spacers ended up scaring me. I will sell you the spacers if your interested. PM me.

Are the adapters you are selling VBP or the ebay version?
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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what size are those wheels???
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 69autoXr
Are the adapters you are selling VBP or the ebay version?

Ebay, but my brother in law machined the fronts, so they fit the front. If you by them on ebay, they will fit the rear but they don't fit the front, eventhough they say they will.
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Originally Posted by rweasterly
what size are those wheels???

The front is 17 X 8.5

The rear is 18 X 8.5
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Old May 1, 2007 | 05:59 AM
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nice id like to see some more pics.....i remember reading that some dont like the space between the wheel and disk...but!!!! after looking a most of the new cars out there there is a space between the wheel and rotor....my wifs new honda for example..almost any car with that much bs/offset has tha space....just go thru a parking lot somewhere and take notice...but anyway the car looks nice and i like to see ore pics,,,,thanks
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I love the new Z06 rims, wonder what they would look like on a c3.

Can anyone photochop these on a C3? maybe a chrome bumper?



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Here are others I took



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Originally Posted by spedaleden
The front is 17 X 8.5

The rear is 18 X 8.5
FWIW, these are reproduction rims...the OEM C6 wheels are 18 x 8.5 front and 19 x 10 rear.
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