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Old May 28, 2003 | 10:11 AM
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Having finished painting the 69, the wife took one look at the car and said " It looks great but it needs a set of rims, those rally wheels just don't work with the new paint job". Well thats the green light for me to get a set of rims. My questions are :
1) What is the bolt pattern for the c3 vettes
2) The rims I am looking at are 17X8 with 4" backspacing, will these fit without hitting the emergcy brake bracket.
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Old May 28, 2003 | 12:07 PM
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(17x8) with 4'' back spacing go with tire ( 255x45x17) this is a perfect fit and the bolts pattern is measure your old rims b/c i forgot , you can do a search too.
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Old May 28, 2003 | 12:43 PM
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I think 5 x 4.75
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Old May 28, 2003 | 01:16 PM
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I think 5 x 4.75
That is correct :yesnod:
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Old May 28, 2003 | 01:20 PM
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I got 255/50-17 and they fit great as well, but are harder to find.
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