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Old May 24, 2004 | 11:51 AM
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Default Would spacers/adaptors help here?

I saw this on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=43955
and the seller tried to mount them on his Vette, but must've run into inner fenderwell clearance problems with the 5" BS. Could he use spacers/adaptors to solve the clearance problem?
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Old May 24, 2004 | 08:48 PM
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Default Re: Would spacers/adaptors help here? (Master Ho)

By the time you get a 1 inch adapter to space them properly and buy his wheels you could buy the right wheel and spend the same money.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 08:56 PM
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Just my humble unsolicited opinion, but those wheels look like they should be on an F-150. :(
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Just my humble unsolicited opinion, but those wheels look like they should be on an F-150. :(
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Old May 24, 2004 | 09:43 PM
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Just my humble unsolicited opinion, but those wheels look like they should be on an F-150. :(
i don't agree. They might look quite nice on a vette. Some of the wheels i see people running around here look like they belong on a 57 chevy hotrod. Just too flashy for a vette in my half butt opinion.

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Old May 24, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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Some of the wheels i see people running around here look like they belong on a 57 chevy hotrod. Just too flashy for a vette in my half butt opinion.
Are they those kind that continue spinning even at a complete stop? Do they make those for vettes?
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