my 85

 

powder coated they look ok
also its a 1986 no adapter on this car,

 

Maybe they look better on C4 because of their squareness....as the c4 is more angular than the c3 and less rounded than the c5. I just bought a set for a $100 w/c caps. May do the black stripe thing .
The white ww w/ red c4 look good.

 

Had a friend 10 years ago with an early C5 who did the black vinyl insert on his wagon wheels. Made a huge difference.

 

[QUOTE=Frizlefrak;1579035455]I never liked wagon wheels on the C5, but they look damn sharp on a C4. And there are an abundance of them out there. [/QUOT

Bought them for my 85 with decent tires for $150, in my eyes much better than salad shooters.

 

The center caps are what really turn me off, I like what redvettes did to his.

 

Personally I like the wagon wheels on the c5 and c4, I have only seen a few chrome sets though. I don't know if GM ever offered them in chrome or not...anyone know??

 

I am distinctly in the minority as someone who likes the wagon wheels quite a bit.

 

 

Hey man, I’m getting the wagon wheels for my 85 too. What exact spacers do I need??

 

NONE, they bolt right up
Spacers are nothing but problem

 

So I just tried putting the rear c5 wagon wheels on my 85 vette and they’re rubbing on a bolt on the inside of the tires. Now I know for sure they need adapters. I need help with the size of spacers I need to get. The front wheels went on just fine.

 

Do they have a shock bolt on BACKWARD
The nuts should on the inside

 

'89 with chrome wagon wheels. Love em. Better looking than many rims I see on c4's. Horrible on C5's. Nice to have rotatable tires side to side at least. Front/rear are 17/18 inch combo.

 

This is what is rubbing on the inside of the tire.

 

can you flip the bolts around ?

 

HI, I'm sorry to bump this really old thread, but I'm about to get this rims for my 84, was wondering what spacers did you use on yours?

 

If you using it as a cruise car don't bother with the spacers
They will bolt right up, here they are on my wife's 1986
NO SPACERS AT ALL, one less thing to come loose and fall off

 

Holy ****, people! There's a ton of misinformation happening in this thread! The C5 "wagon wheels are 17x8.5 et58 in front. They will bolt up and fit properly to any 88-96 C4 and only sit 2mm inward from stock (which was 17x8.5 et56). No need for spacers there. The rears are 18x9.5 et65, so they will sit 9mm further inward than stock 17x9.5 et56 wheels. They might bolt up and clear everything on the inside, or they might rub something. They will definitely look goofy. You will want spacers, either 10mm or 1/3" would work well. You'll probably need longer wheel studs to use that spacer.

An 84-87 C4 had stock wheels of 16x8.5 et32 and 16x9.5 et38...or 16x9.5 et38 front and rear. As you can see by the offsets, C5 wagon wheels with offsets of 58mm and 65mm front and rear are not going to fit properly without serious spacers. I don't know if they will bolt up without rubbing anything (based on Hudy's post, it doesn't seem they will), but they will look strange sitting a full inch inside of where the stock wheels sit. Narrowing the track width of a C4 by over 2" is not a good look! You will need 1" spacers for the front and either 1" or 1-1/4" spacers for the rear. For these thicknesses, you can either use the "adapters" or a plain "pass-through" spacer. For the latter, you would definitely need studs that are at least 1" longer than stock (ARP has them, probably others), and for the adapters you might need to cut the stock studs shorter to clear the wheels. If it were me, I'd use longer studs and pass-through plain spacers.

 

Wagon wheels on my 1995. No spacers. With 285/35-18 rear tires. Due to different offset of the C5 wheels, he rear is actually 15mm set in. I may get spacers down the road, but you dont really notice if you didnt know.

OE Center caps

Modified OE center caps with black lug nuts