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Old 10-18-2018, 05:14 PM
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Hi, I found some rims I am wondering if they would fit on my c4 corvette. They are from a c3 and they are the pace car style wheels. Does anyone have any pictures of these on a c4 so I can see them and I think they would fit but just stick out a bit. The offset is zero I think so they would stick out about even with the fender is what I’m thinking. I like the looks of these rims on a c3 a lot and I wondered if they would look good on a c4.
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What? They wouldn’t fit on it?
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Looks like the 15" 1983 rims...

just no.


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I actually think it would look good. They still have the white lettered avenger gt on them, maybe I will see if I can put them on the car to see if they look good before I buy them.
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Does anyone know how to photoshop so I can see how it would look on a c4. I would really appreciate it if someone could.
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There is nothing worse to spoil the more modern looks of a C4 than to put anachronistic smallish wheels on the C4 - especially with raised white lettered tires. I say don't do it.
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Would it not look something like the 1983 Vette at NCM?
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Yeah it probably would look similar to that, I actually kind of like it because the c3 rims have a chrome center cap too but I don’t think they are for sale anymore. Thanks for helping out to figure out what they would look like. I think they would look better too with the avenger gt white letters. Here is how my rims are now but I have to keep up with painting the letters on them.

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I believe there is a bit of misunderstanding here. The C3 Pace Car (1978) had the following rims:

https://www.corvettepartsworldwide.c...ar_p/24199.htm

Those wheels appear to be made by a company named Pacer.

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No, that’s not the rims. I was just saying I like the white lettered tires because this is the wheels I have now. I found out that it’s not actually pace car rims by the way, it’s just the same style without the red line like on the late c3’s.
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If the wheel has a red stripe around the outside edge it's a pace car wheel, otherwise it's just a C3 aluminum wheel.
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Originally Posted by steve1657
Looks like the 15" 1983 rims...

just no.

looks like my car I just got back from the painters, but with stock 86 wheels ( so far). same color as mine.

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I kinda like the wheels but would want larger ones/
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Originally Posted by steve1657
Looks like the 15" 1983 rims...

just no.

I like those. Better than most of what Chevy put on the c4s.

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Originally Posted by 85 CRVET
Hi, I found some rims I am wondering if they would fit on my c4 corvette. They are from a c3 and they are the pace car style wheels. Does anyone have any pictures of these on a c4 so I can see them and I think they would fit but just stick out a bit. The offset is zero I think so they would stick out about even with the fender is what I’m thinking. I like the looks of these rims on a c3 a lot and I wondered if they would look good on a c4.
The bolt pattern (5 on 4.75) will match but 15" rims are going to negatively impact handling in a big way I would think. And I have a '71 with the stock 15" rims, 15 inch tires (in the sizes that wok on a C3 anyway) are not very easy to come by anymore.
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The white letter tires look good on C4s. Member MGsVettes has them.
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16" base wheels from an 88 Vette would give it the look you're after with the correct wheel specs.


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