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Nope. It has stock front bolts, ran down all the way, with all the rubber pads chopped off. And in the rear I run 7" ZIP Corvette bolts, and they have 3/16" of thread sticking out the top of the nuts left, and that is it.
I was told by a few vendors that they were offered in set offsets for the C5. That said, I never tried contacting forgestar directly.
That was the point I tried to make, in an above post. If you can't get the offsets you want, manufacturers like Forgestar and CCW are a farce. About four months ago, one of our members here ordered a set of 19x10 fronts, in a +57 offset, and 19x11 rears, in a +64 offset. Wheels arrived after a three month wait and when he measured the backspacing, just to be sure they were what he ordered, he found the 19x11's were made with a +54 offset. The work order and invoice were both correct, with +64 offset requested but CCW made all of the wheels to their standard spec, instead. They basically said they could no longer do custom offsets. Funny thing is, they couldn't take the time to call the dealer or customer beforehand and let them cancel the order.
Hmmm. I ordered mine in a custom offset...at the time, no one else was running +53, so they made me a bespoke set. Turned out fine, but that was some years ago now, things these days have most certainly changed :/
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Hmmm. I ordered mine in a custom offset...at the time, no one else was running +53, so they made me a bespoke set. Turned out fine, but that was some years ago now, things these days have most certainly changed :/
For as long as Forgestar has been in business, their standard offset for a 19x11 rear, in C5 fitment, has been a +53. CCW's standard offset for a 19x11 has always been a +54.
Just my opinion but I don't think either offset is enough, if you want to run a 305 tire wider than a Hankook.
Just looking at Forgestar's website, it shows the Deep Concave F14, in 19x11, having an available offset range, from +23 to +55. Difference in backspacing between a +53 and +55 offsets is only .078, hardly significant.
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I watch a YouTube video of there process. They machine the pad to get the offset. A billet or forged wheel only has a 1/2 inch pad. Unless you are running a large caliper if overhang 1/2 inch is plenty of room for most any aftermarket caliper.
if there is more material the 1/2 and I don't care for the wheel fitment. I will be machine the pad to my liking..
I watch a YouTube video of there process. They machine the pad to get the offset. A billet or forged wheel only has a 1/2 inch pad. Unless you are running a large caliper if overhang 1/2 inch is plenty of room for most any aftermarket caliper.
if there is more material the 1/2 and I don't care for the wheel fitment. I will be machine the pad to my liking..
I did that for the ET 5 window rears on my 69 Chevelle, they only offered 1 backspacing spec on their 10" Hi Angle so I did 5/16" shorter axles & machined off 1/4" from back of the mounting pad on the rim so I could squeeze a 12" wide tire into the wheel well.
The issue with removing material from the pad is the amount of material at the bottom of the lug nut seat on the rim is less, I was told by ET that probably after 1,000 cycles of torquing the lug nut I may crack the rim at that point, that rim has a cast center with a billet outer, so not sure how a forged rim would hold up. In the future I intend to drill out the lug nut holes & use a straight shank instead of a cone seat lug nut.
I watch a YouTube video of there process. They machine the pad to get the offset. A billet or forged wheel only has a 1/2 inch pad. Unless you are running a large caliper if overhang 1/2 inch is plenty of room for most any aftermarket caliper.
if there is more material the 1/2 and I don't care for the wheel fitment. I will be machine the pad to my liking..
Be careful. If you machine the pad, you increase the offset/backspace and possibly create a clearance issue, elsewhere.
edit: My CCW's have a very small pad, probably around 1/4", maybe 5/16". You probably have less than that, on an F14 in C5 fitment.
