Need help please!!!!!!!!!!!
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Heel & Toe
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Need help please!!!!!!!!!!!
I have an 05 c6 and just put on aftermarket wheels and tires on. the diameter of the wheels and tires are the same as factory, but the offset makes them stick out past the wheel well just a little. I love the aggresive look but now when i go over a bump in the road my tire scrapes the wheel well. Is there anything I can do? do they make spring spacers for vetts that will stop the spring from letting the car hit my tire?
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I have an 05 c6 and just put on aftermarket wheels and tires on. the diameter of the wheels and tires are the same as factory, but the offset makes them stick out past the wheel well just a little. I love the aggresive look but now when i go over a bump in the road my tire scrapes the wheel well. Is there anything I can do? do they make spring spacers for vetts that will stop the spring from letting the car hit my tire?
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I have an 05 c6 and just put on aftermarket wheels and tires on. the diameter of the wheels and tires are the same as factory, but the offset makes them stick out past the wheel well just a little. I love the aggresive look but now when i go over a bump in the road my tire scrapes the wheel well. Is there anything I can do? do they make spring spacers for vetts that will stop the spring from letting the car hit my tire?
Melting Slicks
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You know, that is really a band-aid fix for the problem. Ideally, you should have gotten the correct offset. If it were the other way around, you could do wheel spacers. You don't have much in the way of options. The only way I'd make that sacrifice (raising a vette
) would be if I were needing to stuff some BIG rubber under the stock fenders for drag racing. But then again, I'm really not into the whole 70's look.Andy
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You know, that is really a band-aid fix for the problem. Ideally, you should have gotten the correct offset. If it were the other way around, you could do wheel spacers. You don't have much in the way of options. The only way I'd make that sacrifice (raising a vette ) would be if I were needing to stuff some BIG rubber under the stock fenders for drag racing. But then again, I'm really not into the whole 70's look.
Andy
) would be if I were needing to stuff some BIG rubber under the stock fenders for drag racing. But then again, I'm really not into the whole 70's look.Andy
and if you are going to go that route don't forget to get an allignment.
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Melting Slicks
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Not sure if I really understand what you mean, but the improperly spaced wheels by themselves won't cause any alignment issues, and the car can still be aligned with those wheels installed. It is the alteration of the ride-height that will affect the rear camber, which in turn changes the rear toe. A change in rear toe can affect thrust-angle (relationship between front and rear axle centerlines). Any time you change ride-height, an alignment is a good idea.
Andy
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Not sure if I really understand what you mean, but the improperly spaced wheels by themselves won't cause any alignment issues, and the car can still be aligned with those wheels installed. It is the alteration of the ride-height that will affect the rear camber, which in turn changes the rear toe. A change in rear toe can affect thrust-angle (relationship between front and rear axle centerlines). Any time you change ride-height, an alignment is a good idea.
Andy
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Heel & Toe
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Well the wheels are made for the car, but I went a little wider on the tire which I think put me over the edge. My vette does have 60k miles on it and I heard that going with the heavy duty bilstein shocks it would be stiffer in the rear and may solve my problem. If not Im just going to get the z06 fenders and be done with it. I love the wheels and after having them put on, the car corners a hell of alot better
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Well the wheels are made for the car, but I went a little wider on the tire which I think put me over the edge. My vette does have 60k miles on it and I heard that going with the heavy duty bilstein shocks it would be stiffer in the rear and may solve my problem. If not Im just going to get the z06 fenders and be done with it. I love the wheels and after having them put on, the car corners a hell of alot better
This is very bad news for your fenders, for your tires (which will get shredded if you drive fast) and most of all for handling because weight transfer spikes when you run out of suspension travel.
Lengthening the existing bump stops is a non-solution, and I assume raising the car a few inches isn't, either.
If the goal is better handling, definitely go back to the old wheels. If the goal is looks, well... be careful.