Wheel widening
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Le Mans Master
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Wheel widening
Anybody know who widens stock wheels in Texas?
I talked to to Mickey Thompson and they are going to be way late on releasing their 19 inch drag radial. So I've got a set of stock c6 front wheels that I need to be widened 1.5-2 inches. Thanks.
I talked to to Mickey Thompson and they are going to be way late on releasing their 19 inch drag radial. So I've got a set of stock c6 front wheels that I need to be widened 1.5-2 inches. Thanks.
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I think you have to get hub centrice wheel bearings or something like that to add wider wheels.
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I got my fronts (standard gray 5 spoke) widened to 11" (2.5" over the stock 8.5" front) from weldcraft (http://weldcraftwheels.com/). I think a lot of people on this board use them. It is also better than a 19 as you have more choices, a bit taller sidewall (less wheel hop) and a bit cheaper for rubber. After I got them back I had the barrels painted at Rancourt (http://www.rancourtpaintandbody.com/). Here are a few threads that show the work from Weldcraft.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...-solution.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...acked-out.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/whee...of-wheels.html
Hope this helps.
Steve
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...-solution.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...acked-out.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/whee...of-wheels.html
Hope this helps.
Steve
Last edited by skamp; Mar 7, 2011 at 05:55 PM.
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Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 8,375
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From: Somewhere in the Mid 9's TX
I got my fronts (standard gray 5 spoke) widened to 11" (2.5" over the stock 8.5" front) from weldcraft (http://weldcraftwheels.com/). I think a lot of people on this board use them. It is also better than a 19 as you have more choices, a bit taller sidewall (less wheel hop) and a bit cheaper for rubber. After I got them back I had the barrels painted at Rancourt (http://www.rancourtpaintandbody.com/). Here are a few threads that show the work from Weldcraft.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...-solution.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...acked-out.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/whee...of-wheels.html
Hope this helps.
Steve
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...-solution.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...acked-out.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/whee...of-wheels.html
Hope this helps.
Steve
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Let me know who you end up going with.
I want to get my rear Crays widened from 19x10.5 to 19x11.5 so I can run the 335 NT05s on the street without going widebody....I THINK I can get away with it with the Crays since they sit a bit further out than stock.
I want to get my rear Crays widened from 19x10.5 to 19x11.5 so I can run the 335 NT05s on the street without going widebody....I THINK I can get away with it with the Crays since they sit a bit further out than stock.
Last edited by FloydSummerOf68; Mar 8, 2011 at 01:21 PM.
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Le Mans Master
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Thanks, Skamp. James contacted me, 235 per wheel now.
Shawn, I am going with the stock 18X8.5 widened to 18x11. I'm going to run the MT 305/35 back there. Is your car dropped? I think at the stock height, 11.5 might be ok. I remember Spin and others talking about the 11's not hitting the strut, so it might work at 11.5 if your wheels sit out further. I guess you could also run a tiny spacer if needed. Turn around time right now is 4 weeks.
Shawn, I am going with the stock 18X8.5 widened to 18x11. I'm going to run the MT 305/35 back there. Is your car dropped? I think at the stock height, 11.5 might be ok. I remember Spin and others talking about the 11's not hitting the strut, so it might work at 11.5 if your wheels sit out further. I guess you could also run a tiny spacer if needed. Turn around time right now is 4 weeks.
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From: Cypress TX
Thanks, Skamp. James contacted me, 235 per wheel now.
Shawn, I am going with the stock 18X8.5 widened to 18x11. I'm going to run the MT 305/35 back there. Is your car dropped? I think at the stock height, 11.5 might be ok. I remember Spin and others talking about the 11's not hitting the strut, so it might work at 11.5 if your wheels sit out further. I guess you could also run a tiny spacer if needed. Turn around time right now is 4 weeks.
Shawn, I am going with the stock 18X8.5 widened to 18x11. I'm going to run the MT 305/35 back there. Is your car dropped? I think at the stock height, 11.5 might be ok. I remember Spin and others talking about the 11's not hitting the strut, so it might work at 11.5 if your wheels sit out further. I guess you could also run a tiny spacer if needed. Turn around time right now is 4 weeks.
Steve
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From: Missouri City Texas
Thanks, Skamp. James contacted me, 235 per wheel now.
Shawn, I am going with the stock 18X8.5 widened to 18x11. I'm going to run the MT 305/35 back there. Is your car dropped? I think at the stock height, 11.5 might be ok. I remember Spin and others talking about the 11's not hitting the strut, so it might work at 11.5 if your wheels sit out further. I guess you could also run a tiny spacer if needed. Turn around time right now is 4 weeks.
Shawn, I am going with the stock 18X8.5 widened to 18x11. I'm going to run the MT 305/35 back there. Is your car dropped? I think at the stock height, 11.5 might be ok. I remember Spin and others talking about the 11's not hitting the strut, so it might work at 11.5 if your wheels sit out further. I guess you could also run a tiny spacer if needed. Turn around time right now is 4 weeks.
Right now it's lowered all the way on the stock bolts, which doesn't look that low running a 305/30/19 since it's a shorter tire than stock. It'll be easy enough to adjust if it looks like it'll contact the 335.
A spacer isn't an option...they're pushed out as far as I would want them to be. Any further and the tread of the tire would be outside the fender. Right now it's almost perfectly in line.
I'll do some calculations before dropping the cash for it
Worst case scenario is I'll run a 325 which I know will fit without issue.
