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clean 66
Feb 15th, 04, 1:21 PM
any way to fit 18x9.5 2000 corvette wheels? yes there 9.5 all the way around. i think b.s is 7.20 front and 7.75 rear ?? 66 with stock suspension for now but waht would i have to do to fit these??

DjD
Feb 15th, 04, 1:38 PM
Bolt on about 3" adapter spacers on each hub. Maybe just 2" out back...

Anytime you push the limits with tire and wheel size you have to make sure all your suspension parts are up to snuff. Body bushings if old and worn can make a size rub that doesn't on another identical car. Same for spring, shocks and the rest of the suspension...

The adapter spacers extend your hub and though they spread the load over all 5 wheel studs the thicker they are the more stress put on bearings. I know guys using 1 1/2" and 2" adapters that have taken their cars to open track days and pushed them fairly hard without problems. That's hard to compare to street driving, potholes and poor road surfaces...

airrj
Feb 15th, 04, 5:18 PM
Checkout this (http://www.chevelles.com/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=002510) thread for info on wheel adapters. KAA has a link for his adapters. His are very nice pieces.

DjD
Feb 15th, 04, 7:59 PM
All the adapters I've seen are very high quality. It's not the wheel or the adapter I think needs to be worried about. It's the fact that the wheel attachment point is put further from the bearing. Light alloy wheels help but the further the weight is extended from the bearing the more stress the bearing and spindle are put under.

To see what I'm saying, take a soda or beer (unopened) and balance it on the end of a yard stick. Hold the yard stick right next to the can, no problem so far. Now move your grip away from the can by about 8-10" it wil feel heavier. move your grip even further away, can you still hoke the can up from 3' away? That's exactly what happens to the wheel bearings the thicker the adapter is.

KAA
Feb 16th, 04, 2:29 PM
But you're not pushing the wheels away from the end of the axle. You're still keeping the centerline of the wheel at or very close to where it was originally. The load on the bearing doesn't change. Visualize the adapter as being part of the wheel and you should see what I mean.