Once i get my adapters & tires i will be fitting c5 corvette wheels on my fc & ill post them here for everyone! I've searched all around for any one rocking corvette wheels & all ive found was a Fc with BMW .

The wheel specs are Front 17x8.5", 58mm offset
Rear 18x9.5" 65mm offset ... The wheels were just sitting in my dads backyard & they are pretty mint so im gonna try them & if all fails ill just sell them

What do you guys think?

 

ummm..... Your welcome to prove me wrong.... but people have those same spec wheels in HALF of those offset numbers, and still have sunken wheels. Gonna need spacer/adapters of like +30 offsets.... Your wheel bearings are gonna hate you....

 

I plan on getting the adapters +30mm thick but i had 33mm spacers on The stock bbs & they came out alot & those offset are +40 i believe ! .. Im just aiming for something different but if i dnt like it at the end ill just sell them off too a vw guy

 

That's interesting, never thought about c5 wheels. Which wheel design?

 

C5 Wheels are 5x120, and that offset is gonna drive you crazy. I doubt seriously you'll be able to fit the rear wheels without like a 4 inch spacer, simply because of how wide they are - I feel like they'd scrape your suspension.

 

The adapters are gonna be +30 so its gonna bring down the offset down slot

 

Its the design that most of vdub guys use .. Im sorry i cant post photos from my phone

 

VW guys use the C4 wheels that are most often referred to as "Salad Shooters." They don't have nearly as high of an offset as the C5 wheels that you have listed...

Here's a picture of the "Salad Shooters"

 

18x9.5 +35, and 17x8.5 +28(adjusted offsets with 30mm spacers) doesn't sound tooooo terrible. I just test fitted a redrilled bmw wheel yesterday that was 18x9.5+20, and it was pretty sunken in. BUT that was because I have like 6-7* of camber in the rear(due to 17x9+0 wheels)

I could imagine with 0-1* of camber the 18x9.5+35 would fit great in the rear with the right tire.. as for the 17x8.5+28 front, that is going to fit perfectly


I don't think it would be that big of a deal, radio ran 50mm spacers on stock FD wheels no problem at all. some people are running negative offsets with no problems, so I don't think he should worry about that.


a 100mm spacer would make his wheels 18x9.5 -40 and 17x8.5 -42.. that would DEFINITELY cause problems hahaha

 

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Give it a try if it is what you want. Just seems like such a huuuge excessive spacer. Go for it.

 

I agree, if I needed anything more than a 25mm spacer, I'd just get new wheels haha.

I was just saying it's do-able, because I've seen it done.

 

WEll it looks like i can upload pics from my phone ! These are the ones i have !

 

I was fitting it in my head also n i was thinking the same !

Thanks for the input everyone .. Once i sell my vert bbs i will be ordering spacers

 

I know a place that sell spacers cheap as ****. they make them in house, so they aren't horrible quality. I got 2 bolt on 15mm spacers for $60 that's ~half project kics price

 

That's pretty neat. I've never seen the Wagon Wheels on a VW before. Not bad.

 

UPDATE:

nothing has been done, but I pulled her out of the garage for the first time in a few weeks and cleaned her up. here it is in my driveway! hope ya dig! sorry for the glare in the first...it was the first really sunny day in a few weeks here in sc

 

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^Specs? I love the first picture.

 

I had them in my sig. Guess its not showing up. 18x9.5 +12 18x10.5 +15 (+12 3mm spacer) 215/40 225/40

Thanks K!NCH.

 

ohhh lawwd!

 

you have so much more clearance up front than me for some reason Sam

 

It's probably because I'm a boss. Just saying... Lmao

I pulled the fronts a little. What's your camber set at? I'm not maxed out yet either.

 

As the old adage states-
"You must first pay the cost, if you are aspiring to be the boss"- William Shakespeare

 

 

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