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Another Alternative Hey WONKABOY As Peter said the parking brake (e brake) bracket needs moving for wide rims. See www.corvettefaq.com, type in morebite for pdf article on this. Another alternative is offset trailing arms, gives another 2" of positive rim space, avalible Corvette America...

Hey Chas The BFG's are just old technology (the classic white letter ones), the design must be at least 25 years old (maybe even 30 yrs), and if you'd driven a car on modern designed sports tires, youll get where Twin Turbo is coming from, they just grip so much better, and from experiance I can...

Hey TT I stand corrected, thank you I didnt know that. :beer Grant

Other Options There are other options for 15" tires apart from the dominant BFG & Goodyear offerings. Bridgestone Indy 500 or Bridgestone Daytona SP for example, they come in the 225/255/275 etc x 60 x 15" common for vettes. Also there's Hoosier, Cooper and the like, all have attributes...

Hey Twin_Turbo We call it galvanising, and your totally correct in the prep. Only negative, it will add weight, but if you want it to last, this is it! :beer Grant

IMO this sums up this thread, cars are designed for driving, and meant to be driven. :lou If you want a piece of art instead, save yourself heaps of grief, take a picture of it, frame it, hang it on the wall and then sell the car! - problem solved! :L :beer Grant

Hey Wegone Yes, I certainly think it is, not to many C3's here - relatively speaking, so it always becomes a point of discussion, when people see it. Thanks:beer Grant

I think the easiest way to know for sure, is get hold of an old second tire in the 255 or 265 size and mount it, try it on the different corners and allow for additional tread (this is diameter only). This will confirm width issue at least under driving conditions for clearances. Note...

Tire Options Hey 6shark9 Your standard 225 70 15's = 696mm diameter (sorry were metric here) I think thats about 27.4 inches based on 25.4mm = 1 inch. The current ones you have are 225 60 15 = 651mm dia or 25.6 inches dia. You say these are to small, Therefore options are A 255 60 15 =...

Dammm Thanks srs244

Hey keith6469 Take the new springs you have (assuming not on the car yet) and get them tested for compressive resistance. Not sure if thats the right term, but the point is you can measure the weight of the new springs, compare them to the original springs weights from historical record...

Hey Wegone Thanks for your information, :BOW Id never read or heard of this before and I'd thought I'd read a lot about the C3's. Obviously this is not seen as a major point by the history writers. I wonder, do you know if they can be changed over to the later style? Is this possible? or is it...

Then the overhead light came on and would not go off...I pulled out the bulb. I guess there's a little Bubba in us all. Good luck and God bless, Sensei I've got one of those! Still havent cracked it, and at this stage have used the same solution to fix it - LOL :beer Grant

Hi All I was looking at a set of fibreglass T Tops for my 81, as the glass ones are sometimes still to hot, even with the extra heat reduction film I put inside. I found some on a local auction site, and they were a relatively good price. I was suprised to find they had the lever latching...

Please dont be offended but Did you try either of the following. Turning the light switch to raise the lighting on the dimmer? if this fails.............Replacing the bulbs? Sorry for the obvious if you knew, but I didnt know about the dimmer turn on light switch when I got my 81, and...

Try this link Actually done before with photos http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/c5seats.htm Good Luck :beer Grant

Hey Ethan Im not an expert on 700R4's, but these guys are! http://www.700r4.com/sitemap.shtml Good Luck :beer Grant

Hey tigmaned You've obviously tried all the usual things for vibration, balancing, wheel bearings, shocks etc. The level of tire pressure should'nt contribute to any vibration, unless the tire carcass is failing, which would be obvious also. I have had an issue in the past with cars that are...

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That Vette is just - SUGAR! WOW What a neat looking vette. Those front flares are cool!! They dont look like L88 type, does anyone one know what they are? :beer Grant