Mad-Mic
Gone but not forgotten
i cought a nail in my rr tire and got a patch on it well when my mechanic was putting the rim back on we noticed there wasn't much meat grabbing the bolts, only about a 1/4 inch or so. I believe this is due to my 87 coupe studs being setup for 16 inch rims and back spacing. The rims on the car now are 17's from the 90's. Not really sure what year car they came off of or ordered but they look sweet. They have the center solid cover so i went over my uncles to look at his 95 and his rims are 1 piece with no center covers.
Has anyone went from 16 inch stock rims to the 17's and how much back spacing was measured for? Also did you have to change the studs out for longer ones?
Just curious cause i went upto the dealer afterwards and made an appointment for them to look at it...i'm gonna get them to put longer studs on it. They already agreed to it after i pulled the centers off for inspection. The reason this bothers me is cause in my Iroc i had a rr blow by me at 120 mph one late night....felt the vibration time i let out seen my rr tire passing me....was not a good feeling and i was lucky it didn't tear off my rear quarter. I think this was due to rear torque loads cause the car wheel hops pretty hard when she don't hook up and after a season of street/strip racing put a toll on her. Luckily it had rear rotors so nothing more got tore up just changed the studs all the way around with longer ones and never had another problem.
Thanks for all your input
Has anyone went from 16 inch stock rims to the 17's and how much back spacing was measured for? Also did you have to change the studs out for longer ones?
Just curious cause i went upto the dealer afterwards and made an appointment for them to look at it...i'm gonna get them to put longer studs on it. They already agreed to it after i pulled the centers off for inspection. The reason this bothers me is cause in my Iroc i had a rr blow by me at 120 mph one late night....felt the vibration time i let out seen my rr tire passing me....was not a good feeling and i was lucky it didn't tear off my rear quarter. I think this was due to rear torque loads cause the car wheel hops pretty hard when she don't hook up and after a season of street/strip racing put a toll on her. Luckily it had rear rotors so nothing more got tore up just changed the studs all the way around with longer ones and never had another problem.
Thanks for all your input