WayneC
Well-known member
You might take a look at the shocks, to be sure they are functioning well and the proper ones for the car, and see if you have the lower A-arm bumpers in place, number 11 in this page:
http://www.licorvette.com/pdfcatalogfiles/cat23/4950.pdf
Also check the backspacing of your wheels. I'm not certain what it should be for repro KO's, perhaps someone can supply that measurement. I think original KO wheels were 6 inches wide, with a +0.44 offset, meaning the hub mounting surface of the wheel is 0.44 closer to the outside of the wheel than to the inside, ie, backspace of 3.44 (ie, depth of the hub "hole" in the back of the wheel), so the outside tire-mounting surface would be 2.56 inches out from the hub and since that is stock, we can assume that dimension is supposed to work without rubbing.
Can we assume you have stock front disk brakes?
But, as stated previously, the tire you're running should not be able to contact the fender, barring an unusual wheel offset (discussed above) or the body dimensions out of spec.
Thinking out loud (because I'm not sure), I wonder if there's any play in the radiator support to frame mount bolts.... ie, might it be possible to loosen those mounts and shift the front end very slightly toward the passenger side? Or, if shims are present between the body and the outer sides of the radiator support (as they often are), loosen the bolts, move shims from the driver side to the passenger side, retighten the bolts and carefully lower the hood and check hood edge clearances because you may also have to adjust the hood hinges and latches.
http://www.licorvette.com/pdfcatalogfiles/cat23/4950.pdf
Also check the backspacing of your wheels. I'm not certain what it should be for repro KO's, perhaps someone can supply that measurement. I think original KO wheels were 6 inches wide, with a +0.44 offset, meaning the hub mounting surface of the wheel is 0.44 closer to the outside of the wheel than to the inside, ie, backspace of 3.44 (ie, depth of the hub "hole" in the back of the wheel), so the outside tire-mounting surface would be 2.56 inches out from the hub and since that is stock, we can assume that dimension is supposed to work without rubbing.
Can we assume you have stock front disk brakes?
But, as stated previously, the tire you're running should not be able to contact the fender, barring an unusual wheel offset (discussed above) or the body dimensions out of spec.
Thinking out loud (because I'm not sure), I wonder if there's any play in the radiator support to frame mount bolts.... ie, might it be possible to loosen those mounts and shift the front end very slightly toward the passenger side? Or, if shims are present between the body and the outer sides of the radiator support (as they often are), loosen the bolts, move shims from the driver side to the passenger side, retighten the bolts and carefully lower the hood and check hood edge clearances because you may also have to adjust the hood hinges and latches.
