What did you do to your G-Body today? [2011-2018]

Turbo Zach said:

You probably only need a half inch spacer, but I dought your studs will be long enough to work. I have 17×8 on the back of my car with 5 inches of back spacing. I run a inch and a half adapters, but my fenders are shaped different than yours.

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I was actually thinking about ordering 1" adapters because i was worried about the stud length.

6door74 said:

I was actually thinking about ordering 1" adapters because i was worried about the stud length.

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You need to measure your studs. That's why I went with inch and a half, or you will have to cut your studs down. You can buy longer studs pretty easily too, but then you might need different lug nuts. Best of luck .

finally got the correct wire to put a light in the console . i went with a blue light to match the interior lights i have installed.my car was a column shift car.the guy i got the console from didnt give me the wiring for it.

TURNA said:

Nice I was wondering if it was that, but I seen it had the half vinyl roof. Nice work!!

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thanks i did put the 1/4 top on it. even has the 6.6 my car has in it.here is both engine bays lol

Last night on a whim me and a buddy drove to Omaha in the Regal (4.5 hour round trip) and picked up a set of T Type wheels with some vintage Goodyear Eagle STs. In this instance, I use the word vintage as a synonym for shitty. They hold air and drive well enough, but damn they don't grip for nothin. Anywho, that was $300 well spent. And I found out my car gets about 17.5 MPG highway. 10 city, 17.5 highway. lol.

6door74 said:

Put these on today but the rear is hitting the frame. They're 18x8.5 with a backspacing of 5.15. The offset is 10 as opposed to the front which is -6. I got the rears on Craigslist but the front is the correct fit because i ordered them new. They have 245/40/18 tires. What size spacer would i need to clear the frame?

Also, the tire place i had mount the tires put the interior side on the outside for 1 of the tires. I didn't realize till i took them out today. Is it absolutely necessary to get that corrected to the right side?

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Why not put the deep backspace on the front, they should fit, and the -6 should come close to clearing the frame on the rear. I'm not a fan of spacers. I think worst case you could get away with the thin steel spacers such as those used on the 80s/90s 1LE Camaros

Wagons and ElCos are slightly different in the frame profile, but I had an 83 Bonneville wagon with 4.5" backspace and a 245 that cleared fine....the car also had a 5" backspace on the other 3 (bought it that way, not my doing) which were fine on the front, and just cleared the rear after I moved it to the other side (rear axle poorly centered...which is common).

If the tires are directional or have asymmetrical tread, I would have them correct the one that is on wrong

MrSony said:

Last night on a whim me and a buddy drove to Omaha in the Regal (4.5 hour round trip) and picked up a set of T Type wheels with some vintage Goodyear Eagle STs. In this instance, I use the word vintage as a synonym for shitty. They hold air and drive well, but damn they don't grip for nothin. Anywho, that was $300 well spent. And I found out my car gets about 17.5 MPG highway. 10 city, 17.5 highway. lol.

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I like 'em!

I remember buying a set of Eagle STs......in 1984 . Dude, you need to get those off of there

Ribbedroof said:

I like 'em!

I remember buying a set of Eagle STs......in 1984 . Dude, you need to get those off of there

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I mean, for being probably 30+ years old they look "fine", but yeah. They have to go. I put em on there to take the picture. I still gots my steelies.

And they are tall as HELL. 225/70s. 27.4 inches tall. Dayum. The 235/60/15s I will be running are 1.3 inches shorter.