"skimaro" (skimaro)
10/29/2020 at 22:36 • Filed to: None
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"skimaro" (skimaro)
10/29/2020 at 22:36 • Filed to: None | 0
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That black pit is in fact a steely and snow tire
Centric rings arrived yesterday, and it stopped raining today, so i went to finally test fit/install snows on the Camaro. Rears went on with no issue, though backspacing is considerably less than with the stock Irocs. Fronts will not fit at all, both strut and lower control arms block the rim from fully going on. Now the solution is to buy a set of spacers. The only hub centric spacers that I can find to fit a third gen front hub are 3", and I need ~2". This could all have been avoided by test fitting when I purchased, but it was pouring rain and so I deferred, thinking “I can fix it with spacers”. This series of mistakes, all which could have been avoided with a little research, led me here. Moral of the story- research! Though this probably wont be the last time I fail to do so properly. My two options are to buy non hub centric spacers, or to put wheels and tires back up for sale and order some snow tires for the Irocs.
Pro/con list for each-
Spacer option(2" front, 2” centric rear)
Mmmmm, Amazon car parts
Pros
Cheaper- total cost 150$ tires+rims, 118$ front spacers, 73$ rear spacers =341$
Will end up with dedicated set of winter wheels
Cons
Imperfect solution- fronts not on centric hubs- using 5x120 rims on 5x120.65 studs- shouldn’t be an issue(?), but I’d prefer to have the force routed through the hub
Time- shipping will take til middle of november
Snows on Irocs
Real, brand new snow tires! No more kijiji finds.
Pros
Brand new snow tires!
Proper spacing
Irocs look better than steelies
Cons
Expensive- 619$ plus mounting and balancing at a local shop
Stuck with winter tires through summer(not the end of the world, as safari/rally build is planned)
Must sell the snow tires I bought.
I’m leaning towards the spacer option at the moment, but if anyone with experience has advice (my bird is the word, looking at you), I could be convinced otherwise. The final, sad option is always to just put the camaro away for the winter:(.
jminer
> skimaro
10/29/2020 at 22:52 |
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I’ve uses spacers before and they’re fine. Just get decent quality units and you shouldn’t have a problem.
dogisbadob
> skimaro
10/29/2020 at 23:05 |
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Get a tire and wheel package that’s pre-mounted and ready to go
The Snowman
> skimaro
10/29/2020 at 23:27 |
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I beat on a 91 z28 for years without hub centric wheels with 0 problems.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> skimaro
10/30/2020 at 06:39 |
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This is why I wouldn’t put a 120 on my 120.65 on the Vette
Its from here https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/wheels-tires/646545-bmw-wheel-bolt-pattern.html
But my bird is the word and bandit have been doing it on their cars so ¯\_()_/¯
onlytwowheels
> skimaro
10/30/2020 at 09:32 |
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J ust go to the boneyard a pair of wheels that will fit the fro nt and the tires you already have.
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skimaro
> onlytwowheels
10/30/2020 at 09:48 |
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Woaah woaah woah, now we’re on the right track! I could literally just take both sets to the shop and have the snows switched over. The summer tires aren’t good for another season, so they were going to need replacement anyway. I can do that next spring, and have all summer to find a set of rims to put the snows on for next winter!