67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[babyblueoval]

Yea... a little too much. He's gonna have to use spacers.
if anyone has any 6 lug ones, let him know.

They look awesome though......

[67cheby]

yep what Jim (aka LUCKY JIM) said (and thanks for the help and great to meet another great board member ) need some spacers , hitting the tubs so we couldnt let it down but here are the pics anyway

[RocketKing]

Hate to hear about the offset issues but if it make you feel any better those wheels look fantastic!

[67cheby]

its no problem new 2 inch billet spacers on ebay $75 bucks, i am trying to find some used ones , but with the spacers everything will be PERFECT, i am super happy with them!!

[tubbedII]

They sure do look great on there. Sucks about the offset, but at least a spacer is an easy fix and you are still able to run them. The polish on them is outstanding!

[67cheby]

yes they did a great job polishing them they look so good they make the front ones look bad !! i am going to wait until the paint is done and have the front ones repolished

[VA72C10]

They do look AWESOME on there. Sorry you have a setback but like you said, some spacers and you'll be fixed right up

[67cheby]

ya i am not worried, unless you spend the big bucks and have them made for your truck, you should expect a little adjusting issues !!

[jmedero]

Dude my neighbor had a ton of billet spacers. The good ones. He had a wheel shop a few years back. He works off shore two weeks at a time. His son came over and asked me if he could use a sledge hamer, I said sure. Well I talked to his dad te other day and the son used the sledge to knock the studs out of them and took them to the scrap yard for $50!!!! His dad was pissed!!! He said it was like 20 sets. Most chevy patterns.
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[67cheby]

i think i just thew up in my mouth a little....idiots, geez at least put em on craigslist !!

[tubbedII]

So I hear there's "good one's" and "bad one's"...how do you tell the difference?

I'm sure with 2"s being needed, you'll get the kind that bolt onto the rotor and have their own studs (which I imagine are the "good one's"), but what if you only need 1/4"-1/2"?

[67cheby]

well thats a question i would like to know also, i have never heard this before, someone please expand on this for us

[ksbrktracer]

No expert for sure ...... But I do know you want billet and not cast .... I'm sure someone knows more about this than I do though . By the way it looks very good !!!!

[67cheby]

thanks for everyones compliments !!

[budnikguy]

Looking great!! Did you go with a 22 x 8.5 in the rear? Would have really like to see a 22 x 10 with a nice lip...looks sweet none the less! I purchased 2" billet adapters for my '97 Tahoe and they were excellent quality and had no issues. I am with ksbrktracer, make sure they are the aircraft billet, not cast!

[67cheby]

no they are 22x10's they just have 7.5 backspace!! someday if i want to spend an extra 800 i could have them re-hooped at whatever backspace i want but right now i will just run spacers

[budnikguy]

streching that 265 a bit on a 10" wide Truck looks killer man...keep up the good fight!

[67cheby]

the tire info said for a 9-10.5 rim , but i would agree it prob would have looked better on a 9 inch rim ...live and learn , maybe i can keep enough of it tucked up in there so you wont notice !!

[budnikguy]

yeah I have 295 on my 22x10's. yeah, no doubt, the way your truck will lay you will not see but half of the rim and tire anyway...

[67cheby]

my rear inner fenders were raised enough to lay out on a 28 inch tire, i had no plans of going to a 22 until i ran across these .....so to try to get them as close to 28 inches tall as i could this is the tire size i had to choose, i would prefer to have about 4 inches of sidewall but.....i guess i cant. i might have to just trailer my truck when i go to the shows that are along way off....always said i would never do that but....

[67cheby]

i was just looking on Budnik's web site and found a pic of the truck my one off wheels was built for ....thought i would share, these are the actual wheels that are on my truck now

[watahyahknow]

i had seen them before too but they had dimples in the edge of the rim like the foose nitrous wheels , they could've been a one off/custom order in that backspace

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

my rear inner fenders were raised enough to lay out on a 28 inch tire, i had no plans of going to a 22 until i ran across these .....so to try to get them as close to 28 inches tall as i could this is the tire size i had to choose, i would prefer to have about 4 inches of sidewall but.....i guess i cant. i might have to just trailer my truck when i go to the shows that are along way off....always said i would never do that but....

ahhhh that sucks! maybbe you get a set of steelies and caps that you can paint to match the truck so you can drive it around and then the billet wheels for shows?

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

i was just looking on Budnik's web site and found a pic of the truck my one off wheels was built for ....thought i would share, these are the actual wheels that are on my truck now

and the actual steering wheel too

[babyblueoval]

Mike,

Here's the place I was telling you about with spacers and adapters...
They do have 2" ones available but they are a little more than your ebay find.

http://www.ezaccessory.com/Wheel_Ada...6550-6550c.htm

As far as spacers go, the cheap ones that you can buy alomst anywhere can
work fine but the potential for having slight balancing problems is fairly high.
They are all plenty strong. Porsche ahs been using wheel spacers for many
many years. The billet ones (Porsche uses these) are usually hubcentric on
the inside and on the outside also. Some companies you can tell them what
your hub bore is and what your wheel bore is and they will make them with
the 2 different bores so they are hubcentric on both sides. That is the ideal
situation so there is no issue with your wheels being out of balance.

Does that make sense?