skinnies on ls1's
 

guys that have skinnies on the front of their ls1 cars, could you let me know wheel sizes, what tires, and if you needed to use spacers/ grind the calipers.

im looking into a set of front wheels for my car and need to know what to buy.

i would prefer a 16'' wheel so guys with those please post up

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17

might wanna post there as well

I don't think that they make skinnies in 16s. You'll be able to fit a 15x3.5 with a 5/16" spacer with no caliper grinding.

They only make skinnies in 15s. After I got new pads up front I had to grind the calipers a little on the outside edge. I also used a spacer...See Little G's post. I think my tire size was 165x??x15

The size is 165R15, there is no sidewall number since it's metric or something like that.

thanks guys, time to start shopping i guess

I hear you can get them at a sears or any tire place, the size should be similar for an old school VW Bug size.

i got my tires at pep boys on rt1... $33 each + mount/balance

I have two sets of skinnies that I use, the Centerline Convo Pros are 15x4, don't need a spacer and use a shorter lug nut, the Weld Pro Stars are 15x3.5 and use a spacer with the longer lug nuts.
Tires on both are the older VW Beetle 165x15 radials (one set from Sears, the other from Pep Boys I think) as mentioned above.
Neither one required any grinding on my car.

Pep Boys is the best place to get 165's ...I went to every place in my area looking for those tires and half the guys gave me a look as if I was stupid. I walked into Pep Boys told 'em the size and the guy goes "These tires aint goin on a Volkswagen are they?"

:funny: stupid pep boys...btw cbr howd the whole clutch thing work out? i assume pretty good seeing as how you're buyin more fun stuff

It was the slave, all replaced for free. You're starting to sound like K0LL, posting randomly without reading any threads :lol:

- Justin

sorry but my "posts since last visit" thing keeps gettin deleted so i miss alot of info(i hate this damn computer and the random internet dyings) :evil:

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- Justin