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Adapters, no. Spacers yes. The hub is slightly wider than the center of the wheel but i plan on widening the wheel with a metal hole saw.
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Should have added the tensioners in future mods list. With such a low mileage car it makes sense.
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+1. Usually more expensive grand touring cars were sold in very nice, pretty, conservative colors. No Yellow or bright Orange. I think the most outrageous color was Salsa Red, and a nice regular red isn't really outrageous at all!
When I've looked at Corvettes, sometimes I found a nice car and then it was a god awful color like Yellow or Aqua. Most of these nicer luxury cars don't have a bad color and I like that! It's also amazed me that on the X100 and X308, the vast majority of the factory wheels are extremely good looking. Some people consider the Revolver kind of ugly, but honestly, if that's the "worst" looking, it's still quite nice.
I really like the Double Fives and Pentas I have on my cars and have no desire whatsoever to change them (and I like $$$ in my hand!). The Monarch wheels the OP has are quite nice though. I like the deep dish in the back a lot.
When I've looked at Corvettes, sometimes I found a nice car and then it was a god awful color like Yellow or Aqua. Most of these nicer luxury cars don't have a bad color and I like that! It's also amazed me that on the X100 and X308, the vast majority of the factory wheels are extremely good looking. Some people consider the Revolver kind of ugly, but honestly, if that's the "worst" looking, it's still quite nice.
I really like the Double Fives and Pentas I have on my cars and have no desire whatsoever to change them (and I like $$$ in my hand!). The Monarch wheels the OP has are quite nice though. I like the deep dish in the back a lot.
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When you used the spacers did you use the stock flat lug nuts or cone shaped lug nuts. Any issue with vibration on the wheels?
Yelp I'm on Maui and my car does not leave the drive way with the top up, great convertible weather here in Hawaii. Some folks say it's to hot during the day for the top down but I say they are just sissy's.
Jobaga - It might be just me trying to get my head around this, its 3.53am here and about to head off to bed
You mention that " the hub is slightly wider than the centre of the wheel"
From that I assume that they don't fit "exactly?"
You say you used spacers, are these hubcentric spacers? There will be a small lip on the spacers and a recess that makes up the difference for a really nice secure fit, I have them on my Audi A6
If not, that would mean you simply have the plain "washer type" spacer with holes drilled but just a plain flat surface, is this the case?
If so, your wheels are only held on by the bolts, it can cause wheel wobble at speed / cornering due to the stresses involved as all the weight is taken by the bolts.
Please put my mind at rest asap and advise that's not the case.
See below hubcentric wheel spacers showing the recess and lip that allows the spacer to fit snugly onto the hub and the wheel to fit tightly onto the spacer
Not this generic plain washer type?
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That car is gorgeous, great job! Make sure that the first thing on your to do list is replacing the secondary plastic tensioners with upgraded metal ones as others have previously stated. If you do that first, you won't be using that Corvette engine anytime soon. I almost lost my engine because of my assumption that it had been done by the previous owner, and I got lucky. I will pass 160,000 very soon, and it runs smoother and stronger than when I bought it.
Enjoy your beautiful "new" car.
Enjoy your beautiful "new" car.
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That car is gorgeous, great job! Make sure that the first thing on your to do list is replacing the secondary plastic tensioners with upgraded metal ones as others have previously stated. If you do that first, you won't be using that Corvette engine anytime soon. I almost lost my engine because of my assumption that it had been done by the previous owner, and I got lucky. I will pass 160,000 very soon, and it runs smoother and stronger than when I bought it.
Enjoy your beautiful "new" car.
Enjoy your beautiful "new" car.
Do I have to buy the entire kit with new chain, etc? or just replace the tensioners themselves?
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Jobaga - It might be just me trying to get my head around this, its 3.53am here and about to head off to bed
You mention that " the hub is slightly wider than the centre of the wheel"
From that I assume that they don't fit "exactly?"
You say you used spacers, are these hubcentric spacers? There will be a small lip on the spacers and a recess that makes up the difference for a really nice secure fit, I have them on my Audi A6
If not, that would mean you simply have the plain "washer type" spacer with holes drilled but just a plain flat surface, is this the case?
If so, your wheels are only held on by the bolts, it can cause wheel wobble at speed / cornering due to the stresses involved as all the weight is taken by the bolts.
Please put my mind at rest asap and advise that's not the case.
See below hubcentric wheel spacers showing the recess and lip that allows the spacer to fit snugly onto the hub and the wheel to fit tightly onto the spacer
Not this generic plain washer type?
Best
Jim
You mention that " the hub is slightly wider than the centre of the wheel"
From that I assume that they don't fit "exactly?"
You say you used spacers, are these hubcentric spacers? There will be a small lip on the spacers and a recess that makes up the difference for a really nice secure fit, I have them on my Audi A6
If not, that would mean you simply have the plain "washer type" spacer with holes drilled but just a plain flat surface, is this the case?
If so, your wheels are only held on by the bolts, it can cause wheel wobble at speed / cornering due to the stresses involved as all the weight is taken by the bolts.
Please put my mind at rest asap and advise that's not the case.
See below hubcentric wheel spacers showing the recess and lip that allows the spacer to fit snugly onto the hub and the wheel to fit tightly onto the spacer
Not this generic plain washer type?
Best
Jim
I've got the washer type but was planning on milling about a 1/16" out of the center of the wheels to mount them properly. Thanks for the advise.
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Just curious as I have new wheels on the way with 72.6 hubs and the Jag takes 74.1. So will be boring out the hub by 1.5 mm to fit the hub centric design.
When you used the spacers did you use the stock flat lug nuts or cone shaped lug nuts. Any issue with vibration on the wheels?
Yelp I'm on Maui and my car does not leave the drive way with the top up, great convertible weather here in Hawaii. Some folks say it's to hot during the day for the top down but I say they are just sissy's.
When you used the spacers did you use the stock flat lug nuts or cone shaped lug nuts. Any issue with vibration on the wheels?
Yelp I'm on Maui and my car does not leave the drive way with the top up, great convertible weather here in Hawaii. Some folks say it's to hot during the day for the top down but I say they are just sissy's.
I'll be boring the center this weekend. It rides like crap also due to the fact that my upper front shock mounts are dust.
Love my new Jag. I know I'm not going to pull up to another at the stop light (and did I mention the top goes down?).
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Be sure to let us know how the wheel boring works out.
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I bought the whole kit, primary, secondary tensioners, gaskets, bolts, and timing chains, etc. One tensioner and a timing chain broke upon start up one morning, so I had everything changed out. I had over 100,000 miles on the car at the time, but the brittleness of the plastic is as much related to age as mileage, and you are at risk everytime you start your engine. I believe the whole kit was about $600.
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