[Caddylack]

What? State inspections happen once a year every year. Same with insurance contracts, albeit everyone lies let's be real here. Even Karen with a 50% window tint she got on her front side windows lies about her car being unmodified.

Now insurance inspections those are pretty rare.

What I meant was it's not frequent for wheel spacers to be inspected in any of those instances. It would have to be physically obvious.

Illinois has no inspections.

 

[buickman1]

Wonder what California has to say about spacers, since they are so anal about modifications on vehicles.

 

[Caddylack]

Wonder what California has to say about spacers, since they are so anal about modifications on vehicles.

They probably just want to know what the spacers are made out of...

 

[shakenfake]

The eastern states beg to differ on that inspection thing. I know people that have not passed inspections because of rust. They do not jack around when it comes to inspection time.

Illinois and their lack of inspections. Boy am I jealous!

 

[Caddylack]

The eastern states beg to differ on that inspection thing. I know people that have not passed inspections because of rust. They do not jack around when it comes to inspection time.

Illinois and their lack of inspections. Boy am I jealous!

Oh, it's one of the only good things about living in Illinois. No inspections or emissions, even on new cars.

 

[Caddylack]

This is an actual picture that I took at the grocery store:

My PPV in the background.

 

[91ss]

This forum needs a group chat provision. Here we are at 26 posts and nothing in terms of new suitable wheels.
Good grief...

 

[1slow96]

There aren't likely to be an wheels better suited to these cars than the factory Impala rims.

 

[shakenfake]

Every thread is a group chat!

 

[Caddylack]

There aren't likely to be an wheels better suited to these cars than the factory Impala rims.

Finding SS rims at the junkyard in 2023 is about as likely as spotting Elvis or 2pac.

The point of the thread is cheap junkyard wheels. What are the best options? How do they fit in the front and rear?

Fleetwood guys... @96 Black

We all know about how our rear tires are limited in width by the factory skirts (the handles for the skirts, more specifically). What about clearance on the inside of the wheel well?

Would a wheel with a more modern offset be a good thing for trying to cram wider tires in the back?

 

[1slow96]

What "cheap junkyard wheels" even fit our cars? Mostly late model 2WD GM trucks ,and other B-bodies. Most are going to only be 7" widths. Kinda hard to get exited about ,huh....

Summit/Jeg's sell new steel wheels quite reasonably in 8-10 inch width ,and 15-17" diameters.

 

[Jim Paley]

They probably just want to know what the spacers are made out of...

Or what they identify as…

 

[Caddylack]

What "cheap junkyard wheels" even fit our cars? Mostly late model 2WD GM trucks ,and other B-bodies. Most are going to only be 7" widths. Kinda hard to get exited about ,huh....

Summit/Jeg's sell new steel wheels quite reasonably in 8-10 inch width ,and 15-17" diameters.

Are you even reading the posts that you're replying to?

The title of the thread references Grand Cherokee and Durango. Those wheels are commonly between 18 and 20 inches in diameter.

Identifying other potential targets is the entire point of the thread.

 

[1slow96]

Once spacers around an inch are called for. Then adapters become practical ,and one is no longer limited to 5x5 bolt circle(s). Durango/Cherokee rims are not that impressive in my opinion. Especially comparing to late model Camaro/Corvette rims which aren't likely to end up in salvage yards. Rims over eight inches wide are going to be slim pickings also. Not to mention ten inch widths that most of these wider tires should be mounted on at minimum.

 

[Caddylack]

Most rims went "deep dish" a long time ago.

"Deep dish" refers to rims with a negative offset that have a big lip on the face side of the wheel.

Once spacers around an inch are called for. Then adapters become practical ,and one is no longer limited to 5x5 bolt circle(s). Durango/Cherokee rims are not that impressive in my opinion. Especially comparing to late model Camaro/Corvette rims which aren't likely to end up in salvage yards. Rims over eight inches wide are going to be slim pickings also. Not to mention ten inch widths that most of these wider tires should be mounted on at minimum.

Well, the SRT Cherokee rims are listed as 33-37mm offset.

 

[96 Black]

Finding SS rims at the junkyard in 2023 is about as likely as spotting Elvis or 2pac.

The point of the thread is cheap junkyard wheels. What are the best options? How do they fit in the front and rear?

Fleetwood guys... @96 Black

1.) We all know about how our rear tires are limited in width by the factory skirts (the handles for the skirts, more specifically). 2.) What about clearance on the inside of the wheel well?

3.) Would a wheel with a more modern offset be a good thing for trying to cram wider tires in the back?

I thought I felt my ears ringing....
Interesting I see a fair amount of posts on 'Spacers. Good or Bad.' I'll just throw this out to frame what I learned on the topic, and realize I've linked it several times before for various purposes:

Spacer/Adapter For CTS

My new fitment questions are not getting much traction in the Wheels section, so hopefully more experience here with this sort of stuff. To start with I've rounded up a set of '10-'14 CTS 18"x 8 1/2" and Conti Extreme Contact DWS06: In trying to clear the skirt skirt tabs without going...

www.impalassforum.com

I've seen some real sketchy spacers, as in stackable like casino chips, pot metal grade, slotted 'universal', "hubcentric +1/2", etc. Mine fortunately would pass most any critical eye as built stronger than the wheel itself. And a lawyer's only legit best attack would be if someone exceeded the tensile strength of the lugs by their getting too long (as 1 slow96 posted) by not using a bonafide adapter and the lugs snapped.

1.) You can always buy an extra 3/4" until hitting the skirt itself with some grinder/hammer massaging:

2.) My final fitment with the CTS wheels still left ~1/2" rubber clearance to frame.

3.) Short answer = Yes. I took the 10" widened stockers with 315/35 and bolted them up to my first Fleetwood to check clearances. It was a short experiment. The lugs got 1/2" before tight when the inside rubber touched the frame, and it turned out to be just a static photo -op:

 

[5SSix1caprice]

Im a fan of the steele rim and really liked Livin1’s setup using the dodge ram Steele spare rim, but of course as noted in his thread he used adapters.
The Most Unique Roadmaster. Dont Bite!

 

[Caddylack]

Im a fan of the steele rim and really liked Livin1’s setup using the dodge ram Steele spare rim, but of course as noted in his thread he used adapters.
The Most Unique Roadmaster. Dont Bite!

Haha, that's funny you bring this up... I have been pondering putting some oversized police wheels on my Tahoe PPV.

The Nissan Armada and Titan have 20" steel spares in the same pattern as the GM trucks. Then you have the 22" transport wheels that the trucks are shipped on:

My plan right now is to do a staggered setup with Nissan spares in the front and transport wheels in the back, with Chevy police hub caps transplanted onto them so they kinda match.

There are definitely similar setups out there in 5x5.