Z06 Rear Wheel Spacer
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Yea now ( or mabe it always has been ) it clearly says on Paragons website ... you no longer have to trim the nutz ....GREAT ! v
Its an excellent option as opposed to spending 10 to 20 grand on some high end forged rims and rubber ... as GM has really stepped up their game with the wheel options \.... And for 209 USD .... Its a no brainer
Looking forward to the wheel options for the New GS ....
Would these work for the front also ... to keep everything uniform ? ?
"you no longer have to trim the nutz ....GREAT !"Yea now ( or mabe it always has been ) it clearly says on Paragons website ... you no longer have to trim the nutz ....GREAT ! v
Its an excellent option as opposed to spending 10 to 20 grand on some high end forged rims and rubber ... as GM has really stepped up their game with the wheel options \.... And for 209 USD .... Its a no brainer
Looking forward to the wheel options for the New GS ....
Make a lot of pooches happy........
I'm also waiting for an "official " announcement on the GS . May have to inquire with my dealer about an allocation.... Wanted the 20 spoke black wheels for my Stingray but no go . Got the 5 spoke with the machined edge which are OK but.....aftermarket wheels are the price of a month in the Caribbean, lol. I know which I'd prefer in the middle of January !Yea now ( or mabe it always has been ) it clearly says on Paragons website ... you no longer have to trim the nutz ....GREAT ! v
Its an excellent option as opposed to spending 10 to 20 grand on some high end forged rims and rubber ... as GM has really stepped up their game with the wheel options \.... And for 209 USD .... Its a no brainer
Looking forward to the wheel options for the New GS ....
So true ..... I have always loved the 5 spoke design ..... IMHO It gives the car an absolutely exotic look .... and the bonus is that it is easy to keep the calipers clean ...
Thats mine with the stupid expensive rims .... but I must say It steals the show at every meet that I go to
As for the Grand Sport ... I am thinking hard about trading my '21 for that wide body .....
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Looking good! Thinking of the same thing. Gave the Z-06 a thought but decided it's not the right switch in my circumstances.So true ..... I have always loved the 5 spoke design ..... IMHO It gives the car an absolutely exotic look .... and the bonus is that it is easy to keep the calipers clean ...
Thats mine with the stupid expensive rims .... but I must say It steals the show at every meet that I go to
As for the Grand Sport ... I am thinking hard about trading my '21 for that wide body .....
I also thought about the Z06 .... and actually was very close to making a deal at Addison for a "26 factory order ....
However ... The Z06 is a track beast .... and I will never track the car .... the engine makes me a bit nervous ...
The Grand Sport seems like the best of both worlds ... you get the wide body and it looks like it will come with the option of a center exhaust and side exhaust ... and im sure the center exhaust will be a paid option
Right or wrong ... I have always liked the low grumble of a solid V8 as opposed to the high pitch of the FPC
I wouldnt be interested in the X version .... too complicated
Im guessing the regular Grand Soprt will start at around a buck 30 - 40 ... quite a bit less than the Z06 and why pay the extra if you wont use it
Dam you cant even unleash 1/2 of the potential of the Stingray on city streets ....
CamsC8
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You don't need spacers on the front. GM got that offset right on the Z06.
I bought 20 mm spacers from Paragon Performance and collars to lower my car 3/4": car looks and performs the way it should. Looks goofy with wheels inside wheel well edges and too much space. I have front-lift and Z51 pkg which makes this mod easier to live with. Rock guards from ACS as well.I wonder when will GM get the wheel offsets right on these cars....
I am looking fwd to the GSX!!I also thought about the Z06 .... and actually was very close to making a deal at Addison for a "26 factory order ....
However ... The Z06 is a track beast .... and I will never track the car .... the engine makes me a bit nervous ...
The Grand Sport seems like the best of both worlds ... you get the wide body and it looks like it will come with the option of a center exhaust and side exhaust ... and im sure the center exhaust will be a paid option
Right or wrong ... I have always liked the low grumble of a solid V8 as opposed to the high pitch of the FPC
I wouldnt be interested in the X version .... too complicated
Im guessing the regular Grand Soprt will start at around a buck 30 - 40 ... quite a bit less than the Z06 and why pay the extra if you wont use it
Dam you cant even unleash 1/2 of the potential of the Stingray on city streets ....
Id like to see that!
I have a ‘25 C8 Stingray
Will these offsets fit all 4 wheels?
If so, are they still an available as I would be interested in buying.
Where about are you located?
My new wheels being manufactured now, I’ve changed the offsets from stock (which required 20mm spacers) to the proper offset where they will no longer require spacers at all to be fender flush. Doing GM’s work for them 
My 20mm hub centric spacers will be for sale soon
My 20mm hub centric spacers will be for sale soon
i did the paragon 20mm spacers on my rears and definitely made the difference on the look. Defniitely had to grind the studs down but one main point that isn't really shown in the instructional video is that your merely just buzzing off the rounded ends of the studs and not hacking off any threads. I was fully prepared to chase the studs with a die to clean them up but simply was not required at all for the tiny bit of material that needed to be removed for them to sit flush. you could go back to stock fitment if desired and zero compromise on original fitment or threads available.
15mm's could likely get just as much of a win with only a tiny bit missing from a flush fitment from the missing 5mm. Personally i just didn't get a good feeling on the mixed reviews of 2m sport cats so felt better with paragon's proven spacers even though install video only spoke to 90% of what's actually required with the rest of what i wrote above filling in that last 10%.
hopefully these pics of stock fitment on passengers while spacer'ed on driver's with same alignment of where the fender line disappears from camera point of view upload and give some visual feedback for people.
Apologies if i've messed up on proper picture size requirements or it doesn't view properly. i mainly reside on MECF and haven't been here much.
Cheers.
15mm's could likely get just as much of a win with only a tiny bit missing from a flush fitment from the missing 5mm. Personally i just didn't get a good feeling on the mixed reviews of 2m sport cats so felt better with paragon's proven spacers even though install video only spoke to 90% of what's actually required with the rest of what i wrote above filling in that last 10%.
hopefully these pics of stock fitment on passengers while spacer'ed on driver's with same alignment of where the fender line disappears from camera point of view upload and give some visual feedback for people.
Apologies if i've messed up on proper picture size requirements or it doesn't view properly. i mainly reside on MECF and haven't been here much.
Cheers.
Nicely done. Pics show nicely.
I didn’t have to shave my studs with my 20mm spacers (mine are not Paragons, if that matters) … case by case I guess?
likely case by case but one thing i should have done was put nail polish on the rounded edges of the studs before i cut them and test fitting the wheel to see if they left nail polish on inside concave mating surface of old studs. instead i only did it after i zipped of the rounded nubs to make absolutely dead sure i took enough material off and showed no nail polish on the wheel. had i checked before i met have even found that i didn't need to on the paragon 20's as well. not sure.