Sunday, October 9, 2011

Bought some new wheels for the Cortez

So I lucked out on craigslist again, and picked up a set of 20" 8 Lug wheels and 33" tires. I need to work out a few things to see if they are going to work... size based on my measurements should be right on with the 305/55/20 Mickey Thompson tires.

The lug bolts I have are too big for these wheel's holes... so I need to figure out if it would be better to swap out the bolts to a standard Chevy lug (wheels came with 32 chrome lug nuts) or better to just drill out the holes to the larger size and get new lug nuts... Since I'm missing tow lugs on one of the rear wheels, I need to replace some anyways... so it's not too bad to just throw a few new ones in... on all 4 wheels though. Hmmmm.

The wheels themselves are pretty nice multi-spoke Chrome with an aggressive lip. They measure out at 20" x 10" and et25mm. So fitment is going to be close for sure! I may need to cut/roll the fender lips to get them to tuck up inside the fenders. (They already do with Stock wheels... but I've tossed around the idea of lowering it a bit. would make it easier to get in and out.... but may cause issues with the driveway. Air may be in this RV's future.

Just got to get the body work and paint done first....

anyways here is a look at the new shoes:

20s with Thompsons

and I have to jack it up a bit to fit them under the wheel well (other wheels were still on) but this at least gives a bit of perspective to what 20's would look like on there.

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(I will try to replace this picture in the am.)