minitubbin a Z
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RE: minitubbin a Z
Yeah i believe he mentioned having 18x12 rear wheels and he regretted not getting the 19x12's so I'm thinking he does have it done. I'd like to see a rear shot of the car to see what kind of track and foot print it has. also find out who manufacturered the kit or if home made.
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RE: minitubbin a Z
Yeah, I have the Lingenfelter mini-tub kit on my 'vette. Like everything Lingendelter sells it is just flawless. I hadit professionally installed, because Lingenfelter's tech explained that the kit "Is one of those things that is really easy to do the second time you do it." After some cutting and glueing of carpet to fit around the wider buldges in the trunk, it looks stock all the way around.
You can download the instructions for the kit, with some pictures.
http://www.lingenfelter.com/document...structions.pdf
Note, you'll need wider wheels to really make use of this and good ones in the 12 inch wide range seem to be $1000+(Check the Lingenfelter wed site for wheels).You can run up to 345 tires with good clearance, even if lowered a bit (mine is .75 inch at the rear) but realize anything in thatsize range has very short tread life. I run BFG 345 drag radials which go only 4K - 5K miles before they are.
One downside is that changing a rear tire is quite an evolution now, on a lift or on the side of the road ---inthat it takes two jacks: one to lift the car up, another with a board under the rear A-arm to push the wheel up a bit from the group -- left to just its spring tension, it pushes the wheel down to where the suspension arms bind on the inside edge of wheel: can't get the wheel off or on.
You can download the instructions for the kit, with some pictures.
http://www.lingenfelter.com/document...structions.pdf
Note, you'll need wider wheels to really make use of this and good ones in the 12 inch wide range seem to be $1000+(Check the Lingenfelter wed site for wheels).You can run up to 345 tires with good clearance, even if lowered a bit (mine is .75 inch at the rear) but realize anything in thatsize range has very short tread life. I run BFG 345 drag radials which go only 4K - 5K miles before they are.
One downside is that changing a rear tire is quite an evolution now, on a lift or on the side of the road ---inthat it takes two jacks: one to lift the car up, another with a board under the rear A-arm to push the wheel up a bit from the group -- left to just its spring tension, it pushes the wheel down to where the suspension arms bind on the inside edge of wheel: can't get the wheel off or on.