Recreating the 1989 Prototype Wheels? - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Erik · 09-05-2020

I've always loved the wheels on the original ZR-1 prototypes. Maybe because they were the first ones I saw, but the covers over the lugs just always looked more right to me then the open ones on the 90.

So, I was wondering if anyone had managed to recreate the rears? I'm guessing the fronts would just be standard 89 wheels, right? I can imagine three ways of doing it. One, spending a huge amount of money for a custom made wheel. Two, have a regular 89 wheel split and widened. Third, machining a lip onto a 1990 wheel to fit the 89 cover. Yes, that would mean desecrating a rare 1990 wheel, but it's just a thought.

Has anyone undertaken a project like this? Are any, or all, of my assumptions incorrect? Am I actually brilliant?

09-05-2020	#1
Erik Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: New Brunswick Posts: 961	Recreating the 1989 Prototype Wheels? I've always loved the wheels on the original ZR-1 prototypes. Maybe because they were the first ones I saw, but the covers over the lugs just always looked more right to me then the open ones on the 90. So, I was wondering if anyone had managed to recreate the rears? I'm guessing the fronts would just be standard 89 wheels, right? I can imagine three ways of doing it. One, spending a huge amount of money for a custom made wheel. Two, have a regular 89 wheel split and widened. Third, machining a lip onto a 1990 wheel to fit the 89 cover. Yes, that would mean desecrating a rare 1990 wheel, but it's just a thought. Has anyone undertaken a project like this? Are any, or all, of my assumptions incorrect? Am I actually brilliant? __________________ 1990 ZR-1 # 996 "All Corvettes are red. The rest are mistakes." - John Heinricy