crxnug

Im looking at buying OE Wheels 18 inch C5 10.5 rear and 9.5 front on a 1990 , does anyone have pics as I need to see the fitment of these wheels,any help would be much appreciated

jesters94

These are on my old '94 coupe.

WVZR-1

Since you're buying other than GM you need to be concerned with advertised offsets. The 10.5 & 9.5 configuration you mention hints that these would be C5 Z06 spec'd wheels or similar and OE may actually offer them in some different offsets.

In the post above those wheels are C5 base wheels and shouldn't be used for any reference what so ever.

You might maybe post a link to the wheels you're actually looking at or mention the offsets they quote in whatever store you're shopping.

tunedport85inject

here we go...

swampoodle-pat

Here are a couple photos of my 95 with wagon wheels.
The original wheels and tires are in the basement.

Rockcrushervette

TurbineSurgine

soon to be for sale, c5 thin spokes. I can try tomorrow to get better pics in the daylight.

Rockcrushervette

That'z a tight look why would you get rid of those wheels? Nice ride bra!

tunedport85inject

lot of "wagons" out there...

TurbineSurgine

I do agree it does look good, I race the car so i'm wanting to do 17x11 zr1 wheels all around.

tunedport85inject

do you really need 17x11" front ? i can understand the rear,but 11" front

WVZR-1

OP mentions OE and a combination of 18 X 10.5 and 18 X 9.5. None of the "wagon" snapshots are of much help and neither are the "thin-spokes". OE does Corvette wheel replicas that are 18X9.5@54mm and 18X10.5@56mm and any package that they sell that match those specifications would be considered an excellent fit and choice. They offer more than one package and that's why I asked the OP for maybe a link OR ..

Here's a link to a possible choice for the OP and they're wanna be "thin-spokes" I guess so if any one had snapshots of any C5 combinations from OE they could help. I imagine they do the C5Z06 look also in those specifications but I didn't look.

http://www.oewheelsllc.com/Wheels_3/...4#.VEZW5Wd0y64

Any other choices that don't match those "offsets" I wouldn't consider a fit. Those specifications might be ideal for a C4 88+ for wheels. Tire sizes is another issue maybe.

tunedport85inject

my setup is 4x 18" 9,5"...i'm a little egocentric...sorry can't resist to post pics...

WVZR-1

That's a good bit of tire/wheel to "haul around" - hard to believe it could be a "good choice".

WVZR-1

I should have remembered the 4 X 9.5's that are on your car. 4 X the 9.5's would work on an 88+ C4 but you would loose minimal wheel/tire placement in the wheelhouse. The wagon wheel actually looks quite good on an early C4 with the black side molding. I saw a set on a '91+ car once and it just looked terrible.

TurbineSurgine

yes

The car is a corner carver, from my research many people use that setup for autocross and track days.

TurbineSurgine

I should also mention that my car is a 85 with spacers.

WVZR-1

I was pretty confident that it was '87 or earlier looking at the rear wheel/tire placement and for you to accomplish 17X11 on all 4's you'll need the 36mm offset of the actual ZR-1 wheel to accomplish a fit OR spacers if you try the 50mm offset. I believe it could be a very special effort to accomplish an 11" fitment for the earlier car.

Good luck.

OP hasn't been back but I'd think hard about 4 X 18X9.5@54 if I had a '88+ base car that was a "driver" to accomplish front/rear rotation but his choice for a "stagger" could work equally as well, there's just no rotation option.

TurbineSurgine

You are correct, 36mm offset rep wheels from afs is what I'm going with.

Here is a thread topic with some people that succeeded with the fitment. https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c4-general-discussion/2519641-early-c4-17x11-front-wheels.html

I also have spc control arms that can gain as much camber as needed.

steve6

Here is the c5 thin chrome's on a 87 convertible https://www.dropbox.com/s/afnwoe98vc...41.00.jpg?dl=0