Coming of Runflats
06-02-2008, 12:03 PM
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Runflats
I ordered RFs on my 94 C4. GY GSC EMTs, $70 plus Low Tire Pressure Warning System. The car was a DD and they saved me lots of grief.I believe this was the first time available.
06-02-2008, 12:24 PM
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The 1994 Corvette brochure is the first brochure showing runflats as an option. They are also first listed as a 1994 option (WY5) at a cost of $70 per:
http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/trivia.php
http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/trivia.php
06-02-2008, 12:34 PM
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The 1994 Corvette brochure is the first brochure showing runflats as an option. They are also first listed as a 1994 option (WY5) at a cost of $70 per:
http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/trivia.php
http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/trivia.php
They were still an option for the 95 & 96 MYs, but you also had to order RPO UJ6, Low Tire Pressure Indicator for $325. They could not be ordered on a car with RPO Z07 (adjustable suspension package) or RPO ZR-1 (special performance package in 95).
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06-02-2008, 12:57 PM
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06-02-2008, 01:23 PM
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06-02-2008, 01:28 PM
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I actually saw a salesman back in the C5 days on his hands and knees looking for the spare after a customer asked him where it is... I don't think the salesman was happy when I explaned the obvious to the customer. 
06-02-2008, 01:30 PM
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The Corvette Black Book shows RPO WY5 as an option for $70 for the first time in the 1994 model year vettes. They are described as "Tires, Extended Mobility", and 2781 C4s out of the 23,330 made that year had the option.
They were still an option for the 95 & 96 MYs, but you also had to order RPO UJ6, Low Tire Pressure Indicator for $325. They could not be ordered on a car with RPO Z07 (adjustable suspension package) or RPO ZR-1 (special performance package in 95).
They were still an option for the 95 & 96 MYs, but you also had to order RPO UJ6, Low Tire Pressure Indicator for $325. They could not be ordered on a car with RPO Z07 (adjustable suspension package) or RPO ZR-1 (special performance package in 95).
06-02-2008, 02:01 PM
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06-02-2008, 03:08 PM
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At the Del Mar Grand Prix (San Diego), in the early 90's, they had a demonstration. C4 Vette running around the track with at least one flat. It may have been four, it's a long time to remember for sure.
06-02-2008, 03:39 PM
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