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Old 09-18-2016, 09:47 PM
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There is a 3 mm difference in the front wheel. The rears on the C6ZR1 and the C7Z06 are the same size.

The fronts are +40 mm in offset for the ZR1 and C6Z06/Z07 and + 43 mm in offset for the C7Z06. Will the +40 mm offset (the C6ZR1 wheels) fit:

The C7Z06 w/o Z07?
The C7Z06 with Z07?

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Technically they should fit. The C7 Z06 wheels fit on the C6 Z06 and ZR1 and I believe someone did test fit C6 Z06 wheels onto a C7 Z06 without issues. Not sure how helpful that is to you.
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Originally Posted by four0nefive
Technically they should fit. The C7 Z06 wheels fit on the C6 Z06 and ZR1 and I believe someone did test fit C6 Z06 wheels onto a C7 Z06 without issues. Not sure how helpful that is to you.
The C6 Z06 rims from what I have researched will fit onto the rear of a C7 Z06 and make for a very cost effective when matched to a sticky drag radial all ready then to go drag racing and turn some great times down the 1,320 in a C7 Z.

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Old 09-19-2016, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Mopar Jimmy
The C6 Z06 rims from what I have researched will fit onto the rear of a C7 Z06 and make for a very cost effective when matched to a sticky drag radial all ready then to go drag racing and turn some great times down the 1,320 in a C7 Z.
They fit the c6 zr1 rims front
And rear had them on my 2015 c7 zo7 for the first 6 months .
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The rears will fit because they are exactly the same size and offset. I wonder why GM added 3 mm of positive offset to the C7Z06 front wheels. Was it for the Z07 package? Or is it also necessary for the non Z07? 3 mm is about a tenth of an inch so not much difference, but again GM likely didn't change casting tooling for no reason at all.
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Smaller offset number pushes the wheel out farther. Larger offset number pulls them in. So a 40 mm offset would push the wheel 3 mm farther out than a 43 mm offset.

Would actually look better on the Z, and wouldn't have any fitment issues.
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OE GM ZR1 wheels will fit!!!

As mentioned, the rears are the same offset and fit with plenty of clearance.

The fronts have slightly different offsets, but 3mm is less than 1/8 inch, so you won't have any problems.

I took some pictures of my C7 Z06 with ZR1 wheels on it, and you can see some measurements that show the clearance you'll have.

Here's a link to a thread with pics and rough measurements:


https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...7-z06-yes.html


BTW - I would imagine that if the ZR1 wheels fit on my Z07 that they will fit on a regular C7 Z06 with cast iron rotors, but I dunno for sure!
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Exactly what I wanted to know. I have several sets of 19/20 wheels for my C6Z06 and am about to buy a C7Z06 and simply was hoping (and expecting) that the older wheels would work.

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