bdanyluk

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I haven't seen anyone post their specific brand and size of wheels and tires for a base C6 coupe for HPDEs.

Please let me know what you guys run for:

front wheels/tires
rear wheels/tires

Looking to go for something cheap/decent grip/longevity for HPDE's about 4 to 5 times per year.

Some people say scrubs are a toss up with safety, so I'd like to stick to using New tires when I need to replace them. Toyo R888's ???

Looking to spend $1200 or less per tire set, cheaper the better of course.

What wheels/tires are decent? I was thinking 275/35/18 ( 18 x 10 wheels ) up front and 295/30/18 ( 18 x 11 wheels ) out back.

What do you guys think?

I run HPDE 2 right now....probably a year before I do HPDE 3, so I am not in a hurry.

Bill Dearborn

I am currently using some R888 scrubs for autocrossing and HPDEs. I have never seen a safety issue occur with anybody that is running scrubs. I think whoever told you that doesn't know what they are talking about. Race teams use the tires for 2 to 4 heat cycles and change over to new shaved tires since the old ones have lost a little bit of performance. A number of people who only do 10 or so track days per year can take a set of those scrubs and run a season on them.

The wheel sizes are in the right range. A number of people use 18x11 front and 18x13 rear on the wide body cars so an inch or two less width should be in the ball park for a standard body car.

Bill

fennerhillpro

I am running 18X9 and 19x10.5 with 265/35/18 & 305/30/19 with no issues. I had good luck and about 10 track days on Hankook evo for under 1000. Changing to PS2 and cup in scrubs.

gkmccready

18x10 and 18x11 CCW C140s on my non-Z06 C6 car. 275/35r18+305/35r18. Could probably go 18x11.5 and a little wider tire with okay clearance on the rear. On the front I had 18x11 295/30r18 and was rubbing pretty bad. Even the 18x10 275/35r18 fits a little tight up front, honestly. If you're going track only wheels I'd think about pulling the wheel in-board since you won't ever turn to lock, anyway.

I know some guys have run C5Z wheels (18x10.5) and 315/30r18 tires on all four corners but I'm still not sure how without rubbing up front...

AU N EGL

18s all around. 18x10 and 18x11 are great sizes

19" tires are to expensive and when you decided to get into R compounds there are 18" scrubbs to buy but not any 19" scrubbs