bdanyluk

What wheels do you recommend for HPDE's? Something of good quality, somewhat lightweight but low priority, and less than $2,000 for the wheels alone? Feel free to pick manufacturer, material, construction type, finish, offsets etc.

I plan on using Toyo R888's.

Base 2006 C6 Coupe, MN6.

Looking for:

Fronts: 18 x 10 For a 275/35 Toyo R888
Rears: 18 x 11 For a 305/35 Toyo R888

Bill Dearborn

Unless you have those tires already you may want to think about something else. I know the 275s are on National Back Order and there are no used ones to be found. Probably the same for new 305s although you may be able to find used. Check with Todd at GT Racing in Wisconsin (forum vendor).

Bill

bdanyluk

Hey Bill,
What do YOU run? I really have no idea, other than I need to stick with 18" all around in order to get cheap scrubs for my HPDE's....I won't be ready for slicks for about 5 years. So semi-slicks most likely or whatever...will be running HPDE 2 and 3 for the next 5 years.

cdbmathews

CCW is the way to go for the C6. 18x10, 18x11 are the sizes the SCCA T1 guys race on.

http://www.ccwheel.com/wheelprofiles-display.php?id=C10

Bill Dearborn

I was using Nitto NT05s on LG World Challenge Wheels. Got 26 track days and several autocrosses out of them before they just stopped working. At the last autocross a piece of wet soap would have had more traction than they did.

Like you I am trying to buy used tires Vs paying for new.

I did get some R888s from GT Racing. The fronts are 305/35/18 and the rears are 335/30/18. I have the fronts on stock 18x9.5 Z06 front wheels and the rears on House of Wheels 18x12 Chrome Z06 Repros. The fronts are too wide for the rims and I am getting a lot of roll over plus they are tearing up my brake ducts. I will run these till the fronts are done which will probably be next week then I will replace with used Continental Slicks which I got from GT Racing. If I had a wider front rim I wouldn't have the roll over issue. My LG fronts are 18x10 but I really need an 11 inch wide wheel in the front if I am going to use the 305 tire in front.

A number of Z06 people run 18x11 front rims and 18x13 rear rims.

Bill

gkmccready

CCW. Hands down. 18x10+18x11 with 275+305 work great.

TmillerC5

I ran OEM C5 Z06 wheels for quite a while 18x10.5 all the way around. Great set up and I got tires from GT Racing and Bob Chick. I switch to the TSW nurburgring this year just cause I wanted a change. Set of 4 was about $950.00 ship. Couple Vendors on here sell them. I keep the same size 18x10.5

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jon6.0

Would the TSW 18x10.5 wheels work on a base C6? How much do they weigh?

gkmccready

TSW has too many different wheels with too many different offsets(/backspacing) to just say yes or no.

jon6.0

The only ones in 18x10.5 I found have a +65mm offset. They also have another wheel called the Interlagos with the same specs. They are both 21lbs.

http://www.tsw.com/alloy_wheels_interlagos.php