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Burning Brakes
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From: Wesley Chapel FL
Suggestions.
I've got the go ahead to purchase some new rims and tires on monday since my b-day is Dec. 1st 
. Im not to knowledgable about tire and rim size so please bear with me... i currently have 17 9.5's all the way around with 255's on front and 285's on back. My question is should i go with 17' 9.5's all the way around or 17's with 265(?)s up front and 18 9.5's with 305(?)'s in the back? anyone have a pic of this set up? if so could you post it and let me know the tire size as well? or give any suggestions to the size tires I should put on them? Im leaning torwards the 17 in front and 18 in back.... BTW they would be going on a 95 convertible. I can usually find any info i need by searching previous threads but this is a major purchase for me and wanted to get suggestions AND pictures specific to my needs. Thanks,
Brian.
. Im not to knowledgable about tire and rim size so please bear with me... i currently have 17 9.5's all the way around with 255's on front and 285's on back. My question is should i go with 17' 9.5's all the way around or 17's with 265(?)s up front and 18 9.5's with 305(?)'s in the back? anyone have a pic of this set up? if so could you post it and let me know the tire size as well? or give any suggestions to the size tires I should put on them? Im leaning torwards the 17 in front and 18 in back.... BTW they would be going on a 95 convertible. I can usually find any info i need by searching previous threads but this is a major purchase for me and wanted to get suggestions AND pictures specific to my needs. Thanks,Brian.
Last edited by Brian9; Nov 23, 2006 at 05:24 PM.
Safety Car
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From: W MI
The most common staggered combo on C4 gen seems to be the ZR1 wheels with 17x9.5" in front with 275/40ZR17 tires and 17x11" in back with 315/35ZR17 tires.
Check out TomzWheels, they are a supporting vendor and they seem to have satisfied customers here on the forum. I have AFS wheels and they've been great to me, but some people have had complaints from them.
Good Luck,
80sRule
Check out TomzWheels, they are a supporting vendor and they seem to have satisfied customers here on the forum. I have AFS wheels and they've been great to me, but some people have had complaints from them.
Good Luck,
80sRule
Melting Slicks
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I purchased my wheels from http://budnik.com/ and they were very helpful when trying to get the correct size and fit. Give them a call, tell them what you want to do and I'm sure they will be able to answer all of your questions.
Congratulations on your upcoming birthday. I believe that day is very special as it happens to also be my birthday.
Congratulations on your upcoming birthday. I believe that day is very special as it happens to also be my birthday.
Race Director
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From: Phoenix Arizona
If they are the stock 95 wheels, they're probably 17x8.5 in the fronts. The 17x10.5 ZR-1/GS wheels stick out about 1/2 inch in the back of a convertable. The regular size C-5 wheels shoud fit with no problem.I think it all depends upon what style wheels you want to buy. Performance-wise, I don't think you'll notice much difference unless you're auto-crossing.
Le Mans Master
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Actually many 95s came with 9.5" on all 4 corners just like mine did because of tne Z07 or FX3 options.
You may actually find a handling improvement by going to the 8.5" wide wheels in the front if you do a lot of hiway driving.
You may actually find a handling improvement by going to the 8.5" wide wheels in the front if you do a lot of hiway driving.
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks guys. Im getting a set of chrome C6 Z-06 wheels from OE off of ebay i would love to go with a supporting vendor but OE is in Sarasota which is about an hour from where i live and i am hoping i can save on shipping by picking them up. Im not looking for any kind of performance gains or anything i dont drag race or auto x i just dont feel like the chrome sawblades 17 9x5 with 255 in front and 285 in back i currently have fill up the wheel wells enough... dont get me wrong i dont want the sticking 2 inches out further then the fenders but i do want them to fill them... What is the widest tire that can safely fit on a 17 9.5 and 18 9.5 rim that could meet the goal im trying to accomplish? or will anything that is a 9.5 not fill the bill? Thanks....
What is the widest tire that can safely fit on a 17 9.5 and 18 9.5 rim that could meet the goal im trying to accomplish? or will anything that is a 9.5 not fill the bill? Thanks....
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '06
The GS offset for the 17X11 rims is 50mm. This will support a 315 35 17 tire and just if barely stick out. I went with 4 17X 9.5 rims with 285 40 17s on all four corners to be able to rotate. You could also put the 275 size as well. I don't know how this will exactly translate to 18 inch size rims.
BTW I went to pick mine up form OE and they charge $60 to pick them up at their door. Everyone who I have talked with that has picked up rims there was charged this, so don't be surprised.
BTW I went to pick mine up form OE and they charge $60 to pick them up at their door. Everyone who I have talked with that has picked up rims there was charged this, so don't be surprised.
