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Old Oct 12, 2014 | 01:56 PM
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Had the car painted...redid the old are wheels to match had some vibration driving so I had new tires 255/50/16's put on....good ones....after, still had the vibration, took it to an experienced wheel balancing shop...2 of the 4 wheels don't balance good...just ordered a new wheel tire set from e bay...18" thiis time so I can upgrade the calipers...now stuck with 4 new 16 goodriches....

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Old Oct 12, 2014 | 03:02 PM
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Hi Playdixie,ha ha i have two set 255 /50 Zr16 laing down my garage,one set cocked and one set fresh on stock 16 rims and got my new 18" 275/40ZR18 on my "Silver Arrow" with the C5 calipers rotors upgrade









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Old Oct 12, 2014 | 05:04 PM
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What kind of rims did you get?
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Do you figuire the paint put them out of balance? Expensive paint job.
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The wagon wheels actually look pretty nice on the C4.
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Old Oct 12, 2014 | 07:38 PM
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Do you figuire the paint put them out of balance? Expensive paint job.
had a little high speed vibration when I got it..figured it would go away with new tires...wrong...
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The wagon wheels actually look pretty nice on the C4.
wagon wheels look better on a C4 than they ever did on a C5 -
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here 's the new wheels...you can see that there's lots of room for the upgrade brake job...18"



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