Wheel width on a 95 coupe

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Nov 2, 2005 | 11:03 PM

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Wheel width on a 95 coupe

Hi everyone, I would like to know how wide are the wheels on a 95 coupe, I just bought the car and want to change the wheels. Thanks, Jim

Nov 2, 2005 | 11:07 PM

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Right now, you should have 9.5 rear and 8.5 front unless you have a suspension package.

Nov 3, 2005 | 08:30 AM

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I put 9.5 on the front and rear of my 95 coupe. that will make it possible to rotate your tires.

Nov 3, 2005 | 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gooseit

I put 9.5 on the front and rear of my 95 coupe. that will make it possible to rotate your tires.

I would go with 17x9.5" all around. Even if you're not buying new tires for now. The stock front 255/45/17s will fit the 9.5" wide wheels just fine. When you decide to buy new tires just get 275/40/17 all around.

Nov 3, 2005 | 05:44 PM

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Normally, you would want to go with the largest wheel/tire combo you can fit on the front of a car....but, the Corvette engineers decided on the narrower 8.5"/255 fronts on the last, most highly developed C4's for a reason.
If you don't need the last iota of front end grip (track car/autoxer), then you may be happier with the 8.5"/255's. I understand that it greatly diminishes tramlining.

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Nov 3, 2005 | 08:28 PM

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Larry what is tramlining?

BTW my 95 A4 came stock with 9.5 x 17 on all 4 corners because of the combination of FX3 and ZO7 options.

Nov 3, 2005 | 10:09 PM

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Larry what is tramlining?

Tramlining is when the car follows the ruts in the road.

Nov 4, 2005 | 11:37 AM

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...I understand that it greatly diminishes tramlining.

Larry
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While this is true, in my experience I didn't notice an increase in this "tramlining" when I stepped up to 17x9.5" wheels and 275/40/17 tires up front.