Anybody have them? I'm looking at them on e-b-- because I want deep dish rims with a nice lip on them. They say the offset is 35 front & 40 rear...will that even work? I have a Sebring Silver Vert and I am going to get black with a polished lip.

Any help....The rims all seem to be 19" and the only tires I see that fit are Nankang.....Anyone have these tires? The Whole Package is $1,600.00 shipped.....with the tires mounted and balanced....

I don't autocross or anything but I don't want super crap tires.....They look HOT.

THANKS FOR THE HELP!

Rich

 

Yea Ive been wanting those wheels. I wish however they had them in 10.5 wide to match my Z06 wheels. Guess Ill just have to keep searching.

 

I got them but different sizes

Wheels are Ruff Racing 278 Hyper Black in 19" x 9.5" 45mm offset sizes all around.
Rubber is BFG KDW2's - Rear 295/35/19 - Front 255/35/19







More pics here

http://www.letsrace.com/vette

Mike

 

I got mine about a month ago and am VERY happy with them.

The offset's work great, both front and rear are exactly flush with the car.

I went for 19's up front and 20's out back and I'm glad I did as they make the car sit really nicely. My car is lowered on stock bolts and I have had no issues with speed ramps etc.

For the rubber I have 245/35/19 Continental Sport Contact 2's on the front and 285/30/20 Pirelli PZero Asymmetrico's on the back.

Here's some pics:

 

that's a new one.

 

The 20" rears are 10J which I am led to beleive that one "J" unit is slightly larger than an inch, so these rears should be a minimum of 10"'s??

Anyone know the technicalities here?

 

I had the same wheels as Viper8u2 on my 03 cobra w/ some run of the mill General brand tires up front and IIRC 285/35/19's BFG KDW2's out back.

I have no experience with nankang, but would not expect them to hook up well, might consider buying the wheels alone and picking the tires that you feel best suit your goals.

I just bought my first vette (first GM for that matter) havent seen the car in person as its all the way across the country. Its got stock chrome wagon wheels and I think Ill end up selling my RUFF 278's, buy some RUFF 279's and mount my tires up on them. I havent seen any Vettes with the 279's, it will be a different look, but should look good on a pewter FRC.

Two things to consider.

One is the weight, I dont know the exact numbers but I do know that these wheels are significantly heavier than HRE's, CCW's, and even replica wheels.

Two is that these wheels are not going to have the quality finish of an expensive wheel. There will be noticeable 'orange peel' on the face of the wheel and the lip is not nearly as polished as more expensive wheels.


If your not overly concerned about rotating mass and your not expecting a perfect finish, IMO you cant go wrong for the money.


Best of luck!


Scott Simon
Terminator lover turned C5 owner.


:EDIT: You also need to consider that anything looks good on a SALEEN, so dont let the manufacturers rendering fool you

 

WOW both of your cars look HOT! The rims really set it off...I Think i'm going to see if I can get 19's & 20's
where did you gus buy yours from?

Also do you have to stagger the rims sizes? what does that do?

What would happen if I put 18" on all the way around?

Thanks,
Rich

 

i was goinging to buy some ruffs for the money you cannot beat it
but the overall quality is not thereit is not as good as ccw or others
but stiillooks great.they talked me out of them and i am waiting for my 2 pisce foose to come in then i will sell my ccws

 

Got to say those wheels do look great.

 

You can get them from Goodroads in Tampa FL as they actually own Ruff wheels. From what I was told they are made in the same place as Axis wheels. The only downer is they are pretty heavy, and there's 100 civic's running around here with them.

 

Those wheels look great! Remember there is a billion people
out there wearing nikes! Do want you want and not what the next
person wants!

 

viper8u2 - That looks badass. I'm looking at the same wheel but in 18" and black for my black 98 Trans Am. But after looking at your pics, I'm leaning toward the hyperblack. No one seems to have them in stock, where did you get them from?

BTW - I can't believe the 278's are heavier than the chrome plated C5's I run right now. 18x9.5 on the front (53-lbs for 1 wheel/tire) and 18x10.5 on the rear.

 

I got them from chromespinners.com, but like ccdan said, They are owned by Goodroads. If I would have known that originally, I would have just bypassed the middleman.

There is was a shortage on mine as well, in fact the first 2 wheels I got were defective and I had to send back, I got the last 2 wheels. They said they were backordered for a month or so.

Anyone who gets these wheels, make sure you get hubcentric rings, You will need them

Mike

 

This is a great style

-Mike

 

Looks outstanding, but man, by the looks of the one picture, that front offset must reak havoc with road debris down the flanks. I had a set of Mallet rims that were close to the same offset on the front and the car tramlined pretty badly.

 

Thanks, yes the car does get dirtier on the sides easier now, but I love the way it looks.

Actually, the car rides 100x better than the stock wheels and rubber, I have less of the car following grooves in the road for some reason, I would have thought it would have been alot worse also.

The traction is alot better also, I felt like my car is almost slower now because of how good these tires hook up.

Mike

 

Just simply stating....I like the way they look. And your right however why do you think billions of ppl buy nikes instead of payless shoes...

 

Please elaborate. Are these adaptors that center the wheel onto the hub assembly to remove any play between the two? How do I know what ring to get?

 

Yes, they go into the center hub on the wheel and fit around the hub on the car.

You need to know what size the opening is to fit the ring into and the tire shop (i used discount tire) will know what size to fit on the car.

For my sizes it was 73mm for the wheels, not sure what it was for the car. cost me $15.98 at discount tire for them to get them for me

Mike