[Z06] 19" wheels all around?
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
19" wheels all around?
Is anyone running 19"'s all around? Say stock width, just bigger? Pics?
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From: Dayton, OH HAWG: "this is Off Topic...it can get a bit north of care bears and strawberry shortcake in here"
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
almost looks like it needs 20's on the rear, hmm? are you stock height? it looks jacked up a little.
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Yes, stock height. It is sitting up a little high -- was up on jacks for a while before the pic and didn't settle down yet. It could definitely stand to be lowered -- but not feasible with my driveway. There are tons of Zs with 19s in the rear that look great, no need for 20s IMO.
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Here is a picture (3 of them actually.....click next or previous picture) of mine with 19" ccw's 19x10 up front with a 275/35/19 and 19x11 out back with a 295/35/19
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I think the C5 looks unbalanced with non-staggered wheel sizes. If you must have oversizes, at least get 18/19, or 19/20 combo. Otherwise, to look "right", you'd need to reverse the factory style, and get a lower aspect ratio on the fronts, instead of the rears. For instance, 275/30-19 fronts, and 305/35-19rears. Of course, I don't know if these sizes are even available, but you get the idea...
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From: St. james NY
I run 19s all around ccw 505a's and it looks stellar.
1 for one dont like the staggered look of 17/18 or 19/20. Plus 20s is way to big in the rear for any car making power. Even 19s are big but they look just right.
275 front 305 rear 19x10 19x11.5 Im going to put a 325 19 next time around.
1 for one dont like the staggered look of 17/18 or 19/20. Plus 20s is way to big in the rear for any car making power. Even 19s are big but they look just right.
275 front 305 rear 19x10 19x11.5 Im going to put a 325 19 next time around.
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From: Dayton, OH HAWG: "this is Off Topic...it can get a bit north of care bears and strawberry shortcake in here"
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
So if you go 19's all around, what is the optimum size, width and offset/backspacing to keep all your cooling ducts in place, and not run into any clearance issues? I'm having custom wheels made, so my options are pretty much unlimited.
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I think the C5 looks unbalanced with non-staggered wheel sizes. If you must have oversizes, at least get 18/19, or 19/20 combo. Otherwise, to look "right", you'd need to reverse the factory style, and get a lower aspect ratio on the fronts, instead of the rears. For instance, 275/30-19 fronts, and 305/35-19rears. Of course, I don't know if these sizes are even available, but you get the idea...
imho dont like the non-angle look of the car with even sized wheels just doesnt look right i run 18-19
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I wanted a yellow Z so bad, but they were hard to find, and a bad idea in the communistwealth.
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I think the C5 looks unbalanced with non-staggered wheel sizes. If you must have oversizes, at least get 18/19, or 19/20 combo. Otherwise, to look "right", you'd need to reverse the factory style, and get a lower aspect ratio on the fronts, instead of the rears. For instance, 275/30-19 fronts, and 305/35-19rears. Of course, I don't know if these sizes are even available, but you get the idea...