same here and no issues with rubbing...
Tire size ???
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Instructor
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Tire size ???
Thinking on buying a 99 vet !! What is the biggest tire i could put on this puppy ?? Is there a wide body kit for it to go wider also ???? I will need all the tire to get it to hook up Thanks for all your Time 
Melting Slicks
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From: slidell louisiana
Vendor on forum Jeff@TPE has a brand new wide body kit for c5 and has a thread out , getting ready to do myself. I have the exact set up that comes on a stock c6 on my c5 18"x 9.5 front wheel and 19" x 11 rear and the same goodyear tires from c6, no rubbing but with the wide fender can go c6 z06 sizes, 35 front 30 rear , not sure of remainder info
Le Mans Master
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From: Toronto
You left out a lot of info?
Biggest tire on what size rim?
How much $$$ do you want to spend?
Wide body, or flares?
Biggest tire on what size rim?
How much $$$ do you want to spend?
Wide body, or flares?
Drifting
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Ton of threads do search on here to get some ideas. A lot of people upgrade to a 18/19 combo from the stock 17/18. The most common "big tire" package is 275/18/35 (18x10 rim) up front and a 305/19/30 (19x11 rim) in the rear. Real common and a well testesd setup here on the forum. But you will see guys with a little bit of everything. You can go wider but you will have more than a little buldge outside of the wheel well.
Myself I went with a 295/19/35 in the rear since I want a slightly bigger sidewall in the rear instead of slightly smaller.
Myself I went with a 295/19/35 in the rear since I want a slightly bigger sidewall in the rear instead of slightly smaller.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Toronto
My car is tubbed with 19/20's HRE. running 345/25's on 13's. Everything is INSIDE the WW.
My buddy Tony's Caravaggio Wide Body blown Z06
My buddy Tony's Caravaggio Wide Body blown Z06
Racer
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Ton of threads do search on here to get some ideas. A lot of people upgrade to a 18/19 combo from the stock 17/18. The most common "big tire" package is 275/18/35 (18x10 rim) up front and a 305/19/30 (19x11 rim) in the rear. Real common and a well testesd setup here on the forum. But you will see guys with a little bit of everything. You can go wider but you will have more than a little buldge outside of the wheel well.
Myself I went with a 295/19/35 in the rear since I want a slightly bigger sidewall in the rear instead of slightly smaller.
Myself I went with a 295/19/35 in the rear since I want a slightly bigger sidewall in the rear instead of slightly smaller.
I have OEM C5Z wheels
Le Mans Master
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The inside of the wheel well is cut open, and widened about two inches, then recapped with new endcaps, then covered with sound deadening material, finally covered with carpet to look factory.
The whole point is to to be able to run a bigger tire 'inside' the WW, and look oem. Lingenfelter makes the kit, and new , wider WW liners are included.
http://www.tradezone.com/vette/tubing.html
The whole point is to to be able to run a bigger tire 'inside' the WW, and look oem. Lingenfelter makes the kit, and new , wider WW liners are included.
http://www.tradezone.com/vette/tubing.html
Last edited by JETZ; Aug 27, 2009 at 12:41 AM.
Burning Brakes
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From: PSL FL
The inside of the wheel well is cut open, and widened about two inches, then recapped with new endcaps, then covered with sound deadening material, finally covered with carpet to look factory.
http://www.tradezone.com/vette/tubing.html
http://www.tradezone.com/vette/tubing.html
