tire?
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Instructor
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From: Spartanburg SC
tire?
can you run stock C5 tires on C5 Z06 wheels the tires i have on my car now are 17x8.5 fronts and 18x9.5 for the rears now the tire sizes are 245/45 front and 275/45 rear. can i run these tires on Z06 wheels wich are a inch wider?
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Joined: Feb 2010
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From: South Carolina
I think you're going to have issues with the fronts -
I purchased new OEM C5 ZO6 wheels for my C5 - I did check the Goodyear specs to get their recommendations, but they had a misprint on the fronts (stating it would be OK to run the stock tires on the ZO6 wheels) - In fact, the correct specs should have told me the fronts were 1/2" too wide for the stock tires...I wore the fronts out in 3 weeks....by the way, Goodyear walked away from the issue even though I had a document showing their misprint.
I ended up going back to OEM, they were great and swapped my front wheels (that were 1" wider) for stock size (8.5) but in ZO6 style wheels at no cost -
The backs should be fine - they are within recommended specs
I purchased new OEM C5 ZO6 wheels for my C5 - I did check the Goodyear specs to get their recommendations, but they had a misprint on the fronts (stating it would be OK to run the stock tires on the ZO6 wheels) - In fact, the correct specs should have told me the fronts were 1/2" too wide for the stock tires...I wore the fronts out in 3 weeks....by the way, Goodyear walked away from the issue even though I had a document showing their misprint.
I ended up going back to OEM, they were great and swapped my front wheels (that were 1" wider) for stock size (8.5) but in ZO6 style wheels at no cost -
The backs should be fine - they are within recommended specs
