C-5 wheels and tires

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Aug 10, 2010 | 02:24 PM

cfvette

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C-5 wheels and tires

The C-5 uses 245/45-17 with 17x8.5 wheels in the front. the rear is 18x9.5 with 275/40-18. what would the impact be to use the same size wheels as the rear all around on the car.

Aug 10, 2010 | 02:29 PM

dougbfresh

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Your Traction Control would FREAK OUT.

Aug 10, 2010 | 05:28 PM

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Your Traction Control would FREAK OUT.

No not necessarily. As long as your combination of wheel and tire size had the rear overall diameter from ½ inch or taller than the fronts you would be OK. So you could use 18x9.5 wheels on all four corners with proper off-sets and just make sure the tire sizes mounted came out taller in the rear.

Aug 10, 2010 | 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cfvette

The C-5 uses 245/45-17 with 17x8.5 wheels in the front. the rear is 18x9.5 with 275/40-18. what would the impact be to use the same size wheels as the rear all around on the car.

Read a post I made on the subject. Hopefully this will help you understand what you can, and can not do.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...ah-issues.html

Good luck !
Toque

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