C5 Stance/Tire Size Help Please
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Le Mans Master
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C5 Stance/Tire Size Help Please
Ok so I'm looking to put new meat on the C5 and so I find I'm running a bit of an off tire size setup. The vert is lowered an inch on the stock bolts, nothing too crazy. The tire size set up I run is the 255/40/17 in front and a 295/35/18 in the rear.
Turns out the tire selection for these size of tires is really limited. I had the Khumo Ecsta MX run flat which I really liked but of course Khumo doesn't make this tire in this size any longer. So my question is can I change the tire size a bit without affecting the stance of the car too much? what if I went to 45's in the front and 40's in the rear etc? Would I still have a similar stance look? Thanks for the advice in advance
Turns out the tire selection for these size of tires is really limited. I had the Khumo Ecsta MX run flat which I really liked but of course Khumo doesn't make this tire in this size any longer. So my question is can I change the tire size a bit without affecting the stance of the car too much? what if I went to 45's in the front and 40's in the rear etc? Would I still have a similar stance look? Thanks for the advice in advance
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so long as you maintain about 1 inch difference in tire diameter the stance should stay aprox the same ( we're talking within mm). the size of the new tires will probably me more noticable (to you, no one else will notice) in the way they fill the wheel arch.
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Cool site thanks for the info.
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What width wheels are you running? Are you running OEM C5 wheels?
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Reality is that you can't really go to a much bigger tire than what you are already running, I think if you can find tires in the sizes you want, about all you're going to accomplish is make the sidewall taller.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'15
Thanks for the info guys. It seems that if I go with a 285 rather than the 295 on the rear my options grow quite a bit. I think I'm going to go that route.
