Wheels / Tires
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Wheels / Tires
Hey guys, I am looking to upgrade wheels and tires. Car is stock C5 and was looking at two different sizes. Just thought I would ask if 18 front & 19x10 rear or stay with 17 & 18x10, and what tires would look best with fatty-ness...?
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Some ideas to look at here..............http://www.corvettegarage.com/catego...-packages.html I'm running stock C5 sizes with NITTO NT555 extreme tires.they have a "wide footprint" . Did you Consider spending the money on some good Pfadt sway bars and sport shocks,you would b amazed at the difference this mod makes without messing with the cars geometry..............just a thought??Looks or performance was my dilemma until I called PFADT RACE Engineering and my answer was shocks and sways........Incredible difference for the C5!!Ckeck out there site.Good luck which ever way you go
................http://www.pfadtracing.com/catalog/p...products_id/42
................http://www.pfadtracing.com/catalog/p...products_id/42
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18/19 would look good. I went with 19/19 on mine and like it.
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I just installed 18"x10" with 275/35 Fronts and 19"x11" with 305/30 rear, their CCW's SP500's. IMO the wide rear tires really look bad ace!I had no issues with rubbing or messages on the DIC, all's good!
I had no issues with rubbing or messages on the DIC, all's good!
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You are going to get a lot of different answers here, I went with 18 front and rear Fikse wheels and love the look, The reason I went 18 was mainly the price I bought the wheels for, Believe me when I say I couldn't pass it up. I think the front look much better in an 18 inch than it did with 17 inch.
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I would go with either 18/18, 18/19, or 19/19.
Check out my post on new tires.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...ah-issues.html
I have 19/19 CCW setup and really like it.
One thing to be careful of also is wheel weight. Try not to add much more rotating mass if you have to.
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Check out my post on new tires.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...ah-issues.html
I have 19/19 CCW setup and really like it.
One thing to be careful of also is wheel weight. Try not to add much more rotating mass if you have to.
Toque
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Some ideas to look at here..............http://www.corvettegarage.com/catego...-packages.html I'm running stock C5 sizes with NITTO NT555 extreme tires.they have a "wide footprint" . Did you Consider spending the money on some good Pfadt sway bars and sport shocks,you would b amazed at the difference this mod makes without messing with the cars geometry..............just a thought??Looks or performance was my dilemma until I called PFADT RACE Engineering and my answer was shocks and sways........Incredible difference for the C5!!Ckeck out there site.Good luck which ever way you go................http://www.pfadtracing.com/catalog/p...products_id/42
................http://www.pfadtracing.com/catalog/p...products_id/42