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Mar 5, 2013 | 09:39 AM

demon81

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cray wheels and tire sizes

I am replacing the wheels and tires on my 99 convertible.Car will be used for cruising and short trips. No track days or racing. I am going with the Cray Manta wheels in chrome. 19's in back,18's up front. For tires I was told 285 - 35's in back and 245 - 40's in the front. plan to lower the rear 1 inch with WCC's lowering bolt.Looking for input and opinions.

Mar 5, 2013 | 09:47 AM

GTJim

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How wide are your wheels? I have the stock wheels on my car 17x8.5 and 18x9.5 and I'm running 265/40/17 and 295/35/18. I know you have larger wheels but if the widths are the same you should be able to run similar sizes.

Mar 5, 2013 | 09:53 AM

demon81

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rear wheels are 10.5'' wide and front wheels are 9.0'' wide

Mar 5, 2013 | 09:56 AM

feeder82

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I have 245/35/18 f and 285/30/19r on Cray Mantas, I'm not real happy with the look of the sidewall on the back, to skinny.

Mar 5, 2013 | 10:09 AM

slvr bulit

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You need at least a 295 if not a 305 in the back otherwise it will look skinny back there. Im sure lot of guys will be posting in on this.

Mar 5, 2013 | 03:12 PM

corvettepete

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I have Cray Scorpion wheels with Nitto Invo tires. The recommended 18/19 sizes are 18 x 9 wheel (265/35/18 tires) in front and 19 x 10.5 wheel (305/30/19 tires) in the rear. The offset and fit are perfect.

Mar 5, 2013 | 07:56 PM

PHIL MEMPHIS

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I've got 18/19s
245/40/18 front
285/35/19 rear
same diameter as stock c5 tires.

Mar 6, 2013 | 08:02 AM

demon81

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thanks for all the input on the tire sizes. I ran the 3 different sizes and converted to inches for overall diameter size.The sizes I originally posted and confirmed by Phil appear to have the largest diameter, which is what I am looking for to fill up the wheel wells.Any thoughts or concerns on lowering just the rear?