Deep dish wheel question
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Racer
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Deep dish wheel question
I currently have 17"x8.5" & 18"x9.5" polished thin spokes with new rubber on my 2002 coupe(and I like them quite a lot) BUT- I'm itching to put on some chrome deep dish 17"x9.5" & 18"x10.5" Z06 wheels. I would like to mount my current stock size tires on them as 265/40R17 & 295/35R18 tires are not only very expensive but apparently pretty rare according to what I can find online. Am I pushing the limits on using my existing tires on these larger wheels and if so will it affect the handling/alignment?
Any suggestions on decent tires that won't eat into my retirement fund if I need to buy them?
I just want to say that I'm approaching one year of Corvette ownership and this forum has been a great help to me in many ways--saved me lots of $$$.
(Has also COST me lots of $$$ in all the mods--but worth every penny)
Any suggestions on decent tires that won't eat into my retirement fund if I need to buy them?
I just want to say that I'm approaching one year of Corvette ownership and this forum has been a great help to me in many ways--saved me lots of $$$.
(Has also COST me lots of $$$ in all the mods--but worth every penny)
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I currently have 17"x8.5" & 18"x9.5" polished thin spokes with new rubber on my 2002 coupe(and I like them quite a lot) BUT- I'm itching to put on some chrome deep dish 17"x9.5" & 18"x10.5" Z06 wheels. I would like to mount my current stock size tires on them as 265/40R17 & 295/35R18 tires are not only very expensive but apparently pretty rare according to what I can find online. Am I pushing the limits on using my existing tires on these larger wheels and if so will it affect the handling/alignment?
Any suggestions on decent tires that won't eat into my retirement fund if I need to buy them?
I just want to say that I'm approaching one year of Corvette ownership and this forum has been a great help to me in many ways--saved me lots of $$$.
(Has also COST me lots of $$$ in all the mods--but worth every penny)
Any suggestions on decent tires that won't eat into my retirement fund if I need to buy them?
I just want to say that I'm approaching one year of Corvette ownership and this forum has been a great help to me in many ways--saved me lots of $$$.
(Has also COST me lots of $$$ in all the mods--but worth every penny)
Last edited by FrankLP; Feb 14, 2014 at 12:52 AM.
