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Old 11-05-2015, 06:25 AM
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got my new wheels on and I must say they ride is awesome , and I am liking everything on my new set up . its not a huge change bye any means same style of rims just little bigger rubber front and back is all , sad to say it was just in time to put away for winter ill update on the continental rubber. ,,
Old 11-05-2015, 07:07 AM
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Beautiful car, good choice on the wheels.

I know how you feel having to put the car away for the winter. Mine is not far behind - probably a couple more weeks and it gets put away.
Old 11-05-2015, 08:13 AM
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Those wheels do look good ... so does your car. Great choice!
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Pretty car...
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Well done!
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so which model Continental tire did you go with, and what are your new sizes ?
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so which model Continental tire did you go with, and what are your new sizes ?
, Continental Extremecontact DW 275/35/18 front 285/40/18 rear
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Did you have to calibrate the speedometer with changing the tire size. I am up grading my wheels and tires as well and I have already purchased the wheels 18.5 and was wondering what size tires I could put on the front and rear. Your care looks very nice with the addition of the wheels and tires
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Did you have to calibrate the speedometer with changing the tire size. I am up grading my wheels and tires as well and I have already purchased the wheels 18.5 and was wondering what size tires I could put on the front and rear. Your care looks very nice with the addition of the wheels and tires
, I didn't have to mess with the speedo at all , technically there the same height as the factory ones I believe, unless I missed that point in my research , you just need to make sure the tire size is at least a .5 difference from front to rear , I have 35 in front and 40 in back so that it wont mess with the traction control
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They actually look great man

I usually hate the wheels people buy here , but I like these ones

Very clean
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Originally Posted by 50 ANV C5
, I didn't have to mess with the speedo at all , technically there the same height as the factory ones I believe, unless I missed that point in my research , you just need to make sure the tire size is at least a .5 difference from front to rear , I have 35 in front and 40 in back so that it wont mess with the traction control
Thanks for getting back and good information about the front and rear difference. Ecklers has a rim/wheel that was made for the C5 back in the day and was shelved until recently. Bought 4ea 18X9.5 and trying to find tires to fit. Again, thanks for your help....Coincidently, I have an 01 the same color car and rag top as yours..
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Looks good!
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Those wheels do look good ... so does your car. Great choice!
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Looking good.
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Nice looking dog.
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Originally Posted by Mickeyrx70
Those wheels do look good ... so does your car. Great choice!
Looks good

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