New tires
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From: Moores Hill Indiana
New tires
Have a 2001 base coupe. Have new wheels and need tires.
New wheels: front 18x8.5 56 offset. And back 19x10. 56 offset.
Having a hard time finding tires for this setup. Local shop has
Recommended front 245/40/18 and rear 285/35/19. They can
Get continental DWS06 tires in this size. I think this will keep the proper
Stagger so as not to upset the active handling, but don't know much about the tires. Anyone run these tires??? I was thinking of front
285/30/18 and rear 305/30/19 but was told the wheels I have are not
Wide enough to run those sizes. Any thoughts???
New wheels: front 18x8.5 56 offset. And back 19x10. 56 offset.
Having a hard time finding tires for this setup. Local shop has
Recommended front 245/40/18 and rear 285/35/19. They can
Get continental DWS06 tires in this size. I think this will keep the proper
Stagger so as not to upset the active handling, but don't know much about the tires. Anyone run these tires??? I was thinking of front
285/30/18 and rear 305/30/19 but was told the wheels I have are not
Wide enough to run those sizes. Any thoughts???
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Everett WA
C4 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
Have a 2001 base coupe. Have new wheels and need tires.
New wheels: front 18x8.5 56 offset. And back 19x10. 56 offset.
Having a hard time finding tires for this setup. Local shop has
Recommended front 245/40/18 and rear 285/35/19. They can
Get continental DWS06 tires in this size. I think this will keep the proper
Stagger so as not to upset the active handling, but don't know much about the tires. Anyone run these tires??? I was thinking of front
285/30/18 and rear 305/30/19 but was told the wheels I have are not
Wide enough to run those sizes. Any thoughts???
New wheels: front 18x8.5 56 offset. And back 19x10. 56 offset.
Having a hard time finding tires for this setup. Local shop has
Recommended front 245/40/18 and rear 285/35/19. They can
Get continental DWS06 tires in this size. I think this will keep the proper
Stagger so as not to upset the active handling, but don't know much about the tires. Anyone run these tires??? I was thinking of front
285/30/18 and rear 305/30/19 but was told the wheels I have are not
Wide enough to run those sizes. Any thoughts???
With the 8.5" wide front wheel a 285 is way too wide. I would suggest that you spend a little time on the tire rack website. They will have tools that will indicate how wide a tire can fit on a given width of wheel.
As an aside I think that the Continental DWS is a great tire. Nitto also make very good tires for your C5.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 296
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From: Valencia CA
Have a 2001 base coupe. Have new wheels and need tires.
New wheels: front 18x8.5 56 offset. And back 19x10. 56 offset.
Having a hard time finding tires for this setup. Local shop has
Recommended front 245/40/18 and rear 285/35/19. They can
Get continental DWS06 tires in this size. I think this will keep the proper
Stagger so as not to upset the active handling, but don't know much about the tires. Anyone run these tires??? I was thinking of front
285/30/18 and rear 305/30/19 but was told the wheels I have are not
Wide enough to run those sizes. Any thoughts???
New wheels: front 18x8.5 56 offset. And back 19x10. 56 offset.
Having a hard time finding tires for this setup. Local shop has
Recommended front 245/40/18 and rear 285/35/19. They can
Get continental DWS06 tires in this size. I think this will keep the proper
Stagger so as not to upset the active handling, but don't know much about the tires. Anyone run these tires??? I was thinking of front
285/30/18 and rear 305/30/19 but was told the wheels I have are not
Wide enough to run those sizes. Any thoughts???
Last edited by imlowr2; Mar 14, 2016 at 05:34 PM.
