C8 wheels on C5
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C8 wheels on C5
A guy on facebook posted this photo of his car, with C8 wheels installed. The C7 & C8 guys say it's not possible but I guess they are wrong.
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Feb 26, 2021, 12:25 PM
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Stock wheels look much better HONESTLY IN MY OPINION!
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Stock wheels look much better HONESTLY IN MY OPINION!
Last edited by Always Red Dave; Feb 26, 2021 at 12:26 PM.
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Different in every way including stud size. There's about 80 threads on it in the C8 forum. That being said I think the style fits the C5 well and there will probably be replicas like always.
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I don't think they look bad. Although the blue filter makes it hard to get a good look. It would be interesting to know how the guy did this (if it wasn't photoshop).
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The car was in need of new hubs so that while that was being done, the owner added new longer studs and 10mm spacers. The spacers were as much to clear the smaller 66mm center hub, as they were for fitment. I'm not passing judgement on those wheels, either way, just posting the car photos for the forum's interest.
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