Active handling and tire sizes
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Melting Slicks
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Active handling and tire sizes
ok - Have a question regarding tire size differences and Active handling.
Stock c5 tire sizes are:
245 45 17 25.7" tall
275 40 18 26.7" tall
some of us change to z06 sizes :
275-40-17 25.7" tall (i know it is really 265, but i am running 275 Kuhmo's with no active handling issues)
295-35-18 26.1" tall
the difference between front and back on stock is 1"
the difference between front and back on z06 is .4"
I just recently put the new BF G-force T/A KDW NT's on the rear (295-35-18) but waited to do the fronts - only to find that they do not make the stock or z06 size in the new tread...
They do however have 255-40-17 in the new tread design which is 25.2" tall. (does anyone think this is too low of a profile?)
So my question is - Since my rears are 26.1" and the fronts 25.2" - will this work nicely with Active handling???? since there is only .9" in variation vs 1.0" stock???
Stock c5 tire sizes are:
245 45 17 25.7" tall
275 40 18 26.7" tall
some of us change to z06 sizes :
275-40-17 25.7" tall (i know it is really 265, but i am running 275 Kuhmo's with no active handling issues)
295-35-18 26.1" tall
the difference between front and back on stock is 1"
the difference between front and back on z06 is .4"
I just recently put the new BF G-force T/A KDW NT's on the rear (295-35-18) but waited to do the fronts - only to find that they do not make the stock or z06 size in the new tread...
They do however have 255-40-17 in the new tread design which is 25.2" tall. (does anyone think this is too low of a profile?)
So my question is - Since my rears are 26.1" and the fronts 25.2" - will this work nicely with Active handling???? since there is only .9" in variation vs 1.0" stock???
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Originally Posted by SmoothFRC
So my question is - Since my rears are 26.1" and the fronts 25.2" - will this work nicely with Active handling???? since there is only .9" in variation vs 1.0" stock???
A .5" difference is enough to not cause issues. Anything less than that is kind of a gray area, you may or may not have problems...and if you go way off and end up with the fronts taller than the rears, you'll definitely have problems.