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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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Can someone help me. I purchased a set of rims from a forum member. The member told me that they would fit my car but I will have to purchased new tires to fit the rims. The question that I have is my stock rims are 17x8.5 front and 18x9.5 rear. The new rims are 17x9.5 and the rear 18.10.5 what size tires do I need?

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Those are stock Z06 size rims, you can use the stock tire sizes also;

Front- 265/40-17 (or 275/40-17 will fit)
Rear- 295/35-18

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Originally Posted by hattitude
Those are stock Z06 size rims, you can use the stock tire sizes also;

Front- 265/40-17 (or 275/40-17 will fit)
Rear- 295/35-18

Good luck
Bernie, Can I go to a bigger size to fill out the wheel wells without any problems?

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