18 inch Wheels all around
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18 inch Wheels all around
Anybody run 18 inch wheels front and back? What size tires do you run on the front? Thinking of ordering some 2001 chrome wheels for my 99. Any help with this project will be appreciated!! :yesnod:
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Re: 18 inch Wheels all around (NEED FOR SPEED)
This is my current setup:
FIKSE ARO 10*18 Hoosier 285/30*18 Front
FIKSE ARO 12*18 Hoosier 335/30*18 Rear
This is my old setup:
FIKSE ARO 10*18 Pirelli Pzero C 265/35*18 Front
FIKSE ARO 11*18 Pirelli Pzero C 295/35*18 Rear
If you go with 12" in rear you need to tub the rear inner fenders. You can find a lot of good info/documentation about tubbing and other mods at forum member Mell's website http://tradezone.com/vette
The most common wheels mentioned on the forum is HRE, CCW wheels and Fikse.
Fikse can be found at http://www.fikse.com
HRE can be found at http://www.hrewheels.com
CCW wheels, I do not know their web address but I know a couple of the supporting vendors of this forum carry them.
Good luck
FIKSE ARO 10*18 Hoosier 285/30*18 Front
FIKSE ARO 12*18 Hoosier 335/30*18 Rear
This is my old setup:
FIKSE ARO 10*18 Pirelli Pzero C 265/35*18 Front
FIKSE ARO 11*18 Pirelli Pzero C 295/35*18 Rear
If you go with 12" in rear you need to tub the rear inner fenders. You can find a lot of good info/documentation about tubbing and other mods at forum member Mell's website http://tradezone.com/vette
The most common wheels mentioned on the forum is HRE, CCW wheels and Fikse.
Fikse can be found at http://www.fikse.com
HRE can be found at http://www.hrewheels.com
CCW wheels, I do not know their web address but I know a couple of the supporting vendors of this forum carry them.
Good luck
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Re: 18 inch Wheels all around (NEED FOR SPEED)
One of our popular pkgs include the following:
Repro Y2K 18-9.5 for the fronts and 18x10.5 in the rears. 265/35 for the front tires and 295/35 for the rears. We sell this pkg mounted and balanced with or without sensors. Michelin Pilot Sports or BFG G Force tires. We offer wheels, tires, sensors seperately also. The reason its popular, some customers already have the chrome Y2Ks. So, they take their rear wheel which are 18-9.5s and use them up front and use our 18-10.5 for the rear.
No fitment problems, no rubbing and the set up fits within the wheel well. It looks very tough! Email me or give us a call for more info. Thanks!
Nate
Repro Y2K 18-9.5 for the fronts and 18x10.5 in the rears. 265/35 for the front tires and 295/35 for the rears. We sell this pkg mounted and balanced with or without sensors. Michelin Pilot Sports or BFG G Force tires. We offer wheels, tires, sensors seperately also. The reason its popular, some customers already have the chrome Y2Ks. So, they take their rear wheel which are 18-9.5s and use them up front and use our 18-10.5 for the rear.
No fitment problems, no rubbing and the set up fits within the wheel well. It looks very tough! Email me or give us a call for more info. Thanks!
Nate
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Re: 18 inch Wheels all around (99 Torch Coupe)
2000 spoke, skinny spoke. So far, thay have matched well with any skinny spoke c5 wheel.
We also offer the Z06 wheels in the C5 AND Z06 sizes. Therefore, you could run these all the way around also! 18x9.5 for the front and 18x10.5s for the rear! 265/35 and 295/35/18s are the tire sizes needed. We do wheel and tire pkgs with or without sensors. All a customer has to do is bolt them on!!!
Nate
[Modified by Nate@xtreme, 5:21 PM 11/29/2001]
We also offer the Z06 wheels in the C5 AND Z06 sizes. Therefore, you could run these all the way around also! 18x9.5 for the front and 18x10.5s for the rear! 265/35 and 295/35/18s are the tire sizes needed. We do wheel and tire pkgs with or without sensors. All a customer has to do is bolt them on!!!
Nate
[Modified by Nate@xtreme, 5:21 PM 11/29/2001]
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Re: 18 inch Wheels all around (Nate@xtreme)
Nate do you have an 18x 10.5 in high polish? I have the 2001 high polish rims and would like to add move the rears to the front and get some wider rears. Thanks
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