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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 02:29 AM
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Can someone help me out?

I want to get these wheels for my c6 vette, but I'm a newb when it comes to choosing one that will fit.

My question is, will these wheels fit on my car? My main concern is the back wheels. I dont want the rear wheel to protrude out from the body, I want it flush or as close to it as I can get.

I'm going for 20's all around, with semi deep dish look on the fronts and more of a deepdish look on the back. I saw these rims at a dealership here in houston, mounted on a new altima and I thought it looked really nice. Just not really sure how to read the offset diagrahm.

Whats the deepest I can go for the back wheels without it sticking out from the body?

Thanks in advance for all the help.

http://www.buywheelstoday.com/products/?id=4329
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Originally Posted by corviette
Can someone help me out?

I want to get these wheels for my c6 vette, but I'm a newb when it comes to choosing one that will fit.

My question is, will these wheels fit on my car? My main concern is the back wheels. I dont want the rear wheel to protrude out from the body, I want it flush or as close to it as I can get.

I'm going for 20's all around, with semi deep dish look on the fronts and more of a deepdish look on the back. I saw these rims at a dealership here in houston, mounted on a new altima and I thought it looked really nice. Just not really sure how to read the offset diagrahm.

Whats the deepest I can go for the back wheels without it sticking out from the body?

Thanks in advance for all the help.

http://www.buywheelstoday.com/products/?id=4329
The size and offset from the factory are

C6 non Z06

Front 18 x 8.5, +56 mm offset
Rear 19 x 10, +79 mm offset

The bolt pattern is 5x120mm

These won't fit our cars. It appears that the 50200142 would fit the rear using the 2nd bolt pattern and the 50208142 will fit the front using the 2nd bolt pattern. When using their product selector however none of the wheels are listed as compatible with the C6 Corvette. I suspect that the offset is the deal breaker in this case. +35 mm offset would likely leave the wheel sticking out almost an inch on each side at .82677" in the front and a whopping 1.7323" in the rear

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