Didn't you widen the stock rear wheels to begin with?
Question about Adding Wide Booty
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Question about Adding Wide Booty
Does adding JUST the rear Z06 Quarter Panels and Z06 Tires and Wheels to a base C6 "disturb" the drivability of the car? I like the wider look in the rear and its must less expensive to do just the rear without the front.
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Effects nothing you would ever notice on the street. Maybe, and that is a maybe, it might show a difference at the limit out on a road course.
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Yep, had the wider stock wheels on for about a year. Have them sitting in the garage with almost new tires. Guess I will be using them for spares. Have only the one C6, but for some darn reason, I have enough rims/tires for 3 cars!
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I doubt you'd experience this on a public road unless driving in bad weather. But for Corvette owners that track their car on a fast road course the perfect set up is a car that is balanced with a slight bias towards an "understeer" condition which is the easiest to control when it happens, you just lift off the throttle bleed off some speed until the front end regains traction.
I track my vette's so I'de never do this mod. But for cruising the streets to the hamburger stand or for the 1/4 guys this is a great mod.
Tom
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