Who has the widest tires without fender flairs? Does someone make a wheel tub kit yet for our C6's? I would like to put on 345-355's in the back without the fender flairs.-

I currently have 305 michelin PSII on the factory rim and they work great and look fine with just a bit of overhand and no clearance issues even with the suspention being lowered to its' lowest point. What can I do? Please help!

 

The largest you can stuff under the stock fender is 325 wide, and it will stick out about a 1/4" This will leave a 1/4" spacing between the tire and the suspension components. I had seen one of the clubs cars on a lift with this size tire, and it was super super close to touching one of the control arms, and the brake line, and the brake airduct. IF you want 345, and you want it to not rub you or stick out super far, you need the larger wheel wells!

The widest tires I can find that work for our application also are 345/25/20, that is 26.8" overall diameter Pirelli PZero Rossi, being almost perfectly sized for diameter of stock tires.

Then 345/30/19, which is 27.4" diameter Michilin Pilot Sports. Both will work with the computer and speedometer readings are pretty right on with either tire. I would probably go with the larger sidewall of a 19" tire, but then it is hard to find matching fronts that look correct in ratio. The change to 19 front and 20 rear is good. One of the Z06 members in the club just got HRE Chrome rims with custom offsets, and he is running 295/30/19s in the front also, but he lost a little turning radius, and had to make some changes to the turning stops on his front control arms, otherwise with that wide of tire he rubbed during cornering at anything beyond 5mph. He is running those and 345/25/20 Pirelli's on the back. But he said that the PZero's suck in longevity. He said after 4000miles the rears are almost gone, but then with a heavy foot and 485 ft lbs of torque, I could see why!

 

I don't think LPE has a kit ready yet, but they are doing it (see all their commerative edition cars). Those cars have 12" rims with 345 MPS on them. I don't like the fender flares either, and if I go beyond a 305, tubbing it is my preference.

 

LPE has had the mini tub kits for months now. You will need to get either the mini tubs or fender flares if you want to have 345's fit your car and not stick out. I like the Caravaggio fender look myself, could have gone with LPE mini tubs since my car was already with them.

 

Maybe you can call them and place an order for me because as of yesterday it was not available to the public.

 

They have C5 kits, but no C6 kits ready yet. I ask 21st Century every week.

 

Can any vendors with preliminary pricing pls post approx cost for mini tub kit?