18'' wheels for C6
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I wouldn't say those stick out at all. They are perfect and they look sharp. Those 325 meats look good on there.
By contrast, the C5 Z06 wheels in 18x10.5 will be 1/2 further out and would clearly strike the fender if there was enough compression.
By contrast, the C5 Z06 wheels in 18x10.5 will be 1/2 further out and would clearly strike the fender if there was enough compression.
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Holy crap a lot of people responded to that question! 
So, I did some checking around and I did call CCW and tried for some classic's. What I found out was very interesting and mind boogllleeing.
First, 18x11 and 18x10 will fit on the car just fine. As John said it's about getting the "backspacing" correct.
CCW Wheel Backspace diagram
Beyond that it also depends on what tire you put on the car
! Now in my case I'm wanting to go to road-racing events so I'm not interested in all the shiny/fancy parts for the wheel.
So, I talked with him for a while and I like the classics, but also like the unpub'd corsair pics as well. If change out the fenders on the rear I can go with a 18x12 on the rear wheel which would give me a lot of fun tire options!!
Again, thanks for the responses to my original question and the ensuing dialog!
Cheers
JK
So, I did some checking around and I did call CCW and tried for some classic's. What I found out was very interesting and mind boogllleeing.
First, 18x11 and 18x10 will fit on the car just fine. As John said it's about getting the "backspacing" correct.
CCW Wheel Backspace diagram
Beyond that it also depends on what tire you put on the car
! Now in my case I'm wanting to go to road-racing events so I'm not interested in all the shiny/fancy parts for the wheel.So, I talked with him for a while and I like the classics, but also like the unpub'd corsair pics as well. If change out the fenders on the rear I can go with a 18x12 on the rear wheel which would give me a lot of fun tire options!!
Again, thanks for the responses to my original question and the ensuing dialog!
Cheers
JK
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Originally Posted by TTRotary
I cannot believe you put 18x10.5 C6 style wheels or any other C5 / C6 type wheel in that size on the back of your C6 and they did not stick out. Those wheels stuck out nearly 0.5 inches on one side and 0.25 on the other on my car, and the 4 vendors of these wheels I contacted concede that ALL 18x10.5 C5 / C6 wheels will stick out on the C6. That is because you are putting a .5 inch wider wheel with a 65mm offset in a fender designed for a 79mm offset, 10 in wheel. It's not even close.
I would really like to see a pic of this on your car.
I would really like to see a pic of this on your car.
If you want to know where it will end up on the fender just measure 21 mm out from the sidewall, that is approximately where your tire will stick out if you have the same size tire.
21 mm is about 3/4 inch.
Last edited by shurite44; Apr 15, 2006 at 09:11 PM.
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If you want to see what a wheel with offsets very similar to the C5 offsets looks like on a C6, look at this post. That is a picture of my C6 with the Champion Motorsports wheels, in basically C5 offset, on my C6. I have taken them off and they are for sale.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1554895129
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1554895129
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Originally Posted by ByByBMW
If you want to see what a wheel with offsets very similar to the C5 offsets looks like on a C6, look at this post. That is a picture of my C6 with the Champion Motorsports wheels, in basically C5 offset, on my C6. I have taken them off and they are for sale.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1554895129
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1554895129
JK
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Originally Posted by jkonkle
Yah they will stick out c5 offsets; but what the hell is that in your other post - I can't even figure out what is in the picture!?!
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