A471133

About to upgrade to z06 brakes, car is a Z51. Would appreciate any help with wheels that will fit without spacers. Pictures appreciated if possible. Thanks!

gpuglisi

Check out the Cray line of wheels. These may work for you, no personal experience, on the hunt for wheels and have been researching.

0Anthony @ LGMotorsports

Our GT2 wheels in a 18/19 split will clear the iron Z06 brakes with no spacer. Makes for a great track setup.

Of course there are also wheels like Forgeline or HRE's too.

thewb

HRE, Adv.1, Vorsteiner, Velos Rotiform

All brands that we carry that will make you a custom wheel build around your big brakes.

4GS7

OP has a straightbody C7. Won't the offsets be too low and stick out from the fender?

X25

Those wheels don't fit : (

LG GT2 wheels are designed for regular C7 body, so they would work.

Besides LGs and various custom forged wheels (like my CCW TS12s), as I also mentioned OP at my reply to his PM, TSW Nurburgring and Interlago also seem to fit at 18x10.5 ET65.

0Anthony @ LGMotorsports

The offset for these wheels are for base cars. I was showing it on a Z06 for brake clearance only.

A471133

Anthony,

Could you send me more specs (weight/width) and any on car pictures of these bad boys? Also will the stock center caps fit? And lastly, is there a chance to get them in a different color? Thanks!

Ming

0Anthony @ LGMotorsports

I only stock them in the color shown, but I can do other colors as and option (there is an added cost).

OEM caps fit the hole but not always the depth of the wheel for the retaining clips. There were some of the early '14 caps that did fit.

18x9 front wheel appox 26.8 lbs
19x10.5 rear wheel approx 27.4 lbs
Pressure cast design (same as OEM)

08G8V8

What are the offsets?

Chets LS3

Are you looking for a stock style wheel with stock mpss tires or something different.

Z06 reps fit. (I still use a 3-5mm spacer
For insurance)

Ccw c10 18s clear fronts
Forgeline 18s clear fronts.

All three I have put on my car. Unsure of others.

2Laidback

Anybody try getting a set of 10.5 x 18 C5 Z06 wheels over these brakes?

X25

Yes, it's been tested before by descartesfool's friend on his C7 Z06.

0Anthony @ LGMotorsports

53mm front
78mm rear

A471133

Just an update. Thanks to everyone and Chet LS3 for the input. I ended up buying z06 replicas in Z51 fitment which do clear the Z06 brakes. Front cleared by 2.5mm and rear clear by over 6mm.

Hard to find weights on the replicas, but front are 28lbs and rear 32lbs, vs stock Z51 weights of 24.5lbs and 28lbs.

Toysrus

Can you share the result?

X25

You can find the related threads if you search for it. Long story short, they used C5Z rear wheels (18x10.5 ET58) on all 4 corners with 315/30/18 NT01 tires, and it did not rub. The only interference was with the control arm, but only when the car was lifted. This setup has been used on both C7 Z51s and Z06s.

descartesfool

Front tire


Rear wheel


Rear caliper clearance


Z06 on the lift














Here are some pictures of those GM OEM C5Z06 18x10.5" wheels made by Speedline in Italy on the front and rear of my friend's Z06. They also fit fine on my Z51. Tires are Nitto NT-01 315/30/18 all around on 4 identical sized wheels. On the Z06, the rear needed a 3 to 5 mm spacer. Wheels weights need to be placed such that they do not hit the calipers. No issues at all with the fitment and clearance of the calipers.

08G8V8

I see on the product page on your site you can go with a 265 front and 305 rear since these are .5" wider.

I see 18s come in either a 265/35R18 or a 265/40R18, which is either about .50" shorter or .50" taller compared to the stock 19" size.

Also, the 19s come in either a 305/30R19 or a 305/35R19, again, roughly .5" shorter/taller than stock.

Which is the preferred way to go?

0Anthony @ LGMotorsports

We ran in a DOT tire a 265-35-18 front and 305-30-19 rear. With slicks we used a 265-645-18 front and 306-675-19 rear without any computer, ABS, or TC issues.