18 inch tires and wheels
#1
Instructor
Thread Starter
C3 1971 18 inch tires and wheels
Just got my new BOZE wheels
18 X 10 , 5.5 neg offset
295-45-18 rear
18X8 4 inch offset
255-45-18 front
Nitto 555
Had to grind about 1/8 off the frame in the rear, just above the trailing arm mount.
front fender height at center of wheel well 27 1/8 inch
rear 29 inches
BEFORE
centerline 80s 17 inch rims 245-45 17 front and rear
frame grind
18 X 10 , 5.5 neg offset
295-45-18 rear
18X8 4 inch offset
255-45-18 front
Nitto 555
Had to grind about 1/8 off the frame in the rear, just above the trailing arm mount.
front fender height at center of wheel well 27 1/8 inch
rear 29 inches
BEFORE
centerline 80s 17 inch rims 245-45 17 front and rear
frame grind
Last edited by Roadworn; 05-22-2013 at 11:22 PM.
#3
Burning Brakes
Looks amazing!Fills the wheel wells nicely...These C3's need the right size tires in order to look great....Good going.... See Wilwoods under those wheels! Six piston calipers up front? Looking forward to your write up..I'm headed for those same upgrades.....
Last edited by iokepakai; 05-23-2013 at 12:24 AM.
#4
Le Mans Master
a lot better, mostly due to the taller tires more than anything though
#5
Instructor
Thread Starter
I live on a crappy dirt road, so I cant really lower the car any more or the bellhousing will hit rocks. So I chose to fill the wheel wells with rubber. I also prefer the look of taller side rubber on these older vettes as oppose to the 35 side walls. Just my personal prefs.
#6
#9
Race Director
WOW. That's a lot of tire back there.
One of the main aversions on this forum towards large diameter wheels is the tire sidewall looking like "rubber bands". That is not at all the case here. Very nice job of filling the wheel wells and being aware of what types of roads you have to drive on. Nice work.
One of the main aversions on this forum towards large diameter wheels is the tire sidewall looking like "rubber bands". That is not at all the case here. Very nice job of filling the wheel wells and being aware of what types of roads you have to drive on. Nice work.
#11
Instructor
Thread Starter
7 t9182 I cant tell you what will work for you.. It seems that all of these cars are just a little different. I have offset trailing arms as well. but for 17 or 18 inch rims this should not matter and you really dont need them.
I ordered the rims and then ordered 8 different tire sizes. 295-45, 285-45 , 255-45 and 245-45 two of each,
Discount tire in my home town was very kind to get them all for me.
I did lower the coilovers about an inch front and back before we put on the new tires and rims.That was all I thought it could take without the bellhousing hitting the ground on my road. Iam overseas right now for about 3 weeks, but when I get Home I will mesure the bellhousing clearance to ground.
I got to the tire store and started with the largest first. When the 295-55 rub'ed a bit, we tried the 285.-45 ,but it just did not look as good. Almost the same gap as the 17 inch rims I had before. . So I opted to grind the frame a bit to fit the 295's.
There are a couple of wheel offset tools out there,perhaps see if anyone locally has one that you could test fit.
I really dont want to tell you that some combo will work or not. its really quite a crap shoot
I ordered the rims and then ordered 8 different tire sizes. 295-45, 285-45 , 255-45 and 245-45 two of each,
Discount tire in my home town was very kind to get them all for me.
I did lower the coilovers about an inch front and back before we put on the new tires and rims.That was all I thought it could take without the bellhousing hitting the ground on my road. Iam overseas right now for about 3 weeks, but when I get Home I will mesure the bellhousing clearance to ground.
I got to the tire store and started with the largest first. When the 295-55 rub'ed a bit, we tried the 285.-45 ,but it just did not look as good. Almost the same gap as the 17 inch rims I had before. . So I opted to grind the frame a bit to fit the 295's.
There are a couple of wheel offset tools out there,perhaps see if anyone locally has one that you could test fit.
I really dont want to tell you that some combo will work or not. its really quite a crap shoot
Last edited by Roadworn; 06-08-2013 at 03:11 AM.
#13
Drifting
Last edited by roscobbc; 05-29-2013 at 06:30 PM.
#15
Le Mans Master
we have a custom wheel shop in town i am sure they can do some measuring, the bad thing is i was going to order direct from centerline. i guess i can always get the tires local. i would not feel right asking a shop to do that and not buy from them. your car looks great and i agree that the tires do not look like rubber bands, which is normally an issue.
#18
Drifting