18's all the way around with the correct C6 offset

[RedHotBolt]

Any way I can get this? I want to run the black motorsport style Z06 wheels 18 x 9.5 on the front and 18 x 10.5 or 18 x 11 on the rear but I want the correct offset for the C6. I don't want to have to purchase 19" tires ever! I ran these wheels with 305/30/18's all the way around this weekend at the track and even though the offset is not correct I had many people telling me how great they looked on my white Corvette. Jerry

[Cruisin Chrome]

C6 stock rear offset 73mm
18x9.5 Black motorsports are 54mm
They would just stick out, thats the best you could do. (with motorsports)
Frank

[RedHotBolt]

Are there any 18 x 10.5 or 18 x 11's that have the 73mm offset? In any style?

Jerry

[SpinMonster]

I wonder if anyone ever uses the search feature at all.....but I have just posted this info YESTERDAY: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...7&forum_id=101 You will note there is a response to my post by a C6 owner that took his rear 18x10.5 rear Z06 wheels from his 2002 Z06 with the following offsets and put them on his C6 (58mm rear offset) and said they worked great. I asked for pictures.

Anyway: http://www.tomzwheels.com/FactoryReproductions.htm a forum vendor and HOUSE of Wheels has the 18x10.5 -58mm offset and 18x9.5 57mm offset wheels.

You have both posted incorrect info pertaining to offsets and possibly how they are measured. The stock rear offset on the C6 wheel is 79mm (not 73mm) and that is very recessed into the wheel well and it is for a 19x10 wheel. If two wheels have the same offset but different widths then they stick out different amounts because the offset is measured from the midpoint of the wheel. The center of the 19x10 starts at .25 inches away from where a 10.5" wheel's center is ...The math part:

19x10 79mm offset: 10 divided by 2 is 5 (for the centerline) minus 79mm (3.11 inches ...25.4mm per inch) equals 1.97 inches to the lip of this wheel from the hub (centerline).

So the 18x10.5 is: 10.5 divided by 2 =5.25 inches for the centerline minus the offset from the center (58mm) or 2.28" = 2.96" to the lip from the hub Which happens to be the very limit of what fits. If you look on your car you will see that this 1 inch difference is very apparent as the C6 wheels are recessed that amount.

Tire options include the 305 35 18 from nitto that is a zr rated autocross tire with the drag radial grip.

Good luck.

[SpinMonster]

Originally Posted by RedHotBolt

Any way I can get this? I want to run the black motorsport style Z06 wheels 18 x 9.5 on the front and 18 x 10.5 or 18 x 11 on the rear but I want the correct offset for the C6. I don't want to have to purchase 19" tires ever! I ran these wheels with 305/30/18's all the way around this weekend at the track and even though the offset is not correct I had many people telling me how great they looked on my white Corvette.


Jerry

Did they stick out at all? Do you have a picture ....I happen to have a white C6 and want those offsets you ran since they are cheap as hell to get.