Does anyone have Ruff Racing 278 Wheels for C5? Do you like them? Pictures? I am looking to purchase a chrome set and wanted some feedback. Thnaks, Scott
Does anyone have Ruff Racing 278 Wheels for C5? Do you like them? Pictures? I am looking to purchase a chrome set and wanted some feedback. Thnaks, Scott
Check in the C5 parts for sale section, VQ motoring has some pics in that thread of the 278's.
Does anyone have Ruff Racing 278 Wheels for C5? Do you like them? Pictures? I am looking to purchase a chrome set and wanted some feedback. Thnaks, Scott
Hey Scott,
Heres a few of our customers pics. We have a huge sale going on these right now and we are the exclusive dealers for the R278s.
Enjoy:
Please let us know what you would like to do. We are shipping out tons of sets of the R278s a day so you will see lots of customers here on the corvetteforum with these on within the next few weeks.
Ok, so I have a 2002 c5, and I love the Ruff racing 278 wheels on it. I must say they give the car well deserved "attitude". HOWEVER, be carefull, I have the 18s on my vette, and since I purchased the car last year never had problems with the wheels, until it was time to change the rear brake PADS. apparently the wheel itself WONT fit when you have new brake pads in the back, even with the spacers on, thing that I had to learn the hardway. The previous owner of the car put the wheels on it when the brake pads were pretty worn so he never noticed how close the brake calipers where from the wheels. Dont Sweat it, What I did since the problem was the brake caliper itself, I just worn it down with a rotary saw about 1/4 of an inch on the corner and it worked just fine for me. Hope the help you make up your mind
Ohh one more thing, the rear wheels (as you can see from the pictures above) do stick out just a lil bit on the sides, the problem with that comes when you just washed your car, and your wheels are still wet, you might go for a drive and the moment you step out of the car you'll notice a centrifuge induced dirt pattern on the side of your car coming from the rear wheels.... You might want to wait until your tires are dry before you go for a spin. But again overall the wheels are up to par with the car, I have the plain aluminum ones and a pewter vette so it gives the car that metal cast look all around. let me know if you would like some pics.
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Originally Posted by dawiz
not true! mine fit perfect. i installed brand new rotors/calipers and pads so i dont know why yours dont fit.
lets just say I am one of the reasons that they KNOW an 18x9.5 wont fit the back of a C5. But since they had been mouned they would not take them back. Sold em on ebay for $300.
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