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Old 03-12-2008, 04:58 PM
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Anyone Running a 275 40 17 on the front wheels? i purchased my camaro with zr1's on them and thats the size i have on the front wheels, with 315 35 17 on the back
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a 275/40/17 size would probably represent 70% of the front tires on these F-bodys

and roughly 50% of the rears
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i run 275s on the front the only thing is they grab the road. and on bad grooved roads it will pull the car.
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275/40/17 and 315/35/17
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275/40ZR17 is the factory tire size on all SS's and WS6's . . . .
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Originally Posted by Xsta Z 28
275/40ZR17 is the factory tire size on all SS's and WS6's . . . .
almost all of them. dont forget about the 97 convertable's....they had 16" wheels
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Originally Posted by discostu
i run 275s on the front the only thing is they grab the road. and on bad grooved roads it will pull the car.
It's all in the wheel alignment. And amout of toe in

If you have no toe in the car will wander
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285/35/18 front 305/35/18 rear




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