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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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Default GTO Spares / C6?
Will they fit? The car is a Z51, if it matters. Thanks for any info...
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Nope. There a 17' inch wheels and C6 Z51 brakes are 13.4' The rotors are calipers are too tall.
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John @ CCW told me they would. I was looking for cheap set of drag wheels he said that was the way to go.
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Does anyone know if 05/06 GTO's use the same front caliper as the C6? I thought I read somewhere that they do.
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Originally Posted by cendres
Does anyone know if 05/06 GTO's use the same front caliper as the C6? I thought I read somewhere that they do.
Caliper is not the problem. It's the rotor, you need to have 4inch's ontop of the breake rotor size to figure out the wheel size. So 13.4+4=17.4 It has been proven on corvetteforum that a 17' wheel wont clear C6 Z51 brakes.
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PM Nineball. I'm pretty sure he runs 17" C5Z replicas with ET Streets on the back of his C6 Z51.
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17x9.5 C5 Z06 wheels fit right on the rear of a Z51 C6. Perfect offset too. I had my M/T drag radials on those.

As for the fronts, I'm not sure if 17s will fit over the brakes. They barely fit over the rear brakes, which are smaller.
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17x9.5 C5 Z06 wheels fit right on the rear of a Z51 C6. Perfect offset too. I had my M/T drag radials on those.

As for the fronts, I'm not sure if 17s will fit over the brakes. They barely fit over the rear brakes, which are smaller.
I couldn't get them to fit on mine?! the only 17 i've been able to find that will fit is the 17x11 ZR-1's.
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PM Nineball. I'm pretty sure he runs 17" C5Z replicas with ET Streets on the back of his C6 Z51.
He is looking for 'cheap' front runners.

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