Stock five star 16 inch z28 wheel
11-04-2009, 09:42 PM
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On tire rack nothing in a 255/16 would come up in a 40 or 45, smallest sidewall was 50?
I'm curious as going from 17x9.5 Z06 wheels back to 16x8 salad shooters I lost around 10 lbs. off of each corner. I would like to go to a 255 tire over the 235 tires on there now. I'm also told the later 5 spokes are even lighter than the salad shooters, although I have no idea by how much. In the process I lost the 275/40 tires, like I said on my salad shooters they are good year t/a's in a 235/55 I think. I gained in quality of tire though as I took off worn down Riken Raptors.
I'm curious as going from 17x9.5 Z06 wheels back to 16x8 salad shooters I lost around 10 lbs. off of each corner. I would like to go to a 255 tire over the 235 tires on there now. I'm also told the later 5 spokes are even lighter than the salad shooters, although I have no idea by how much. In the process I lost the 275/40 tires, like I said on my salad shooters they are good year t/a's in a 235/55 I think. I gained in quality of tire though as I took off worn down Riken Raptors.
11-04-2009, 10:06 PM
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You can run a 255/40/16 just fine on a 16x8" stock wheel. I've done that before without issues. It'll just add a bit of overall diameter to each tire. 275/40/17 or 245/50/16 (stock sizes) are 25.66" tall, vs 26.1" tall for the 255/40/16.
11-04-2009, 11:08 PM
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I did indeed mean 255/50/16 above.
12-21-2009, 01:12 PM
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one thing to consider is that some big floppy sidewalls have more give and can fit but don't fit well and the tire often operates poorly, i have crappy 255 60 15s on my truck on a 7 inch rim and apparently nitto 555r's fit on my 17x8.5 volks... food for thought
