C5 Deep Dish - 17" or 18"
03-17-2017, 06:27 AM
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Pics?
*nevermind you posted pics on the previous page. Looks real nice Dave! Do the 315's stick out very far from the wheel wells? I am not a fan of that look but it seems like the OE wheels tend to tuck in better.
*nevermind you posted pics on the previous page. Looks real nice Dave! Do the 315's stick out very far from the wheel wells? I am not a fan of that look but it seems like the OE wheels tend to tuck in better.
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03-18-2017, 09:32 AM
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Different flavor. Here is an old pic of my set up. Staggered 18x10.5/17x9.5 C5 Deep Dishes from OE wheels painted Gray. I originally went with a 295 on the back and it was not enough tire or sidewall for my liking. I now have a 305 M/T ET Street on the back with a taller profile and it looks better. I always get a lot of compliments on the wheels with the big dish in the back and the subtle gray touch with the polished lips.
03-19-2017, 09:34 AM
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The main reason I went staggered was to get the wider rim in the back to a 10.5, not really the diameter. At the time they didn't offer a 17x11" in that style or I may have gone that route to allow a tire with a little more sidewall at the same height. Now I do like the way it looks. The bigger rim in the larger rear wheel well seems to be symmetrical and also give it a little bit of the raked look with the rear sitting slightly higher than the front. Although the railroad tracks in the picture mess with the stance, I am running Strano springs with Koni shocks with the front on the lowest perch.
04-18-2017, 12:58 PM
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18 x 10.5 rear......315 tires
18 x 9.5 front.....275 tires
My rear wheels were recently widend to 12.5"....getting 335 tires.
But beware of OE Wheels if you get chrome....their chrome plater in China SUCKS. 6 months and the chrome is trashed, falling off and chipping everywhere.
I sent mine to get stripped and re-chromed by a real chrome plating company. If you try to get them covered under warranty, they will tell you that brake dust caused it.
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18 x 9.5 front.....275 tires
My rear wheels were recently widend to 12.5"....getting 335 tires.
But beware of OE Wheels if you get chrome....their chrome plater in China SUCKS. 6 months and the chrome is trashed, falling off and chipping everywhere.
I sent mine to get stripped and re-chromed by a real chrome plating company. If you try to get them covered under warranty, they will tell you that brake dust caused it.
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04-23-2017, 08:02 AM
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I ordered a set of 17x9.5 chrome Z06 wheels from OE a few weeks ago and they were pitted straight out of the boxes. Sent them back for a refund. Sad how bad chrome plating has gotten these days on wheels. Had some 24" wheels on my SUV and they started pitting after 1 month and the place I bought them from blamed it on the brake dust too. CRAZY!
OE Wheels still said.....it was brake dust.
There was no way they would say it was a manufacturing defect after I spent $150.00 to ship them back to them.
SO.....they discounted me on a brand new set of 4 wheels exactly the same as what I had on my car. So I paid with a credit card, received the new wheels....AND REVERSED THE CHARGES IMMEDIATELY. HELL if a company is going to dictate to me how their warranty is going to work...or in this case NOT WORK.
I had my tires swapped onto the new wheels. The chrome started falling off of these new wheels, pitting and cracking in 3 months.
JUNK.
So now I have 2 sets of the same wheels. I had one set sent out as I mentioned, rear wheels widened...then all 4 stripped and re-chromed.
THEY ARE BADASS.
The other spare set I will also send to get stripped and re-chromed.....or I may have my friends shop powder coat them some other color like glossy black.
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02-15-2018, 02:43 PM
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02-17-2018, 03:17 PM
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I have my second set of 18 x 10.5 ((the warranted set they sent to me)) as they came from OE Wheels on my car now with 315 tires.
When I get home.....I'm stuck in the damn Middle East right now......I can weigh the fronts when I get home. I can also weigh the 18 x 10.5 wheels with the 315 tires on them, and just subtract the weight of the tires, which I already know.
OE Wheels might be able to give you the weight if you call or email them....
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