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I'm getting ready to order new wheels for my '96 Trans Am and have decided on the C5 deep dish wheels. I am undecided on 17" or 18" at this point. I LOVE the look of the wheels on the Trans Am in the pic below.
Does anyone know what size the wheels are?
I PMed the guy who I think owns it but I haven't heard back yet.
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.
What is the maintenance like with the polished wheels?
Not bad at all. Run a cone polishing adaptor for a drill with some mother's billet metal polish and good to go.
I don't think I even hit them once last season
Those pictures were from a few seasons ago. I now run Et streets.
I liked the nt05r a lot and if I never went to the track that's what I would run. They handle a bit better than Et streets.
You get more miles out of the Nt05r but they do not hook as good as the Et streets.
I'm thinking I'll probably do 18x9.5 / 18x10.5 and run 275/40/18 fronts and 305/35/18 tires. I like a little more sidewall than most of the guys running 18's and really like the 18s with those size tires. They're within 1% diameter so I should be good for ABS/TCS. Front has a slightly taller sidewall, unfortunately, but only by 0.13" so hopefully not enough to be noticeable.
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C5 Deep Dish - 17" or 18" 
