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Old 04-16-2006, 12:29 PM
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Default Widest tire for a C6 with a 20x11

What is the widest tire you can fit on a C6 with a 20x11? My buddy bought some wheels and tires and they put a 275!!! on that 11inch rim.
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No one knows?
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They should have installed something around a 315. 325 maybe depending on the tire but that may be pushing it.
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Thats what I figured but, does anyone know for sure.
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my buddy has a C5 with some 19x11 rims and he has a 345 tire on the rear. thing looks SICK. i don't believe he had any fitment problems, but that's a C5, and i don't know how much has changed from C5 to C6. i know the C6 Z06 has a 325...or is it 335? one of the two, i forget. same friend with the C5 has a C6 Zo6 right now too.

i can't believe a 275 would stretch that far! i bet it looks kinda goofy and "stretched/ricer look" with that size tire on such a huge rim!

just my $0.02!
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It does look stupid. Thanks guys.
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Not only stupid looking, but thats not even safe. I can't believe a tire shop did that, I would have a serious talk with them and NEVER go anywhere near that place!
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305/25-20 Continental CSC2.
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Had the same damn thing happen to me. Before I knew any better I went to Merchant Tires and told them I needed the widest tire available for a 17x11 rim. I dropped the car off and the rims new in box. Picked it up later and they had 245/45/17 on the 9.5's up front and 275/40/17 on the 11's in the rear. Didn't know any better at the time so I rode around for about 6 months look'n like a ***'n idiot before fellow F-bodians started pointing it out to me and schooling me in the right direction. Felt stupid as **** at the time but more so pissed as hell because I wasted nearly $800.00 on tires that I couldn't recoop. ***'n Merchants. I've never been back since and never will.
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The C6 Z06 runs a 325 rear tire. I wouldn't exceed that width as minimum rim width for a 335 is 11.5-12"



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