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Old May 13, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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Default 17s or 18s? cant decide
im having a really hard time deciding what wheels i should get for my car
i have a lt1 body style and cant decide what size or kind i should get, but ive definitely narrowed it down to oem vette replica wheels....help me out guys!!!!
feel free to post some pics of some lt1s with wheels to help me out
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Old May 13, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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i have 17's black z06 on my 99 looks great
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I have seen plenty of thread like this one most go for the 18s.
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Go with the 18's
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if you want a little better look good with 18's
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traction stand point go with 17s more selection of drag radials out there.
if you just want "that look" go with 18s
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so what kind of 18s? im not too worried about getting traction with my v6
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Go price tires for 18's, after I did that I went with 17's, its amazing the difference
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Originally Posted by Starz T/A 17
Go price tires for 18's, after I did that I went with 17's, its amazing the difference
The 18's will be significantly more expensive. I thought about it until I saw 17s and 18s side by side, and the decision became very easy after that.

For reference, my KDW2's were ~$200 a pop for 275/35-18.
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Originally Posted by Starz T/A 17
Go price tires for 18's, after I did that I went with 17's, its amazing the difference
It's not just the price, it's also selection of tires as well.
You have a lot more brands/styles to choose with 17's.
True story.
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I regret buying my 17s
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How about 18s out back/17s in front?
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Originally Posted by Pimpium57
How about 18s out back/17s in front?
That's the look i was going for, but again shitty selection on tires for 18's. IMHO
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How about 18s out back/17s in front?
+1 thats the setup i have on my T/A
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17 /18 IMHO looks funny on F-Cars, sinc eht OD of the tire should be that same front and rear so ABS doesn't error out . . . . so the front side wall is taller than the rear side wall . . .

18" all four corners
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18's. I hate the look of an unfilled wheel well. BLAH
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yeah i want my wheel wells to be completely filled up, but i dont want the cost of the tires to kick my ***...17s in the front and 18s in the back wouldnt be a bad idea at all
so which wheels should i go with zr1s, y2ks, z06s, c6s, z07s?? im almost positive im going with chrome either way
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Originally Posted by mtmsick96
yeah i want my wheel wells to be completely filled up, but i dont want the cost of the tires to kick my ***...17s in the front and 18s in the back wouldnt be a bad idea at all
so which wheels should i go with zr1s, y2ks, z06s, c6s, z07s?? im almost positive im going with chrome either way
ZR1's 17x9.5/17x11 black chrome
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well my car is mystic teal metallic so black would look horrible otherwise i would have bought some black ones a while back
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Old May 14, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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well my car is mystic teal metallic so black would look horrible otherwise i would have bought some black ones a while back
Dude black chrome is not black. Here's some pics of ZR1's i just sold.









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