C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
10-31-2017, 08:57 PM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
Factory wheels were 18 X 8.5” (front); 19 X 10.0” (rear).
OE Wheels appears to sell 18 X 9.5” version. The 58mm offset should work with a 4th Gen F-Body.
https://www.oewheelsllc.com/Corvette-C6-Wheel-chrome_3
OE Wheels appears to sell 18 X 9.5” version. The 58mm offset should work with a 4th Gen F-Body.
https://www.oewheelsllc.com/Corvette-C6-Wheel-chrome_3
I guess I'm more interested in running a factory wheel. Whether or not the reasons are warranted, I can't really say. I guess I'm just under the impression that factory wheels are "better" than aftermarket.
I've been advised not to run a 19" wheel in the rear. I haven't really asked why, but I trust the person's opinion. He's well known in the fbody community. My car is lowered, which may have something to do with it. Assuming that's the direction I take, that would seem to leave me with 18x8.5 as the only option, unless I stepped up to the Z06 variant, which comes in 18x9.5. Having said that, I think I like the solid spokes better.
Assuming the tires are directional, which I'm not even sure is still a thing and may vary from tire to tire, running staggered wheel sizes would eliminate the ability to rotate the tires short of actually dismounting the tires from the wheels.
I'm not at all educated yet in terms of offsets, what would work, wouldn't work, what wheel sizes and offsets require spacers etc. All I really know is that I think the C6 wheels look pretty good on the f-body Camaros and I'm trying to get a grasp on the options.
Do you still have your car? Are you still running the C6 wheels and were they factory or aftermarket? Did you have any issues running 19x10 in the rear?
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10-31-2017, 10:35 PM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
I wouldn’t advise running 19’s either. The thin sidewall renders the wheel more susceptible to pothole damage and curb rash. The thin sidewalls do not provide the flexibility that a solid rear axle needs for compliance to road surface variation. Great for a Corvette, BMW, etc. with a sophisticated independent rear suspension.... not with a solid axle. Cosmetically, makes the disc brakes look pathetically small.
If you read post #1 of the "C6 OEM Wheels....." thread you apparently looked at, it indicates very clearly in bold type, that is not my car.
Can’t speak to OE Wheels, but I have AFS ZR1/Grand Sport replicas, including the 17x11 rears, and have had no problem in the 16 years I've been running them. They are putting decent power to the ground. But, they were still made in USA back then. I suspect there are newer versions that are made in China. On the other hand, I been following/moderating the Wheels and Tires forum for the 19 years I've been on this site, and don’t recall any negative reports on AFS or OE. I also have hands on experience with OZ Racing and Weld drag wheels, with no problems of any kind.
If you read post #1 of the "C6 OEM Wheels....." thread you apparently looked at, it indicates very clearly in bold type, that is not my car.
Can’t speak to OE Wheels, but I have AFS ZR1/Grand Sport replicas, including the 17x11 rears, and have had no problem in the 16 years I've been running them. They are putting decent power to the ground. But, they were still made in USA back then. I suspect there are newer versions that are made in China. On the other hand, I been following/moderating the Wheels and Tires forum for the 19 years I've been on this site, and don’t recall any negative reports on AFS or OE. I also have hands on experience with OZ Racing and Weld drag wheels, with no problems of any kind.
11-01-2017, 03:25 PM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
Thanks again, Fred.
I actually did read the original post sometime within the last week or two, but obviously overlooked, or more likely simply didn't retain, the fact that it was not posted in reference to your car.
I definitely don't want a wheel so large that it has to be wrapped with a rubber band in order to make it fit. Ride quality is a factor that is important to me.
The 18x8.5 OEM C6 wheel has a 56mm offset. The 18x9.5 OEM C6 Z06 wheel has a 40mm offset. I've been told that the 18x9.5 Z06 wheels would work well and offer plenty of clearance. I'm not sure about fitment of the 18x8.5 56mm wheels.
I actually did read the original post sometime within the last week or two, but obviously overlooked, or more likely simply didn't retain, the fact that it was not posted in reference to your car.
I definitely don't want a wheel so large that it has to be wrapped with a rubber band in order to make it fit. Ride quality is a factor that is important to me.
The 18x8.5 OEM C6 wheel has a 56mm offset. The 18x9.5 OEM C6 Z06 wheel has a 40mm offset. I've been told that the 18x9.5 Z06 wheels would work well and offer plenty of clearance. I'm not sure about fitment of the 18x8.5 56mm wheels.
11-04-2017, 11:58 AM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
I ran 19x10 C6 OEM wheels all the way around with 275/30/19 tires and it was BY FAR the worst selection for ride and traction...ESPECIALLY on my lowered Z28. I got rid of them and went with OEWheels 18x9.5 C6 rims in chrome w/275/35/18 tires. Things improved, but the only thing available in C6 18x9.5 at the time was chrome or black. I went with chrome and just never really got into the look. I actually prefer silver on a 5 spoke rim with my black Z28. 18" rims are the best LOOKING rim size IMO, but I actually think GM got it right the first time when they selected 17'r rims with 275/40/17 tires on the SS and WS6 variants. I've been on the stock 16's, 3 sets of 17's, 2 sets of 18's and a set of 19's and I've learned that 17's with 275/40/17 are the best all around option for ride, handling, and traction. I'm on a set of O.Z. Monte Carlo 17x9.5 w/275/40/17 Nitto NT05's right now and I don't see me ever replacing them with maybe one exception...the same wheel in an 18x9.5. O.Z. Monte Carlo rims were my dream rims in the late 90's, but are impossible to find now!
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11-05-2017, 10:28 AM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
Unless you go aftermarket, the only OEM C6 option in 18x9.5 seems to be the Z06 variant. I think I like the solid five spoke better. I'm also not sure what finish I would want.
My car is a Quasar Blue hardtop, which is black. The mirrors are also black. I've always thought black wheels might look pretty good, but polished aluminum or chrome might be a safer choice. Detroit Wheels offers a black PVD chrome finish, but without seeing it in person it's hard to say exactly how black it might be.
It's a conundrum.
My car is a Quasar Blue hardtop, which is black. The mirrors are also black. I've always thought black wheels might look pretty good, but polished aluminum or chrome might be a safer choice. Detroit Wheels offers a black PVD chrome finish, but without seeing it in person it's hard to say exactly how black it might be.
It's a conundrum.
01-16-2020, 12:41 AM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
I have a 2000 camaro. I bought c6 corvette rims and had them put on. I have 225/45/17 in front and 275/40/18 in rear with no spacers. I’ve been experiencing problems. The tires clear all the way around nothing rubs at all but my problem lies in my asr will kick my low track light on and the car will start losing speed. Has anyone had this problem??? I had the car looked at and the guy removed my rear e brake brackets and it seemed to help the issue but he also told me my rims and tires were too big for my car. Has anyone ever heard of this issue???
01-16-2020, 12:58 PM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
The problem is most likely that your front tires are smaller diameter than stock, and your back tires are larger diameter than stock. That difference in tire diameters, and the resulting difference in the speed they are rotating as the car moves down the road, could be causing the EBTCM (Electronic Braking Traction Control Module) to think two if the wheels are slipping, because the rear wheels are rotating 6.4% slower than the front wheels.
Stock tires:
235/55-15 = 26.18"
or
245/50-16 = 25.65"
Your fronts:
225/45-17 = 24.97"
Your backs:
275/40-18 = 26.66"
Diameter of the wheels has nothing to do with it, only the outside diameter of the tires. The larger tires in the rear are also causing your speedo to read lower than actual speed.
Stock tires:
235/55-15 = 26.18"
or
245/50-16 = 25.65"
Your fronts:
225/45-17 = 24.97"
Your backs:
275/40-18 = 26.66"
Diameter of the wheels has nothing to do with it, only the outside diameter of the tires. The larger tires in the rear are also causing your speedo to read lower than actual speed.
05-17-2020, 09:16 AM
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Re: 1995 Vert With 18" C6, New Black Top
I bought the same wheels. Did you have to use a space for the rear 18 inch wheels? I do not want the narrow look or a spacer. Yours is not narrow. The rear tire size you have I was going to buy. It looks good. I'm thinking about a bigger tire, such as a 285, 295, or a 305 to bring out the look without a spacer. Will it work? Can someone please respond to help me?😷
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07-27-2020, 01:16 PM
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Re: C6 OEM Wheels on a 4th Gen
I made some updates to this article and thought I'd paste it here too...
Putting C6 Corvette Wheels on Your 4th Generation Camaro/Firebird ? Akashic Asymptote
Putting C6 Corvette Wheels on Your 4th Generation Camaro/Firebird
I’ll put all the technical stuff up front for those of you looking for the details you need to know for this wheel and tire combination.
Summary: This is a set of OEM C6 Corvette Wheels on a 4th Generation Camaro. The rears are 19x10” (+79mm offset) and require a 1.25” adapter to compensate for the deep offset on them. The fronts are 18x8.5” (+56mm offset) and are a direct bolt-on.
Wheels: C6 Corvette Wheels span from 2005-2012 and came in several designs and finishes. Note that the Standard-C6 and Z51-C6 wheels are the most common, as well as easiest and the most popular, for swapping onto older vehicles. C6 Z06, ZR1, and Grand Sport wheels are larger, and more difficult to swap. (See dimension chart below for all C4, C5, and C6 Corvette wheels.) This article and pictures cover the Standard-C6 and Z51-C6 wheels.
Camaro: The 4th Generation Camaro/Firebird spans from 1993-2002 and regardless of the model, whether V6 or Z28 or SS, Formula or Trans Am, the bolt pattern and track width of the car are the same, so the information here applies to all F-Bodies of these years.
*see note below regarding variations in hub diameter sizes.
Adapters: Both the Camaro and the Corvette use a 4.75” bolt circle with 5 mounting bolts. The rear Corvette wheels require a 1.25” adapter to fit the Camaro. Be certain that you get adapters that have the center hole machined to fit the hub on your axle flange. The adapters are very simple: They bolt to your existing wheel studs, and have a 2nd set of studs which you then bolt your wheel to. You can find these on ebay for as little as $50. Buy American made parts folks!!!
Note on Axle Hub and Wheel Bore Sizes: Factory ’93-’96 Camaro/Firebird rear axles have a 70.75mm center hub diameter. C6 Corvette wheels have a 70.5mm diameter hub bore. It is important to get adapters which will fit over your rear 70.75mm hub if you have a ’93-’96 car, and also accommodate the 70.5mm hub bore of the C6 wheels. This is also important if you choose to take the optional step (outlined below) of putting adapters on the front.
Tires: These photos show 295/30-19’s on the rear wheels and 255/40-18’s on the fronts. Both of these tire sizes calculate to a 26.00” diameter in spite of the staggered 18/19” wheel sizes.
Speedometer: Base Camaros were programmed for 26.17” diameter tires, while Camaros with Z-rated tires were programmed for a 25.66” tire diameter. With the 26.00” tire diameters above, you’ll need to reprogram your computer for speedometer accuracy. This will only affect your speedometer, not engine performance, so if you can’t reprogram right away just remember that your speedometer is a little off. With larger diameter tires, you’re going a little faster than your speedometer indicates.
Optional Front Adapters: After driving the car for a couple of years with the C6 wheels, I decided that I wanted the front track width of the car to match the rear. This is mostly a cosmetic preference… although I believe it also handles a little better with the matching front/rear track widths. It tended to understeer a little with the front wheels tucked in narrower than the rears. I put a set of 1.25” adapters on the front to match the rear, and I prefer the looks of the car this way. The front wheels fill out the fender wells better, and the wheels show more when looking down the side of the car. As stated above, the front wheels will fit and function just fine without adapters.
Lowering: When I initially put the C6 wheels on this car, and wrote this article, the car was stock height. Since then, I have lowered the car 1.5” and added the 1.25” adapters to the front wheels as mentioned above. The front wheels never rub at all. The rear wheels rubbed badly after lowering the car, and I finally had to roll my rear fender wells. My advice is that you should expect to roll your rear fender wells if you plan to run the 19x10” C6 rear wheels under a lowered Camaro/Firebird. It is more than nuisance rubbing… it was cutting through my sidewalls.
My Personal Take: I really wanted GM wheels for various reasons, and the style of these wheels is very similar to the stock SS wheels. I thought over various styles and colors, as even this wheel design is available in silver painted, polished aluminum, and chrome, stock on the Corvettes. This set is the polished aluminum variety. With the car now lowered and with matching front and rear track widths, it now looks very ‘low and wide’, especially when viewed directly from the front or rear!
More Pictures: If you search google images for ‘c6 vette wheels camaro’ you’ll find at least eleventybillion pictures of different Camaros with the various Corvette wheel designs on them!
Corvette C4, C5, and C6 wheel dimensions:
Size Offset Application
17" × 8.5" +56 88-96 front/rear, 97-04 front
17" × 9.5" +54 88-96 front/rear, 97-04 front
17" × 11" +36 90-95 ZR1 rear
17" × 11" +50 96 Grand Sport rear
18" × 8.5" +56 88-96 front/rear, 97-12 front exc. C6 Z06, ZR1, Grand Sport
18" × 9.5" +40 84-87 front/rear, 06-12 Z06 & Grand Sport front
18" × 9.5" +57 97-04 rear, 05-12 front
18" × 10.5" +58 97-04 rear
19" × 10" +40 C6 Z06, ZR1 & Grand Sport front
19" × 10" +56 97-04 rear
19" × 10" +79 05-12 rear
19" × 11" +64 97-04 rear
19" × 11" +79 05-12 rear
19" × 12" +59 C6 Z06 & Grand Sport
20" × 12" +59 C6 Z06, ZR1 & Grand Sport rear
Cheers from The ThreeFiveZero Auto Shop
Putting C6 Corvette Wheels on Your 4th Generation Camaro/Firebird ? Akashic Asymptote
Putting C6 Corvette Wheels on Your 4th Generation Camaro/Firebird
I’ll put all the technical stuff up front for those of you looking for the details you need to know for this wheel and tire combination.
Summary: This is a set of OEM C6 Corvette Wheels on a 4th Generation Camaro. The rears are 19x10” (+79mm offset) and require a 1.25” adapter to compensate for the deep offset on them. The fronts are 18x8.5” (+56mm offset) and are a direct bolt-on.
Wheels: C6 Corvette Wheels span from 2005-2012 and came in several designs and finishes. Note that the Standard-C6 and Z51-C6 wheels are the most common, as well as easiest and the most popular, for swapping onto older vehicles. C6 Z06, ZR1, and Grand Sport wheels are larger, and more difficult to swap. (See dimension chart below for all C4, C5, and C6 Corvette wheels.) This article and pictures cover the Standard-C6 and Z51-C6 wheels.
Camaro: The 4th Generation Camaro/Firebird spans from 1993-2002 and regardless of the model, whether V6 or Z28 or SS, Formula or Trans Am, the bolt pattern and track width of the car are the same, so the information here applies to all F-Bodies of these years.
*see note below regarding variations in hub diameter sizes.
Adapters: Both the Camaro and the Corvette use a 4.75” bolt circle with 5 mounting bolts. The rear Corvette wheels require a 1.25” adapter to fit the Camaro. Be certain that you get adapters that have the center hole machined to fit the hub on your axle flange. The adapters are very simple: They bolt to your existing wheel studs, and have a 2nd set of studs which you then bolt your wheel to. You can find these on ebay for as little as $50. Buy American made parts folks!!!
Note on Axle Hub and Wheel Bore Sizes: Factory ’93-’96 Camaro/Firebird rear axles have a 70.75mm center hub diameter. C6 Corvette wheels have a 70.5mm diameter hub bore. It is important to get adapters which will fit over your rear 70.75mm hub if you have a ’93-’96 car, and also accommodate the 70.5mm hub bore of the C6 wheels. This is also important if you choose to take the optional step (outlined below) of putting adapters on the front.
Tires: These photos show 295/30-19’s on the rear wheels and 255/40-18’s on the fronts. Both of these tire sizes calculate to a 26.00” diameter in spite of the staggered 18/19” wheel sizes.
Speedometer: Base Camaros were programmed for 26.17” diameter tires, while Camaros with Z-rated tires were programmed for a 25.66” tire diameter. With the 26.00” tire diameters above, you’ll need to reprogram your computer for speedometer accuracy. This will only affect your speedometer, not engine performance, so if you can’t reprogram right away just remember that your speedometer is a little off. With larger diameter tires, you’re going a little faster than your speedometer indicates.
Optional Front Adapters: After driving the car for a couple of years with the C6 wheels, I decided that I wanted the front track width of the car to match the rear. This is mostly a cosmetic preference… although I believe it also handles a little better with the matching front/rear track widths. It tended to understeer a little with the front wheels tucked in narrower than the rears. I put a set of 1.25” adapters on the front to match the rear, and I prefer the looks of the car this way. The front wheels fill out the fender wells better, and the wheels show more when looking down the side of the car. As stated above, the front wheels will fit and function just fine without adapters.
Lowering: When I initially put the C6 wheels on this car, and wrote this article, the car was stock height. Since then, I have lowered the car 1.5” and added the 1.25” adapters to the front wheels as mentioned above. The front wheels never rub at all. The rear wheels rubbed badly after lowering the car, and I finally had to roll my rear fender wells. My advice is that you should expect to roll your rear fender wells if you plan to run the 19x10” C6 rear wheels under a lowered Camaro/Firebird. It is more than nuisance rubbing… it was cutting through my sidewalls.
My Personal Take: I really wanted GM wheels for various reasons, and the style of these wheels is very similar to the stock SS wheels. I thought over various styles and colors, as even this wheel design is available in silver painted, polished aluminum, and chrome, stock on the Corvettes. This set is the polished aluminum variety. With the car now lowered and with matching front and rear track widths, it now looks very ‘low and wide’, especially when viewed directly from the front or rear!
More Pictures: If you search google images for ‘c6 vette wheels camaro’ you’ll find at least eleventybillion pictures of different Camaros with the various Corvette wheel designs on them!
Corvette C4, C5, and C6 wheel dimensions:
Size Offset Application
17" × 8.5" +56 88-96 front/rear, 97-04 front
17" × 9.5" +54 88-96 front/rear, 97-04 front
17" × 11" +36 90-95 ZR1 rear
17" × 11" +50 96 Grand Sport rear
18" × 8.5" +56 88-96 front/rear, 97-12 front exc. C6 Z06, ZR1, Grand Sport
18" × 9.5" +40 84-87 front/rear, 06-12 Z06 & Grand Sport front
18" × 9.5" +57 97-04 rear, 05-12 front
18" × 10.5" +58 97-04 rear
19" × 10" +40 C6 Z06, ZR1 & Grand Sport front
19" × 10" +56 97-04 rear
19" × 10" +79 05-12 rear
19" × 11" +64 97-04 rear
19" × 11" +79 05-12 rear
19" × 12" +59 C6 Z06 & Grand Sport
20" × 12" +59 C6 Z06, ZR1 & Grand Sport rear
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