I'm upgrading from my stock wheels on my 2002 black z28...

I was thinking about getting some chrome OEM c6 corvette z06 wheels. Will 19s on the back and 18s on the front fit on a camaro or do I need to do 18s all around?

some others i've thought about possibly getting...

Smoothie II
Torque Thrust II's

lets hear some more suggestions

thanks much

 

C6 Z06 OEM wheels:

Front: 18x9.5" 40mm offset - This is going to fit in the front of a 4th Gen, but the outside edge of the tire is going to possibly be outside the fender, and you will have problems with the tire rubbing in the plastic fender liner when you turn the steering wheels.

Rear: 19x12.0" 59mm offset - This will require about a 3/4" to 1" spacer to move the inside edge of the tire away from the inner fender and the LCA. With that spacer, the outside edge of the tire will be about 1" outside the fender.

 

I don't want any sort of rubbing problems but I really love those wheels, what would be the best way to go about doing it? Just go with an 18 back 17 front or 18 all around combo and get the correct tires that will not cause any rubbing?

 

It's not the diameter that you should be worried about there. That width and offset are what would cause the problems. The appropriate measurements can be found in the stickies at the top of this forum.

 

There is a post in the "Wheels and Tires FAQ - General" that covers the wheel width vs. wheel offset. That is what determines whether the wheel/tire sits in the wheel well correctly. Too much (positive) offset, and the inside edge of the tires hits the inner fender. Too little offset and the wheel/tire is outside the fender, or directly under the fender lip. You have to look at the combination of the wheel width and the offset to determine this. That's why there is a post in the "sticky".... to offer guidelines.

As noted in the post above, the wheel diameter is relatively unimportant. You put a tire on the wheel so that the outside diameter of the new tire is close to the diameter of the stock tires. This is also covered in a post in the Wheel and Tire FAQ - General.

 

IMO, the BC Smoothie II's would look the best!

17 x 10s, F & R :
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...S/DSC00369.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...S/DSC00357.jpg

 

I'm not normally a fan of that design of wheel, but that looks quite good. I'm quite partial to my Y2K C5 Vette replicas, but I also really like the new style of the ZR-1s. The nice thing about replicas over the OEM wheels is that you can get them in the proper F-body offsets and not run into the problems that Injuneer explained above.

 

I went with C6 Z06 Replicas and I love them

 

y2k wheels. love them. 17x8.5 front, 18x9.5 rear

255/40/17 275/35/18 tires

EDIT:
back to the future wheels is cool too!