C7 wheels on C5

[Riley P]

Well, finally I put the base C7 Stingray wheels and tires on my car, then sporadically I decided to lower it on the stock bolts. My apologies for no proper before/after images. And shockingly, I didn't even measure the wheelwell heights prior to lowering.
Anyway, a couple notes/observations.
1) It is insanely easy to lower these cars.
2) I should have measured the wheelwells before/after just to know how much it lowered.
3) For C7 rear wheels, use a 20mm hubcentric spacer for a 70.3mm hub. It's the perfect thickness, maybe just a weee bit thick.
4) The ride is much rougher with runflats and I can feel the added weight. It's almost like a flywheel effect.
5) You have to cut about 5mm off the stock studs to get the wheel to sit flat on the spacer. Not a big deal as it's only the unthreaded part of the stud.

Other than that, pretty easy.

Wheel weights:
C5 polished rims with non runflats.
Front 44.9lb
Rear 49.9lb

C7 painted rims with factory runflats.
Fronts 51.4lb
Rear 59.5lb

 

[nascar03]

Riley..
I like that look.
Well done
What are the tire sizes before/after.?
Graham

 

[CableGuy]

Looks great Riley!

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Like the look very much Riley. Nice mod.

 

[Riley P]

Riley..
I like that look.
Well done
What are the tire sizes before/after.?
Graham

C5
245/45R17 Front
275/40R18 Rear

C7
245/40R18 Front
285/35R19 Rear

Thanks for the compliments guy.

In the future at some point I'm going to go back to a polished wheel. I must be old because I love the polished/chrome wheels.
Especially on a pewter car as there aren't any colours that are really compatible with it.

I'm surprised with how much bigger the the wheels look for only moving up one inch in diameter. It might be the white painted letters? Maybe not but the letters were just a fun project that are going to get sanded off in the next week or two.

 

[12cents]

Those C7 rims really suit the car; better than I would have thought. To me, it looks like a keeper (but lose the white letters)

 

[YFCvii]

So ... this might a bit like the day my Wife (C5) found out that our Daughter (C7) can now wear her shoes but actually likes how our Daughter's (C7) shoes looks on her (C5) .... and so I just say YES, those new younger generation C7 shoes look absolutely awesome on your C5 RileyP !!!

 

[taylorsk8]

Looking mighty fine. The lowered amount suits the new wheels nicely.

T

 

[Riley P]

....To me, it looks like a keeper (but lose the white letters)

Hahahaha. Too funny about the white letters. It was an experiment. I figured, why not? Long story stort, they're fun, but getting pressure washed and sanded off at some point in the near future.

 

[Riley P]

Looking mighty fine. The lowered amount suits the new wheels nicely.

T

Thanks T! They look better than I expected them to.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Riley, I happen to like the raised white letters on the tires. I do not think they detract from the look at all.

 

[Dub]

Damn, I really like the way those rims/tires look on your C5.....Almost like they were made for it!

 

[Rruuff Day]

I like the look as well Riley....The wheels really grab attention... I sort of like the white letter look but I was weaned on raised white letter T/A's... I suppose if the added weight concerns you, sanding the letters off will probably drop 30 grains or so of weight too......

 

[Somebuddy]

Lookin sooooo fine Riley!

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I like the look as well Riley....The wheels really grab attention... I sort of like the white letter look but I was weaned on raised white letter T/A's... I suppose if the added weight concerns you, sanding the letters off will probably drop 30 grains or so of weight too......

Eric, when I had my Firebird Formula 400 I bought a set of raised white letter B F Goodrich Radial T/A's for it. They had an incentive program at the time that if you bought four tires you got a really nice jacket with "BFG" embroider on the back. Wore it out one night and some clown behind said hey there goes a "Big @#&% Goof". Never wore the jacket again.

 

[Riley P]

Thanks for the comments everyone. The raised white letter were an insane pain-in-the-aaaaaass to do. Never again for these tires as you had to actually outline each one and fill in in, where normal raised letters you can run the marker around the outside of the letter quickly and it doesn't touch the base of the tire.

It took about 8 hours to do the lettering and only about 10km of driving for it to crack and start flaking off.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Well some things just don't work Riley but man you have a steady hand. They looked good, real good at least for a while!

I have seen others that are actual letters that you glue on. I wonder if you get a spell checker with the kit.

Still think the rims look great on your car.

 

[Riley P]

Thanks Murray. I was looking at the glue on kits but they're around $120 US! However, after spending 8+ hours on doing the lettering, that's not permanent, $120 starts to look pretty cheap!
But I'd still have a hard time spending more money on tires that doesn't do anything for performance.

 

[standuptriple]

Hey Riley how's it going the wheels look fantastic on the pewter color really sweet . I wanted to ask about what you said about the stud needing to be cut off about 5 mm ? can you explain again why they need to be cut so I can understand thanks

 

[standuptriple]

never mind i get it I just saw some pics from the spacers i will need so i can see what you mean Riley thanks Man