Guest KraZ4spd Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 A friend of mine has a 99 Vette. I was admiring his tires, (jealous) when I noticed that He was running 17's on the front and 18's on the back. He said that it was stock and came from the dealer that way. Anybody have an idea why GM would do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 18" Wheels fit the as designed fender wells in the rear just fine but they needed to go to 17's in the front to fit them or the profile on the tires would have been too low. Compromise between the suspension engineers and the body stylists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWKDTSN Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Yeah.. that sounds like a good enough explanation.... I always thought that it was just because it looks bitchin! I've seen a few twin turbo Z32s with this same setup and they look awesome too... kind of the Rat Fink big wheels in the rear, small wheels in the front look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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