I'm currently in process of buying wheels for the stock summer tires. Looking at Fast FC04 wheels in metallic black, looking for any form of review of durability, etc even if on a different vehicle.
Got a month or two before I need to swap from my winters to the pilots.
Thanks

I've got a set of those waiting for spring in my basement.
19x9.5 ET35 in Bronze.

They should fit the car no problem. They're flowformed as well, so the quality should be similar to mid-level wheels & they're light at under 20 pounds each for 19's.

19x8.5 should as well. I just went with the larger wheels to compensate for the ET29 of the factory wheels.

 

Thanks for chiming in! You putting the stock pilots on the 9.5 or are they already on there? I looked at a chart for wheel width and tire width and saw that the tires are on the low end on fitting 9.5.

If you beat me to putting the wheels on post up a pic, what colour is your car?

 

Yes I'll be putting the stock PS4S on the 9.5, the size is in the range of rim width of the tires per Michelin themselves so no issues there.

It's going to depend on weather, but usually I try to change winters to summer in Early-Mid April !
They'll be the Bronze FC04 on a Wave Blue CT5-V, should give off a decent look.

 

I ended up getting Braelin BR14s. Very similiar looking to the FC04s and only a bit heavier. Flow formed also, as they are a branch of Fast. They have custom bore matching, and have the size for our CT5s without needing a hub ring. I normally change to and from winters in my garage/driveway, so not having to worry about buying hub rings everytime was a bonus, bonus it's a Canadian company and didn't have to pay for shipping.

If anyone else has bought aftermarket wheels feel free to post pics / chime in. I'll change the name of the thread.

 

BR14s came in yesterday, pumped to get these bad boys on when weather warms up.

 

Got my wheels as well and mounted the PS4's on already...
Just waiting on good weather now !

 

Very nice!! Any chance you weighed your stock rims? I got my wheel sensors in last week, just waiting to mount them. Super excited, yours are looking good make sure you send a pic when they are on!

 

I have not weighted the stockers as they are on the car with the winter tires.
Though, normally cast 19x8.5 typically weight around 28-30 pounds each.

The FC04's in 19x9.5 are just 20 pounds ! That should give some performance gains. Your BR14's will be either 21 or 22 depending on offset, so very close !

 

Ah yeah forgot that part lmfao. I havent been able to find anything about the weight of the stock wheels anywhere online. We've been getting warm weather, I think this weekend will be the last cold spurt hopefully. Sometimes I wish I lived down south lol, good fishing, hot weather, and no need for AWD and winters ahah.

 

Oh man, if it wasn't from this god awful weather and roads, I'd have either a ZL1, Z06 or Blackwing as a daily driver !
No need for a Summer & Winter car + 2 sets of tires/wheels.

I'll probably be putting the wheels on in 2 weeks or so, give the town some time to patch more potholes.

My CT5V is at the dealer for some paint issues and it's such a good timing with all the potholes around to have a loaner hah.

 

Lolol. Can I ask what paint issues? I've talked to a couple guys, and looked at the other ct5/4 threads, seems like a few different things are popping up to be repaired under warranty.

 

Any pics of how the 19 x 9.5s look on the car? I've been itching to buy some new wheels for my 2020 CT5-V but have barely seen anyone touch these cars to give myself an idea of what size and specs would look best. Really just looking for something that gives a nice flush fit without much if any poking out to avoid any rubbing and potential fender damage.

 

It's hard to go full flush as the OE offset is 29, on 8.5 wheels

But 19x9.5 with 35 offset is pretty good.

 

It's hard to go full flush as the OE offset is 29, on 8.5 wheels

But 19x9.5 with 35 offset is pretty good.
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Looking at your spoiler, is that a carbon fiber BW replica? Can you share where you got it?

 

Damn she's looking good. Lol gonna have to make sure you don't get any curb rash with the tires being a bit stretched.

 

hi my name is gerry i have just the wheels you need just email me at gfritzler444@gmail.com and we can talk about this more.

yea...thats not shady or anything...
...also banned on mustangforums...

 

I recently ordered a CT5V but don't have a build date. Regardless, I don't expect my car before the end of the summer and am kind of torn here - my brain tells me to get 18s for the winter and keep the stock 19s for summer duty as I don't think a 40 aspect ratio on the stock 19s would do all that well on many of the roads up here (my city - Ottawa - runs its annual pothole festival from February to May every year). But I am tempted to go with nice aftermarket 19s for the summer and keep the stock 19s for the winter.

Did others in snowy areas consider 18s for the winter?

 

What 18" take off's are you referring to? I'm pretty sure the V only came with 19" and 20" depending on the package. Not to say an 18" wouldn't fit, of course. If an 18" from a different trim CT5 fit that'd be awesome.

 

I'm currently in your situation. I am running stock 19s for winter, and have nice black 19s for summers. I had to get winters on for delivery though and wasn't able to get another set of wheels on short notice so resorted to throwing winter tires on the stock rims, which gave me the winter to get ahold of rims for the summers.

It's not as bad now, but when I first got the car, alot of websites had the wrong specs for the wheels mainly bolt pattern was wrong. Have an eye for that still just incase, especially if your buying aftermarket.

 

Was considering just getting 18" take-offs for the winter. There are many people in snow-free regions who replace their stock wheels basically upon delivery of the car. In the past, a good number of my winter wheels have been these take-offs - not only are the prices good, they look okay on the car. Given that it's for winter, I'm not looking for quite the same ride/handling as I am in the summer.

 

Yeah, I was in a situation where I had to toss winter onto the stock rims because I got the car right off the truck (I didn't order the car, just took someone's order since they backed out) Worked out though because I wanted to get some black wheels and they couldn't get a OEM set in black. I'm only like a hour+ south of Ottawa. Had no issues with the heavy snowfalls this past winter, but 18s would be great for a bit of more meat for the potholes.

I'm excited to get my summers on with the black rims and see how it looks, I'll post some pics up when I get them on, tires should be in next week, then just gotta get them balanced and mounted.

 

Yeah, I was in a situation where I had to toss winter onto the stock rims because I got the car right off the truck (I didn't order the car, just took someone's order since they backed out) Worked out though because I wanted to get some black wheels and they couldn't get a OEM set in black. I'm only like a hour+ south of Ottawa. Had no issues with the heavy snowfalls this past winter, but 18s would be great for a bit of more meat for the potholes.

I'm excited to get my summers on with the black rims and see how it looks, I'll post some pics up when I get them on, tires should be in next week, then just gotta get them balanced and mounted.

I'm in Manotick, so probably not that far from you. Out here, 19s would be fine in the winter - the worst potholes are in the city itself.

 

I'm in Quebec and my stock 19's on winters survived the crappiest roads in Canada without any issues.
245-40R19 have massive sidewalls for what they are honestly.

(Better than the 235-40R18 that were on my previous CT4-V, and even those, survived the same roads without any issues.)

I never downsize cars in the winter personally as the OEM wheels always end up being the "winter wheels".

 

Thanks for the feedback.

FWIW, a friend of mine just bent a rim on his Golf GTI while in Gatineau a week or so ago - he had just put on the summer alloys. He's getting the wheel repaired but he knows that in all likelihood he'll have to buy a new one.

 

There's definitely some on Canadawheels also. My biggest concern would be fitment over the rotors and brembos. When I clean my wheels, the calipers are pretty damn close to the wheel's barrel that it's hard to clean between the rotor and barrel. If your ordering from somewhere make sure you get guaranteed fitment/good return policy incase their is an issue is probably the best way to go about it, hopefully you get it figured out way before winter so you aren't forced into doing anything you don't want.

 

Yeah that's an important point. I don't know what kind of caliper clearance is required on the V. I might just stick with the 19s as the winter wheels and look for different 19s for the summer.

 

Got my tires today, and found a shop that's gonna squeeze me inbetween jobs and get the tires and tpms sensors on my BR14s. Will post a pic when I get the car picked up tomorrow... Maybe after I give it a good cleaning too lol gotta make those photo shoots count.

Weighed the wheels and tires too. Brand new PS4S run flats came in at 31.8lbs, and BR14s came in at 22.4lbs. I'll give the winters + stock rims a weigh when they are off. Obviously not a good comparison for obvious reasons, but I'm sure as hell not ripping tires on and off just to weigh the stock wheels lol. If anyone does take their tires off the stock rims let me know what they weigh out of curiousity!

 

From sources that I've read, the non-V 19" and 18" standard wheels are 8.5" wide with a 29mm offset and the V 19" wheels are the same. Also GM parts site I use lists the V among those trim levels for the fitment of an 18" non-V wheel.

And we know that parts sites never get their fitment lists wrong...

 

Would you be able to confirm from you GM part site that the 18"x8.5", part #84004234 would fit on my 2024 CT5V? I want to put these 18" wheels with WS90 Blizzaks. The 29mm offset and 5.9 inch backspacing are the same as my 19" Diamond Cut wheels. I just want to confirm they will fit before I buy the 18" rims. I am hoping someone can help verify this fitment. Thanks

 

Lol if they gave you a vin already you can just call your dealership parts department and confirm 18s will fit with your vin. With all the websites showing 5x115 Bolt pattern and only odd ones showing 5x120, I called my dealerships parts Dept to get them to get m exact wheel specs based on my vin.

Good luck, and hope you enjoy your car when you get it.

 

Lol if they gave you a vin already you can just call your dealership parts department and confirm 18s will fit with your vin. With all the websites showing 5x115 Bolt pattern and only odd ones showing 5x120, I called my dealerships parts Dept to get them to get m exact wheel specs based on my vin.

Good luck, and hope you enjoy your car when you get it.

I don't even have any confirmation that GM has accepted the order. I have plenty of time...

 

Got the tires on, stock rims and winters weighed around 62-63 lbs give or take. So pumped lol.

 

Got the tires on, stock rims and winters weighed around 62-63 lbs give or take. So pumped lol.

Looks really good 👍

 

Thanks! Wish they made our cars have less wheel gap, lol maybe they left it that big so the cars with 20s look mint ahah

 

20's still have the same overall height though !
You'd just have more wheels, less rubber, but the same wheel gap.

Blackwing's front size too, but the rear size is nearly 1in taller than the "regular" V's & their front size.
Though, they appear to have a lower stance none-the-less, so surely different springs.

I wonder if the "regular" V's have different spring height between the AWD models and the RWD models.
Since typically, you want more clearance in areas where you need AWD.

 

You think the 20" rims have a smaller ratio (I know if you upsize yourself you try to match OEM size or you have to get the car recalibrated for the speedo and odo)? Damn that'd be dicey to drive on with how shitty roads are ahaha.

 

Well, in reality, 255-35R20 is 0.3" taller than 245-40R19, but on the car, that's just a 0.15" difference in "wheel gap" and 0.15" more in 4x4 stance.

So pretty negligible. But you do have 0.7" less sidewall, so on the roads, they would be more prone to damage on our beautiful Canadian roads !