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[Z06] [PICS] 2012 Cup Wheels and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Tires

   
Old 04-28-2011, 11:46 PM
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Default [PICS] 2012 Cup Wheels and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Tires
These two 2012 Corvette Z06s showed up after Thursday's C5/C6 Bash at the Corvette Museum. One is sporting the machine face cup wheels with PS2s while the Supersonic Blue Z06 has the Black cup wheels with the new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires.

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Old 04-29-2011, 12:01 AM
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Those wheels are awesome! Can't wait for them to be available on the aftermarket.
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That is the first time I have appreciated SSB.


New wheels and tires are awesome. Not everyone likes mesh wheels. Well done GM.
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Old 04-29-2011, 01:13 AM
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need the zr1 brakes for sure to fill out those wheels otherwise looks weird
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Old 04-29-2011, 01:43 AM
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Gotta love these awesome cars!
Chevy does a lot of things right*..........these wheels look great.

*except maybe for eliminating true black paint for 2012.
Bad Chevy, bad for eliminating true black, bad!
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Old 04-29-2011, 02:38 AM
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Looks like that SSB Z has the carbon hood option aswell as CFZ.
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Rotors look tiny...
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That is awesome. Hot MPSC tires and 15" CC brakes will put you into the dashboard.
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Old 04-29-2011, 08:57 AM
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Nice!

Thanks for posting these.
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GM needs to get that sucker on "The Ring"

I can't wait to see what lap times it will post!
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Nice indeed, especially since the wheels are stronger and 5.5 pounds lighter. Now, when can we get them?
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Are these wheels forged?
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Originally Posted by Dicecal
Nice indeed, especially since the wheels are stronger and 5.5 pounds lighter. Now, when can we get them?
Heard that....and the new MPSC ZP's !!!!
I sure do like the one's I bought off of you last year
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I love that the wheels are lighter and the tires are finally some proper performance tires but...

Those wheels are UGLY!
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what is this tire?
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Originally Posted by Keith@VetteFinders
One is sporting the machine face cup wheels with PS2s while the Supersonic Blue Z06 has the Black cup wheels with the new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires.
I'm gonna guess that it is sporting the new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires.

http://www.michelinman.com/tire-sele...port-cup-tires

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Old 04-29-2011, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by yangee
What tire is this?
Those there are some bad a$$ Michelin Pilot Sport Cups AND that makes them "stock" tires for the Corvette. Slap some of those on the 2012 ZR1 and hit the Ring GM.
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Can't say that I am a fan of these wheels - look cheap to me. The MPSC tires are great though.

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Note in the GM press release that the MPSC tires are Zero Pressure, which implies to me they are run-flats. I hope that doesn't add too much weight.
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