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Old 06-24-2016, 10:41 PM
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Alright had my C7 for about a month now. Let the mods begin! Just placed an order with Custom wheels for less for some HRE FF01.

What do you guys think?
Anyone have these on a white c7?

I know this has been asked already. But what kind of jack do you guys have? Looks like my current jack is just a little to high to get under the vette. I am going to need a new jack to mount those rims!

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Those look sweet, I look forward to seeing them on your ride! I use a harbor freight 1.5 ton low profile racing jack. Works great, but the only thing I lift is my Vette. If you have plans to lift anything heavier, you should get a higher rated jack.
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Alright had my C7 for about a month now. Let the mods begin! Just placed an order with Custom wheels for less for some HRE FF01.

What do you guys think?
Anyone have these on a white c7?

I know this has been asked already. But what kind of jack do you guys have? Looks like my current jack is just a little to high to get under the vette. I am going to need a new jack to mount those rims!

Looks bad azz, make some wooden ramps keep old jack.
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Nice!
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Quickjack 5000. Amazing tool.
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Nice wheels. Post pics of them mounted.
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Great looking black wheels. Plenty of threads guys talking about which China-made low jack to save like $7.
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Originally Posted by Rooster OG
Those look sweet, I look forward to seeing them on your ride! I use a harbor freight 1.5 ton low profile racing jack. Works great, but the only thing I lift is my Vette. If you have plans to lift anything heavier, you should get a higher rated jack.
Two Harbor freight jacks allow you to lift front or back of car rather than ramps. I also have two jack pad adapters that fit in the jack and car's jack points.
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Harbor Freight = disaster. Buy a good jack and it will last you forever and still be safe to use for the next generation. Saving a few bucks is not worth the chance of injury.
BTW, OP, really great looking wheels.
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The new wheels look great on your car. Good choice.
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I like the wheels, I just don't like how tire side wall looks with the wider rim. Just me I guess. Your car is awesome though.
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WOW !!!!

That's a great looking car The black wheels really set it off!!
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stretched tires > what's up with that?

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Yeah I am pretty disappointed about the tire size too. The guy who sold me the rims and tires was pretty adamant about not going wider. He said it would rub for sure. I just trusted he knew what he was talking about. My fault for not researching more before purchasing. I called HRE yesterday and they said 295 would have been a better option and no rubbing. Jake good catch, I saw that too but it was grease. Guess I have to deal with the tires for now. Most likely will have a set of used tires for sale soon. Any idea how much my stock tires and rims are worth? 1300 miles on them.

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