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Old 09-30-2016, 08:28 AM
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Does anyone happen to know of any vendors who have these wheels in stock? I've been in contact with five different shops and they are all out of stock. I'm hoping someone here might know of a source that I have not tried yet.

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Have you tried WCC? OE Wheels?
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Have you tried WCC? OE Wheels?
OE Wheels is actually the primary distributor, and yeah, I've talked to them. Don't know why, but WCC never crossed my mind, and I've done a lot of business with them. I'll give them a call once Cali has woken up. Thanks!
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Ya man, good luck!
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got mine from WCC 3 years ago.

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Might try Bob at House of Wheels. Got mine from him. Very knowledgeable and great service.
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Might try Bob at House of Wheels. Got mine from him. Very knowledgeable and great service.
Bob was one of the five. He was the one I was going to buy them from initially, but by the time I was finally ready to pull the trigger he was out of stock.
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Anybody awake in Cali yet?
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Originally Posted by RicardoFors68
Anybody awake in Cali yet?
I'm tied up at work for the moment so I sent them an e-mail. Just waiting on a response.
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You letting work come between you and your car? Actually, without work there's no car, belay my last...
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You might try eBay.
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
You might try eBay.
Already went that route. Couldn't find any.
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Just talked to WCC, they're checking at their warehouse and will call me back.

Crossing my fingers...
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WCC is backordered too...
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Ok, so I'm looking at a minimum of two months before the Z06 Spyder wheels would be available. I really don't want to wait that long as the fall car shows will be starting well before then, so I'm considering these as an alternative. Opinions as compared to the Spyder wheels?

Centennials:



Spyders:



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I love the spiders but the others are good looking also.
And probably easier to clean.

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