View Poll Results: After the wheel upgrade...what you do with your old ones ?
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When you upgrade your wheels,what do you do with your old ones ?
06-25-2008, 01:18 AM
#1
Le Mans Master
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When you upgrade your wheels,what do you do with your old ones ?
Hi guys
Most of us are not happy with the stock wheels and want an upgrade
i switched from 87 16" inch wheels (for me 84-87 looks the same)
to a set of 89 17" inchers ! What a change
i would really love to have a 1990 set.-
But im fine for now.-
-Do you store just in case you'll need 'em for originality purposes? so you can go back to stock/original ?
- Do you sell them to make more $ for mods / upgrades ?
- You give them away ?
Most of us are not happy with the stock wheels and want an upgrade
i switched from 87 16" inch wheels (for me 84-87 looks the same)
to a set of 89 17" inchers ! What a change
i would really love to have a 1990 set.-
But im fine for now.-
-Do you store just in case you'll need 'em for originality purposes? so you can go back to stock/original ?
- Do you sell them to make more $ for mods / upgrades ?
- You give them away ?
06-25-2008, 06:53 AM
#2
Team Owner
Well, I voted for "save them so I can go back to stock", which I probably never will.
The Turbines are in 2 boxes in my garden shed, I'd sell 'em, cheap, if someone locally wanted them, but they sit collecting dust and dead bugs in the shed for now.
The Turbines are in 2 boxes in my garden shed, I'd sell 'em, cheap, if someone locally wanted them, but they sit collecting dust and dead bugs in the shed for now.
06-25-2008, 07:38 AM
#5
Le Mans Master
I've tried to sell mine, but they are still sitting on the back porch. Been thinking about getting some adapters so I can run them on my truck. Once I finish the brake upgrade on the vette, the stock sawblades won't fit anymore.
06-25-2008, 10:33 AM
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I sold my C5 wheels here in the Forum. Sold the to a C4 owner in Tennesse. It was a lerning experience, I've never shipped via Fed-Ex.
06-25-2008, 02:01 PM
#11
Le Mans Master
I still have mine. Though I'd probably sell them if they were worth something. Not a huge demand for OEM wheels, since most people already have them.
06-25-2008, 04:29 PM
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I did the 1984 to 1996 GS clone thing and replaced my 1984 stock rims with AR five spokes with brand new 275's & 315's that never saw the road. They never saw the road as I also did the C5 brake swap and the AR's didn't clear the calipers (bad clearance measuring on my part). So I went ahead and ordered a set of CCW SP500's with 275's & 335's that I run now following my Dana 44 swap with the C5 brakes. My basement resembles a C4 parts bin.
I am a pack rat so I have the 1984 rims, a set of C5 chrome 5 spokes and the AR's taking up space in my lower garage. I always figure that a buddy may need something down the road so I keep them.
I am a pack rat so I have the 1984 rims, a set of C5 chrome 5 spokes and the AR's taking up space in my lower garage. I always figure that a buddy may need something down the road so I keep them.
06-25-2008, 05:19 PM
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06-25-2008, 09:47 PM
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I'm thinking about powdercoating the sawblades
I have 96 sawblades that fit the 13 inch brakes. I've thought about having them black powdercoated. I have black ZR1s on the car now, but a few "black sawblade" threads have got me thinking. The sit in the attic above the garage over the Vette.
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06-25-2008, 09:58 PM
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You didn't give the option "plan to sell" so I voted that I sold them. Haven't done it yet but once I install the C5 front brakes there's no turning back, the saw blades will have to go.
06-26-2008, 01:55 AM
#19
Team Owner
awesome
