jhammons01

So I finally swung a deal and got the exact wheels I was looking to get.









I know, My car needs paint...bad....I'm working on it. But I got rid of a bent wheel issue this weekend...one less vibration to deal with.

And yes there is a Lug nut missing, The sets these days only come with four...I bought the last two sets Kragen had. I need to get a another set.

shakedown067

Those are sharp. Well done.

ch@0s

I like them, what are they?

Frizlefrak

Very nice....If your car was painted, it would be a dead ringer for mine. Now I know what they would look like....I just don't know what they are.

jhammons01

Aight, these are the $3000 upgrade real magnesium mags from the C5s. Every so often a set comes up for sale on the C5 section.

They are painted Bronze with a thick wet paint and you can see how easy they chip....I got mine that way...but as you can tell...I'm not real into details...so the chips don't bother me for now.

But, I've been looking to get rid of those fugly '84 wheels from the moment I got this car three years ago. I've been hawking craigslist every day......and as I looked at all the different styles and sizes, I somehow landed on these being the best option for me.

These are 17 x 8.5 front and 18 x 9.5 rears.

CentralCoaster had them stashed in his attic for a few years. So I ran down to San Diego Saturday and bartered/bought these from him.

The rears needed spacers, so I found a pair of 1.25" spacers off of Craigslist in Oceanside.......Then I went my favorite Ylantas (used tire place) and bought tires.

Now I need to buy one more set of Lug nuts, then next few months I'll buy new tires as money comes in.

But these are really smooth (my old wheels were bent and I had a vibration)...so I am really jazzed over the whole thing.

Frizlefrak

Well, ya did good. They look great.

jhammons01

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...condition.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...ich-tires.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...-for-sale.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...ag-wheels.html

jhammons01

Thank you

And thanks for all the compliments from everyone

Wheels make such a difference in a car.

c4cruiser

Very sharp!!

Are you going to have the car repainted in the same color? I have seen some C5's with the magnesium wheels in Dark Bowling Green Metallic and the Dark Navy Blue Metallic colors that looked nice.

96 Vette CE

Wow...good find on the wheels they look great!

pologreen1

Looks great, and I think those are some of the nicest stock corvette wheels except for the GS, and the Z06 wheels.

kangi

Those are some nice looking rims!

jhammons01

I was thinking about spacing the front out a bit.

RedVette84

corvetteronw

I bought a set of the '03 champagne color wheels from a Forum member. I used Goof Off and a heat gun to remove the decals from the center caps and bought a set of C4-logo emblems from an E bay vendor to replace them. Turned out pretty good.
Yours look great! What a difference

KitchenPass

You're wheels look great This is going to sound a little off but, you're car looks like it's 'brushed stainless or aluminum' in the 1st and 2nd pictures. I'm guessing it's the light and your paint, but it looks cool. And it's Monday and I have to take a break from the Hillers, so no, it's not that talking.

kenv

x2 Those look great!!

jhammons01

LOL...Go find yourself a Sliver car with all the paint on top is all oxidized and no clear coat.....that is what you are seeing LOL

But I'm glad I fooled someone for 20-30 minutes

yaknow

great looking wheels, congrats on the find

Frizlefrak

Are you going to stay silver when you paint it? Take a look in my albums for what it will look like when it's done