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Old May 20, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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Found these wheels looking around on the internet.
http://www.vettewheel.com/wheels/php....php?ID=HK-SPR
http://www.vettewheel.com/wheels/hic...ICK_photos.php
http://www.vettewheel.com/wheels/hickock_wheels.php
Does anyone have experiance with these? I am really looking for something different but in a good wheel. Weight seems good on these also so what say the forum?

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Old May 20, 2005 | 10:17 PM
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The Sprint is just plain ugly Id rather keep my old wagon wheels than those.....the other two aren't bad looking though....just my 2cents.....
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The sprint are ugly, the others are cool.
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Old May 20, 2005 | 10:26 PM
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Never heard anything negative about them. I like the Five Shot and Full House styles best.
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Old May 20, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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Given the price, I'd choose something from CCW over these.

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Old May 20, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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The sprint are ugly, the others are cool.
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Old May 20, 2005 | 11:47 PM
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I'm a bit partial to the ccw's, but , have you seen ....Damian motorsports( I believe is their name..they are a forum vendor). They have some interesting looking new wheels..
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Old May 21, 2005 | 12:02 AM
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Of those three, like the Full House the best.
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Originally Posted by ta70raiii
Given the price, I'd choose something from CCW over these.

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full house is only ones i like up there...
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Go for the FULL HOUSE.
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The FULL HOUSE wheel is "ok", but I prefer the new C6 Z06 chrome replica wheels that are out. The one I saw today was 11" wide. Also, the 9" front wheel is probably not enough to fit a good set of meats on and holy moly, a 18x19"???? Whats that for Top Fuel Slicks?

I gotta go thumbs down. sorry.
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Originally Posted by ta70raiii
Given the price, I'd choose something from CCW over these.


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Old May 21, 2005 | 05:56 AM
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Major $$$!!!! BUT, if you got the bucks and like them, get what turns you on.
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Originally Posted by flynbya2
I'm a bit partial to the ccw's, but , have you seen ....Damian motorsports( I believe is their name..they are a forum vendor). They have some interesting looking new wheels..
Thanks for the info. The vendor is
http://www.daemonmotorsports.com/index.php
and they do have some different wheels. I started this thread because I have found that there are not that many options out there for C5's. Now, I know there are several to choose from, CCW, HRE, Repro and others, but when you start looking at rear wheels that are 10.5 wide and up you really narrow down the field. Then when you take weight into consideration it comes down to just a few manufactures, and it seems that everybody has them. I would like something different, not seen often, although CCW 505's are sweet.
How about these http://www.daemonmotorsports.com/ite...33&id=12858425
I'll keep looking and if you ahve any ideas let me know.

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Originally Posted by Darion
Thanks for the info. The vendor is
http://www.daemonmotorsports.com/index.php
and they do have some different wheels. I started this thread because I have found that there are not that many options out there for C5's. Now, I know there are several to choose from, CCW, HRE, Repro and others, but when you start looking at rear wheels that are 10.5 wide and up you really narrow down the field. Then when you take weight into consideration it comes down to just a few manufactures, and it seems that everybody has them. I would like something different, not seen often, although CCW 505's are sweet.
How about these http://www.daemonmotorsports.com/ite...33&id=12858425
I'll keep looking and if you ahve any ideas let me know.

Thanks

Darion

These are nice, but for the price I would defenitely go for the CCW's for that price. If decide to go with the Hickock wheels I personally like the full house.

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Originally Posted by DreamVette97
The sprint are ugly, the others are cool.

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Sprint =

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Originally Posted by Darion
Found these wheels looking around on the internet.
http://www.vettewheel.com/wheels/php....php?ID=HK-SPR
http://www.vettewheel.com/wheels/hic...ICK_photos.php
http://www.vettewheel.com/wheels/hickock_wheels.php
Does anyone have experiance with these? I am really looking for something different but in a good wheel. Weight seems good on these also so what say the forum?

Thanks

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Check out our site at www.completedreams.com, we have some sweet looking rims for C5's!
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Old May 21, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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these cars look so much better with ccw and hre wheels
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