Do OEM Chrome Thin Spokes exist?
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Do OEM Chrome Thin Spokes exist?
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Chrome wheels were not produced for the C5 by GM, but many companies are taking OEM wheels and chroming them aftermarket.
This is why your selling is saying that they have the OEM stamp. That ensures you are getting an OEM wheel, as there are other wheel manufactures making the same style wheel in chrome. Not that the other manufactures are making a bad wheel, it's just that they are not OEM.
This is why your selling is saying that they have the OEM stamp. That ensures you are getting an OEM wheel, as there are other wheel manufactures making the same style wheel in chrome. Not that the other manufactures are making a bad wheel, it's just that they are not OEM.
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Originally Posted by zipity
Chrome wheels were not produced for the C5 by GM, but many companies are taking OEM wheels and chroming them aftermarket.
This is why your selling is saying that they have the OEM stamp. That ensures you are getting an OEM wheel, as there are other wheel manufactures making the same style wheel in chrome. Not that the other manufactures are making a bad wheel, it's just that they are not OEM.
This is why your selling is saying that they have the OEM stamp. That ensures you are getting an OEM wheel, as there are other wheel manufactures making the same style wheel in chrome. Not that the other manufactures are making a bad wheel, it's just that they are not OEM.
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Yep, has to be stock wheels that were chromed by an aftermarket company. They look very nice in the pics.
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Hijack here..
I have (4) BRAND SPANKIN NEW, in the boxes, Chrome thinspokes, all are 17x9.5 for sale.. Paid $795 3 weeks ago, sell for $600..
Factory Reproductions brand..
These are just sitting here..
I NEED someone to take them off my hands
I have (4) BRAND SPANKIN NEW, in the boxes, Chrome thinspokes, all are 17x9.5 for sale.. Paid $795 3 weeks ago, sell for $600..
Factory Reproductions brand..
These are just sitting here..
I NEED someone to take them off my hands
Last edited by YO-EL; Aug 23, 2006 at 12:52 PM.
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chrome C5/C6 Wheels
Like the guys are saying, they would be chromed OEM Wheels, or Factory Reproductions (Replicas) of the C5 thin spoke wheels. There are even Replicas of the new C6 wheels (including the Z06) which would fit your '98, this website sells them, along with the actual OEM Vette Wheels: http://www.finishlinewheels.com
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And the OEM thinspokes weren't that great - just ask the multitudes of people here that had cracks in the spokes. Seems like it hit the '01 and '02 model years mostly.
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You could get OEM thin spokes chromed, but they were done by an aftermarket company. GM only offered the high polished version.