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Old May 9, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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beent tring to figure out which to put on my 2000 pewter ? educate me please ! which offset if any ,and what the dif in chrome and polished ,thanks guys .
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Right there with you...I just bought a 99 Pewter and I'm trying to figure out the same thing. I'm thinking I want to stay with the stock sizes and maybe go with something black...either Z06 replicas or C6 Motorsports. Just can't seem to get any info on the C6 Motorsports.

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beent tring to figure out which to put on my 2000 pewter ? educate me please ! which offset if any ,and what the dif in chrome and polished ,thanks guys .
Chome is a more durable finish that requires less maintenance. The polished finishes tend to really "absorb" hard water stains, etc. Over time though you can almost always bring back a polished wheel by polishing the crap out of it. But once the chrome flakes you need to "dip it" or get a new wheel. Polished wheels are also cheaper.

Well there are plenty of options available for sizing etc check
http://www.tomswheels.com/
it gives you the offsets etc etc.
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Right there with you...I just bought a 99 Pewter and I'm trying to figure out the same thing. I'm thinking I want to stay with the stock sizes and maybe go with something black...either Z06 replicas or C6 Motorsports. Just can't seem to get any info on the C6 Motorsports.

check out the c6 z06 motorsports that have just been released...they're hot!





as for the sizes, go with 18x9.5 & 265/35 or 275/35 @ about +53 to +57mm and 19x11 & 295/35 or 305/30 @ +63 to +65mm to be sure that they tuck in under the rear fenders!

you don't want them to stick out.
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black wheels look sinister on pewter.
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black or polished wheels > chrome wheels.

Sorry guys but I cant stand chrome rims.
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Originally Posted by rchiccarine
black wheels look sinister on pewter.
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think im leaning toward the Z06 motorsports chrome .no just what offset?the black do look great also but im more of a kinda of guy.i just love shiney chrome
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think im leaning toward the Z06 motorsports chrome .no just what offset?the black do look great also but im more of a kinda of guy.i just love shiney chrome
Are you going with the stock sizes?? If so I'm assuming that most of the places that carry these wheels (Bob's, Tomz, etc...) have them in the stock offset. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I'm assuming.
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Have you seen these? I saw them on ebay..don't know how good of quality they are but they offer a different look. I'm actually considering them if I can figure out if they would match my car.

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going with the motorsports black ordering today see pic above .also going to order my GHL's this week need to decide between bullets or magnum .think it will be magnums
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Toms is out of the 17's 1 month back order the offset is 48 for the 17's -50 for the 18's is this basicaly factory?
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Toms is out of the 17's 1 month back order the offset is 48 for the 17's -50 for the 18's is this basicaly factory?
I have no idea about the offset. I did talk to Bob at house of wheels today and he's got the Black motorsports in stock in 17x9.5 + 18x10.5 (stock Z06 sizes I believe?) right now. Don't know about the chrome ones.
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It's not pewter, but look how nice black can look

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The Magnesiums look good on pewter...
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I have no idea about the offset. I did talk to Bob at house of wheels today and he's got the Black motorsports in stock in 17x9.5 + 18x10.5 (stock Z06 sizes I believe?) right now. Don't know about the chrome ones.
thanks ,i just called they had them in stock and i got the chrome center caps also
and they were on sale
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