[Z06] Z06 Wheel Question
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I went with the Polished Z16 wheels. They have a clear coat on them. Very easy to clean and they look pretty good all the time. Chrome is heavier. The polished Speedline is a good light wheel with a little extra shine to them over the painted grey. Don
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I have polished uncoated CCW's. I prefer the look to chrome even though there is more maintenance involved. However, using the Mother's powerball polisher with their polish, the work involved is greatly reduced to minutes per wheel. Chrome is too bright for my taste.
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House of Wheels has a nice one too. Painted black and machined face would look good on silver??? 
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[QUOTE=Quick Silver Z;1562643468]House of Wheels has a nice one too. Painted black and machined face would look good on silver???
Silver on Silver? Chrome on Silver? I disagree. The Black Motorsports or similar look much better on a Silver Z06. Of course, I might be biased...
Silver on Silver? Chrome on Silver? I disagree. The Black Motorsports or similar look much better on a Silver Z06. Of course, I might be biased...
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Hi Silversides -
As mentioned -
If you can get a set of the OEM Z16 style polished / clearcoated rims, then you almost have the look of chrome (not quite...) and you have the ease of maintenance of chrome.
However, if chrome is what you desire - that extra blingy, kinda blue-ish sparkle that only chrome provides, then a set of OEM Speedlines or Alcoas that have been chromed by a quality plating house is a good choice.
My experience has been that the OEM wheels that have been chromed are nominally the same weight - I could not tell the difference on my scale here at the house - so I suspect it was much less than a pound per wheel difference (at least for the ones we had here).
One thing that has not been mentioned, which bears consideration, is that chrome does need to be waxed and kept free of brake dust.
Over time, many (if not all) chrome wheels start pitting and sometimes have flakes of chrome peeling up - do not think that they are maintenance free....
best regards -
mqqn
As mentioned -
If you can get a set of the OEM Z16 style polished / clearcoated rims, then you almost have the look of chrome (not quite...) and you have the ease of maintenance of chrome.
However, if chrome is what you desire - that extra blingy, kinda blue-ish sparkle that only chrome provides, then a set of OEM Speedlines or Alcoas that have been chromed by a quality plating house is a good choice.
My experience has been that the OEM wheels that have been chromed are nominally the same weight - I could not tell the difference on my scale here at the house - so I suspect it was much less than a pound per wheel difference (at least for the ones we had here).
One thing that has not been mentioned, which bears consideration, is that chrome does need to be waxed and kept free of brake dust.
Over time, many (if not all) chrome wheels start pitting and sometimes have flakes of chrome peeling up - do not think that they are maintenance free....
best regards -
mqqn