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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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Tim, you turkey! I was going to do that! I'm getting tired of cleaning the Iforged wheels, I'm too old and would rather be driving than cleaning wheels. I picked up a set of C6 wheels too because they have to be the easiest wheel on the planet to wash!! I see a trend forming again....

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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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Nice MM! Nice wheels. I can't decide which is better, your Pewter or my Torch Red.

I too am still using the awesome MM ramps (mine are on your site).
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 07:18 PM
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The painted C6 rims look awesome on your Pewter Coupe. Sometimes I think the C6 rims look better on the C5.
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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looks mighty nice
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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Looks great
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by thetaxman
how much did changing wheels raise the car ?
none (well, about a 1/8 an inch in the rear... maybe). Although the C6 rims are 1" larger in diameter, the C6 factory tires are lower profile. It ends up being the same heigth.
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Dang nice car and the wheels go great....nice wax job too...
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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 04:54 AM
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Back to the question at hand. Will the one inch spacers cause any problems at high 3 digit speeds? I'm not afraid of the danger, I worry about the man. I really don’t think he spends a lot of time on open roads WAY out in the areas that one car may come by two times in an hour.
When it's your time, it's your time. I have had four close calls in the last year that could have resulted in meeting my maker. I try to live by the golden rule, do onto others............Every second dictate when our life will be where we will be at any given place at any given time. A few weeks ago I stopped at a Chevy dealer to look at the new Corvettes on my way home. About a mile from home there was a terrible accident, one car was upside down. Had I not stopped to look at the cars, I may have been at the exact second that accident happened, and be part of it. Sometimes I think about these things, and it makes me wonder if the exact moment things happen. We are at the exact time at the exact place, fate plays its hand.
I wouldn't endanger any other lives but my own. There is a time to live and a time to die. From the moment we are born we are dying...........
Rock on, my friends

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You finally got those tires.............looks great Tim!!!!
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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 08:34 AM
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Very nic ,you got a deal on those rims!
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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updated with tire sizes.

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looks great man
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