After owning C4s for the last 15 years, I recently traded in my '92 for a '97 with only 16,000 miles. Loved the C4s, but this car is really great.
Can't afford to buy after-market wheels at the moment. Would it be worth it to have the original wheels polished?

 

congrats on the C5! Got pics of the wheels?

 

Congrads.... I had a 74 and a 84 before i got my 99 a few years ago and I couldn't go back to a c-4 again. You will enjoy this car a lot more I think.
As far as the wheels go... Most people seem to dislike the stock wagon wheels I still have mine and yes there are some great looking wheels out there but i don't know if thats something you need to worry about at the moment. For now I'd enjoy my new ride and worry about the other stuff later...

Enjoy!

 

Instead of spending money on making the stock wheels look nicer, I would rather wait a bit until you can get some aftermarket ones...you can get some pretty good deals here. Indy

 

Congrads on the C5 you will love her


in a few weeks I will give you a good deal on some stock thin spokes, that what I did to get rid of the wagons

 

Congrats on your new Vette and there is always good deals on used thin spokes or similar wheels in the parts section

 

Congrats on your new ride!!

 

Check with Jhonathan at J W Motoring ,he has some sweet deals on wheels,some less than $600 shipped.

 

Welcome to the fray!

 

Excellent step forward to the C5

 

Congrats- You've made a major change-It doesn't take long to figure it out-You probably knew it before you shut the door! I still have a 96-and there are a lot of things to like about them-But the C5 is a neat ride-Have fun

 

Congrats on the new vette

Chuck

 

Welcome to the C5 world. Hope you enjoy it.

As others said, yes you can polish yours or do some things but at the end of the day they are still the wagon wheels (I've never been a big fan of those). I'd recommend holding onto the money that you would have spent on improving those and just put that towards making a change.

 

 

Congratulations and Welcome. Sounds like you found a sweet one.

 

congrats and enjoy the new ride

 

How are the tires at 16k? -- when I bought my 97 2 years ago, I decided to stay with the wagon wheels until the tires were ready to replace and then just ordered a set of wheels and tires together in a package - the price was great and all I did was bolt them on. Enjoy your new vette until you are ready - the wagons aren't that bad - but then you'll feel like you just a new car again when it wheel/tire time.

 

congrats

 

Congrats!

Wait till you are ready to buy aftermarket wheels - having the stockers polished is not worth the dollars spent -

Keep an eye on the For Sale section and you'll find something for your Vette soon enough

Thanks,Matt

 

Thanks. As usual, great advice. Guess I'll wait.