[Z06] Polish Z06 wheels
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Polish Z06 wheels
I bought a yellow 03 in November. The former owner had powder coated the wheels black. I was wondering if anyone has striped and polished their Z06 wheels? The black wheels do nothing for me. The car was a good deal , so I got it planning on getting new wheels or making the originals shiny. How much heavier are the aftermarket wheels?
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I bought a yellow 03 in November. The former owner had powder coated the wheels black. I was wondering if anyone has striped and polished their Z06 wheels? The black wheels do nothing for me. The car was a good deal , so I got it planning on getting new wheels or making the originals shiny. How much heavier are the aftermarket wheels?
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If they're stock, they are lighter than pretty much any other wheel out there without spending a fortune. I would just try to have them re-powdercoated in a comp grey or something closer to the stock finish. That shouldn't cost too much. 
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Man too bad you weren't in socal, i'd trade you my wheels for yours. Mine are painted black right now but would be super easy to strip back down to the gunmetal. I really want to powdercoat them but just haven't felt the desire to actually go through with it.
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I was quoted $1400 to polish or to chrome the wheels here in Canada. I know i can pick up new wheels in the US for about half the money. Does anyone know how much heavier the aftermarket wheels are? It would be nice to have my black wheels around for spares.
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I bought a yellow 03 in November. The former owner had powder coated the wheels black. I was wondering if anyone has striped and polished their Z06 wheels? The black wheels do nothing for me. The car was a good deal , so I got it planning on getting new wheels or making the originals shiny. How much heavier are the aftermarket wheels?
Sorry, I can't help you with the weight differences between ZO6 and aftermarket.
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I found this morning that the 02 to 04 wheels do not polish well sometimes. They have pinholes in the castings. They are made by speedline. The 01 wheels are alcola wheels. They polish well. I guess i will end up buying new aftermarket wheels and keep old ones for spares
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02-04 wheels polish up just as good as the '01 wheels... I've done a set personally. Looks like chrome (better han the '04 Z16) if done correctly.
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Here's a link to genuine factory wheels that are chrome plated on exchange at a good price. http://www.westcoastcorvette.com/p-2...01-04-z06.aspx
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Chrome Z06 wheel exchange
I'm like you, just can't warm up to Black wheels. Haven't seen any on any vehicle that I like.
I know of a vendor in the Chicago area that does the chrome exchange of factory wheels for I believe $898. They send you newly chromed and you return your old for cores. Like for Like. Seems like a pretty good deal! PM me if you want the info.
Does anyone know of anyone who does the same sort of thing only with polished wheels? I prefer the polished wheels to chrome personally. I would be interested in doing mine for spares, I have a set of MHT Chrome forged wheels coming tomorrow!!!
I know of a vendor in the Chicago area that does the chrome exchange of factory wheels for I believe $898. They send you newly chromed and you return your old for cores. Like for Like. Seems like a pretty good deal! PM me if you want the info.
Does anyone know of anyone who does the same sort of thing only with polished wheels? I prefer the polished wheels to chrome personally. I would be interested in doing mine for spares, I have a set of MHT Chrome forged wheels coming tomorrow!!!
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I'm leaning more toward polished aluminum wheels than chrome. I have not found any place that exchange for polished. There are not many places that sell polished aftermarket wheels.
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I can do them for about $200 per wheel and it will look identical to chrome. Stunning.
I'm on an iPhone now, but I can post a pic tomorrow if interested of a previous set of wheels I stripped, sanded, sanded, sanded, then polished. They aren't Zo6 wheels but they show the final results.
I'm on an iPhone now, but I can post a pic tomorrow if interested of a previous set of wheels I stripped, sanded, sanded, sanded, then polished. They aren't Zo6 wheels but they show the final results.
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I can do them for about $200 per wheel and it will look identical to chrome. Stunning.
I'm on an iPhone now, but I can post a pic tomorrow if interested of a previous set of wheels I stripped, sanded, sanded, sanded, then polished. They aren't Zo6 wheels but they show the final results.
I'm on an iPhone now, but I can post a pic tomorrow if interested of a previous set of wheels I stripped, sanded, sanded, sanded, then polished. They aren't Zo6 wheels but they show the final results.