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Get out of my brain...thanks for starting this thread. I was thinking about starting a similar one. I'm about to powder coat my rims black but I'm worried it will be to much black. I was thinking about maybe a thin red strip around outer rims and a red strip to add some color. curious to see what's out there...
The factory rims are pretty pitted and would be very expensive to repair. That's why I'm getting them powder coated. The plan for the red strip is so their not 100% black. My father-in-law sent me this to try but I'm not a fan. Goes from hood to trunk.
if your wheels are pitted and there chrome 95% of the time there replica wheels GM never made a chrome z06 wheel just painted or polished, I bought my car with aftermarket chrome wheels on it and they was pitted to so off they went, if you done mine me asking whats it costing you to have them coated?
I saw an all black c5z yesterday on the way home from work. It was pretty much slammed with I think wider offset wheels - it looked really good and had no stripes. I think stripes would have ruined the look personally but to each their own.
my last z06 was pretty low and i loved the look & handling but the ride was harsh, i've been thinking of lowering this one but i cant lie giving up the ride for looks has me torn lol i'm not up for spending coin on coilovers i might try to drop it 1" on stock see how that gos
Originally Posted by Martinez310
i think this one looks pretty nice what you think?
that is a good looking car, eventually i'd like to do the rear bumper and wide fenders on mine
Last edited by Stroker87; Sep 12, 2015 at 09:40 AM.
The factory rims are pretty pitted and would be very expensive to repair. That's why I'm getting them powder coated. The plan for the red strip is so their not 100% black. My father-in-law sent me this to try but I'm not a fan. Goes from hood to trunk.
Your FIL might want to rethink that particular design stripe; it looks like a giant tongue. Maybe that's what he was going for?
That's pretty funny. "it looks like a giant tongue."
this is what he used as a template. Not sure where he got it from but i was supposed to cut it to the size i wanted and then he would make the actual strip.
wait. these aren't factory?
this is the pitting I was talking about.
the powder coating is $80 a rim. The issue is you can only bring them the rims. So I have to put it on jack stands, remove wheels, get tires removed ($20 a tire), powder coated, get tires put back on ($20 a tire), put wheels back on, take off jack stands...PITA.
I saw an all black c5z yesterday on the way home from work. It was pretty much slammed with I think wider offset wheels - it looked really good and had no stripes. I think stripes would have ruined the look personally but to each their own.
This... i think the car looks good as is, and i'm not a fan of stripes at all... maybe lower it some and change the wheels to something different?
sgmz06,
easiest way to see if the rims are replicas or factory is to pull one off the car and look at the back of the spokes.factory will have "gm" or "made in italy" stamped on the back.if you see "made in china" they are replicas.
if you're still not sure post a pic of the back of wheel and people here can tell you.
maybe lower it some and change the wheels to something different?
i'm going to try 1" lower and the wheel will get changed i'm leaning on c6 GS wheels but been holding off since wide fenders been ringing in my head lol
I really think the wheel are bring it down some, i'm really not a fan of stripes either i've only seen a few c5's with them that i actually liked that's why i started the topic hoping some one with a black z06 would post pics so i can decide
I heard that GM started offering the chrome wheel in 2002. Mine has them just like the ones in the previous port. I can't prove that is correct, though.
I have that same hood sitting in the corner been putting funds at go fast mods so put off painting it that car looks pretty good to me, i just am not fan of GS fender stripes here in my area you see them on EVERY thing but still a nice looking machine
black zo6 with stripes?
