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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 06:43 AM
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Shakeydeal
Good one!


You almost had me. I really thought you were serious for a minute. And only 5 days after April 1st...........




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I was actually serious, in all my years (many) I have never seen a good styled chrome wheel on a C5 and said yuk ! But to each his own.
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 08:11 AM
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Cray Scorpions
Your paint looks flawless
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Time for a C-5
I'm a fan of polished wheels. I don't like black. Just my preference...they can look good up close but at a distance the black wheels get lost lost surrounded by the black tire in the black wheel well. My favorite style(s) are tsw interlagos and/or cray spiders. A couple pics below - not my car. Plenty of good looking ccws also.
Hey, that's my car on the bottom! I obviously am a fan of polished wheels as well.
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 02BlownZ06
Hey, that's my car on the bottom! I obviously am a fan of polished wheels as well.
Nice looking ride. I though I noticed a bump on your hood. I was wondering if you were smuggling a maggie around. Your avitar answers that question. Well done.
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 04:09 PM
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Mine are polished, but hard to tell they aren't chrome.



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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 05:42 PM
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Fcar 98


Not the same red, but still red. I get a lot of compliments on this wheel.
Like the wheels...what kind are they?
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Originally Posted by LC00C5
Like the wheels...what kind are they?
Aftermarket C6Z06 wheels in C5 Z06 sizes
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ZigZag
If you lowered your car about 1 inch it would be a 10. JMHO
Not in my plans. Would not do that, even if I wanted to. Roads in this city are not conducive to lower a corvette.
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