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01-24-2019, 08:42 AM

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New wheels installed! OEM Grand Sports!

I have been wanting GS wheels for many years to replace my replica chrome C5z wheels! I found a deal I couldn't pass up, drove to NYC and made them mine!

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01-24-2019, 09:14 AM

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I like them. They look like they belong on there.

P.S. Just my opinion but glad they're not black.

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01-24-2019, 09:46 AM

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I like them. They look like they belong on there.

P.S. Just my opinion but glad they're not black.

They look great with silver....

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01-24-2019, 10:50 AM

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Those wheels look amazing - and the stance is just right. Looks lower than stock - OEM suspension lowered on factory bolts?

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01-24-2019, 11:19 AM

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No spacers or extended lugs in the rear? Any rubbing?
Looks like the rear would rub on spirited driving

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01-24-2019, 11:29 AM

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I like them. They look like they belong on there.

P.S. Just my opinion but glad they're not black.

Yeah I feel too many run black on pewter and it takes away from the color, imo of course!

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They look great with silver....

Thanks!

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Those wheels look amazing - and the stance is just right. Looks lower than stock - OEM suspension lowered on factory bolts?

Thank you, and it's going back like 6 years but if I remember right I used C6 front bolts and stock rear!

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No spacers or extended lugs in the rear? Any rubbing?
Looks like the rear would rub on spirited driving

No spacers they will bolt right on! No rubbing yet but I haven't taken it on any twisties yet!

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01-24-2019, 11:40 AM

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Nice! Wheels really help make a car.

What sizes? I can't quite see in the photos

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01-24-2019, 11:43 AM

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Nice! Wheels really help make a car.

What sizes? I can't quite see in the photos

Thanks and totally right! They are 18x9.5, and 19x12!

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01-24-2019, 11:46 AM

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congratulations! Looks very sharp. glad you like them. Too much 'poke' for me, but looks very aggressive.

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01-24-2019, 11:54 AM

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LOOKS FANTASTIC. They were my 2nd choice . I went with the C6 Factory Chrome 5 spokes.

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01-24-2019, 11:56 AM

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Looks really good brother.....

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01-24-2019, 12:02 PM

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They don’t fit 🤷*♂️

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Those chrome fat fives look great also!

Thanks guys! And I have c7z front spats on their way to help with the front poke, and then I will add wider rear fenders once I see what CC and their tpe style look like!

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01-24-2019, 01:44 PM

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Good choice - those wheels look really nice on your C5.

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01-24-2019, 02:09 PM

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01-24-2019, 03:03 PM

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Yeah I feel too many run black on pewter and it takes away from the color, imo of course!

Thanks!

Thank you, and it's going back like 6 years but if I remember right I used C6 front bolts and stock rear!

No spacers they will bolt right on! No rubbing yet but I haven't taken it on any twisties yet!

Please report back when you do some spirited turning. Stock ride height? I plan to lower mine on stock bolts & was planning on C6 wheels

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01-24-2019, 03:19 PM

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Please report back when you do some spirited turning. Stock ride height? I plan to lower mine on stock bolts & was planning on C6 wheels

C6 wheels and lowered. No issues here.

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01-24-2019, 04:59 PM

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LOVE THEM!!!!

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01-24-2019, 06:47 PM

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Thanks guys! And I have c7z front spats on their way to help with the front poke, and then I will add wider rear fenders once I see what CC and their tpe style look like!

Good call.

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01-24-2019, 07:20 PM

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Please report back when you do some spirited turning. Stock ride height? I plan to lower mine on stock bolts & was planning on C6 wheels

I run C6Z wheels on my C5Z which are the same sizes and offsets as those C6 GS wheels.
My car is lowered on stock bolts and I have had the car on the track and no rubbing issues at all.

I run 275/35R18 F and 305/30R19 in the rear.

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