C8 wheels on C5
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If there is a proper lug hole insert like one of the offerings here: http://www.prestigewheel.com/Imagewi510.asp
in unison with a PCD wobble lug nut all would be right with the install.
in unison with a PCD wobble lug nut all would be right with the install.
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No.. The wheels are not ugly... There is nothing that is ugly about the C5 Corvette...especially the 1998 Corvette C5 wheels of that period.... Now the C8 is a story of a different elk regarding the wholly leaking wheel phenomena so familiar with the modern GM.... thing.
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No.. The wheels are not ugly... There is nothing that is ugly about the C5 Corvette...especially the 1998 Corvette C5 wheels of that period.... Now the C8 is a story of a different elk regarding the wholly leaking wheel phenomena so familiar with the modern GM.... thing.
1997-99 wagon wheels are butt-ugly, to most people. If they weren't, a set of them couldn't be purchased for $100, these days.
I'm starting to see more and more C5's and C6's, with C8 wheels. It's obvious doing so is not rocket science, contrary to what some people believe.
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Following the crowds can generally mislead you but everyone is enabled to choose their best life.
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Following the crowd is something many Corvette owners are very prone to do, unfortunately.
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No.. The wheels are not ugly... There is nothing that is ugly about the C5 Corvette...especially the 1998 Corvette C5 wheels of that period.... Now the C8 is a story of a different elk regarding the wholly leaking wheel phenomena so familiar with the modern GM.... thing.
The "leaking wheel phenomenon", as you put it, is predominantly the C7 widebody units, not C8's.
1997-99 wagon wheels are butt-ugly, to most people. If they weren't, a set of them couldn't be purchased for $100, these days.
I'm starting to see more and more C5's and C6's, with C8 wheels. It's obvious doing so is not rocket science, contrary to what some people believe.
1997-99 wagon wheels are butt-ugly, to most people. If they weren't, a set of them couldn't be purchased for $100, these days.
I'm starting to see more and more C5's and C6's, with C8 wheels. It's obvious doing so is not rocket science, contrary to what some people believe.
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Like em sure... Well if they're plated over the aluminum with chrome.... Otherwise I gotta agree...not plated they're sorta like an unfinished symphony... but not Beethoven for sure... More like Dizzy Gillespie goes to Woodstock.