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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 02:11 PM
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Default 2000 thin spoke chrome wheels on ebay

how do you guys feal about these wheels?
Item number: 7912541800

all 4 with 18s on back for 570 plus 120 shipped
(i called to get the price for 18s on back)
they are replica wheels
what is the difference between these and oems???
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 02:35 PM
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Those are polished not chrome.
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 98vert6spd
what is the difference between these and oems???
Weight, and it's probably a very significant difference.

The OEM 2000 Thin Spokes are incredibly light.
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 03:00 PM
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I asked pretty much teh same question last week...
here is the thread

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=868528
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Scissors
The OEM 2000 Thin Spokes are incredibly light.
Very true, however, the ones on eBay don't look like true THIN SPOKE wheels. Remember there were two styles of wheel in 2000, Early painted and all polished 2000 wheels were true thin spoke. Later in the year the painted wheels changed to a slightly thicker spoke. The difference is subtle and hard to see unless you see the two side-by-side. The eBay wheels look to be the thicker spoke. That said, there is probably no real difference in performance, etc. And only the purists/ trivia nuts like myself would ever know the difference...
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 05:59 PM
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I'd check these out very carefully. There is a difference in the quality of some of the wheels out there. Seems like a very low cost to me.
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 06:22 PM
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I also was interested in those wheels. My first thought was poor quality, but the shop has a good feedback. Has anyone BOUGHT a set of these? I need some new wheels, BAD.
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