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Old Oct 17, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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Has anyone here bought wheels from West Coast Corvette? I want to trade my polished thin spokes for chrome, any problems and is this a good way to go? Thanks
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Old Oct 17, 2004 | 09:51 AM
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I bought some Z06 motorsports wheels from a forum vendor, House of Wheels, they were great to do business with. They carry the wheels your looking for, the price was 600 or 650 exchange. The new wheels give your car the right attitude.
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How does rim exchange work? I would like to exchange my standard finish wagon wheels for chrome wagon wheels.

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From what I understand, you can place an order with them and they will ship you OEM chrome in the same style 600.00-700.00. Also this weekend they mention on their website a 10% discount. After you have switched the wheels out, ship them back for a refund on your core charge. Also the chrome wheels come with chrome center caps and lug nut caps.
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Old Oct 19, 2004 | 08:26 AM
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The "House of Wheels " will send return stickers from UPS.All you do is box the old wheels up in the boxes and drop them off at the UPS store. This took about 4 days to get the wheels it's a great way to go. To save some moving pains I had them ship the wheels to the installation store, I boxed them up at the store and UPS picked them up the next day.
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Give them a call. Some of the exchange programs require the trade-in wheels to be mint to get full credit back. Be sure you know what they expect in terms of condition before you buy. West Coast Corvettes is a respected forum vendor and they offer a 3 year warranty on the chrome just like most others.

Personally, I bought my chrome Z06's from Xtreme Motorsports and have been very happy with them.
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