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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 06:12 AM
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Your car looks great!

It looks like you have an after market exhaust as well. If so, who did you go with and are you happy with it?

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Bassani and Yes.....I am VERY happy with it. Only set me back $760 shipped. PM me for the vendor.....they are not a supporting vendor
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 06:15 AM
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thanks for the compliments Lowering helps out dramatically as well. I was shocked how much the wheels and the lower stance changed the whole look of the car.

I highly recommend corvettes of houston. Manny did the work and he was top notch. He even polished the wheels after he installed them
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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Lemans '07 - What wheels did you have on the car before these; painted, polished alum., or the chrome?
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by boz524
Lemans '07 - What wheels did you have on the car before these; painted, polished alum., or the chrome?
I had the base silver wheels. I followed my checkbook instead of my heart when I was looking. I am glad I did too. These were much cheaper than the factory chrome wheels. Less than $700 for the set after the core on my stock wheels.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:31 AM
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Looks great! Don't forget to get it re-aligned after it settles in at about 100 miles or so or bye-bye tires.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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Don't forget to get it re-aligned after it settles in at about 100 miles or so or bye-bye tires.
Best advice yet.

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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 09:01 AM
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Looks great, but index the C6 logo to the valve stems, the devil is in the details



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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by shortski
Looks great, but index the C6 logo to the valve stems, the devil is in the details



Oh for shame, for shame ..............................

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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 12:20 AM
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I think is looks great (just like mine) except I have chrome caps w/mini emblems in the engine compartment and white hood stripes.
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 12:41 AM
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Those rims look AWESOME on your Vette, I just ordered my LMB Coupe and i was planning on getting the Forgeline rims but these Forgeline are over 4K.

Maybe i should just save my money and get the Z06 rims instead.

http://www.forgeline.com/wheels/c6z06-004.jpg
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by lemans 07
thanks for the compliments Lowering helps out dramatically as well. I was shocked how much the wheels and the lower stance changed the whole look of the car.

I highly recommend corvettes of houston. Manny did the work and he was top notch. He even polished the wheels after he installed them
I can't really see the drop? looks nearly stock in the rear? I droped mine on the stock bolts and it looks DROPPED, maybe a fingers width between fender and tires front & rear.

I think you need to have them cut the bushings out of the rears, that makes a huge difference..

Makes body-roll a thing of the past, corners like crazy now!
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 05:42 AM
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Those are some good looking wheels
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by C6Rluvur
I can't really see the drop? looks nearly stock in the rear? I droped mine on the stock bolts and it looks DROPPED, maybe a fingers width between fender and tires front & rear.

I think you need to have them cut the bushings out of the rears, that makes a huge difference..

Makes body-roll a thing of the past, corners like crazy now!
It is subtle. I wanted about 1/2 inch and that I think I ended up with probably 1 inch total drop. I did not measure it ahead of time but for a basically free mod I am happy. You can definitely notice it on the front, the rear is not quite as noticeable. If you look in the closeup pic of the front wheel you can see the edge of the fender is right on top of the tire. Just the way I wanted it. I may drop the rear some more, but it was my understanding it is recommended to keep the rake the same as stock, which it is now

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After:



Hopefully, that will help show the drop. It is definitely lower than it was when I brought it home. A few more miles and it goes to the dealer for an alignment. BTW, they will do it under warrantee if the car has less than 3k miles on it

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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 4 MY EGO
Oh for shame, for shame ..............................
I know......I could care less which way the flag points. Whoever made that crap up is full of it. I checked when I went to the dealer and bought my car. 30+ vettes with flags pointing in all different directions.

Give me a break........
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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Thats C L !
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 11:12 AM
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Looks great.
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Car looks great. Love those Z06 wheels. I put on the polished ones.

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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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The wheels look good. Your pics are also excellent.
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Originally Posted by lemans 07
I know......I could care less which way the flag points. Whoever made that crap up is full of it. I checked when I went to the dealer and bought my car. 30+ vettes with flags pointing in all different directions.

Give me a break........
Me bad, I forgot to put the laughing smilie up too.
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