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I currently own a 2012 G.S. Corvette Centennial Edition with black wheels and I want to upgrade to Chrome G.S. wheels. the House of Wheels has 2 offering of G.S. Chrome wheels #1 GM OEM Wheels for $1.300 or #2 a set of their Replica G.S. Chrome wheels " made in Asia" for $900. My question: are the GM OEM wheels worth the extra $400 difference. then I understand that the GM OEM Wheels are made in Asia also, so would you spend the extra $400 for a set of GM OEM wheels? and if so explain why you would do that?
thanks boonie.
Photos of what you have now, are they gloss of satin black>
Mine are OEM chromes and they say Mexico on the back side, whatever I am looking for black maybe we could trade. Mine are Plasti-dipped for now but are cherry under it.
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Where is Sacto Cal., is that Sacramento ??
I wonder how we could do this though, the Freight would be the killer plus have to dismount them and box'em up. A real, PITA I'm afraid
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I currently own a 2012 G.S. Corvette Centennial Edition with black wheels and I want to upgrade to Chrome G.S. wheels. the House of Wheels has 2 offering of G.S. Chrome wheels #1 GM OEM Wheels for $1.300 or #2 a set of their Replica G.S. Chrome wheels " made in Asia" for $900. My question: are the GM OEM wheels worth the extra $400 difference. then I understand that the GM OEM Wheels are made in Asia also, so would you spend the extra $400 for a set of GM OEM wheels? and if so explain why you would do that?
thanks boonie.
I have found myself in the position of needing a wheel . House of wheels didnt have the OEM but did have a replica . I was concerned but spoke to the owner who was on vacation at the time and was assured that the replica was of the highest quality or else he wouldnt sell them. I bought the wheel it got here fast and it was definately what I needed. My concerns were for nothing. Amd I saved myself a bunch of money. He backs his products. A class act
Replica wheels are typically heavier and not as strong. If you just want them to cruise around town, they're fine. I'd just as soon pick up a used set of OEM wheels if it was me. Assuming I wanted chrome for some reason, in which case I wouldnt have bought a centennial. The satin black wheels just look better on the centennial in my HIGHLY biased opinion.
Replica wheels are typically heavier and not as strong.
For $100/wheel just get the OEM. I have replica C7 Z06 wheels on mine, which I am actually pretty happy with because apparently the OEM C7 ZO6 wheels have a tendency to bend with the slightest of bumps in the road. When I purchased my car last year it had C6 Z06 wheels on it with a poor powdercoating job. I noticed when I sold them that 1 front & 1 rear were OEM Speedlines while the other front and other rear were replicas I just hope the previous owner got a good deal on them.
Replica wheels are typically heavier and not as strong. If you just want them to cruise around town, they're fine. I'd just as soon pick up a used set of OEM wheels if it was me.
Although if it were me, I'd pick up a set of nice lightweight wheels
11-14-2018, 12:15 PM
OEM Wheels or Replica Wheels
I just hope the previous owner got a good deal on them. 
