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Old May 8, 2019 | 09:50 PM
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I want new wheels on my 2006 LMB convertible (base) but I'm torn between c6 zr1or Z06 (late and early c6)replicas
Definitely staying with chrome. I'm wondering how much harder they'd be to clean than my 5 spoke...

Post some pics of your wheels to help me decide!

Seems they are about the same price ($850-900) and I could sell the 5 spoke to help offset the cost.

Post some pics of your wheels to help me decide!
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Not what you asked for, but I powder coated my polished stock wheels to Gloss black

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Originally Posted by rrmdeuce
Not what you asked for, but I powder coated my polished stock wheels to Gloss black

I'm not ready to go black yet. I did see so.e "black chrome" that were pretty nice

Nice looking ride though !
Thanks for the pics, also considering tint and this helps

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These are all of my entries. My philosophy was like yours sell to offset price of new wheels. As you can see that went well. My wife thinks I am just testing them for data collection. Car goes for trade in come home with truck went back to pick up vette.
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Old May 8, 2019 | 10:23 PM
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my '07 coupe with Black Chrome Spyder wheels...………………… got them from a forum vendor...…………. DocZ@1stRateCorvette



my current 427 convertible with OEM chrome ZR1 wheels...……………… more spokes makes cleaning take a little longer, but well worth it in my opinion...……...

best of luck in your decision...…………
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Old May 9, 2019 | 12:27 AM
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Anything is going to be harder to clean than the five spokes!!
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Old May 9, 2019 | 12:32 AM
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The red 427 So Nice!!!

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The black chrome on the '07 look great!
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2009 ZO6 Style wheels for base model, These are not too bad to clean, I would NOT want to clean the ZR1 style.


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Old May 9, 2019 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ontime




These are all of my entries. My philosophy was like yours sell to offset price of new wheels. As you can see that went well. My wife thinks I am just testing them for data collection. Car goes for trade in come home with truck went back to pick up vette.
Are the wheels at the top stock GS wheels? I have a 2012 GS and am looking to replace the comp grey wheels with black. Those ones look nice.

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Don't be afraid of busy wheels buy the 3 different size wheel woolies pack. saves tons of time. Also I found the greenworks electric pressure washer 99 bucks at Lowes has a turbo nozzle with it works great on the wheels and their sounding environment
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Originally Posted by pdac
Are the wheels at the top stock GS wheels? I have a 2012 GS and am looking to replace the comp grey wheels with black. Those ones look nice.

Yes all are factory GM wheels. They have the black center caps too just forgot to put them back for the pics
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I had five spokes on my first



My current has the Z06. Five spokes are easier to clean but the Z06 aren't that much worse.
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Originally Posted by hmmmm16417
Definitely staying with chrome.
Good call, man. Everyone who is anyone knows chrome gets you home.
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Originally Posted by rkj427


my '07 coupe with Black Chrome Spyder wheels...………………… got them from a forum vendor...…………. DocZ@1stRateCorvette



my current 427 convertible with OEM chrome ZR1 wheels...……………… more spokes makes cleaning take a little longer, but well worth it in my opinion...……...

best of luck in your decision...…………

nice wheels on both cars, but interested in the black chrome spyders on the base. What size are they if you not mind saying? Thanks
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Originally Posted by rajahhindi
nice wheels on both cars, but interested in the black chrome spyders on the base. What size are they if you not mind saying? Thanks
Those were the factory stock sizes for a base coupe.

To see what Keith (DocZ@1stRateCorvette) has available, check out his website at: www.floridaspeedshop.com

Forum vendor, with many satisfied customers from the forum.
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Originally Posted by rajahhindi
nice wheels on both cars, but interested in the black chrome spyders on the base. What size are they if you not mind saying? Thanks
Both wheels look great. The chrome would really pop on a black car!good luck
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to the OP. I have a 2006 in which I had polished 5 spoke wheels from the factory. A few years later, I purchased replicass of the Z06 wheels in Chrome and have run those since.
Here they are
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I had C6 ZR1 chrome repo's and they took a LOT of cleaning. Only worth it if you love the look.
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