C7 Wheels
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Paoli, IN
St. Jude Donor '17, '19
Racer
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Seattle Washington
They tried the polished auminum on the C6 and they failed miserably looked cloudy! Not a good look at all Chrome is always classic to me I guess I'm kind of old school in that respect. Wheels the same color as the car makes it look cheap to me. My logic is Match Box vs Hot Wheels you always wanted the Hot Wheels as a kid because the Match Box looked cheap.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Wilmington NC
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,075
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From: Wilmington NC
They tried the polished auminum on the C6 and they failed miserably looked cloudy! Not a good look at all Chrome is always classic to me I guess I'm kind of old school in that respect. Wheels the same color as the car makes it look cheap to me. My logic is Match Box vs Hot Wheels you always wanted the Hot Wheels as a kid because the Match Box looked cheap.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 438
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From: Seattle Washington
In 06 when they first introduced the polished wheel cloudiness was an issue so by 07 they corrected the problem thus giving you a good set. When I ordered my 06 chrome was not available yet so I went with the clearcoat wheels due to that issue.
Last edited by Rapnrev; Jan 26, 2013 at 01:59 PM. Reason: misspelling
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From: Monroe Township New Jersey
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
St. Jude donor in memory of jpee '14
They tried the polished auminum on the C6 and they failed miserably looked cloudy! Not a good look at all Chrome is always classic to me I guess I'm kind of old school in that respect. Wheels the same color as the car makes it look cheap to me. My logic is Match Box vs Hot Wheels you always wanted the Hot Wheels as a kid because the Match Box looked cheap.
Mine too. I upgraded to the polished Gumbys in 2008, by that time GM finally got it right
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Wilmington NC
The day I ordered my 07, October 06 on Columbus day, they had just become available again and could be ordered and I did. Apparently they solved the cloudiness issue as I mentioned, to this day, they look as good as the day I got them.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: Dunkirk N.Y.
St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09
made it to that point
I really like the polished wheel. It is completely finished, even the barrel.
Chrome wheels have some sort of paint / coating in the barrel that make them look unfinished and difficult to clean.
GM / Corvette ruined the polished wheel sales in 08 by supplying a center
cap that did not match. Ist it was a silver painted center cap and then in 09 it changed to a chrome cap. Neither matched the wheel.
The C5 had polished aluminum wheels and the plastic center cap matched perfectly.
The 07 had a center cap that matched perfectly.
The "bean counters" didn't / don't care. That is why the LS3 oil pan
still leaks and the harmonic balancers fail after all these production years.
GM ruined the popularity?
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2012
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Not sure why the 19/18" gets lots of resistence on here, isn't that the exact same wheels that are on the C6's including the wide-body versions? The 19/18" seem to look fine on the C6, not sure why it wouldn't be fine on the C7.