Wheel preference?
Melting Slicks
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Chrome or maybe silver to compliment the exhaust tips and front chrome strip.
(Photo by Crossofiron)
Or black wheels if the tips and strip are blacked out.
Or maybe the machine-faced for a combination. I don't think there have been any pictures of those yet, so I'm not sure about them.
(Photo by Crossofiron)
Or black wheels if the tips and strip are blacked out.
Or maybe the machine-faced for a combination. I don't think there have been any pictures of those yet, so I'm not sure about them.
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Safety Car
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From: IL / FL .
33 posts and nobody has mentioned the 2 wheel designs. My choice is the base 18/19 5-spoke wheels with optional machined face IF the painted part is competition gray like the 427 wheel. But if its silver I'd choose the standard all silver wheel. (18/19 wheels because this is to be a daily driver. After driving on 19/20 rubberbands for 4 years, I want a little more rubber between me and the midwestern potholes). 
Waiting to see pictures of the 5-spoke wheel with machined face...
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Waiting to see pictures of the 5-spoke wheel with machined face...
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Last edited by ZL-1; Mar 22, 2013 at 09:44 PM.
Drifting
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From: Charlotte NC
Helloooo....I get thumbs up just about every time I drive my Vette. Chrome or silver on the C7! Chrome is still in. I'm a girl and know what's in style. 
Just got another thumbs up tonight from some chick in a Lexus. Cannot deny the chrome on my Grand Sport looks fine.
Just got another thumbs up tonight from some chick in a Lexus. Cannot deny the chrome on my Grand Sport looks fine.
Instructor
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From: North Hollywood CA
Please show us or provide a link of ANYTHING that states a certain wheel is for the C7 ZR1 or anything referencing the C7 actually having an L88 engine (and, apparently, specific wheel)…
At this point, unless you actually have some serious insider info, both the ZR1 & L88 are pure vapor…
Although, I DO lust after the (equally vaporous) Z51R/L88 combo…
Oh, and I prefer black wheels…!
You know what they say; once you go black, you never go back…!
At this point, unless you actually have some serious insider info, both the ZR1 & L88 are pure vapor…
Although, I DO lust after the (equally vaporous) Z51R/L88 combo…
Oh, and I prefer black wheels…!
You know what they say; once you go black, you never go back…!
they show them in black at :01 on the calibration video
Racer
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Helloooo....I get thumbs up just about every time I drive my Vette. Chrome or silver on the C7! Chrome is still in. I'm a girl and know what's in style. Just got another thumbs up tonight from some chick in a Lexus. Cannot deny the chrome on my Grand Sport looks fine.
Just got another thumbs up tonight from some chick in a Lexus. Cannot deny the chrome on my Grand Sport looks fine.I had chrome wheels on my '07 and they looked great, but there's no denying chrome wheels on sports cars, any car, really, is pretty much out of style these days.
Drifting
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From: Charlotte NC
Gotta disagree on chrome being "in"...Corvette might be the last performance car offering factory chrome wheels. Lamborghini? Alloys or black. Ferrari? Same. Mercedes the same.
I had chrome wheels on my '07 and they looked great, but there's no denying chrome wheels on sports cars, any car, really, is pretty much out of style these days.
I had chrome wheels on my '07 and they looked great, but there's no denying chrome wheels on sports cars, any car, really, is pretty much out of style these days.
If there wasn't a demand for chrome wheels, Chevrolet wouldn't offer them. Just today, eating lunch two gentlemen fell all over themselves looking at my car and wanted to see the engine, interior, wheels and exhaust. Didn't hear a word about the chrome wheels being outdated. All I could see was the pleasure in their eyes when they got to see the car up close.
Last edited by CandyVette; Mar 22, 2013 at 11:08 PM.
Instructor
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