machine face wheels
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After attending Detroit, Chicago, the Bash, the NCM and 60th plant tour, and Bloomington Gold I have seen dozens of C7s. I have seen precisely 1 (one) machine face wheel. I could touch it but was not allowed to take a picture. It's on the left wall as you enter the tour room at the BG Assembly plant. The background is silver, not competition gray like the 427 machine face wheel. For that reason it looks very much like the standard silver wheel. With its heavy clearcoat it's just very hard to tell the difference unless you are looking for it. Maybe outside if the sun catches it you'd notice more difference.
I'm not a big fan of chrome wheels but I have to say the chrome version of these base wheels looks very good because the wheels are simple. You don't get all that reflective bling like around the centers of the Z51 chrome wheels.
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I'm not a big fan of chrome wheels but I have to say the chrome version of these base wheels looks very good because the wheels are simple. You don't get all that reflective bling like around the centers of the Z51 chrome wheels.
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Last edited by ZL-1; Jul 1, 2013 at 05:36 PM.
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After attending Detroit, Chicago, the Bash, the NCM and 60th plant tour, and Bloomington Gold I have seen dozens of C7s. I have seen precisely 1 (one) machine face wheel. I could touch it but was not allowed to take a picture. It's on the left wall as you enter the tour room at the BG Assembly plant. The background is silver, not competition gray like the 427 machine face wheel. For that reason it looks very much like the standard silver wheel. With its heavy clearcoat it's just very hard to tell the difference unless you are looking for it. Maybe outside if the sun catches it you'd notice more difference.
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As I recall they're $1595 and the chrome version is $2000.
Long time Corvette guys may remember that they came out with a good-looking pinwheel design wheel in 1991. In 1991-92 it was all silver, then in 1993-96 it was machine face with silver painted background. Although the later one added some flash, the earlier version had a more european looking quality, smoother and showing more depth. Sometimes a machined face masks the depth of a wheel's design.
