New chrome wheels
10-18-2015, 07:45 PM
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10-18-2015, 07:53 PM
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They look way better than your stock wheels. The black wheels are just getting started. Who knows how long they will last. It seems a lot of high end cars are now arriving dealers with black wheels. The Z51 and Z06 packages are almost all being ordered with black wheels.
10-18-2015, 07:58 PM
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Le Mans Master
I don't mean to offend anyone, but I just hate black wheels. Looks like the wheel covers must have flown off on the highway...
10-18-2015, 07:58 PM
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When I was a kid in the late 60s, we took the wheel covers off our cars to make them more like hot rods with just the black painted steel wheels. I thought my 62 Chevy looked pretty cool without hubcaps. The cops often pulled us over for not having hub caps. I like black wheels on some cars, such as an burnt orange F-Type Jag or a white Stingray. On my Lime Rock green car, I think black would not work so well. I did consider it. I might have been very happy with machine face wheels with black coves.
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10-18-2015, 08:08 PM
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10-18-2015, 08:14 PM
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I love that beautiful "Lime Rock Green" - with all due respect, that color was one of the few redeeming qualities of the new C7.
Love your new wheels, as well. I can't stand this black wheel thing - it's 'butt" ugly !!
All in all, a beautiful car !!
Gary
Love your new wheels, as well. I can't stand this black wheel thing - it's 'butt" ugly !!
All in all, a beautiful car !!
Gary
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Those chrome wheels look so much better on the car than the stock painted/machine faced wheels. Good choice making the switch.
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10-18-2015, 10:54 PM
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I've seen lots of fads come and go. Black is the new fad. It will get old before long. Youngsters doing the stock ordering have no ideal what the majority of buyers want. That's why lots of black out vets are sitting unsold on dealer lots and driving the overall prices down.
I'm not talking about black vets. Just the black wheel etc thing.
Nice, real nice.
I'm not talking about black vets. Just the black wheel etc thing.
Nice, real nice.
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10-18-2015, 11:31 PM
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Looks good with Lime Rock Green.
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10-19-2015, 08:34 AM
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Chrome (or at least polished) will always be "required" on my vehicles. Black will be long gone in a few years just like white rims came and went. But back to the OP, your car looks great with the chrome rims.
10-19-2015, 09:06 AM
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Chrome looks great and is a classic that will be around forever-unlike black wheels which are popular now but may not stand the test of time.
10-19-2015, 09:14 AM
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Car looks great! I, too have the boring looking 2014 machine faced wheels and have been searching for replacements since purchase. Are your wheels 2016 OEM base??