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Old Aug 30, 2016 | 10:49 PM
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Can anyone tell me how to read the stamped date code on the Z51 wheel?
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Anyone? Or am I making it more difficult than it really is?
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Just curious, why is a date code on a wheel important to you? Tires yes, but wheels?
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March 2016


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This is an interesting question.

Interesting in that during Harlen's talk at the Bash back in April, I swear he said that the wheels for 2017, not certain if model specific, the new(er) wheels take into account the valve stem/TPMS weight to allow better balance of the wheels.

Does anyone else remember this?

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C7Jake are your wheels MY2016. I have the chrome wheels MY2016 and the valve stem is 180 deg from the word corvette. Also Corvette is recessed in the wheel. In your picture Corvette looks like it is raised.
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Jake, are your wheels MY2016?
QX1 > NEW RPO for '16 > RONAL/Mexico


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QX1 > NEW RPO for '16 > RONAL/Mexico

Can the center cap be removed without wheel removal? Some of my center caps are not facing the "right" direction (I want the base of the flag to be pointing at the valve stem).
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Thanks for all the replies. I'm a bit ****. My interest is that I have 4 wheels that match for the car. I should have attached the two pics here first, my apologies. The Car is a Z51 model built in Nov '15. My valve stems are 180 Deg from the Corvette script. The script is recessed into a slightly raised portion of the wheel. The date codes are imprinted into he back of the rim inside the wheel.


C7 Z51 OEM Silver Painted Wheel



Imprinted into the rim on backside of wheel
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