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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 03:22 PM
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Noticed on the new article with the white Corvette (Don Mealy) they had a set of wheels that I have not seen before. After looking on the GM site I saw them and they were Motorsports brushed aluminum. Does anyone have those wheels now or know anything about them. They show they are the same price as the chrome wheels but to me look a whole lot better. Plus I have looked at a lot of different dealerships but cannot find anything.
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If this is what you are taking about in prior years they were only available on the "Red Spice" and "Twilight Blue" design packages. In 2018 and on they can be ordered on any non wide body model. At least that's my understanding. They are not brushed, they are polished.
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Confused, because Chrome and brushed/polished aluminum wheels generally look nothing alike.

WWC's wheels look outstanding!
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Thanks, don't mine look at first glance like chrome?
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Thanks, don't mine look at first glance like chrome?
I feel like this is a trick question. and no matter what I say, it will be wrong,

But, no, in that pic, they don't look like chrome.
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Originally Posted by Walt White Coupe
Thanks, don't mine look at first glance like chrome?
Look like chrome to me, and whatever they are, they look great!
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But, no, in that pic, they don't look like chrome.

That's a good thing.

But in person, most people think they are chrome. Like everyone.

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I have polished aluminum on my '05 and Chrome on my '14, and even 13 years later vs. 4, to tell you the truth, I like the polished aluminum better.
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Originally Posted by CardinalMan
Noticed on the new article with the white Corvette (Don Mealy) they had a set of wheels that I have not seen before. After looking on the GM site I saw them and they were Motorsports brushed aluminum. Does anyone have those wheels now or know anything about them. They show they are the same price as the chrome wheels but to me look a whole lot better. Plus I have looked at a lot of different dealerships but cannot find anything.
ordered my 18 matrix gray matalic vert. with those wheels in polished alum. which looks very much like chrome.

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