starchedup

I have the glossy black wheels like those and honestly its not that bad. These brakes WILL produce a crap load of brake dust (just goes with the territory of high performance brakes)... The difference in look with black is the difference from having dull black wheels vs SHINNY black wheels.

Chrome was WORK too when cleaning but... chrome was a B to polish and get shinny where with black glossy wheels, a simple ONE WIPE did the trick.

I agree, get what you like. It's your car. The only one you need to impress is YOU.

THAT BEING SAID, Spectra grey wheels on white is pretty DOPE!

#classy

soulsea

Do you know what it's like to keep chrome rims looking clean and preventing their finish from degrading? In the south it's a struggle, in the north it's practically impossible unless you are prepared to maintain them every time you drive out the door during the winter. Under normal conditions worse thing that can happen to OEM painted wheels is them getting dirty, there's no cleaning that can remedy chrome pealing, for which GM wheels are known to be prone to. trust me I know.

Not saying that gloss black is easier to keep clean, just saying that maintenance is greater on chrome rims ... so the choice should be made on personal preference regardless of maintenance/cleaning consideration.

396tears

needs white calipers ...(or chrome)

hifi875

Black all the way. The contrast w the white is sweet. But they grey would look great too. Just no chrome ugh

WICKEDFRC

Not a C7, but you can see my vote.....

Paulchristian

Give it another 10 years and the demand for chrome rims will be less than 5% Doubt GM will even offer them.

I can deal with chrome if the rim's "lip" or face are accented by chrome, but rims that are all chrome come off looking like tin-foil or the chrome plated hubcaps sold at Wal-Mart...IMO.

sam90lx

Chrome wheels are the same as Gold emblems and exhaust tips.......imo.
Might as well get a Gold Tooth as well.

Mopar Jimmy

You can't beat glossy black wheels on a white (or light colored) sports car like the vette, its simply the hottest trend and look the last several years and looks bad azz on lighter colored vettes (white, yellow, silver, red) and other sport cars!

scott76807

Chrome really pops off white and black

waiting for the restrictions to be lifted

ordering with chrome wheels

Ltespd

You're right its a trend, a fad. I'll be glad when the black wheel fad goes away.

396tears

I have chrome wheels and ..... a gold tooth ...ha...!

RFZ

chrome for sure with white. black just looks terrible with white. my white z has chrome and it makes the car pop!

Higgs Boson

i feel exactly the opposite. chrome looks terrible with white and black.

chrome wheels looks "okay" with blue or yellow....black goes with everything except black.

C7_Z06

On a white Z06... personally I'd definitely prefer this look (but with Spectra wheels).

nethomas

That is the one I am ordering, except I am going with red calipers. I like the Stinger stripe with the painted roof!!

starchedup

That's Badd AZZ!

Runnn

Lol... Exactly! Blue jeans should be blue and wheels should be chrome! Colored wheels are just a fad... they have no curb appeal whatsoever!

Runnn

Who cares about Ferrari!!! Go buy one or any other exotic if you don't like chrome. Silver has NO bling but is better than black or grey at least. Gm could drop chrome at anytime, but now why would they drop their #1 wheel finish for the Vette? They charge $2k because they can!!!
I guess the majority of Vette owners are wrong and you are right though, huh...

soulsea

^ Wow that's a lot of feels about a wheel finish.

Chrome wheels, although currently somewhat out of style, will work better on a standard C7 because there are at least some chrome elements like the grille trim to match them to. The Z06 has no chrome elements and the wheels would be the only chrome detail.

If chrome wheels are your thing by all means go for it, in fact it's a good way to stand apart from pretty much every C7 Z06 owner out there if that's important to you ... but there's no debating that it will be a contradiction to the design spirit of the Z06, which is basically meant to be a street legal track vehicle. And you don't see many chrome wheels on the C7R or its competition when they're racing.

Runnn

Chrome has come and gone several times over the years, but ALWAYS comes back with a vengeance. My 2002 MY Vette didn't come with chrome, but the aftermarket offered it so I decided to buy. I waited until '07 when GM offered the Vette with factory chrome, and bought my second. Blk, grey, blk chrome are all fads... won't be around much in 10 yrs, if they make it that long? Silver, polished and chrome will be around for the long haul.