No mo' chrome
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Melting Slicks
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Instructor
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From: NJ
Thank goodness for that. I just saw that article as well but I noticed it's omission pretty quick. The chrome/polished wheels looked gaudy and old fashioned and thankfully they finally dumped them. There's a reason why Ferrari's Lamborghini's and Porsche's don't have such options. For those that are hell bent on having them I'm sure the aftermarket options will suffice.
Melting Slicks
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I love chrome wheels, forgetting whether the stereotype fits old farts or not. However, on my most recent vette, I ordered the machined aluminum wheels. Not because of the stereotype, but because the Chrome was a major PIA to keep clean. I could never get the "black grease" off the wheels entirely and over time, unless I was going to take a drill with a soft tip to get all the nooks and crannies, there would always be some spot that was impossible to get clean. The machined aluminum wheels not only look good but are much easier to keep clean and even when they are dirty, they don't detract from the overall look of the car. I would deft recommend them on the C8 as well.
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^^^ Florida Speed Shop and House of Wheels will have the Chrome wheels for the C8 as soon as they find out in Nov. what the new offset will be.
Last edited by Steve Garrett; Aug 2, 2019 at 04:50 PM.
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Jeff, you’re making a hell of an assumption about who loves chrome wheels. At 68, I’ve never been a huge fan of chrome wheels. I generally go for the polished bare metal. I do like the flash chromed trim rings and center caps of my C2 rally wheels, but polished wheels for my C6. Although I’m not a huge fan of any of the choices, I think my favorite C8 wheel is the machine faced trident.
Conversely, I personally don’t care for the black wheels on MOST cars but it’s color scheme dependent. I do like black chrome which looks good on a lot of the gray cars.
Conversely, I personally don’t care for the black wheels on MOST cars but it’s color scheme dependent. I do like black chrome which looks good on a lot of the gray cars.
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And, at 74, I've never liked chrome wheels on any of my Corvettes.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Miami FL
Jeff, you’re making a hell of an assumption about who loves chrome wheels. At 68, I’ve never been a huge fan of chrome wheels. I generally go for the polished bare metal. I do like the flash chromed trim rings and center caps of my C2 rally wheels, but polished wheels for my C6. Although I’m not a huge fan of any of the choices, I think my favorite C8 wheel is the machine faced trident.
Conversely, I personally don’t care for the black wheels on MOST cars but it’s color scheme dependent. I do like black chrome which looks good on a lot of the gray cars.
Conversely, I personally don’t care for the black wheels on MOST cars but it’s color scheme dependent. I do like black chrome which looks good on a lot of the gray cars.
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I commented on that article. Jalopnik (and other blogs in the kinja portfolio) does a lot of boomer bashing because that seems to be "in" these days. Apparently it is okay to make generalizations about an entire demographic as long as that demographic is not based on race or sex. For the record I'm not a boomer.
