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Feb 26, 2014 | 12:27 AM

solodogg

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1st Corvette 2008 Atomic Orange

Hello everyone!

Long time enthusiast, first time owner. My wife and I just purchased our first Corvette over the weekend. We picked up a 2008 2LT Z51 with NPP exhaust from Columbia Chevy in Cincinnati, OH. So far, no plans other than changing the wheels to correct '08 wheels at some point. Here are a couple of pics

Feb 26, 2014 | 01:26 AM

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Welcome to the forum from So Cal !!!

Feb 26, 2014 | 07:07 AM

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welcome to the forum!

Feb 26, 2014 | 07:07 AM

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Congratulations on your first Corvette! Welcome

Feb 26, 2014 | 09:07 AM

Eric ray

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Welcome and congrats, looks very nice!!!!!!!!!!

Feb 26, 2014 | 09:58 AM

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Welcome to the forum and enjoy

Feb 26, 2014 | 05:49 PM

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Hello everyone!

solodogg,

Welcome to the forum and congrats on a great looking 'Vette. How was the first drive?

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Feb 27, 2014 | 07:54 PM

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Mar 3, 2014 | 01:21 PM

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Welcome!

Mar 5, 2014 | 02:03 PM

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Congrats and welcome!

Mar 5, 2014 | 07:49 PM

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Welcome. If yours is an early 08, they are the correct wheels. Don't forget to save the wave.

Mar 8, 2014 | 03:20 PM

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Congratulations to you and your wife. Welcome!

Mar 9, 2014 | 11:33 PM

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Great looking corvette!

Mar 11, 2014 | 04:09 PM

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solodogg

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Welcome. If yours is an early 08, they are the correct wheels. Don't forget to save the wave.

According to the codes in the glove box, it was supposed to come with the silver painted split spoke QG6 wheels, so unless someone messed up at the factory, I think these were installed after the fact.

I did find a listing where the car was on a BMW lot in Arizona at one time early in it's life, and it already had these wheels on it. Tried contacting the original selling dealer to see if they would give me anymore info on the car, and they just told me to run a carfax