Black Chrome Wheels
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Le Mans Master
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Black Chrome Wheels
I have been looking to see who sells Z06 style black chrome wheels and I have not been able to find any. I was wondering if any one knows were I might find some.
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Most of the wheels you see Advertized as "Black Chrome" are really just gloss Black paint or translucent Black paint over Chrome.
Chrome means electroplated Chromium over a base material usually with 2 metalic layers electroplated under the Chrome. EX; Copper over the base material then Nickel over the Copper and Chromium over the Nickel. Gives an extremely hard, highly polished appearence. Paint over that chrome and you have a painted finish, not a Chrome finish.
Good way to tell if it's real Chrome or not is the manufacturers instructions on cleaning/polishing. If the instructions say to use only soap and water it's probably a painted finish.
Chrome means electroplated Chromium over a base material usually with 2 metalic layers electroplated under the Chrome. EX; Copper over the base material then Nickel over the Copper and Chromium over the Nickel. Gives an extremely hard, highly polished appearence. Paint over that chrome and you have a painted finish, not a Chrome finish.
Good way to tell if it's real Chrome or not is the manufacturers instructions on cleaning/polishing. If the instructions say to use only soap and water it's probably a painted finish.
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But thanks for trying.
This is the wheel in question. It is on my '07. unfortunately, they were on the car when I bought it, so I do not know the original owner purchased them. The reason I am looking, is the wife and I went to a friends wedding this past Saturday evening and I missed my turn and while doing a U-turn I clipped the curb. So I now have curm rash on the wheel and two small chips in the finish.
Here is the same wheel in chrome. This is what I had on my C5
Last edited by BWF07; 04-15-2013 at 11:07 AM.
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heh, I ran into the same problem when I was looking for ZR1 black chrome wheels. There just aren't any out there.
I ended up getting an OEM set from a CF vendor ...THANKS DOCZ and I am taking them to California Chrome http://www.calchrome.com/ to actually get them black chromed. The REAL black chrome finish. Maybe give them a call and see if they can help? Hope that helps a lil.
I ended up getting an OEM set from a CF vendor ...THANKS DOCZ and I am taking them to California Chrome http://www.calchrome.com/ to actually get them black chromed. The REAL black chrome finish. Maybe give them a call and see if they can help? Hope that helps a lil.
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