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Old 08-15-2012, 05:24 PM
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Like the title says, I had some time today so I swapped wheels a few times to see what they look like on the same car. (some were older pictures too) C5 wheels and a couple C4's too.

Magnesium

Polished Thinspokes

Z06

Wagon Wheels

'90 wheels

C4 ZR1 (Camaro SS)


I tried some '94 sawblades too, but they didn't quite clear the front brakes.
Old 08-15-2012, 05:26 PM
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That's a lot of sets of wheels to have on hand.
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Surprising how good those 90 C4 wheels look on your car.
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Originally Posted by jornahow
Surprising how good those 90 C4 wheels look on your car.


I thought "Ugg", but after looking at'um....not bad!
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I think the polished thin spokes look the best on the c5 coupe.
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Originally Posted by jornahow
Surprising how good those 90 C4 wheels look on your car.


Originally Posted by tlove32
I think the polished thin spokes look the best on the c5 coupe.
But maybe I should run out to the garage & put my yellow wagons back on.....
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on the magnesiums
on Zo6's

on the C4 Salad Shooter's!
on the Wagon Wheels!
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The 90 wheels look the best. They are my all time favorite vette wheels. Hmm, wonder how they would look on my FRC. Put them on your FRC so I can see.

My next favorite are the Z06 wheels.

Then the magnesium

Thin spokes Not my taste

The wagons are "OK" with the Wagon wheel makeover kit like I have.

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Polished thin spokes and the C4 saw blades are not bad.
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Originally Posted by CatCam
on the magnesiums
on Zo6's

on the C4 Salad Shooter's!
on the Wagon Wheels!
I LOVE the look of the Mag's but the width of the stock Z06 is much better!!! You can't go wrong either way.
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Those '90 wheels do look good on the car - too bad they didn't come in 18" rears. I do like the magnesium wheels too.
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Z06's look good! I have an NBM as well, and I wanted to get a set of C5z wheels for it when I first bought the car. It's one of my favorite wheel.
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Originally Posted by RetiredSFC 97
The 90 wheels look the best. They are my all time favorite vette wheels. Hmm, wonder how they would look on my FRC. Put them on your FRC so I can see........
The 90 wheels are my favorite Corvette wheel also. I was surprised that they would look pretty good on a C5, but I like them on it too. I have the C4 size tires 275/40/17 on all four, so they are not a good match to the C5. I haven't checked if there are taller sizes for the rear or not because I expect to use these on a C4.

I saw a photoshop of the '94 sawblades on a C5 and I liked that too, but they don't fit without doing some grinding (that I don't want to do).

I also like the polished thin spokes and the Z06 wheels.

I think the magnesium look good on this color, but they are too close to the pewter color. I have them on my pewter FRC now. I also worry about damage to them since the paint is so easy to chiip.

The C4 ZR1 style is just a cheap set that I will refinish, but they might be some good "winter" wheels. (Maybe on my S10).

The wagons came with my FRC, but I am not a fan of them.

I expect I will be selling the magnesiums and the wagons.

I enjoyed just seeing what it looks like with the different wheels and the different "character" that it gives the same car.

Thanks for all the comments.
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Originally Posted by jornahow
Surprising how good those 90 C4 wheels look on your car.
WOW I couldn't agree more!!
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The polished thin spokes definitely looked best IMO.

However, as has been said I was surprised by how good the C4 wheels looked.
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I love the thinspokes. The big surprise was the '90 wheels. I would have never thought of that wheel looking good on a c5.
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Originally Posted by jornahow
Surprising how good those 90 C4 wheels look on your car.
Just what I was going to say !
My favorite of the bunch !

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Originally Posted by tlove32
I think the polished thin spokes look the best on the c5 coupe.
The magnesium don't look bad either.
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Zo6 #1
Thin spoke #2
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Originally Posted by jornahow
Surprising how good those 90 C4 wheels look on your car.


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