gdon

Looking at a 2000 Vett. How can I if the wheels are magnesium?

VET IT B

Not sure what you are asking?

How can I tell if they are Mags?

They will look like this.

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gdon

He says they are Magnesium wheels. I am new to the game and not sure what to look for, or what they look like. Thanks for the help.

sugarwolf

Why would u put stick on weights on the outter lip of your wheels?

jdreg

Mine have magnesium written in yellow on them

lytspeed1

Bloodvette

My magnesium rims also have wheel weights on the outside... I'm not happy with that... I'll be taking those off and having them rebalanced next week when i get my new tires put on. I can't imagine why a guy balancing a tire would put the weight on the outside... I have heard that there is balance issues depth-wise that they are correcting when they do this... I can kind of comprehend this... think of the balance of that rim on a different plane or axis... but I don't believe that because I don't believe they balance tires to that precision.

wrustywrench

in the front the caliper wil wipe off any stick on weights you place in side of the barrel.. behind the spokes. the only place you can put weights is to glue them on the spokes, there is a small indentation on the back side.

I did and it works.

you can put them on the barrel in the rear , and paint them to match.

JCSZ51

Thats how they came from the factory. Finally removed mine when I replaced the tires.

B-ras

Is that specific to the mags? I've always had adhesive weights on the inside of the barrel on my thinspokes and my ZR1 track wheels and they clear the calipers fine. There's not a lot of clearance and I use some flashing tape to cover them so they don't melt off when the brakes get hot, but they don't contact the caliper.

corvettebob1

Yes it is specific to the mag wheels, they just barely clear the caliper.
I did find a Goodyear dealer once that had low profile weights that cleared but no one else has even heard of them.

ZFORME

I think the magnesium wheels were order code N55.

B-ras

I was not aware of that.


On a side note, anyone have the number of total C5s that left the factory with the mags optioned?

ericdwong

Yup. I have the weights on the outside too. Just get some Duplicolor paint (I found mine on the local auto parts store)- I THINK the color is sandstone- do a search here and someone will have the part number, and paint the weights. DO NOT pay for the GM mag weights they're RIDICULOUSLY expensive like $30 for 2 oz.

nickolbag

I had the weights put on the inside of my Mag wheels. No problems at all.

bhoch

Mine also have magnesium written on the wheel - I don't remember the color of the lettering, though.




The wheel weights are on the inside of the barrel on my wheels.

corvettebob1

The lettering is actually a decal, I have a spare one from when I had one of my wheels refinished.
After they apply the decal they clearcoat the entire wheel.

thetaxman

where can you get the decals ?

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6spdFRC2000

i want set of those so bad for my ride!