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I am not opposed to going the Forgeline route...and yesterday looked through all the stock photos. But I was looking for something that duplicated the OEM photo I'm posting in black matte. Thing is, many I saw that came relatively close in appearance had sets of parallel struts (like the previous post from CW4L) rather than the ones in the photo here that flair out. Anyone know where I can get something like my OEM's (other than GM, thanks)? Also, I hate to give up my red circle accent on my wheels...maybe I can get that added too?
Well, it's nice, but it has that parallel strut look like my C5 Z06 wheels. I'm looking for the wheels that look closer to the ones I have now. (And don't yet have a crack, by the way.)
Well, it's nice, but it has that parallel strut look like my C5 Z06 wheels. I'm looking for the wheels that look closer to the ones I have now. (And don't yet have a crack, by the way.)
I started a thread a while back trying to find exact matches of the GS wheel, only forged.
I was never able to find any forged wheels that matched the GS wheels closely enough to pull the trigger. The vibe I got was that you're not going to find a forged set that exactly match the GS because the wheel makers can't copy a design. I could be wrong, but you'd think a forged wheel maker would have already copied the GS/Z06 designs perfectly already if they could have.. They'd make a fortune.
How do after market wheels hold up in terms of paint? My GS wheels are black with 6k miles and look like someone took a sandblasted to them. Pitted like crazy, small chips, absolute **** looking. I have done 3 track days and drive to car shows or go on occasional mountain drives. You would think I dragged them behind the car down a rocky road.
I hate to give up my red circle accent on my wheels...maybe I can get that added too?
Searched this morning since I'm Losing F'N Air in one tire.Could be a nail?
Or NAILED by GM with these Piece Of *****!
House of wheels sells them here in the parts section.Not sure if he sell's singles.
Does look like selling doubles from previous posts.
Hate to ditch 3 good rims cause of one Bad.
That would be as of Today anyway. https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-wheels-5.html
I didn't have the budget for forged wheels and there is a wheel theft issue where I live so I went with PK Auto Design https://pkautodesign.com/ and got NON-run-flat tires and rotary forged wheels. I am hopeful these two changes will eliminate or drastically cut wheel cracking. Even if I lose one wheel, that's fine because it would still be less than OEM or the full package of forged wheels. Whether or not this works isn't known but I did notice my new wheels are very bouncy compared to the RFT's which are basically rock solid. I suspect, like some forum members, that simply replacing the RFTs is probably enough to eliminate the issue. I didn't like the OEM tires anyway which are "Streetable Track tires" if you look at Tire Rack's description. I never had a cracked rim in 5000 miles on OEM but I know of people that have had 6 or 7 cracked ones including a guy who had all 4 crack when he went from unpaved to paved road.
I have been looking at forgeline but they don't do chrome. ( old school guy ) Gerry quoted me a price of 8800 for a set of high polished wheels but would need to see them side by side with a chrome wheel. I have had 4 bent so far and its only a matter of time before I need to do something. All my wheels were bent on two occasions on the interstate. Go figure
5 BENT wheels on my 2019 GS...went with Forgelines VX1R ..Dealer told me they would not mount non GM wheels due to liability concerns...had to find another local tire store with a "touchless" Hunter tire changing machine...Dunn Tire a loval outlet quoted me $33.00 each wheel, mounted balance and mounted.
Continental Tire ExtremeContact Sport. They have a new series released in the past few years, I just installed them on my C7 GS and they're quieter, softer, and I haven't noticed any traction issues in wet or dry.
The writer of the blog below is the race driver that Ford utilizes for their GT350 and GT500 development, so I value his opinion.
Could you post a pic of how the cont. tires look on your GS. I will going to this tire when the time comes. Wish there was an all season non run flat but nothing out there as far as I know. Thanks
As experienced with my C6...there was a big difference in ride and road noise with run-flat and non-runflat tires. Thus, more vibrations and road hazards are transferred from the harder ride tire (runflat) to the wheel before the MRC suspensions. I have yet to read a post mentioning a cracked wheel issue when using a non-runflat tire. I also, recommend your next set of tires be non-runflats if you are a “cheap baster” like me.
06-19-2019, 10:50 PM
