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Wheel style opinion: Black or silver trend those that switched

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Old 11-25-2016, 07:33 PM
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I pulled the trigger on Black Friday deal and got VMR 18x9.5 et 45 and cut for 120.6 and my hub center
shipped and cut $750 hyper silver
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Yup. I'm always torn on wheel color. I've had several colors, but have never been a fan of chrome unless it's a knock it out of the park style. IMO only a thin 8-10 spoke look good in chrome. Everything else is black/gunmetal that woks on a 5 spoke. Again, just my opinion for these cars.
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I went from Chrome C6 Z06's (18 front 19 rear) on the car when I bought it
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to Gunmetal C6 Z06's (17 front 18 rear) for better tire options. Also IMO the chrome was a pain to keep clean and looking good. I don't even notice how dirty the gunmetal gets until I was the car.
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Old 12-08-2016, 02:53 PM
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I like them both but I can see the chrome getting old.

my new 710 VMR are Hyper silver so definitely closer to your GM look just 3 shades brighter.
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Is yours lowered on the GM rims? Looks like it.
I got 18x9.5 all around and going to run 275 square. I hope they look meaty enough.
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The first pic was stock ride height, the second pic I have Koni STR-T's, Strano lowering springs, UMI 3 point subframe connectors, UMI adjustable panhard bar, and UMI LCA relocation brackets.
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That looks tight. What size are your tires? Rim width?



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