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Old 04-16-2010, 07:22 AM
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Default What wheels for the Firehawk??

so its time to put some rims on the 02 firehawk, the original ones I have are peeling. Looking for pictures of yours or ideas. I like these 2 so far

http://www.oewheelsllc.com/Wheels-fo...02089-2-1.html

or these

http://www.oewheelsllc.com/Wheels-fo...02064-2-1.html

I want to stay at 17 because I dont feel like buying new tires too


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Powdercoat the stock ones gold!
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gee thanks, maybe I should just put some spinners on it......
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Spinners would be "SWEET"

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get the rivited ones
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How about the ROH ZS , 17 x 9.5 ?
http://www.groupawheels.com/ProductD...5-0222e621208d .
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I like the second c5 ones ... no rivets
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Originally Posted by logicsound
gee thanks, maybe I should just put some spinners on it......
LOL. I dont like rivets that much so I say go with the second ones.
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IMO i would say neither would look good im also searching for rims for my 01 hawk
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Im on my third set of wheels for my Firehawk..If I would have just saved up I could have got the CCWs I want..

My Vote 18s..You have to buy New tires but it will look soo Much better..Are you selling your original Hawk wheels? If so let me know!
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If you already have the factory chrome's on it....I'd pay to have them rechromed....but that's just me....it'd cost about the same as the aftermarkets you're looking at...
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Originally Posted by logicsound
gee thanks, maybe I should just put some spinners on it......
Not trying to be a smartass here. I was talking about powdercoating them gold like the gold firehawk wheels. I think it would look good on the black and save you some money. Everyone has there on opinion tho!
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Originally Posted by 9802TransAm
If you already have the factory chrome's on it....I'd pay to have them rechromed....but that's just me....it'd cost about the same as the aftermarkets you're looking at...
Or like he said! I just like the look of a stock firehawk wheel.
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Originally Posted by kierstyn
Not trying to be a smartass here. I was talking about powdercoating them gold like the gold firehawk wheels. I think it would look good on the black and save you some money. Everyone has there on opinion tho!
Gold would look bad-*******-*** on that car. Thats what I would do!
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thanks guys, but I was told $250 a wheel to get them rechromed. Is that a crazy price? because those rims I was looking at are about 500.
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I like the machined face C5s myself ...

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^^ nice!
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I say dd c5's
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get the c6 z06 wheels, they make 17x9.5. i just ordered a set of c6 zo6 replicas (deep dish) for my firehawk. but im getting them staggered, 17x95 front 18x10.5 back. adr msport looks good on our cars, but they dont go down to 17s. just my .02
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So what did you go with? I have the AR killer chromes and I like them more than I did at first. They grew on me and they're quite different. I get a lot of compliments on them when I'm out cruisin'. I do wish I still had the originals though, sold all four for 200 bucks - d'oh! They were peeling pretty bad though.

They have black/silver center caps which tie in nicely with the scheme of the car, and they look 10x better in person btw. To each their own, but it seems everyone is getting torque thrusts etc these days, so I really wanted something different.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/album.php...ictureid=43144

https://ls1tech.com/forums/album.php...ictureid=12819



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