Anybody recognize these wheels?
10-05-2013, 08:48 AM
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I'm not sure if they're 4th gen specific or not, but they don't really look BMW-ish to me. Maybe they've been discontinued for years? Pretty old school looking.
10-06-2013, 08:19 AM
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There's a VERY slight possibility that they're VERY EARLY generation CCWs. Before CCW went to the forged centers, around 1999-2000, they had 2-3 different cast center designs, and one of them looked like the one in the picture. (In fact, the more I stare at the picture, the more I think I'm correct)
Can you get a larger picture? If the center caps have a logo that looks like it says "SEC", in a script-like design, then they're most likely the CCWs I'm referring to. CCW bought the former business known as 'Senter Engineering Company', and their caps said 'SEC' on them.
Can you get a larger picture? If the center caps have a logo that looks like it says "SEC", in a script-like design, then they're most likely the CCWs I'm referring to. CCW bought the former business known as 'Senter Engineering Company', and their caps said 'SEC' on them.
10-06-2013, 05:33 PM
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Those are the caps!!
I bought my Z-28 brand new, back in October of '95, and from day 1, I hated the OE "salad shooter" wheels. I most definitely was going to change them, and while I was at it, I was hoping to get something wider, as an 8" rim for the 245/50 tire, was a bit narrow.
I was looking around for wheels, and saw ads in Corvette Fever magazine for CCW wheels, but that far back, they were an unknown commodity to me, as I think they were a very new business back then. I passed on them, and got a set of AR 205s, not because they were any wider than the OE wheels, but just that I disliked the salad shooters than much.
A couple of years later, I needed new tires, and figured if I was going to get new wheels, it was a good time. I did a little more research, noticed that CCW was still around, so I went with them, but opted for the centers that looked more like the BBS/BMW "crosslace" wheels. I got them in a 16x9.5 size.
I had them for about 8-9 years, but got tired of the hassle of getting tires properly dismounted/remounted on a 3 pc. wheel, and the air leaks that sometimes occurred. I sold them 5 years ago, and sometimes I'm really sorry I did. They may have been a "period look", but I still like how they looked on the car....
I bought my Z-28 brand new, back in October of '95, and from day 1, I hated the OE "salad shooter" wheels. I most definitely was going to change them, and while I was at it, I was hoping to get something wider, as an 8" rim for the 245/50 tire, was a bit narrow.
I was looking around for wheels, and saw ads in Corvette Fever magazine for CCW wheels, but that far back, they were an unknown commodity to me, as I think they were a very new business back then. I passed on them, and got a set of AR 205s, not because they were any wider than the OE wheels, but just that I disliked the salad shooters than much.
A couple of years later, I needed new tires, and figured if I was going to get new wheels, it was a good time. I did a little more research, noticed that CCW was still around, so I went with them, but opted for the centers that looked more like the BBS/BMW "crosslace" wheels. I got them in a 16x9.5 size.
I had them for about 8-9 years, but got tired of the hassle of getting tires properly dismounted/remounted on a 3 pc. wheel, and the air leaks that sometimes occurred. I sold them 5 years ago, and sometimes I'm really sorry I did. They may have been a "period look", but I still like how they looked on the car....
10-06-2013, 06:46 PM
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Those are the caps!!
I bought my Z-28 brand new, back in October of '95, and from day 1, I hated the OE "salad shooter" wheels. I most definitely was going to change them, and while I was at it, I was hoping to get something wider, as an 8" rim for the 245/50 tire, was a bit narrow.
I was looking around for wheels, and saw ads in Corvette Fever magazine for CCW wheels, but that far back, they were an unknown commodity to me, as I think they were a very new business back then. I passed on them, and got a set of AR 205s, not because they were any wider than the OE wheels, but just that I disliked the salad shooters than much.
A couple of years later, I needed new tires, and figured if I was going to get new wheels, it was a good time. I did a little more research, noticed that CCW was still around, so I went with them, but opted for the centers that looked more like the BBS/BMW "crosslace" wheels. I got them in a 16x9.5 size.
I had them for about 8-9 years, but got tired of the hassle of getting tires properly dismounted/remounted on a 3 pc. wheel, and the air leaks that sometimes occurred. I sold them 5 years ago, and sometimes I'm really sorry I did. They may have been a "period look", but I still like how they looked on the car....
I bought my Z-28 brand new, back in October of '95, and from day 1, I hated the OE "salad shooter" wheels. I most definitely was going to change them, and while I was at it, I was hoping to get something wider, as an 8" rim for the 245/50 tire, was a bit narrow.
I was looking around for wheels, and saw ads in Corvette Fever magazine for CCW wheels, but that far back, they were an unknown commodity to me, as I think they were a very new business back then. I passed on them, and got a set of AR 205s, not because they were any wider than the OE wheels, but just that I disliked the salad shooters than much.
A couple of years later, I needed new tires, and figured if I was going to get new wheels, it was a good time. I did a little more research, noticed that CCW was still around, so I went with them, but opted for the centers that looked more like the BBS/BMW "crosslace" wheels. I got them in a 16x9.5 size.
I had them for about 8-9 years, but got tired of the hassle of getting tires properly dismounted/remounted on a 3 pc. wheel, and the air leaks that sometimes occurred. I sold them 5 years ago, and sometimes I'm really sorry I did. They may have been a "period look", but I still like how they looked on the car....
Thanks for clearing that up btw, I just had to know. I don't think these would fit my Z28 better than the C5 DD wheels I have on it now, but if he decides to sell, I'd wanna pick them up just for the hell of it. They're 90's looking, but in a good way.