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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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i know this is not ls1 related but hay its got a 5.7 ltr atleast. anyway been thinking about powder coating the wheels on my truck black. heres a quick shop, what do you guys think im kind of torn.

also the chrome wheel opening molding and side moldings will be coming off, not sure what im going to do with the grille.



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Leave the wheels the way they are.But I do like the grill.
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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I like it.
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It looks good but I would do something with the front bumper.
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I think it would look pretty good. You could always just throw some c6 Z06's on there
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i think i will do the grille black when the time comes, im just trying to get a general idea of what im going to do with the truck
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