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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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I ditched my old 17x8.5 Machine Faced C6 Motorsports with 275s all around for these 17x9.5/18x10.5 Machine Faced C5 Deep Dishes with 275s up front, 285s in the rear.









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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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Great looking wheel!

I'm biased though.. I have 18's all around though.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 05:31 PM
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Good looking car.
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Very nice, I like how they look!
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they look baller man..good job
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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Looks great! Got any closer wheels shots?
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Looks great! Got any closer wheels shots?
How close? I may have some. I have the same wheels, just 18's all around.
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you bastard...i was looking at those earlier today to buy lol and my car is the same color as yours. i was going to get the argent silver 17x9.5 all around though. looks good on your car! congrats
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what kind of tires are you running?
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Just close enough to really see the machine look on them
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Kinda blurry
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Wish the back was as good quality as the front, looks awesome thank you i hadnt seen a good close up of them yet. I wish the fronts of the c5's had the same or at least a little bigger lip.. How you guys like the machined vs polished?
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Wish the back was as good quality as the front, looks awesome thank you i hadnt seen a good close up of them yet. I wish the fronts of the c5's had the same or at least a little bigger lip.. How you guys like the machined vs polished?
What do you mean by the bolder statement? I do wish that the fronts had a little more lip than they do, but then they wouldn't look as staggered.

Polished is much harder to keep looking good than machined. You have to polish them to make them shine, but with machined you don't. I wouldn't even know what to use on machined wheels. I just use soap and water to clean mine.
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I just got mine in friday, tires are getting mounted tomorrow then they will be on the car! They look awesome!!
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those look great on your car, nice T/A too!
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have you already sold the old wheels also those new ones look amazing
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Originally Posted by egott_91
What do you mean by the bolder statement? I do wish that the fronts had a little more lip than they do, but then they wouldn't look as staggered.

Polished is much harder to keep looking good than machined. You have to polish them to make them shine, but with machined you don't. I wouldn't even know what to use on machined wheels. I just use soap and water to clean mine.
Oh haha i was meaning picture quality sorry
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looks great!!!

I might do the same wheels chrome in 18x10.5 all around. (but that's just one of the wheels Im thinking about)
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Oh haha i was meaning picture quality sorry
They're both of the front wheel. The closeup of the rear wheel I have is worse than the second picture I posted. Lol.
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Oh no **** haha i just glaced at it and looked at the first one cause it was better quality Really makes those calipers jump out
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