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Dec 1, 2010 | 01:07 PM

Ape Man

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Make money AND get better stuff? WIN

Sold my Repro. 17x9.5 rims (chrome) and p255/45r17 (no name rubber) for $1200.00. And bought some p265/45r17 front (firestone firehawks, 90% wear left) and p295/35r18 (firestone firehawks with 90% wear left) on gunmetal OEM Z06 rims, with all lugs/caps and wheel locks for $800.00

Make $400, get bigger and nicer rims = WIN

Going to look sweet, mounting them Sat :

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Dec 2, 2010 | 06:50 AM

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Got a good look at them last night when home, coated in rim polish and bagged em up for Saturday install

Rims near mint (odd little nick), tires have 75-90% tread remaining. Tires are Firestone Firehawk Wide Ovals. Also very very light rims my gosh!

Going to look mint on there!

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Dec 2, 2010 | 08:20 AM

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Me likey chrome better

Dec 2, 2010 | 08:41 AM

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Chrome always looked cheap to me, and from the back a 9.5 with 255 rubber looked like an elephant on stilts.

Id rather OEM rims, and I originally wanted gunmetal but aftermarket did not make them. So now I got what I wanted and made 400$ doing it.

Dec 2, 2010 | 10:14 AM

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Nice, and go beat the crap out of the person who put hammer weights on the outside lip of those wheels.

Dec 2, 2010 | 11:26 AM

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Nice, and go beat the crap out of the person who put hammer weights on the outside lip of those wheels.

I agree

STICKY WEIGHTS

Dec 2, 2010 | 04:02 PM

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I agree

STICKY WEIGHTS

At LEAST put them on the inside.

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Dec 5, 2010 | 07:43 PM

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I have that exact same setup. I got mine from OEwheelsLLC.com they are a sponsor on here. I dought they are OEM they look exactly like mine and I believe that the real OEM Z06 wheels are a darker gray color. I could also be wrong I am not an expert.

before the car was lowered

Dec 5, 2010 | 07:51 PM

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Me likey chrome better

Agreed, I like the chrome better too. Nothing cheap looking about chrome, IMO.

The problem with the previous setup was only the tire size. 255s have no business on a 9.5" wide wheel. 275 should be the minimum width considered for that size, IMO, with 285 looking perfect.

The new tires certainly look better though.