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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:56 AM
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Just put on some black chrome c6 18" wheels. Loving the larger meats especially in the rear

Here are some before and after shots

Before:


After:


And the nice new ***:


Another side view:


And the rear again:


And since this is my only vehicle, transporting the old wheels back home (And yes I did put down plastic to protect my interior. It's still safe and sound):


Now I gotta lower it to fill up them empty wheel wells
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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what size tires are on the rear?
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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Is there a motor in the car? (its really high in the front) hahaha jk. It looks much better. Lower that thing a little bit and it will look sick! Nice choice on wheels.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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much much better!
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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Is there a motor in the car? (its really high in the front) hahaha jk. It looks much better. Lower that thing a little bit and it will look sick! Nice choice on wheels.
I know. It looked super hi jacked right after the swap I think that most of that is from the slope of the driveway. I also think the car has had the front shocks replaced at some point so they sit a little higher. It looks a little more normal on flat ground though.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Slash8915
what size tires are on the rear?
Rear wheels are 18" X 10.5" with 295's on them
Fronts are 18" X 9.5"
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:09 PM
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Does that mean I have to change my sig-pic now?

Looks way better.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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Yes you do. Get some pics of those sick new wheels. You just have to wait for a nice day, so I guess it'll take til after July 4th lol.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mrx8200
Yes you do. Get some pics of those sick new wheels. You just have to wait for a nice day, so I guess it'll take til after July 4th lol.
Haha no ****! They look good on your car man. Maybe we can get a photo-shoot done this summer at Alki.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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loos good.. you should have cleaned up the brakes and rotors a little.. maybe put black paint on them to make the wheels pop more
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by meine96ws6
loos good.. you should have cleaned up the brakes and rotors a little.. maybe put black paint on them to make the wheels pop more
^this
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Didn't have a whole lot of time to do cleaning, but it'll be far easier now that I have more space to work with on the wheels. I'm eventually going to go with the CTS-V calipers and Z06 rotors up front.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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looks good, i had to lower mine after the C6's because of the 4x4 look lol
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Originally Posted by mrx8200
Didn't have a whole lot of time to do cleaning, but it'll be far easier now that I have more space to work with on the wheels. I'm eventually going to go with the CTS-V calipers and Z06 rotors up front.
Copy Cat
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 08:46 PM
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Well it's been stickied on the forum for a while. Plus I'm not going to go out and spend 3k on an aftermarket brake setup when I can get through gm for a whole lot less just to avoid being a copy cat. OEM for the win lol.
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