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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 05:57 PM
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i have a silver t/a and am having a hard time deciding on rims for it. if i go with black rims i was thinking zr1's or z06's, if i went chrome i was thinking tt2's. any help or suggestions in deciding on rims would be great. sorry about the crappy pic of my car.

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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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I think chrome look's great on a silver car. Hard to go wrong with either choice. I just ordered a set of ROH Drift R Competition Black 18x10 rear 18x9 front 3 inch polished lip in front and back. My SS is Black so I really wanted Black wheel's and was looking for a wheel with a wide lip. Good luck in your wheel hunting.
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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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Chrome...but i'm one of the guys that doesn't like black wheels. I think it makes an expensive set of wheels look cheap.

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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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Black Z06's would look good on that car.
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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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CHROME Z06s
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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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thanks guys for your choices, yeah at first i was leaning towards black rims but lately chrome is sounding better.
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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 06:10 PM
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go CHROME
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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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Not shooting anyone down but Imo black rims make car's look dirty.. I love chrome rims
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you can't go wrong, chrome Zo6 rims look awesome on Birds! i went with black Zo6's. only reason why i went black and not chrome is because i had chrome 10 spoke SS rims and i just wanted a change, i think next year i'll go with chrome again, but i'm gonna sport the blacks for now! but i vote chrome for you!
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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 09:07 PM
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thanks for the replies, tt2's and chrome z06's are the majority so far, keep them coming and if you have pics that would be great too.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 12:04 AM
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A black Z06 wheel with the polished lip an NO rivets would look good. If not those, then the TTII's
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 05:20 AM
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I like my black chrome AFS ZR-1 wheels .... not in the poll, so, I votes 'Other' ... gotten a lot of compliments on them. Noone around here has them, so,
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 07:43 AM
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I would say definetely chrome wheels on your silver car.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 09:32 AM
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I would definitely go with chrome, but you may want to do Z06's instead of TT2 because the TT2 only comes polished. You would have to have them plated if you wanted chrome.

My brother has chrome Z06's and he loves them.

I'm also in the "not a big fan of black wheels" because they do make it hard to tell what kind of wheel is there, but they can look good in some cases. I wouldn't do it on silver though. just my $.02
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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Leave The Ramair Wheels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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I think Black looks awesome on silver but keep the stock ones around
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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On my car I have chrome Z06


My husband has the black ADR Battle EXE'S



I think either way chrome or black is a good choice.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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thanks everyone for your replies, this decision is turning out harder than i thought it would be.i always thought z06's looked better on camaros, anyone got pics of black or chrome z06's on their t/a's?
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 01:33 AM
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I'd go with black zr1's, but then again I'm biased
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 02:17 AM
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i say some black evo's.u already got the blackbird stripes.
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