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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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Has anyone seen these jokers?

Man, Me likey!

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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 07:48 PM
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Mine are AFS black chrome replicas of '84-'87 ZR-1 wheels. They're beautiful, but, when you get curb rash (and you will), they damage stands out like you would not believe. I'd never buy another set of them. Just purchased two more of them to replace damaged ones I have to ditch now.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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My buddy has these on his C6. They look nice but they don't really look black chrome. You have to be close to notice that they are. From far away they look like a chrome wheel.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 06:01 AM
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Mine look totally black chrome and get many comments, but, like I said, the damage shows on them more than chrome wheels. Not a very good pic, but, here's what they look like.

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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 06:09 AM
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Those look bad ***!
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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Thanks ... just ordered new 11.5" rears and MT drag radials in a 315 width ... tires came yesterday and look like they're 10 feet wide compared to the 275 Nitto DR's on the back, now. I'll post up a couple of pics today.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:06 PM
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Black Chrome is awesome. Like said above from far the shine like chrome but since they are black you have to look 2 maybe 3 times. Will draw a ton of attention, however if the get blemishes you will not like the wheel anymore. JEB99TA is absolutly right if you might hit a curb, you girl drives your car and might hit a curb or you don't know a shop to trust changing your tires and fixing flats don't order them.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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Yeah, I'd stay away from them, but, being me ... I just ordered two more because I needed 11" on the rears to mount my 2 new MT DR 315.35R17's on. I like them so much, I'll keep buying them if they get too much curb damage over time ... good thing is AFS came down on the price and they're only $200.00 a wheel, so, replacing them isn't as expensive as they used to cost.
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So the quality of the ebay ones is alright? not the afs but whatever the other brand is..doesnt really say
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 05:39 AM
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I bought my AFS wheels off Ebay, as well. Never heard of the ones in Tram's link. Maybe you can call AFS and see if they have any out on Ebay or just ask them to price them out for you.
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