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Old May 4, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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I'm not going to bring up sellers names here, but when doing a search for Camaro or Corvette rims, there are 2 people in particulat that offer OEM replica rims for these cars. All sorts of different years, finishes, and some with rubber, some not.

My question is, has anybody gone this route, and if so are you happy with what you recieved?

On the converse, has anybody heard horror stories about these rims?
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Old May 4, 2008 | 11:14 AM
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Most of them are just oe concepts wheels or factory reproductions. I would just go with Tomz cause he is cheaper anyways and you will be dealing with a great company. He also has stuff on ebay as well
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Old May 4, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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+1 for tomz, theyre cheaper and i have no doubt in my mind your getting quality. some people on ebay offer bullshit quality wheels, and imo its kinda hard to figure out the good from the bad on ebay. also if you have any questions about any wheel in particular, just ask them, with ebay you cant always do that.
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Old May 4, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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also be careful with ones with tires already on them, theyre usually not too great tires...i almost went that route myself awhile ago, and im glad i didnt.
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Old May 4, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Well some of the tires are ok. My bro got Nexen tires and they have turned out to be really good DD tires. But yea you do have a point. Sometimes they put the cheapest tires possible on there and you have to end up regretting it later on. Well I guess my bro got his from Tomz also so they are prob better tires
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Old May 5, 2008 | 01:51 AM
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I ordered some off ebay for my 99 corvette i used to have, dont remeber the seller but when i got them we put them on the ballancer before we put the tires on to see if any were warped, and sure enough one of them was. We were able to ballance it out with weights lucky.
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Old May 5, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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dont recommend it, i bought some and they got scratched when i cleaned them,,,bad finishes
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Old May 5, 2008 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 95GreenZ28
Most of them are just oe concepts wheels or factory reproductions. I would just go with Tomz cause he is cheaper anyways and you will be dealing with a great company. He also has stuff on ebay as well
x2 for tomz
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I bought mine a while back from Tomzwheels....
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I think he is asking because there are some wheels Tomz doesn't carry them or atleast not according to their website
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Old May 6, 2008 | 12:06 AM
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Which oem replica wheels?
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Old May 6, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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Be safe and go with Tomz.
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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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I have purchased 3 different sets of rims from Moore9911 (O.E. Wheel Distributors, LLC) on ebay and have been more than pleased with every transaction. The first set was chrome "17 Z06 rims which I had for roughly two years and never once had a problem. The second set was Black "17 ZR1's with Hancook tires. The rims are still in great condition and have 30k + miles on them, the tires however were junk when new.. and this week I purchased another set from them which are still in route to my home. I would highly recommend taking a look at his rims as well.
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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by korndawg
Be safe and go with Tomz.
+1 for Tomz
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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Got my painted c5 z06's from ebay. Excellent packaging, quality, and powdercoat finish.
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Originally Posted by Joey96
I have purchased 3 different sets of rims from Moore9911 (O.E. Wheel Distributors, LLC) on ebay and have been more than pleased with every transaction. The first set was chrome "17 Z06 rims which I had for roughly two years and never once had a problem. The second set was Black "17 ZR1's with Hancook tires. The rims are still in great condition and have 30k + miles on them, the tires however were junk when new.. and this week I purchased another set from them which are still in route to my home. I would highly recommend taking a look at his rims as well.
I've bought 4 sets of wheels from that company are they are prefect everytime.

Tom was out of silver when I was looking for them.
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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by jetlag
I've bought 4 sets of wheels from that company are they are prefect everytime.

Tom was out of silver when I was looking for them.
Man does that make me feel good, i just ordered my c6zo6 rims, 18x9.5 fronts and 18x10.5 rears in chrome, they should be here tuesday
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Old May 8, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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which ebay company did you order from,i ordered from _ones enterprises,although i haven't put them on my car yet,they were delivered to a buddy of mine in the states on time.I tried to order from tomz but he was out of stock and couldn't give me a date.Anyways car is out of paint wednesday and i"ll drive down and put them on.I ordered them c6 z06 same size as yours with Vredesteins
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Old May 8, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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i also ordered from Moore9911 on ebay
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Old May 8, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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i too went with Vredesteins from Tomz Wheels 275/35 in the front and 295/35 in the rear, if you get pics please post, as i wont be getting mine until next week sometime.
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