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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 04:42 PM
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old with the old, in with the new

old center caps:


the new, custom vinyl emblem caps

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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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Those look awesome , I would I could get some like that for my ZR1 wheels.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:12 AM
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Originally posted by JDubya18
Those look awesome , I would I could get some like that for my ZR1 wheels.
$5 at a local graphics shop turned the vette emblem center caps into this
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:27 AM
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Looks a lot better than the bowtie
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 10:06 AM
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Looks a lot better than the bowtie
also looks much better with chrome instead of silver
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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is the chrome a vynil sticker, or just the emblem?
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:30 AM
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I believe just the red is vinyl, the rest is actually chrome.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Next time, post bigger pics so we can see em better! Looks good
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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old with the old?

.....out with the old?


anyway good lookin center caps wanna make some for my snypers
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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sweet!

...hyperblack is still cooler than chrome!
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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thanks guys, and yea the caps are actually those chrome caps that came with the corvette emblems and i removed those and put these vinyls in their place

hyper black boooo chrome yay
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