Guess you wouldnt like my 4th gen. I got teh black non dish zr1's with polished lip and the collectors edition painted back panel for the TA's. lmao




I think it should have came factory like this


But thats why I went gunmetal on my black car

 

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i like them better than stock

 

What's wrong with 3 colors? I think your car would look good with the Gold Crosslaces. It's all subjective though.

 

those are nice! who makes those?

 

I'm not telling in fear of someone copying they aren't available in the US as far as I know

 

Nah. I have gold crosslaces in perfect shape.. cant stand them. the black ones maybe but I am too cheap to buy ANOTHER set of rims to paint black
I wouldn't do it to my current ones since they are original.

three colors just dont look right to me...
see:
not that this color is ugly combo but just dont like it personally.

 

i would say that i tend to not like they style of your car. mainly because its what everyone else does to theirs.
friend of mine has gunmetal zr1's with polished lip. very much do not like those wheels. the stock color looked soooo much better. that car is a purple '95 z28. car looks great, but the wheels just do not fit.
his other car is a black '94 z28. black zr1's with polished lip. those wheels would look good on there without the lip. but the way it is right now, from 20 feet it looks like the car has 15" wheels on it.

 

I did the ZR1's since my car had ZR1's on it when I bought it, but in silver. I found a set of actual corvette grandsports with new tires for cheap and snagged them. Painted the rear bumper just like the 2002 collectors edition. I love that look of the TA and the stock TA wheels arent too much different than a ZR1. To each his own I guess

I'd rather see 18's on these cars myself. I had my 18/19 C6 gray wheels on the TA before and surprisingly didnt like it as much as i thought I would. All black may be a better choice for that style wheel on that car. I like 18's with less sidewall.

 

i have no interest in buying simialr rims, just curious.

Everything is available in the US!

 

Looks just like black C6 vette wheels to me That would give you a similar look

 

Yes because the US is better at everything

I tell you, these wheels are not available in the US, they are made in Belgium

 

My wheels are black i use two coats of primer then gloss black then clear for now my wheels are in bad shape and the black hides most of it currently looking for wheels cant find any thing i like

 

I hated black wheels but theyre really starting to grow on me. I still prefer gray, but black looks really good on some cars. That silver IROC is gorgeous, chevyboy.

 

some wheels just dont have a lip to polish my 2 cent

 

How would these look on my red/black 83? Would they even fit properly?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/XXR-962-17-1...a4f10e&vxp=mtr

 

With spacers, yeah. They'll fit.

 

Nice looking wheel. Should work well with your paint scheme.

 

I normally hate black on black & even the "big" polished lip only kinda looks good, but the black on black on this Vette looks downright sinister!

 

When i was in highschool and still didn't know much about paint I thought it would be a cool idea to black out my stock 15's and ended up regretting it later. Recently I decided to refurbish them and I was pretty pleased with the result. Here's a couple pics. You can't see it too well unless there's direct light but the black is metallic.

 

I thought this was your car on youtube for a minute... I like the black wheels on it too. I normally hate black wheels. I guess Im coming around...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUYDrPuTnjk

 

More pics now

 

Does any one have a red camaro with blacked out rims?

 

 

Intimidator Z has this killer looking IROC:

 

great looking set of wheels, gives me hope for my ROH wheels, not snypers.

 

Did you Plasti Dip the center caps too? Mine are silver & are you gonna hafta cut the dip to get them out if you ever need to or were they done seperatly & put in afterwards?

 

I just left them on and painted over them. afterwards I cut off the dip and exposed the ROH center. Here's what they look like on my 91 and here's the Black GTA's that are on the 88 now....









The white 91 is my little brother's car that i'm fixing up for him

 

Do you know what rims those are? They look sick af

 

yeah black wheels suck...

 

He said they were OZ Monte carlos without centercaps.

 

Yeah..when They dont have a polished rim...omg!
LOL!!

 

oh right on man

 

I think the blacked out OEM wheels on the black firebirds look bad-*** as hell! Something a "villian" would drive! I was looking for pics to see how they'd turn-out and there are some great photos on here. I'm going to talk to my powder coat guy tomorrow about shooting them in matte black. Did you just buy the black center caps and nuts? Or paint them too? What am I looking to spend per wheel? I'd imagine they'd have to chemical clean them first, my wheels are 25 years old!

 

I spent 230.00 to have mine blasted and powder coated which is inexpensive!
Take a look at my album for more pics
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/album.php?albumid=1773
I kept my black WS6 center caps from my gold GTA crosslaces (in storage) and the stock lug covers and they match well and still I stay stock for shows!

 

Now I know this is from a movie, but I could see myself putting these on my 85 Z28(or something similar to these). I like the simplicity.

 

loved those cars in "in time"

 

$230 for all 4? That is a great deal. I'm in SoCali were everything is frig'n expensive. I'm aimming for $100ish a wheel. Anything less seems to be a great deal and anything more is a rip off. In this area at least. If its more than that I may explore buying new wheels. I do love the classic OEM one's.

 

I think that looks KILLER!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks man I like it too!

 

All set to get the '89 Formula OEM wheels prep'd & powder coated matte black Friday. Kinda a butt pain since I need to go to work, come home at lunch, take the wheels off, stick the car on jack stands I just borrowed, all ghetto in my driveway, then have my buddy drive me to his shop to take the tires off the wheel, then drive me to the powder coat place and home. I ride my bicycle all weekend anyway, then the same thing on Monday. The price is really good but I had to pay an small "express fee" to have the wheels by Monday...I need it to get to work and it would cost more to take a taxi all frig'n week. Just took some "before" photos and ordering black center caps and lugs on ebay now. If they do a good job I'll post the shop info on here.

 

so basically... you will have my wheels! cool
damn I wont be the only one!

 

i like the stock wheels black with polished trim

 

YES, but you're in sunny Ohio and I'm in Sunny Cali. I don' think we'll end up in the same Walmart parking lot so you will still be unique! Honestly, I wanted to powder coat the rims when I got the car and jumped on this website to see if there were any examples. Not too many. I think its looks sick...I like the "Stock with a Vengence" look.

 

I personally think black wheels look great, I hate anything shiny or chrome or blingy. I prefer matte black to glossy black. I decided to go with black because I plan on beating the crap out of my car on the road course. The amount of brake dust from a good pad will cover a wheel in a few corners, so why not make the wheel that color to start with? I know everyone has different opinions, this is just mine. I have 2 sets for my GTA, 18" HRE 545 with polished center "for now" and matte dark grey lips, and a set of C6 Z06 18" in gloss black for track use. I would have bought matte black, but I could not find any.

 

Search my other posts, I have several pics of my old '86 Iroc with black '91 wheels.

 

Very nice looking GTA. My friend did the same thing to his wheels on his old black '91 1LE Formula.

 

here are mine!

 

Thanks!

 

Riken 9" wheels
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