4 Corvette Magnesium rims for sale
05-27-2006, 05:54 PM
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4 Corvette Magnesium rims for sale These are the geniune GM wheels that were an option on C5 Corvettes. Brownish gold in color, these wheels are made of magnesium and are lighter than the standard Vette wheels. Since they are OEM GM wheels, the quality is better than aftermarket wheels.
I have 4 wheels for sale. Fronts are 17x8.5", rears are 18x9.5" These wheels will bolt up to any 1993-2002 fbody, however they will require you to do the BFH mod to the inner rear fenders. Of course they will fit any C5 Corvette without any issues.
These wheels look brand new and were removed from a very low mileage C5. The only flaw is on one of the rear wheels, it has a slight scratch and a very minor(smaller than pea size) chip.
I am looking to get $800 for the set. I will ship, give me your zip code and I'll get you a quote. Email me at Aron9000@hotmail.com with your zip code and I'll get you some pics along with a shipping quote.
I have 4 wheels for sale. Fronts are 17x8.5", rears are 18x9.5" These wheels will bolt up to any 1993-2002 fbody, however they will require you to do the BFH mod to the inner rear fenders. Of course they will fit any C5 Corvette without any issues.
These wheels look brand new and were removed from a very low mileage C5. The only flaw is on one of the rear wheels, it has a slight scratch and a very minor(smaller than pea size) chip.
I am looking to get $800 for the set. I will ship, give me your zip code and I'll get you a quote. Email me at Aron9000@hotmail.com with your zip code and I'll get you some pics along with a shipping quote.
Last edited by AronZ28; 05-27-2006 at 07:49 PM.
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06-04-2006, 09:18 PM
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"Since they are OEM GM wheels, the quality is better than aftermarket wheels."
Not true. As with most Corvette rims, these were never made BY GM, just spec'd out to a 3rd party to produce them to GM specs. Unfortunately there are MANY of these sets that are off balance in a serious way and usually require serious amounts of balancing weights. The news gets even worse when you consider they can't mount the weights on the face, and that the rims are easily scratched and damanged.
I wanted a set of these in a bad way... but I just couldn't risk dropping cash on a set of rims that are expensive to repair (Aluminum is easy by comparison I'm told), in very short supply (if one was so off balance I'd have to toss it and find a replacement), and were such a disaster GM tossed the whole idea after one year.
looks great, light weight if the balance isn't way off, and cheap on the vette forums if you can find them.
I've had to stick with my ZR1 rims for now.
Not true. As with most Corvette rims, these were never made BY GM, just spec'd out to a 3rd party to produce them to GM specs. Unfortunately there are MANY of these sets that are off balance in a serious way and usually require serious amounts of balancing weights. The news gets even worse when you consider they can't mount the weights on the face, and that the rims are easily scratched and damanged.
I wanted a set of these in a bad way... but I just couldn't risk dropping cash on a set of rims that are expensive to repair (Aluminum is easy by comparison I'm told), in very short supply (if one was so off balance I'd have to toss it and find a replacement), and were such a disaster GM tossed the whole idea after one year.
looks great, light weight if the balance isn't way off, and cheap on the vette forums if you can find them.
I've had to stick with my ZR1 rims for now.
06-04-2006, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve in Seattle
"Since they are OEM GM wheels, the quality is better than aftermarket wheels."
Not true. As with most Corvette rims, these were never made BY GM, just spec'd out to a 3rd party to produce them to GM specs. Unfortunately there are MANY of these sets that are off balance in a serious way and usually require serious amounts of balancing weights. The news gets even worse when you consider they can't mount the weights on the face, and that the rims are easily scratched and damanged.
I wanted a set of these in a bad way... but I just couldn't risk dropping cash on a set of rims that are expensive to repair (Aluminum is easy by comparison I'm told), in very short supply (if one was so off balance I'd have to toss it and find a replacement), and were such a disaster GM tossed the whole idea after one year.
looks great, light weight if the balance isn't way off, and cheap on the vette forums if you can find them.
I've had to stick with my ZR1 rims for now.
Not true. As with most Corvette rims, these were never made BY GM, just spec'd out to a 3rd party to produce them to GM specs. Unfortunately there are MANY of these sets that are off balance in a serious way and usually require serious amounts of balancing weights. The news gets even worse when you consider they can't mount the weights on the face, and that the rims are easily scratched and damanged.
I wanted a set of these in a bad way... but I just couldn't risk dropping cash on a set of rims that are expensive to repair (Aluminum is easy by comparison I'm told), in very short supply (if one was so off balance I'd have to toss it and find a replacement), and were such a disaster GM tossed the whole idea after one year.
looks great, light weight if the balance isn't way off, and cheap on the vette forums if you can find them.
I've had to stick with my ZR1 rims for now.
Have you actually run these rims on your car? Didn't think so.
Well no **** they are made by a GM supplier to GM specs. GM specs a much higher quality and tighter tolerances than most aftermarket wheels. There is a reason replica wheels are cheaper than OEM, its because the quality isn't there.
As with any wheels this size running low profile tires, they are easily susceptiable to curb damage. This particular set has NO CURB DAMAGE.
The real reason these were not popular. They were a $3,000 option on new C5 Vettes, nobody wanted to fork over the cash.
06-07-2006, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Zinc
Damnit. I was the top bidder on ebay too 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1-Cor...QQcmdZViewItem