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jaysz2893

03-19-2009, 08:09 PM

Well UPS dropped of my decision on the rims. I got deep dish ZR1 wheels in black. 17x9.5 up front with 275/40/17 Sumitomos, and 17x11(50 mm offset) in the rear with 315/35/17 Sumitomos. All i can say is these are freaking huge! hera are a few pics. THey came witrh corvette centercaps. THe rear lip is over 2 inches deep and the front is a little over 1 inch. I am happy with the quality, one rim has a little light spot on the black but is barely noticable unless you get right on them. I figure i can always repaint these red someday... LOL J/K not bad for about a grand to the door.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1899.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1900.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1902.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1903.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1904.jpg

Will have them installed next week and add pics!!

BLOWNDFIZ

03-19-2009, 08:11 PM

:needpics:OF THEM ON THE CAR.....:jest:

Fastbird

03-19-2009, 08:13 PM

Wow, those look great!

devonsZ28

03-19-2009, 08:14 PM

:needpics:OF THEM ON THE CAR.....:jest:
x2 lets see em on the car, preferably smokin

95greenZ

03-19-2009, 08:30 PM

Nice, I like that lip. These from that company on ebay oewheels I think?

Z28pr0jekt

03-19-2009, 09:27 PM

those are definitely sexy

Blubird

03-19-2009, 09:29 PM

you definately got some meat there!

LT1Blackbird

03-19-2009, 09:50 PM

I got mine, too! Got the same ones from OE Wheels on EBay. Ill get them mounted up in the next 2 days and get pix up as well. Mine are all in perfect condition, no blemishes at all. These things are NIIIICE!

richardson

03-19-2009, 11:29 PM

i wanna seeeeee :D

KissMyWhtSS

03-19-2009, 11:30 PM

Same setup I'm running but I have chrome.

BlownFormula

03-20-2009, 02:01 PM

Very nice! You lowering the car at all? If so, you may have rubbing issues.

WildRidez

03-20-2009, 02:09 PM

Nice choice man. Lets see those pics!!

Speed Inc.

03-20-2009, 02:09 PM

it's going to look bad a$$

jaysz2893

03-20-2009, 03:39 PM

Very nice! You lowering the car at all? If so, you may have rubbing issues.

Car is lowered like 1.5 inch in the rear and 1.5 in the front. Nothing major. I replaced the spring Isolators in the rear when i added the LT headers cause my cats were scraping. MY buddy has a set on his Indy Pace car and he has the full 2 inch lowering , it dosent rub. I have to make sure my rear is centered via the ADJ panhard, but that should be easy. That should help with the rubbing, and if it rubs i break out the BFH and the wheel lip roller. LOL

YZF

03-20-2009, 04:57 PM

Dont plan on hooking with those tires. They hook decent when they are almost bald if you run them about 25 psi, but new, they are some slippery sons of bitches.

Good choice though, I approve.

bullet95z28

03-21-2009, 07:42 PM

95greenZ

03-21-2009, 08:05 PM

Now that is nice! They make this style in chrome? I haven't seen any.

WildRidez

03-21-2009, 08:23 PM

I have the silver deep dish on my car. heres a few pics.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/my20thGTI/camaroraptorbusa003.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/my20thGTI/camaroraptorbusa007.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/my20thGTI/camaroraptorbusa019.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/my20thGTI/camaroraptorbusa027.jpg

I love your car man! I am trying to get a neighbor of mine to sell me her silver Z that has been sitting for some time now. But she is being gay :censored:

94z

03-22-2009, 12:49 AM

where did you get those wheels?? thats how i want mine to look.

mr maimi

03-22-2009, 01:33 AM

you definately got some meat there!

is that what she said:jest:

KissMyWhtSS

03-22-2009, 01:37 AM

Now that is nice! They make this style in chrome? I haven't seen any.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb257/kiss_my_ss/IMG_2868p.jpg
OE Concepts Chrome 17x11 Deep dish on the rear.

captainofiron

03-22-2009, 12:41 PM

those look great man.

You guys running the 17x11 out back, how many of you have had rubbing issues, because I use to read all the time that guys needed to hammer the crap out of the inner wheel well and bend the quarter panel and all this stuff, is that true?

jaysz2893

03-22-2009, 04:45 PM

Here are a few pics. No rubbing (so far) need to wash the car and polish up stuff but you get the general idea.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1905.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1906.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/TheKeenans/IMG_1907.jpg

captainofiron

03-22-2009, 11:45 PM

that fat lip on the rear wheel always looks great

Quick95Z

03-23-2009, 07:22 AM

Looks great. Any fitment issues?

BLOWNDFIZ

03-23-2009, 07:24 AM

Bitchin!:metal:

jaysz2893

03-23-2009, 09:09 AM

Looks great. Any fitment issues?

Thanks for all the compliments guys!

As for fitment issues, they bolted right up. I did rub once on the Pass side when i hit a big hump in the road at about 75 MPH. I prob gonna rent a roller and do the lips to be on the safe side. No interferance on the inside at all. I have the rear pretty well centered.

YZF

03-23-2009, 03:56 PM

Lookin bueno!

crows93z

03-23-2009, 06:55 PM

i think it looked a lot nicer with the old wheels on it, these wheels just give the whole car a different look... but it's just my opinion

Neil350

03-23-2009, 07:04 PM

Looks great, I had a set of silver ZR1s on my Trans Am way back when.

LT1Blackbird

03-23-2009, 07:46 PM

I got mine mounted up today. Pis will be up tomorrow! So far, no fitment or rubbing issues and I have my rear lowered w/ the SLP/Eibach springs

jaysz2893

03-23-2009, 07:47 PM

i think it looked a lot nicer with the old wheels on it, these wheels just give the whole car a different look... but it's just my opinion
Well, the more i look at it i kinda liked the gunmetal look, but the c6z06's were just to flat faced and smallish looking. I am thinking about maybe next year when i get the car painted having the wheels either painted or PC gunmetal. I do think Zr1's are classics on 4th gens, and the Z06's were just a little too "dressy"

crows93z

03-23-2009, 09:16 PM

Well, the more i look at it i kinda liked the gunmetal look, but the c6z06's were just to flat faced and smallish looking. I am thinking about maybe next year when i get the car painted having the wheels either painted or PC gunmetal. I do think Zr1's are classics on 4th gens, and the Z06's were just a little too "dressy"

sounds good, i think the deep dish zr1's would look sick painted silver, like someone else had. silver wheels look great with red... it has to be a special wheel to look good with red in my book...

WildRidez

03-23-2009, 10:10 PM

Looks great man!

RedRyder518

03-24-2009, 08:26 AM

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb257/kiss_my_ss/IMG_2868p.jpg
OE Concepts Chrome 17x11 Deep dish on the rear.
Those do have a lip on them but they are not the same as the ones posted. The new style are referred to as the Morxchn design, which is brand new and has a little deeper lip. I'm going to call OE and see if they have that design in chrome yet.

LT1Blackbird

03-24-2009, 06:52 PM

Mah new shoes!

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lt1blackbird/IMG_2220.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lt1blackbird/IMG_2222.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lt1blackbird/IMG_2215.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/lt1blackbird/IMG_2218.jpg

jaysz2893

03-24-2009, 07:59 PM

^^^ Looks KILLER!!!!!! now too many ppl got em, i gonna sell mine.. LOL J/K

bullet95z28

03-26-2009, 09:43 PM

lol, i know how you feel, but at least you have driven on yours, i have had mine on for almost 2 months, but cant drive on them yet. They are gonna be out of style by the time i get my car running again. LOL But anyways, everybodys car is looking good with the new wheels !!!!!!!!!!!

krayzie7th

03-26-2009, 10:05 PM

Lt1Blackbird those look killer!

Mr_Papagiorgio

03-27-2009, 05:47 AM

Hoping to join the 315 up front/ 275 rear crew in the next week or so :cool:

Kris

04-20-2009, 04:53 PM

I wish they made those in gunmetal...

chevy42083

04-21-2009, 09:24 AM

Hoping to join the 315 up front/ 275 rear crew in the next week or so :cool:

I dunno... that might look kinda funny :)

ZGOBYBY

04-21-2009, 11:48 AM

I have to get some deep dish 17X11s for the back of my car... the guys in the club are hounding me about it.

LT1Blackbird

04-21-2009, 03:55 PM

I dunno... that might look kinda funny :)

LOL! :hmm:

I have to get some deep dish 17X11s for the back of my car... the guys in the club are hounding me about it.

DO IT! I LOVE mine.

lt1noob

05-01-2009, 12:03 PM

you definately got some meat there!

thats what she said.

edit: damnit someone beat me to it...anyway bullet95z28 your car is fucking sexy...

bricez28

05-29-2009, 11:06 AM

i dunno. ilove the backs but the front needa little more lip.

Huff035

05-29-2009, 11:24 AM

Thanks for all the compliments guys!

As for fitment issues, they bolted right up. I did rub once on the Pass side when i hit a big hump in the road at about 75 MPH. I prob gonna rent a roller and do the lips to be on the safe side. No interferance on the inside at all. I have the rear pretty well centered.

So did you ever rent the roller and if you did how hard was it to do? Because I'm going to need to do mine, my wheels rub at stock height if i have any rear seat passengers. lol

jaysz2893

05-29-2009, 11:52 AM

i got one from a friend locally. It was very easy, just be careful with the heat gun on the paint. You just need to keep it warm enough to keep the paint flexible.

YouTube - Rolling Your Fenders w/Eastwood Fender Roller

There is a good vid of what to expect.