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Just picked up a 13 GS manual. I really love the look of the 427 wheels and looking to buy them. Do these wheels suffer from the cracking problems like the similar design that wet on the c7? Thanks.
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Just picked up a 13 GS manual. I really love the look of the 427 wheels and looking to buy them. Do these wheels suffer from the cracking problems like the similar design that wet on the c7? Thanks.
No, the C6 wheels do NOT suffer from the cracking issues as those for the C7.
Different suppliers and manufacturing processes used.
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No, the C6 wheels do NOT suffer from the cracking issues as those for the C7.
Different suppliers and manufacturing processes used.
thanks. Purest probably won’t like me using those wheels on a gs, but the finish is spectacular.
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If you want that wheel design but with better offsets so they fit flush to the fenders, checkout Wheel Designers GS01 forged wheels. These are deep concave +32 front & super deep concave +50 in the rear.




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I had a 2013 427 and also loved those wheels. Great choice in my mind. I don’t pl;an on replacing my Stingray wheels, but if I did I would look for a similar design to those 427 Black ones I had.
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If you want that wheel design but with better offsets so they fit flush to the fenders, checkout Wheel Designers GS01 forged wheels. These are deep concave +32 front & super deep concave +50 in the rear.



ohhhhhh. Thanks. Those do look excellent. I don’t know why gm can’t fill a wheel well better. They need to start copying Porsche.
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