c5 Vette Custom Built Wheels

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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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c5 Vette Custom Built Wheels

These wheels were built for Matt Farah of Garage419. The car is in the process of being completely redone. The wheels were built to fit the Stoptech brake kit. They are 19" front & 20" rear. The finish is Victory Red barrels, Matte black centers, Gloss black lips with a Victory Red stripe accenting the gloss lip. The car will be featured in an upcoming Corvette magazine spread. It's rough around the edges now, but this thing will be a beast. The engine in this thing is already a beast, now he is working on the looks. Just though i'd show you guys what ive been up to at the new job. This is the reason why my post count has been so low as of late.




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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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Wheels look sweet! Hope he plans on changing out the brake calipers... not just for looks but especially with having a built engine.
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 09:41 AM
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Wheels look sweet! Hope he plans on changing out the brake calipers... not just for looks but especially with having a built engine.
Yeah, he's doing full stoptech front and rear big brake kit.
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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i hate those bumper guard on the doors
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by bigman
Yeah, he's doing full stoptech front and rear big brake kit.
After reading again and not just looking at the pictures I see where you already addressed that. That'll be a sweet ride when done!
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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i hate those bumper guard on the doors
they're coming off. He got the car from an auction for like 8 grand. It has under 40,000 miles on it.
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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nice rims...and also on the c63 on the other thread. question though, did you guys purposely make the lips small? just wondering since this vette and the c63 are both rear wheel drive. even though u said the vette's getting fitted for a bbk, still looks like there's room left for a bigger lip on both cars.
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by wasupdog
nice rims...and also on the c63 on the other thread. question though, did you guys purposely make the lips small? just wondering since this vette and the c63 are both rear wheel drive. even though u said the vette's getting fitted for a bbk, still looks like there's room left for a bigger lip on both cars.
the vettes have really high offset, so doing a big lip is a nono, especially when doing a big brake conversion. And the owner of the C63 didnt want a huge lip on the rear. We made a monster lip on a Dodge Daytona. It looked sick.
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 02:31 PM
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just wow!
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Old Nov 22, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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the red in the inner part of the wheel just pops out at you. nice work
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Old Nov 22, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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I like the body colored inner barrel. Had someone mentioned it without pics I probably would have assumed it looked stupid, but ya, I like it. Gonna be a pain in the ass to keep clean though!
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