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Old 03-02-2012, 01:27 PM
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"chrome" wheels

I have a bone stock lt2 but it has the "chrome" wheels. which apparently is just a plastic chrome overlay on top of the existing alloy wheels...

Whats is underneath?

How does the chome trim come off?

do the wheels look good with the trim removed?
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Old 03-02-2012, 01:31 PM
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not sure mine came with the steel rims and plastic wheel covers, which reside in my shed hanging on a nail
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The covers are held on by a foam adhesive, you have to pretty much chisle them off from the back side of the wheel. They really don't look good
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Old 03-02-2012, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 408SS
The covers are held on by a foam adhesive, you have to pretty much chisle them off from the back side of the wheel. They really don't look good
OK, glad I did not try to wrestle with them...

yet another kind of stupid thing.. how much more can it cost to chrome a wheel as opposed to designing a hunk o plastic, and then adhering it on a wheel. I could see it as an easy way to do a wheel redesign for a different model year...but if you are involved in a curb scuffle, you still have to end up replacing the wheel...
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I agree, I think they did that is because the wheel won't corrode. I have seen alot of the chrome GM wheels start to peel and corrode. Aluminum wheel with a plastic cap..problem solved! lol
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