The Grand Sport. Part 2: The experience.

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Eh. I don’t think the blue ruins it. If only we had someone who was really good at photoshop around.


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Black for sure
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Not sure I personally feel the bronze on there.. I think I fall into the satin black camp.
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I have those wheels on my C8 in Carbon Flash.
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That's cool. Carbon flash would be an interesting option.
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They were expensive to get carbon flash, but they are custom made and fit perfectly so you don't need to use centering rings. I think I paid like $3100 for the set back in September 2021.

Looks like just gloss black for your C7 GS are $3300 now. Ouch! They'll do custom colors and stuff if you ask. My sales guy was Alex Torosyan - I think he handles their presence on Corvette Forums. alex@motorsportsla.com
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Thanks! I'll keep them at the top of my list.

It doesn't look like they make a bolt on 19/20 combo, but they do offer blanks. I'll need to see how the pricing works out for custom 19/20 vs 20/21 and a corresponding set of tires.

Further complicating matters is they don't offer many run flats in the sizes I need.

So it'll definitely be a while before I do this. :lol:
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Yeah I’d have Vira photoshop all the colors. I think the bronze could maybe look good even with the blue. Otherwise I’d say black to match the spoiler/aero/accents on the car. More gloss than satin. But that’s just my opinion

Also Vossen wheels are expensive! And tires for your car :faint:
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Hmm I wonder if it is carbon flash like color Beth has on her BMW. If so, I like them.
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It's just a fancy name for metallic black.
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(ignore that the angles of the wheels between the 2 pics used and lighting are a poor match)
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Seeing that I don't think you can go wrong with either color
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Something about it just doesn't sit right with me in that color for the wheels.
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Oh my. :d rool:
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See bronze looks just fine.


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[quote=""aaronatstate""]Yeah I’d have Vira photoshop all the colors. I think the bronze could maybe look good even with the blue. Otherwise I’d say black to match the spoiler/aero/accents on the car. More gloss than satin. But that’s just my opinion

Also Vossen wheels are expensive! And tires for your car :faint:[/quote]

I said bronze would look good with the blue!
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I like the bronze too. Carbon flash would be cool too.
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Looks good.
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Guess I'm in the minority like always. Lol
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