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HAWAIIZR-1 · 05-27-2011

Boy, do I feel for you and understand what you are going through. Rims or wheels are the most subjective thing to have to deal with on cars. It is the single most important mod that really changes the personality of a car and especially one of your color that is rare. As you stated, the 90 MY with the black trim throws a curve ball in there and I see your taste with the black wheels as I like, but you like it all black. I won't even try to give an opinion because rims are so subjective, but I just thought I would share some thoughts I went through because I also wanted to accent the black trim/molding we have on our first year ZR-1s.

If you have not already done so, I tried to look for similar color combos to see how the many styles look and what caught my eye and taste. Here is a sample:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&b...aqi=g1&aql=&oq=

I searched for images of yellow C4 Corvettes but as you can see other generations popped up too. I understand it makes a difference between the 90 MY and the later model solid yellow and I guess the best might be to find 84-90 MY yellow with AM rims/wheels for the best comparison.

Anyway, it sounds like you have your mind somewhat made up and that is good. Another thing is money does not seem like an object to you as it was in my case and having bought my ZR-1 for $15,000 in 2003, I could not get myself to spend more that $3K on a tire/wheel package and so opted with CCWs. PC'd the centers black, then I went further to PC the centers of my stock wheels black too. So yeah, I'm a black wheel guy and my black Honda Ridgeline was dubbed with black center wheels too. If money was no object for me I wanted to have HRE build me something as I had their wheels about 20 plus years ago and loved them. When they got old I sent them back and had them rebuild them and it was reasonable and looked like new after they aged. When one got damaged in a snow storm the outer rim was replaced and the wheels was like new; one of the benefits of the 3 piece wheels.

I think you made a nice choice and it will look pretty sinister looking. Best wishes in your quest.

Craig

05-27-2011	#5
HAWAIIZR-1 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Japan Posts: 3,105	Re: Need Help with Rim Selection Boy, do I feel for you and understand what you are going through. Rims or wheels are the most subjective thing to have to deal with on cars. It is the single most important mod that really changes the personality of a car and especially one of your color that is rare. As you stated, the 90 MY with the black trim throws a curve ball in there and I see your taste with the black wheels as I like, but you like it all black. I won't even try to give an opinion because rims are so subjective, but I just thought I would share some thoughts I went through because I also wanted to accent the black trim/molding we have on our first year ZR-1s. If you have not already done so, I tried to look for similar color combos to see how the many styles look and what caught my eye and taste. Here is a sample: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&b...aqi=g1&aql=&oq= I searched for images of yellow C4 Corvettes but as you can see other generations popped up too. I understand it makes a difference between the 90 MY and the later model solid yellow and I guess the best might be to find 84-90 MY yellow with AM rims/wheels for the best comparison. Anyway, it sounds like you have your mind somewhat made up and that is good. Another thing is money does not seem like an object to you as it was in my case and having bought my ZR-1 for $15,000 in 2003, I could not get myself to spend more that $3K on a tire/wheel package and so opted with CCWs. PC'd the centers black, then I went further to PC the centers of my stock wheels black too. So yeah, I'm a black wheel guy and my black Honda Ridgeline was dubbed with black center wheels too. If money was no object for me I wanted to have HRE build me something as I had their wheels about 20 plus years ago and loved them. When they got old I sent them back and had them rebuild them and it was reasonable and looked like new after they aged. When one got damaged in a snow storm the outer rim was replaced and the wheels was like new; one of the benefits of the 3 piece wheels. I think you made a nice choice and it will look pretty sinister looking. Best wishes in your quest. Craig __________________ Craig "ZR-1 NO KA 'OI" "ZR-1 ICHIBAN" 1995 #228 Black/Black with Dunn Heads ZR-1 owner since September 2003 ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #0074 NCM Lifetime Member #2048 Last edited by HAWAIIZR-1; 05-27-2011 at 07:03 AM.