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03-18-2026, 10:13 AM
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Drives: 2011 LS auto Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Albany NY
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Check your wheels!
Some advice for anyone buying a Camaro (or any car really)- make sure the wheels weren't painted black instead of originally black! I got my Inferno Orange Camaro last June and wanted one with black wheels, found one, but as it turns out the wheels were actually chrome and were painted by a previous owner. How do I know this? Now that the car has experienced its first upstate NY winter, the paint (or whatever was covering the chrome) is peeling off everywhere. I'm not sure if they dipped/powdercoated/rattle canned, etc these wheels, but they didn't do it correctly at all. Painting over chrome seems like a mistake anyway, but it's too late to go back now obviously. I'll post up a couple pictures later when I leave work. You'll love the way this looks
 I'll be looking at getting actual black wheels very soon I guess. |
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03-18-2026, 10:43 AM
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          Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: central florida
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If you can get the black gook off you can probably sell the chromies if they look giood.
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03-18-2026, 12:21 PM
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Drives: 2011 SS-RS Join Date: May 2011
Location: FLORIDA
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https://www.phastekperformance.com/deals-sales/
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03-18-2026, 04:48 PM
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Drives: 2010 2LT/RS Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Palm Coast, FL
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That is a bummer. Try getting a high pressure hose on them real good and see if they peel off. Then clean them up and sell them for black wheels that you actually want.
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03-18-2026, 09:28 PM
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Drives: 2015 SS/RS M6 Commemorative Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Arizona
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Wondering if its paint or plasti dip?
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03-19-2026, 08:22 AM
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Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: central florida
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A decent pressure washer would probably work miracles.
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03-19-2026, 10:04 AM
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Fast Cars and Old Guitars
Drives: 2015 2SS RS (L99, baby!) Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: N. CA
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The 'ol PlastiDip mod!
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03-19-2026, 03:40 PM
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The BBOMG fill-in husband
Drives: 2015 2SS/RS 1LE AKA V1LE Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Elmira, NY
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Probably plastidip, that's what I did back in the day and it looked good when I did it
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03-19-2026, 03:41 PM
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The BBOMG fill-in husband
Drives: 2015 2SS/RS 1LE AKA V1LE Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Elmira, NY
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Just rub your finger on where it's peeling, should ball up or rub off
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03-20-2026, 05:01 PM
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Drives: 2011 LS auto Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Albany NY
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03-20-2026, 05:04 PM
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Drives: 2011 LS auto Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Albany NY
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These will be here next week. |
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03-20-2026, 09:52 PM
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Drives: 2015 SS/RS M6 Commemorative Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Arizona
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04-03-2026, 12:53 PM
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Drives: 2011 LS auto Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Albany NY
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All set now, these look much better. |
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04-03-2026, 02:58 PM
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Most definitely!! Really like those. Congrats on the fix!
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