New wheel finish spotted - polished Venom

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Most of you have seen my Gen V color combo thread, but today I found a first. The Venom wheel with the factory polished finish. Looks great, has a 2-tone appearance with gunmetal gray in the background and the outer spokes polished. I'll bet these become pretty popular, surprised nobody else has ordered them yet.

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i'm digging them. i was thinking of buying those or the Venom wheels in solid black for my LE but i kinda want to go to a 19/20 combo.
 

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Got to give credit to Gilles in one area, and that is wheel design. WOW what cool rims. What a HUGH improvement over the TERRIBLE OEM wheels that were on the GEN 3/4. YUK !

The Gen 5 wheels ALL are awesome. Not a bad design to date.

Good work Ralph. Gilles has passion.
 

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I've seen this type of wheel polish on Chrysler 300s and I like them on 300s, but I don't know if it really works with the viper IMO. I like the venom wheels but this wheel paint scheme is better suited for a luxury car than a performance car.
 

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I think it depends highly upon the color of the car. Hyper Black on a Black/Gunmetal GTS is a home run. Matte Black wheels on the Orange TA is a knock out. This white/black striped GTS may go well with matte black wheels as well. But on Stryker Red, a polished wheel works much better. Especially with the Hyper Black pockets.
 

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My salesman told me that those are now standard with the 2014 GTS, but I still opted for the Hyper Strikers, but these do look great.
 
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are these not the same wheels, they were in post 6 of the color combo thread? i'm trying to get an idea of how the venom wheels would look on my LE viper. black or polished, black or polished....
http://s466.photobucket.com/user/ynotdv8/media/2013 Viper/Gallery/gtsblue1.jpg.html
http://s466.photobucket.com/user/ynotdv8/media/2013 Viper/Gallery/GTS-01.jpg.html

Same style wheels. "Venom" style. The blue pic *might* be the same finish, but could also be hyper black. Crappy photo, hard to tell.

For an LE, I'd suggest some nice aftermarket wheels. I can help :)

Tony
 

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Does anyone know if these are replica wheels ? Replica wheels cost 1/3 the price of OEM.

Due to my budget, I would like to buy replica wheels . Anyone repoping these yet ? LMK
 
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There isn't a good market for repro wheels and Vipers, due to their 6-lug and deep width requirement. Just not enough people buying wheels to warrant the development.
 

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Nine Ball, do you have a picture of the car from a straight on view from the rear of the car. I am thinking of adding stripes to mine and want to see how it looks against the black applique around the taillights. Thanks
 
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Nine Ball, do you have a picture of the car from a straight on view from the rear of the car. I am thinking of adding stripes to mine and want to see how it looks against the black applique around the taillights. Thanks

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