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Old 09-09-2009, 03:36 PM
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Is it just me or do the new gills on the C6 Grand Sport look sort of reminiscent of the gills on the early C4's?






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yes they do I was thinking the same thing. I saw the new GS at Carlisle and I was 100% in love. The new gills make the C6 looks so much better.
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Didn't notice until now, good eye.
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pretty much the same except the new ones are on an angle/larger
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Originally Posted by GatorGreg
Is it just me or do the new gills on the C6 Grand Sport look sort of reminiscent of the gills on the early C4's?
Which, in turn, are reminiscent of the gills on the 68 - 69 shark, which also look somewhat like the gills on the 66 - 67 Sting Ray. (I'm sensing a pattern here).
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yes,amazing !
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Originally Posted by red69coupe
The new gills make the C6 looks so much better.


I must admit, I hadn't noticed before but, dang, it DOES add to the look... I like
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gs stripes alive....
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nice to see them but I think the new gills look too "add-on"...still, it's a nice touch. now, about that big keister.......
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They definitely look like an after thought.
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They are much more reminiscent of the Ferrari 550/575 Maranello.
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the tail lights look similar too......
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Yep and it sucks...so much for my '90 being more collectible for being the last year of a Corvette with round tail light and gills
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Originally Posted by GS 163
the tail lights look similar too......
Yeah I really like how the C6 went with the simple round tailight design which I believe was the traditional shape since '61 if I'm not mistaken (no offense to our '91-'04 friends ).



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Originally Posted by 90EXPVette
Yep and it sucks...so much for my '90 being more collectible for being the last year of a Corvette with round tail light and gills
Yeah, but just think - now our "lowly" C4's look less dated
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Originally Posted by bizaro
They definitely look like an after thought.

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They look pretty good when you add in gill lights (customer's car)



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Originally Posted by Jhonathan_W
They look pretty good when you add in gill lights (customer's car)



Do they have those for C4?
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It's actually a kit we sell. We haven't tried them on a C4, but we are up for the challenge. I'm just not too familiar with the gill area on that vehicle.


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