K-Spaz

Was looking on Autotrader at what's out there. So I see a 2005 Yellow Coupe for what appears to be a reasonable asking price. Looking at the thumbnails, and I thought.. huh? Is that a Z06 emblem on there? Open the pic, sure enough, yep.

Now it doesn't have an LS7 transplanted in. Why do people do this. Who exactly do they think they are kidding? I noticed this in a thumbnail, and I'm not even a C6 follower.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...Index=10&Log=0

I'm also in shock at how many C5's are at an asking price of $24000 or more.

Monkey D. Luffy

asking and getting are two different things.

chipscvettec5

I say, "To each their own", but when you're trying to sell that's another thing. Take it off and get it correct. As for C5's being worth at or around $24K, generally the car is modded either in the engine bay, interior, exterior are all for that price. A stock C5 isn't near that cost IMHO.

95rtturbo

A stock Z16 C5 ZO6 with under 30K miles is worth that all day long . Also, stock / near stock is generally preferred over modded cars.

As far as the fake badging goes... Wow, I thought only Hondas did that.

MSG C5

At least he's not claiming it's a Z06 in his ad.

If the owner wants to drive around in his fake Z06 and then try to explain it to anyone who really knows Corvettes, have fun!

DDaaryl

Adding or changing badges was big back in the seventies when everyone wanted a super sport or SS 396. (or GTO, Hemi, 442, ...)More recently the ricers are into removing all the badges. My new Ram Hemi truck arrived from the factory with a 4X4 badge on the tailgate and the truck is two wheel drive. The dealer offered to remove it but I was in a hurry and told hom to leave it there.

On another note, any stock Corvette is worth more (to me and the general public) than one with mods

K-Spaz

I agree with you guys also, it's his car and he can do what he wants. I just look at it like this, you bought a Vette, it's a nice looking one, what on earth did that do for it? Furthermore ,the entire idea behind getting a Vette is so you are not in a wannabe car, why make it one?

Then on the pricing, I wasn't referring to the Low miles Z06's which would certainly bring more. I'm talking about the $26k 1Lt coupes with 75k miles... There's plenty of them too. Must be 40 within 300 miles of me. Those people are smok'n meth or something.

95rtturbo

Yeah there is a good reason why those are still for sale.

Vetteman Jack

What he does with the car is his business, but if he claimed it was a Z06 then that would be another story. Badges can always be taken off and for a sale, he should really take the Z06 emblems off the car.

dblerman

Not necessarily. Maybe "to you," yes....But 2 C5s for sale with all things being equal, one with C6 Z06 rims can easily pull an extra $500 over the other, and one with an A&A kit can pull in $1500-2000 over the other. Surely you're not trying to claim that adding a supercharger will make the car worth LESS than if it didn't have it

Rob Petyo

I don't think there was a "Z06" in 2005.

SoDiezl350

Not sure I would peg that one that on the ricers

s'noJob

Interesting. If you know Corvettes, you'll know it's not a Z06. If you don't know Corvettes, the badging isn't going to make a difference. Maybe he's trying to catch the guy in the middle who knows a bit about Corvettes, but not enough to know it's not a Z06.

Maybe he really wanted a Z06 (gasp!) and he rebadged as a pledge "that someday ..."

Maybe he bought the car that way and doesn't know it doesn't belong there.

A couple decades ago a buddy removed the badging from his Toyota and put a hood ornament from a Mercedes on it. He was surprised how many people he fooled. "Wow! Since when can you afford a Mercedes??" If one isn't around Mercedes, anything can be a Mercedes.

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CQRT

Probably ten years ago, I was looking at a couple of Mercedes SL500's . . called on one that looked nice and went to see it. It had the V8 (SL500) nomenclature on the trunk, but when I popped the hood, it was the in-line 6 cylinder- normally badged as SL320 - - same body, smaller engine and worth a lot less.

I asked the guy about it and frankly he looked embarrassed - - I told him if he was going to try and fool people- for whatever reason- the smarter idea might have been to just take the letters off the car completely.

Didn't buy it, but have always wondered about people who need to play something they're not.

K-Spaz

I thought they started in 06 as well. That's one of the first things I did a doubletake on was, "... didn't I just read 05? is that a Z06 emblem? 25 grand? Huh?"

K-Spaz

Might not make it worth "less", but it would absolutely turn some potential buyers away without even considering anything else. People can be pretty fickle.

dblerman

Would absolutely attract some potential buyers who are looking for a fast C5 as well...It goes both ways

IRON MAIDEN

I usually remove all badging on my cars but on the C5 I like them. Although I removed the one on the deck lid of my coupe. Easier to clean. I love the look of the Z06 badges and how it adds to the cove on the side of the car. Again, I have a coupe, not a Z06. My car came with the Z51 option so I had Austin Barret make me some custon billet Z51 badges for my car. I love them. Gives me the look I love with these cars and isn't trying to say it's a Z06. Plus it's a coupe so no fooling anyone anyway. But I get looks all the time from guys I think are thinking they are Z06 badges and are not looking close enough. Doesn't bother me.
And people have been building clones for years. I had a 65 GT350 Mustang clone all through HS. No Shelby badges, but had the paint job. As a teen, never bothered me having a fake Shelby. lol

esemes

A Z06 with a narrow body kit....

stealth.

DDaaryl

Given two equal cars, one original and one with an aftermarket supercharger I would without a doubt choose the stock car and suspect most others would also for reliability and resale value. I can't justify $1500-2000 for an A&A kit because I don't know what that is and I'm sure I don't need one. If I wanted a car with Z06 rims (and I'm sure they are nice) I would just buy a Z06!