Somethings Missing What Should I Add ?
07-31-2013, 08:16 PM
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2 things missing:
1) Wider tires.
The 275s or 295s (Z06) are stupid skinny and make the car look like a low-end sports car from the rear. You need to run 345/45/18s at very minimum, the wider the better...but if you want to go wider than 345 you'll need to run 19 or 20. Problem is, the best looking wheels for the C5 are the C5 thin spokes. You'll need to get a set widened as the after market C5 thin spokes are pure garbage. Keep in mind, if they stick out at all, you just took a step backwards.
2)Exhaust.
The Z06 Ti exhaust is the best looking and most exotic. The coupe exhaust (especially with the added tips) look horrible.
Rear wing.
Don't, just don't. Unless you go with the same wing that is on the C5R don't bother and even then you better have the power to back it up.
BTW, none of this is opinion. It is pure fact backed up by pure science.
1) Wider tires.
The 275s or 295s (Z06) are stupid skinny and make the car look like a low-end sports car from the rear. You need to run 345/45/18s at very minimum, the wider the better...but if you want to go wider than 345 you'll need to run 19 or 20. Problem is, the best looking wheels for the C5 are the C5 thin spokes. You'll need to get a set widened as the after market C5 thin spokes are pure garbage. Keep in mind, if they stick out at all, you just took a step backwards.
2)Exhaust.
The Z06 Ti exhaust is the best looking and most exotic. The coupe exhaust (especially with the added tips) look horrible.
Rear wing.
Don't, just don't. Unless you go with the same wing that is on the C5R don't bother and even then you better have the power to back it up.
BTW, none of this is opinion. It is pure fact backed up by pure science.
Last edited by reactor2; 07-31-2013 at 08:22 PM.
07-31-2013, 08:47 PM
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You're obviously a fan of the blacked out look, and willing to pay the fines if pulled over, so... Ditch the matte black tinted stock tail lights. Get a set of LED halos- tinted. Tint your reverse lights. Find a lightly tinted license plate cover. SS 4" quad tips.
Oh, and wash/clay/polish/wax that black *****$^*@a! looks like it needs some attention.
Check out anything that OH1Z06 has posted. His ride is the high water mark for all black Z06s. Just my opinion, of course. Hope this helps.
Oh, and wash/clay/polish/wax that black *****$^*@a! looks like it needs some attention.
Check out anything that OH1Z06 has posted. His ride is the high water mark for all black Z06s. Just my opinion, of course. Hope this helps.
07-31-2013, 09:01 PM
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I find it funny that people suggest putting a spoiler on a non road race functioning car. a spoiler needs enough speed to effect considerable extra down force, On the other hand it just adds drag and decreases miles per gallon.
when we did the wind tunnel on the C5, ( 80 hours ) we change the trailing fascia angle to effect an increase in highway mileage, its a negative angle. So adding a spoiler to a non road racing car is like adding a fake badge, but in the case of a fake badge, it doesn't cost you anything.. adding a spoiler Like everything I always say: adding a spoiler is adding down force and drag which cost you gas mileage on a street car. people add a spoiler to add down force so they can keep the tires on the ground at 150+ in a road course car.
Aggressive on a street car? Hardly.
Some people like the look of a spoiler, but those very same people will bad mouth a fake badge. IM fairly sure that most people on this forum do not know what a spoiler will cost you every week at the gas pump.
Doesn't any one ever wonder why the very trailing edge of the C5 goes negative and why we designed it that way?
AS far as the OP question, the back end looks lifeless to me. the exhaust tips look toyish, and the lenses are boring. (Hey You asked ) I'd polish off that tint and bring them back to bright red. Get a set of Man tips, either two or four tips, when I say tips I mean a more aggressive exhaust with either two or four tips... don't try to over do it. Some times less is more if done right.
when we did the wind tunnel on the C5, ( 80 hours ) we change the trailing fascia angle to effect an increase in highway mileage, its a negative angle. So adding a spoiler to a non road racing car is like adding a fake badge, but in the case of a fake badge, it doesn't cost you anything.. adding a spoiler Like everything I always say: adding a spoiler is adding down force and drag which cost you gas mileage on a street car. people add a spoiler to add down force so they can keep the tires on the ground at 150+ in a road course car.
Aggressive on a street car? Hardly.
Some people like the look of a spoiler, but those very same people will bad mouth a fake badge. IM fairly sure that most people on this forum do not know what a spoiler will cost you every week at the gas pump.
Doesn't any one ever wonder why the very trailing edge of the C5 goes negative and why we designed it that way?
AS far as the OP question, the back end looks lifeless to me. the exhaust tips look toyish, and the lenses are boring. (Hey You asked ) I'd polish off that tint and bring them back to bright red. Get a set of Man tips, either two or four tips, when I say tips I mean a more aggressive exhaust with either two or four tips... don't try to over do it. Some times less is more if done right.
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07-31-2013, 09:04 PM
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Certainly a better looking exhaust, especially the tips. LED Halo taillights, maybe even chrome rear letter kit to add some bling.
07-31-2013, 09:06 PM
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[QUOTE=Evil-Twin;1584553579Doesn't any one ever wonder why the very trailing edge of the C5 goes negative and why we designed it that way?[/QUOTE]
Judging from the amount of dirt, dust, grass clippings, etc. on the rear of my car after a 5 minute drive, my guess is that it was designed to give it more suction than a Hoover vacuum cleaner.
Judging from the amount of dirt, dust, grass clippings, etc. on the rear of my car after a 5 minute drive, my guess is that it was designed to give it more suction than a Hoover vacuum cleaner.
07-31-2013, 09:11 PM
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07-31-2013, 09:29 PM
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07-31-2013, 10:04 PM
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I would have to agree with what everyone is saying. I would go with the Z06 exhaust tips, red tails and wider rear tires. Not the best pic off my *** but you get the idea.
07-31-2013, 10:15 PM
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could be a bad picture....but your tail lights look dulled out....get new style tail lights, like halo's...and new clear reverse lens.......optional idea... would be to put on a zr1 spoiler (looks the best to me)...new exhaust tips to give more pop....
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An ACI spoiler would do the trick.
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I find it funny that people suggest putting a spoiler on a non road race functioning car. a spoiler needs enough speed to effect considerable extra down force, On the other hand it just adds drag and decreases miles per gallon.
when we did the wind tunnel on the C5, ( 80 hours ) we change the trailing fascia angle to effect an increase in highway mileage, its a negative angle. So adding a spoiler to a non road racing car is like adding a fake badge, but in the case of a fake badge, it doesn't cost you anything.. adding a spoiler Like everything I always say: adding a spoiler is adding down force and drag which cost you gas mileage on a street car. people add a spoiler to add down force so they can keep the tires on the ground at 150+ in a road course car.
Aggressive on a street car? Hardly.
Some people like the look of a spoiler, but those very same people will bad mouth a fake badge. IM fairly sure that most people on this forum do not know what a spoiler will cost you every week at the gas pump.
Doesn't any one ever wonder why the very trailing edge of the C5 goes negative and why we designed it that way?
AS far as the OP question, the back end looks lifeless to me. the exhaust tips look toyish, and the lenses are boring. (Hey You asked ) I'd polish off that tint and bring them back to bright red. Get a set of Man tips, either two or four tips, when I say tips I mean a more aggressive exhaust with either two or four tips... don't try to over do it. Some times less is more if done right.
when we did the wind tunnel on the C5, ( 80 hours ) we change the trailing fascia angle to effect an increase in highway mileage, its a negative angle. So adding a spoiler to a non road racing car is like adding a fake badge, but in the case of a fake badge, it doesn't cost you anything.. adding a spoiler Like everything I always say: adding a spoiler is adding down force and drag which cost you gas mileage on a street car. people add a spoiler to add down force so they can keep the tires on the ground at 150+ in a road course car.
Aggressive on a street car? Hardly.
Some people like the look of a spoiler, but those very same people will bad mouth a fake badge. IM fairly sure that most people on this forum do not know what a spoiler will cost you every week at the gas pump.
Doesn't any one ever wonder why the very trailing edge of the C5 goes negative and why we designed it that way?
AS far as the OP question, the back end looks lifeless to me. the exhaust tips look toyish, and the lenses are boring. (Hey You asked ) I'd polish off that tint and bring them back to bright red. Get a set of Man tips, either two or four tips, when I say tips I mean a more aggressive exhaust with either two or four tips... don't try to over do it. Some times less is more if done right.
08-02-2013, 12:39 AM
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just sand them with 1500 grit wet-n-dry then polish them with some compound and a buffer. you have to take them out to do it though.. that should take lees than ten minutes.