c5 corvette odd color combo info?
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c5 corvette odd color combo info?
hey guys, im new to the forum, thought id make a thread with my question and an intro at the same time if thats cool lol... Names Dave, live about 10 miles from Albany ny, have some cool toys, a 93 viper, a 68 mustang, an 88 mustang gt, an infiniti g37xs and of course a corvette, a 98 c5 auto vert.....
Soo i bought the vette recently and its torch red........... with maroon interior which imo is horrible... I already bought black seats for it and am in search for a black carpet and door panels, but was told red/red combo is rare and im stupid for changing it?
Can someone please verify this is wrong so i can continue or school me on how this is desireable?
Thanks
Soo i bought the vette recently and its torch red........... with maroon interior which imo is horrible... I already bought black seats for it and am in search for a black carpet and door panels, but was told red/red combo is rare and im stupid for changing it?
Can someone please verify this is wrong so i can continue or school me on how this is desireable?
Thanks
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If by maroon you're referring to firethorn then yes it's pretty rare. But my opinion is that it's rare for a reason I personally don't like it either.
Did you get a good deal on the car to overlook the unattractive interior?
Did you get a good deal on the car to overlook the unattractive interior?
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Good luck and post pics!
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Red cars are faster. At least, they feel faster.
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cars currently at the shop getting some work done, but heres a few pics that you can kind of see the interior... and id like the think i got a great deal.. it has almost 120k miles on it, but i only paid 7700... bought to throw an A&A supercharger on it and weekend drive/track it, but would like to have a semi decent looking car first and the interior is extremely bothersome haha... cars stock now aside from powdercoated oem wheels and an slp loudmouth exhaust.
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Wow! I've never seen that combo before. I think the seats are the original stock, non-sport seats. You can probably find some nice used black carpet and seat skins as they are relatively common. What color top does it have?
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as far as carpet goes, as far as i know the vert carpet is different from the coupe carpet and surprisingly finding black vert carpet is hard enough to find and even harder to find cheap.. Thought id pay $100-150, people want $500 which I can get brand new oem quality carpet never used for even cheaper :/
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Looks like you got a steal and almost 1/2 price of similar cars with the same mileage.,.Firethorn red interior was RPO 943 and although rare it was available with a Torch Red exterior but it goes together like oil and water IMO
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i hear you.. firethorn seats are def coming out now that i know it doesnt hurt value at all lol.