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Old 10-21-2008, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bkazepis

I actually have the product and am a HUGE fan..first quality and well worth the money in my opinion...
Ordered mine last night the instant I saw them. The price is excellent for CNC milled billet alum. triple chrome plated part.

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Originally Posted by keith5
Ordered mine last night the instant I saw them. The price is excellent for CNC milled billet alum. triple chrome plated part.
Great, you will love them...

The dye alone costs into the thousands $$$ just to make this one part...
Old 10-21-2008, 06:51 PM
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It's like any other personal preference on our cars whether it's blacked out trim,badges, stripes or anything else - - -your car - --your choice.

I thought they looked cool - -I ordered them since my `05 doesn't have anything adorning its flanks . . . I'm not sure I'll put them on the fenders but what the hell . . .they're different looking.

To each his own . .
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Originally Posted by 07c6vette
looks great. quick question, how do you remove the existing GM chicklets? do you just pull them out? what's the safe way?
I waited for a hot day (upper 90's) and cut thru the adhesive backing with dental floss. It was a cinch.
You might try a hair blower to warm it up. Just dont scorch your paint.
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Originally Posted by 07c6vette
looks great. quick question, how do you remove the existing GM chicklets? do you just pull them out? what's the safe way?
I removed mine by getting behind them with a plastic card the size of a credit card...that started the process and i just slowly pulled to get the rest off...
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Going to order next month as a Christmas gift for myself!
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Originally Posted by vidal1313
Metal or plastic?
So which one is it ?
Makes a big difference in price...
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Really look good
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Originally Posted by matthewelle
So which one is it ?
Makes a big difference in price...
billet aluminum . . .
Old 10-21-2008, 10:06 PM
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They look cool. Hopefully they made a bunch and the price will drop down a little, Then I am in.
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Originally Posted by ZeusC6
Its a piece of plated aluminum stock my man, 1" square,,, thats all...
Right. It's nothing but a flat piece of aluminum with no machining or chrome plating.

And for those that laugh at the 3M double sided tape - you have obviously never used it. You better hope it doesn't rip the paint off the car if someone tries to improperly remove that chicklet.
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Originally Posted by need-for-speed
Right. It's nothing but a flat piece of aluminum with no machining or chrome plating.
My point is that people talk about Billet aluminum as if its the best material known to mankind, when in reality all billet means is its simply a solid piece of material.
Nothing special...

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Made in USA and worth every penny IMO.
Old 10-21-2008, 11:23 PM
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The best way to remove the old chicklets is with dental floss. After you get them off you can remove the residual tape off the car with WD40.
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Simply "Billet Aluminum" is just a description of the raw Aluminum we purchase from Keiser Aluminum. It is a high grade machining aluminum we start with as raw rectangle bars. Then we cut them up into squares with an automatic saw & put them in an 80K CNC Milling center. That machine with small small cutters mills around the entire part, over all surfaces cutting the design I programmed. After that we hand mirror polish all the parts & send them out for final Quadruple Chrome plating process which adds to the cost. These parts are all made in the USA by us in our shop, so there is no mass production of them in China or Mexico like a lot of other GM parts.

Hope that gives you a little insight into the manufacturing process of our "Speed Demon Skull" chicklets.
We also offer Free shipping on all purchases of this product.

Thank you.
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Originally Posted by Airbrush Inc
Made in USA and worth every penny IMO.


BUY AMERICAN!!!

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Old 10-24-2008, 09:01 AM
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They need to say GM, or corvette or something, otherwise it kind of just looks like a random badge thrown on the car. It does look nice though, but IMO would look nicer tied into the car.
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Very Cool! I would consider them for my C5 despite the logo design



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