Front C7 Bumper Leaked...?
07-09-2012, 03:27 PM
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This just a rebadged Camaro....gonna pass on it. At least it'll keep C6-C5 values up, and possibly increase Camaro sales. If you can't afford the Corvette emblems, at least you can buy the car as a Camaro and call it a wash.
07-09-2012, 03:38 PM
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And so it begins... this gives me flashbacks to the first C6 mock-up photos leaked. It was all white C6 panels on a jig with some quarter panel flares 
07-09-2012, 03:39 PM
#48
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Love the front bumper! Looks really fantastic.
Kinda worried about the rear. No round tail lights would be a major drag. I hate the rear on the Jalopnik rendering and unfortunately it looks pretty accurate.
Kinda worried about the rear. No round tail lights would be a major drag. I hate the rear on the Jalopnik rendering and unfortunately it looks pretty accurate.
07-09-2012, 03:43 PM
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I think I see 2 round tail lights and a rectangular back up light on each side, which are inset in the rear fascia panel in some kind of rectangular indentation.
07-09-2012, 03:44 PM
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I hope so. I don't plan on getting a C7 until its mid-cycle refresh, but I can't stand the Camaro look or the rear.
07-09-2012, 03:49 PM
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That's the back side of the fascia... what you see is probably where the rear part of the lens housing will fit through and allow the bulb/socket to insert.
07-09-2012, 03:49 PM
#53
The video has been pulled, but I grabbed a bunch of screen shots:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...e-c7s-nose.php
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...e-c7s-nose.php
07-09-2012, 03:55 PM
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07-09-2012, 03:56 PM
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Video is still on Jalopnik...hate to say it but they nailed the design!
Front looks good. As for the back...it does look just like the Jalopnik 'Camaro' rear end. I am bummed about that. Here's hoping it will look much better when seen in person.
Front looks good. As for the back...it does look just like the Jalopnik 'Camaro' rear end. I am bummed about that. Here's hoping it will look much better when seen in person.
07-09-2012, 04:04 PM
#57
Video just posted... They say C6 bumper, but it is not. At the last part of the video - you can see an actual bumper...
Thoughts?
http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/v...pers-are-made/
BOTTOM OF PAGE 2 has the Video
Thoughts?
http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/v...pers-are-made/
BOTTOM OF PAGE 2 has the Video
07-09-2012, 04:04 PM
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A C6 complaint by some has been the soft rear facia when pushed in on the back. With the rear facia on the side only about /six inches it doesn't push in as easily and was a relatively small area.
If the new C7 rear facia is as it appears in the Omaga Tool video and as drawn by Jolopnik, the rear facia sides are much wider, about half way up the rear wheel well. This would now make the sides subject to being easily pushed in as has been the back facia. It would be a strange transition from a harder material on the front two thirds of the rear quarter panel to the softer sides of the rear facia.
So, is it possible the rear facia will now be made of a harder material, similar if not the same as the rear quarter panels? That sure would get rid of that complaint though I had no problem with it on my C6.
If the new C7 rear facia is as it appears in the Omaga Tool video and as drawn by Jolopnik, the rear facia sides are much wider, about half way up the rear wheel well. This would now make the sides subject to being easily pushed in as has been the back facia. It would be a strange transition from a harder material on the front two thirds of the rear quarter panel to the softer sides of the rear facia.
So, is it possible the rear facia will now be made of a harder material, similar if not the same as the rear quarter panels? That sure would get rid of that complaint though I had no problem with it on my C6.
07-09-2012, 04:08 PM
#59
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Thanks Omega tool for finally giving us something to talk about! Now how about the interior, any supplier looking for their 5 minutes of fame? lol... Looks like Jalopnik was right on many months ago. 
07-09-2012, 04:08 PM
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