Lowered, de-badged, sinister - "this car eats children"
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2020 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (appearance mods)
C6 of Year Winner (appearance mods) 2019
2018 C6 of Year Finalist
St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
Congrats, beautiful car! Too bad about the vehicle stickers on the windshield though.
#43
Drifting
Absolutely Beautiful an Awesome looking car. Let me throw you 3 potential suggestions. Call Pete at Showstopppers and put on the even larger rear spoiler. Then call ACS and put on a front splitter and also the aggresive looking side rockers. Then your car would even be more "aggressive" looking. And don't forget to get the custom liscense plate that says:"ETSKIDS". Ha-Ha.
#44
Racer
rattle can job on the "retainer." i was able to work loose all tabs on the grill insert save for the last one and ended up ripping it off in a fit of rage. i had started with the vinyl kit, but quickly f'ed it up and threw it away.
OMG I bought the tool as well and got to the last tab then "snap" got her right now but man i feel ya Looks like a beast...
OMG I bought the tool as well and got to the last tab then "snap" got her right now but man i feel ya Looks like a beast...
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Take the broken tab and dremel it into a "spade", slip it back in the slot with a dab of silicone and it'll hold forever, not too big of a deal. I'm running two broken ones, no one could ever tell.
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thanks everyone for the comments on both my car and my photography. much appreciated.
the adhesive on the flags is a bit different then that on the other badges. it's a thicker, foamy, rubber core with two sides of adhesive that comes up rather quickly once you get the flags off.
what i did is heat the flags with a hair dryer for around 30 seconds until the emblem was very warm to the touch. next, i worked floss up under a top corner and started to saw and pull simultaneously towards me (away from the car) until a had about an inch of the corner free. then, i placed a flat head screwdriver behind the emblem and pulled toward me, NOT using the screwdriver for any leverage against the paint (i was not prying it off) until i had enough of a purchase on the emblem to get a finger behind it and pop it off.
you can pull the foam adhesive core off in large chunks and use goo gone or 3M adhesive remove to take off the clear tape-like adhesive that's left.
i had NEVER worked with vinyl before and that **** is microns thin. i couldn't seem to get a good purchase for an anchor point and ended up with the strip coming completely off of the backing and getting dirt all over it on the floor. i'm sure that most people can handle it, but i have zero patience for something so tedious.
fred, i took the pics. i'm brad white. it's a hobby of mine. i shoot with a nikon D7000 and i used a nikon 85/1.8G lens yesterday that was wide open at F1.8 or F2 for most of these shots. the side profile shot was done with my fuji x100s, a fixed lens camera (23MM) at F4.
what i did is heat the flags with a hair dryer for around 30 seconds until the emblem was very warm to the touch. next, i worked floss up under a top corner and started to saw and pull simultaneously towards me (away from the car) until a had about an inch of the corner free. then, i placed a flat head screwdriver behind the emblem and pulled toward me, NOT using the screwdriver for any leverage against the paint (i was not prying it off) until i had enough of a purchase on the emblem to get a finger behind it and pop it off.
you can pull the foam adhesive core off in large chunks and use goo gone or 3M adhesive remove to take off the clear tape-like adhesive that's left.
fred, i took the pics. i'm brad white. it's a hobby of mine. i shoot with a nikon D7000 and i used a nikon 85/1.8G lens yesterday that was wide open at F1.8 or F2 for most of these shots. the side profile shot was done with my fuji x100s, a fixed lens camera (23MM) at F4.
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Safety Car
#52
Le Mans Master
Very nice, thank goodness you didn't go with chrome wheels!
#53
Drifting
Oh, I also wanted to congradulate you on thinking ahead of the game and covering up the silver bar in the front grille. I can't even put into words on a real dark colored car with black wheels just how "bad" that silver bar looks on these cars. I still to this day can't believe GM allowed that to get out to the public. It just looks hideous. Your car is totally awesome.
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Instructor
#56
Le Mans Master
Don’t drive it through a school zone! Car looks great!