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Done a few little things so far to my new '18 GS 2LT.
1. Carbon Flash Metallic hash stripes.
2. Carbon Flash Metallic brake intakes. Had to break up all the orange back there. Easy install.
3. Waiting on the Carbon Flash badges. Why in the heck did chevy put those dang chrome ones on?! I can see with other paint...but not Orange.
4. Waiting on the Borla x pipe.
5. Vanity plate. Love it as I'm a retired vet. So it fills two bills as they say.
Looks awesome. Mine looks almost the same, except for my machined wheels. Just realized I need to change my avatar...
Anyway, you mentioned the brake intakes were an easy install. Did you follow an install instruction? Everything I think I’ve seen from some vendors suggest you need to essentially take the whole quarter panel off.
Nice touches so far, and I agree, the Carbon Flash emblems will set it off nicely.
One other suggestion...there is another thread near the top right now talking about tinted overlays for the orange/red side reflectors. Those would look great on yours with the color scheme you have!
Looks awesome. Mine looks almost the same, except for my machined wheels. Just realized I need to change my avatar...
Anyway, you mentioned the brake intakes were an easy install. Did you follow an install instruction? Everything I think I’ve seen from some vendors suggest you need to essentially take the whole quarter panel off.
Any insights would be great before I tackle.
Thank you! Car looks awesome.
Instructions? Mine didn't come with any sad to say. But there are a few great vids on youtube on how to do it. You don't have to take the qtr panel completely off. You have to remove all the torx bit screws that hold it on under the rear hatch lid, door jam, the top one in the wheel well and the three under the gas lid. Then you roll it out from under the little qtr window. There are 3 8mm nuts that hold it on. Kinda tight gettin to them. The more you roll the panel back, the better. They spin off easy once the torque is broke on em...not self locking nuts. Spin them off by hand and don't drop them in the panel. That would be ugly! The ducts then pop out easy by releasing a few compression clips. Good luck.
Nice touches so far, and I agree, the Carbon Flash emblems will set it off nicely.
One other suggestion...there is another thread near the top right now talking about tinted overlays for the orange/red side reflectors. Those would look great on yours with the color scheme you have!
Yeah I saw that. Awesome for sure! Got me thinking on that one.....
That looks great!!!
I agree with that chrome badging crap.
My black badges are @ the dealer waiting on me to go pick them up & then finally all the chrome will be gone.
Love the hash marks too.
While not for everyone, I'd say consider the Carbon Flash mirrors as well. Do a wrap first so if you don't like it.....
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2. Carbon Flash Metallic brake intakes. Had to break up all the orange back there. Easy install.
Z06s have the black intake covers and I like them better than the painted ones on the stock GS. Did you paint them or buy new ones already painted? If you bought OEM CF, do you have the part numbers?
3. Waiting on the Carbon Flash badges. Why in the heck did chevy put those dang chrome ones on?!
Stock black on Z06, chrome on other models. If you want CF (black) on a base, Z51, or GS you pay $100. If you want chrome on a Z06 you also pay $100. Go figure, they get you coming and going. I agree that chrome badges are out of place on a car with no other chrome on the car's exterior.
Z06s have the black intake covers and I like them better than the painted ones on the stock GS. Did you paint them or buy new ones already painted? If you bought OEM CF, do you have the part numbers?
Bought them painted CF from Corvettemods.com
Stock black on Z06, chrome on other models. If you want CF (black) on a base, Z51, or GS you pay $100. If you want chrome on a Z06 you also pay $100. Go figure, they get you coming and going. I agree that chrome badges are out of place on a car with no other chrome on the car's exterior.
04-29-2018, 05:21 PM
Just some minor stuff so far
Nice touches looks great.
