andrew69_04

Most of you have probably seen this car before. Was built by one of the website founders of smokinvette. Long story short, this car was wrecked last year and sent off to the scrap yard. Very minor damage. It ended up at my shop here in Colorado, and we wanted to bring it back to the street, but with a few updates in the appearance section.

This was the car years ago when the forum was started


Picture from Fast and Furious 4 film shooting:


Car has no 3rd/4th gear and a light hit in the front end. photos from the INS company.



Got the body all finished up and she looks sweet. Still have to do all the lights and grilles up front. Going with the ZR1 splitter up front as well.
Driveline will be coming out next week for a trans overhaul, and a few more upgrades to push the power over the 1000 mark.






This is where we are at currently. Still am undecided as to what we want to do with the wheels. Currently has the original HRE wheels all in flat black. Really want to know what you all think would go best for a wheel combo as were consider sending these back to HRE for refinishing so please share your opinions!!!

Just wanted to share what we were doing and show off the satin white pearl we put down!

Not So Fast

Looks way better than the shiny black But the wheels should be shiny black with maybe a silver highlight stripe on the outer rim ??
Looks good bud Bright blue calipers ???
NSF

LMB-Z

I'm not a fan of black wheels at all but I think they look good on that car.

Joe B.

Smokin'! just the way it is.

let er eat

Nice car...those stickers are horrid...unless you are going for the ricer look

enventr

I agree remove those decals for a cleaner look

CadVette

Yep. Stickers look so tacky. Makes it look like more of a ricer indeed. I even hate the look of the state inspection sticker on my windshield that I have to have.

tri08sbc

The paint is excellent. Good job on that. The stickers detract from the paint. Wheels are pretty decent with the flat, but shiny black would probably look better. IMO

Wetrudgeon

The car has a very strong visual appeal as is, but we agree that removing the stickers would further improve the overall look. What about some black chrome wheels?

We trudge on.

Welker1

Looking good, nice job at bringing it back to life ... like the new color scheme much better

wayback

The car was originally built with donated parts thus the decals.
Looks great, good to see your bringing it back.

Any idea if his brothers black C6 is still around?

wayback

Last time I saw it , it looked like this.

4SUMERZ

Looking good, but it got rained on... doesn't that make it a right off????
Glad that it got brought back to life.

corvette312

The stickers is what distinguish the car of being the original "star" of the film.

PDsVettes

IMO, the original front bumper cover looks better than the Z06 style bumper cover. Just too busy up front with both scoops.

AORoads

Maybe be diff and change the wheels to chrome.

andrew69_04

Ill post up a few more photos of this next week. like the comments guys! keep them coming

jrose7004

Loose the decals and it would look much better.

trebor8008

Color match the calipers in White, get the tinted Onyx taillights, and then think about removing the stickers if it bothers you.

thewb

Maybe it's time to do something a little different and bring the car to the new era with one of HRE's brand spanking new S2 Series wheels.