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merim123 01-13-2013 09:53 PM

c7 parts to fit on c6?
 
This thread is about what we can retrofit to our cars. I personally really like those competition seats, wonder if I'll be able to replace my stock z06 seats. I'm curious what that 7 speed trans will be strength wise and also if the steering that is 5x better could be adapted to our cars.

Anything else?

cruzin2 01-13-2013 10:12 PM

I'm sure that are many that would be intersted in this c5 and c6.

toxin440 01-13-2013 10:24 PM

wonder if the C7 guys will be trying to retrofit our tail lights somehow, HAH

WICKEDFRC 01-13-2013 10:25 PM

I been thinking.....


I wonder how the Stingray emblems would look on my C6Z06.


Hahahahahah

jwmgr8 01-14-2013 09:13 AM

Custom seats will be less expensive than new C7
I like my 2013 seats

merim123 01-14-2013 01:07 PM


Originally Posted by jwmgr8 (Post 1582825054)
Custom seats will be less expensive than new C7
I like my 2013 seats

I don't like my 2008 seats, these look a lot nicer. My point is as these things get to wrecking yards, or parts are reasonable to order direct through GM, what would be worth retroactively adapting? To me, the seats are a perfect example.

palindrome1H 01-14-2013 01:33 PM

Steering would not be worth the cost of swapping. It's now electronically assisted instead of hydraulic. It has all new mounting points.

Mookster 01-14-2013 01:33 PM

OP, you can retro fit that C7 rear end all you want :rofl:

RegnaR 01-14-2013 01:42 PM

would be down with those seats!

sublime1996525 01-14-2013 01:42 PM

The seats will probably be more expensive than using Caravaggio. Plus I'm guessing the electronic connectors for the air bags and what not's will be different.

lemans 01-14-2013 02:54 PM

Seats for sure. I wonder if the brakes as shown are better than our Z06 brakes, they are made by Brembo.

wolf8218 01-14-2013 03:02 PM


Originally Posted by lemans (Post 1582829316)
Seats for sure. I wonder if the brakes as shown are better than our Z06 brakes, they are made by Brembo.

I doubt the Brembo brakes will be on the base model.

lt1z 01-14-2013 04:00 PM


Originally Posted by wolf8218 (Post 1582829425)
I doubt the Brembo brakes will be on the base model.

Brembo brakes are an upgrade on the Z51 package.

EdsC6Z06 01-14-2013 04:29 PM

C7 seats would be a nice upgrade if they would fit. Carvaggio also very nice but $$$$.

Bill Dearborn 01-14-2013 04:32 PM


Originally Posted by jwmgr8 (Post 1582825054)
Custom seats will be less expensive than new C7
I like my 2013 seats

After the junk yards get the first 20 or 30 crash victims that won't be an issue. Everybody drives on used parts.

Bill

'06 Quicksilver Z06 01-14-2013 04:35 PM

Might be able to use the rotors.

Screamin Z 01-14-2013 05:38 PM

a birdy told me the frame hasnt changed much.. I.E. Mounting points for control arms, Coils and subframes.

glenB 01-14-2013 08:00 PM


Originally Posted by lt1z (Post 1582830164)
Brembo brakes are an upgrade on the Z51 package.


Originally Posted by Screamin Z (Post 1582831462)
a birdy told me the frame hasnt changed much.. I.E. Mounting points for control arms, Coils and subframes.

Might want to read this

http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/c...d-uber-gallery

Mr. Gizmo 01-14-2013 09:28 PM


Originally Posted by toxin440 (Post 1582820848)
wonder if the C7 guys will be trying to retrofit our tail lights somehow, HAH

The C7 - is "ferrari business like" in the front end and "Camaro Mullet like" on the back end. -- GM brought the pontiac Azteck designers out of retirement to work on the back end of the C7.

'06 Quicksilver Z06 01-14-2013 10:12 PM


Originally Posted by merim123 (Post 1582820250)
This thread is about what we can retrofit to our cars. I personally really like those competition seats, wonder if I'll be able to replace my stock z06 seats. I'm curious what that 7 speed trans will be strength wise and also if the steering that is 5x better could be adapted to our cars.

Anything else?

Lot of talk about those seats. But if you look at the high res pics of them at 1280x850, and then blow that image up to full screen, they're the same cheap stuff which has shown up in Vettes for years.


Originally Posted by JAGWelborn (Post 1582818799)
http://s7.postimage.org/jreu6jriz/33...tte_reveal.jpg
Same cheap vinyl on the sides

http://s7.postimage.org/yv5loe3a3/36...tte_reveal.jpg

Same "pleather"/"leatherette" side bolsters and headrest.

http://s7.postimage.org/inzb8bw9n/37...tte_reveal.jpg

Leatherette with exceptionally poor "fit and finish" at the "carbon fiber". Single stitching where they thought they could get away with it around the pillar area of the headrest. As per usual, a good portion of the seat, as in the C6, is vinyl.

Pleather, vinyl and cheap plastic wherever they could put it.


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