Stock or Mod?
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Heel & Toe
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Stock or Mod?
Hey everyone!
I just picked up an 85 corvette in January. Should I keep my vette as is (100 percent stock) or should I mod it. I have done aftermarket electronics in my previous vehicle and think that the corvette would look and sound great with some modern additions. Also doing some actual performance mods on it would be a nice addition. But... I know the C4's are not exactly vintage vehicles and are not worth a ton of money but will they ever be a sought after collectible car? I would hate to devalue a car by modding it in the said ways. Let me know what you guys/gals think!
I just picked up an 85 corvette in January. Should I keep my vette as is (100 percent stock) or should I mod it. I have done aftermarket electronics in my previous vehicle and think that the corvette would look and sound great with some modern additions. Also doing some actual performance mods on it would be a nice addition. But... I know the C4's are not exactly vintage vehicles and are not worth a ton of money but will they ever be a sought after collectible car? I would hate to devalue a car by modding it in the said ways. Let me know what you guys/gals think!
Racer
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Here, here. There will always be someone with a cleaner, more original C4; so make it what YOU want and enjoy it.
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The C4's love lots of mod's, hey even the factory could not resist and modified the C4 by putting a quad cam LT5 engine
Callaway did a nice mod with the 88 sledgehammer 409kmh 254mph, Bugatti spent big bucks and many years to match it or beat it by the smallest of margin's
The C4's love lots of mod's, hey even the factory could not resist and modified the C4 by putting a quad cam LT5 engine
Callaway did a nice mod with the 88 sledgehammer 409kmh 254mph, Bugatti spent big bucks and many years to match it or beat it by the smallest of margin's
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Mod it.
C4 is probably never going to be a collector car. Gen 4 F Cars are worth more by a comfortable margin at this point (the C5 also will never be a collectors car either, watching the prices on those continue to drop like a rock every few months as we near the C7).
C4 is probably never going to be a collector car. Gen 4 F Cars are worth more by a comfortable margin at this point (the C5 also will never be a collectors car either, watching the prices on those continue to drop like a rock every few months as we near the C7).
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Heel & Toe
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Mod it.
C4 is probably never going to be a collector car. Gen 4 F Cars are worth more by a comfortable margin at this point (the C5 also will never be a collectors car either, watching the prices on those continue to drop like a rock every few months as we near the C7).
C4 is probably never going to be a collector car. Gen 4 F Cars are worth more by a comfortable margin at this point (the C5 also will never be a collectors car either, watching the prices on those continue to drop like a rock every few months as we near the C7).
That's a great point haha
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You can start here for only $29.99 !
http://www.bonanza.com/listings/ELEC...FUVN4AodMzYAyw
(Too early for April fools?)
But seriously, this Forum member has some good ideas here:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/vader86/
http://www.bonanza.com/listings/ELEC...FUVN4AodMzYAyw
(Too early for April fools?
)But seriously, this Forum member has some good ideas here:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/vader86/
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Lets cut the BS, shall we? You are asking because you think you want to mod it. If you even think it, you probably will end up doing it. My truck was supposed to get ONLY a program flash. Instead, it has got many other goodies. My 91 Firebird was supposed to be enough, well, the engine is in the Vette making 410 at the wheels.
COME TO THE DARK SIDE. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. SURRENDER YOUR SOUL AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR WALLET TO THE GODS OF MODS. YOU KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE.
COME TO THE DARK SIDE. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. SURRENDER YOUR SOUL AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR WALLET TO THE GODS OF MODS. YOU KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE.