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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Looks awesome much much better
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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Looks great on MY and you made the right choice in getting the LED bulbs, I love mine
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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Looks great on MY and you made the right choice in getting the LED bulbs, I love mine
Good to hear. I cannot wait for UPS to show up with my Smoked Chrome Reverse Lights and the 18LED Tower Bulbs to complete the look
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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I love it !
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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HI Richard, I spoke to you this afternoon regarding the Blackouts and Halo's, I'm the guy from WI. Does the yellow vette above have the standard balck cherry halo's, or are they a little darker? Please send me a pm. Thanks!
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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Love the blackout look! Very looking!

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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by krm_wi_C5
HI Richard, I spoke to you this afternoon regarding the Blackouts and Halo's, I'm the guy from WI. Does the yellow vette above have the standard balck cherry halo's, or are they a little darker? Please send me a pm. Thanks!

I am not Richard, but these are the standard Black Cherries on my MY

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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mojo1
I love it !
There is something about your vette I love
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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Did you paint your rear bumper over the exhaust or is that a stick on? It looks too shiney to be a stick on.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Apaolo
Did you paint your rear bumper over the exhaust or is that a stick on? It looks too shiney to be a stick on.
It is painted. I used Richey Collision in Houston.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by kidd
Those black cherrys look really good on the yellow real nice looking vette
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by mjmc1273
It is painted. I used Richey Collision in Houston.
They did mine also ! ,its almost like looking in the mirror.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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Really looks great, only thing left to do is color in the corvette lettering in the bumper black
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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Ohh! Yeah! Lookin' good!

Mine are on the way for my '98 I put some of the static cling ones on just to see how I would like them and I DO! So the black out kit is on it's way!

Looks Good, nice Vette! Black lights compliment the Yellow!

Thanks,Matt
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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Looking good, except for the Corvettes of Houston license plate frame.
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Originally Posted by Tom/99
Looking good, except for the Corvettes of Houston license plate frame.
I know. My wife had the same comment. So, now she is looking for plate frame that is more fashionable
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Looks good!
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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 05:52 AM
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Looks good!

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