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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 05:16 PM
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I thought this would be an intersting poll - do you like side molding on the corvette, or not?
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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You must be new to the corvette forum this question has been asked many times before.For myself yes i like bsm"s on my vette and any other car that i have had
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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I have them but can take em or leave em
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 06:03 PM
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You must be new to the corvette forum this question has been asked many times before.For myself yes i like bsm"s on my vette and any other car that i have had
I did a search before posting and didnt find anything in "poll" format

Plus - its my first poll and I wanted to test how to do it

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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by charlene
You must be new to the corvette forum this question has been asked many times before.For myself yes i like bsm"s on my vette and any other car that i have had
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 06:17 PM
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Probably wouldn't have ordered it that way, but I kind of like 'em.
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Wow - those little guys are really pounding the heck out of that dead horse
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by WildTurkey
I thought this would be an intersting poll - do you like side molding on the corvette, or not?




Now to answer your question and possibly start World War 3

I hate them with a passion...you couldn't pay me to have them, they ruin the flow of the body style, they should be outlawed, they make the Vette look like a ricer, I will remove them for Vette owners free of charge, I turned down an additional $5000 discount if I bought a new Vette(in 2004) instead of ordering mine...even though they give an added 30 HP and stabilize the vehicle at warp speeds>>> I still hate them. You have to be ghey to like BSMs...Just to look at a Corvette with BSMs makes me ...Why in God's name would any human being want to have those fugly BSMs on their Corvette?
I once firebombed a Corvette because it had BSMs...

Did you catch on yet? ...I don't really care if someone has BSMs or not...all of the above just sounded funny...serious...each to their own
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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I had them and removed them last weekend. I like it a lot better without them. It's what a Vette should look like IMO.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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Lose 'em! BSM is an aberration that looks ridiculous on C5. Sure, if you're driving and parking in mid-town Manhattan they might be useful. People who say that they like them are saying it, largely, because their car came with it and they got used to it. (Like you might get used to a pair of uncomfortable shoes.)

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Originally Posted by jon c
I have them but can take em or leave em
I don't have them but can take 'em or leave 'em.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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I have them on my car. If I didn't have them I would not add them, but I don't dislike the mouldings enough to remove them. I don't like them on the car, but like I said, I wont take them off.
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Originally Posted by Carz4Toyz
I don't like them on the car, but like I said, I wont take them off.
Bro, it's pretty easy! Do a search here on CF.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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Got them and like them enough said.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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The polls are always almost dead even! I like em, but somtimes i dont!

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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Carz4Toyz
I have them on my car. If I didn't have them I would not add them, but I don't dislike the mouldings enough to remove them. I don't like them on the car, but like I said, I wont take them off.
Great looking hood
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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When I first got my car I didn't like them. Over time, they have grown on me and I've seen quite a few sweet vettes with them. So, it's whatever floats your boat.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Singer Island C5
Bro, it's pretty easy! Do a search here on CF.
Oh, yes I do know how, I have seen the other 23 posts on this subject. I am leaving them on, not because I can't take them off, but because while I like it better without them it is not bad enough to make me want them off my car.

Also, now that the hood is added, the lines work better now for some reason. Maybe I am just getting used to it.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Had 'em. Ripped them off.
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