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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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looks good how do u open your doors?does the unlock button pop it open?
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 74-Roadster
GB Vette shaved his door handles and his mirrors. It's a very good look. I'll be shaving mine . . . someday.
Really? The mirrors too?
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
I watched and poked fun at the waxers.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1826211

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1826214

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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Tx Ray-C5
Yes... and as you can see they look much better molded in than tacked on.
Originally Posted by Mudvayne387
Do you only have to paint the area in wich the handles were filled, or the whole door ?
You blend the paint out and clear the entire door. With most colors you'll have to blend and clear the 1/4 panel too.
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looks good how do u open your doors?does the unlock button pop it open?
Key fob w/ poppers and a popper hidden on the car and a manual pull chord hidden somewhere.
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Really? The mirrors too?
Yeah... Gary shaved the mirrors... we put cameras in the fenders that play through his computer screen in the dash... it's incredble.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
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I prefer "Sniper".
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by NemesisC5
I think EG did this to Grond, I definetely remember him showing a bunch of boxes of mods & there was a "shaved door kit"

Originally Posted by 74-Roadster
GB Vette shaved his door handles and his mirrors. It's a very good look. I'll be shaving mine . . . someday.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B

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Originally Posted by YELLOHHH
I prefer "Sniper".



I love the way it looks on Gary's but Mike's does not grab me as much, but I really think it is because of the lighter color of Mike's car.

They did a really good job on them...they look like the doors were made that way...anyone interested in doing this but wanted to see a car, I would reccomend one of these two.

I forgot who asked the paint question, but I have three words concerning that, blend, Blend, & BLEND.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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as noted, SMC is tough to work with, it's not excluvise to the C5's, most of the trucks you see on the road today are made out of SMC
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hey don't count me out!!!!
Is there really only four people on this forum that has the guts to do this?!?!? haha, i love the way it looks!

an alternative way, and much cheaper and easier way to open the doors is to use the WINDOW VALET, roll your windows down and open the door from the inside, and get out and roll them up! May not be ideal, but works for me!





i also have a few of the whole process if anybody wants me to post them up, i will be happy to. Me and a friend did mine too. He is the one that painted my car also!
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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so you say, when battery dead.....there is a way in...
mmmmmmmm....ok, & where do you park at night.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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Looks awesome, im sold ! thanks everyone
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