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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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Tried searching... but couldn't find the writeup. Hopefully someone can link me to it. Thanks :o
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 02:08 PM
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Are you kidding?

You need new hood, bumpers, fenders etc... only very few ppl have done this. It takes major money and bodywork.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 02:20 PM
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Are you kidding?

You need new hood, bumpers, fenders etc... only very few ppl have done this. It takes major money and bodywork.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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Are you kidding?

You need new hood, bumpers, fenders etc... only very few ppl have done this. It takes major money and bodywork.

Big time!

And why would you want it? You might as well just trade in the C5. Or, if ya really want to keep the C5 get some C5R Lights if they still sell'em






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Originally Posted by lemon1438
Tried searching... but couldn't find the writeup. Hopefully someone can link me to it. Thanks :o
You obviously didnt search long enough. I found it on the second page.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...=c6+headlights

Anyways, its about a $7k conversion. The front quarter panels, hood, and bumper all need to be modified and re-painted. Corvette Specialty of California is the only one I know of that has done this conversion and thats where I got the quoted price from. Im sure other places can do it.




FYI, that is not my car.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 02MillenniumVette
You obviously didnt search long enough. I found it on the second page.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...=c6+headlights

Anyways, its about a $7k conversion. The front quarter panels, hood, and bumper all need to be modified and re-painted. Corvette Specialty of California is the only one I know of that has done this conversion and thats where I got the quoted price from. Im sure other places can do it.


FYI, that is not my car.

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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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You obviously did not read my post. I am looking for the writeup from someone who has actually completed the conversion. Not a place that can do the conversion for me. Obviously you will need the front fenders, hood, bumper, and headlights.... Thanks for the flaming. Feel free to continue wasting bandwidth.


Originally Posted by 02MillenniumVette
You obviously didnt search long enough. I found it on the second page.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...=c6+headlights

Anyways, its about a $7k conversion. The front quarter panels, hood, and bumper all need to be modified and re-painted. Corvette Specialty of California is the only one I know of that has done this conversion and thats where I got the quoted price from. Im sure other places can do it.

FYI, that is not my car.
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Originally Posted by lemon1438
You obviously did not read my post. I am looking for the writeup from someone who has actually completed the conversion. Not a place that can do the conversion for me. Obviously you will need the front fenders, hood, bumper, and headlights.... Thanks for the flaming. Feel free to continue wasting bandwidth.


Wow! Newbie bites the hand that's trying to help him. Way to introduce yourself to the Forum.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by lemon1438
You obviously did not read my post. I am looking for the writeup from someone who has actually completed the conversion. Not a place that can do the conversion for me. Obviously you will need the front fenders, hood, bumper, and headlights.... Thanks for the flaming. Feel free to continue wasting bandwidth.
Next time specify what you are looking for smart ***. As far as I know there is no one on here, besides a body shop, that has done this conversion themselves. And by the way Im not wasting anymore bandwidth than you are. Also, you havent seen me flame you yet.


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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by lemon1438
You obviously did not read my post. I am looking for the writeup from someone who has actually completed the conversion. Not a place that can do the conversion for me. Obviously you will need the front fenders, hood, bumper, and headlights.... Thanks for the flaming. Feel free to continue wasting bandwidth.
i've never seen a writeup on doing this.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by lemon1438
You obviously did not read my post. I am looking for the writeup from someone who has actually completed the conversion. Not a place that can do the conversion for me. Obviously you will need the front fenders, hood, bumper, and headlights.... Thanks for the flaming. Feel free to continue wasting bandwidth.

He was just trying to help. Converting Z06's to coupes, ZO6's to verts (such as what Carravagio does), or C6 look from a C5 body isnt a cheap process - that is if you want it done right. Thats reality.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by lemon1438
You obviously did not read my post. I am looking for the writeup from someone who has actually completed the conversion. Not a place that can do the conversion for me. Obviously you will need the front fenders, hood, bumper, and headlights.... Thanks for the flaming. Feel free to continue wasting bandwidth.
And I am looking to stick a Ferrari front end on my VW bug...do you have a write up for that?!

No?

Didn't think so.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 02MillenniumVette
You obviously didnt search long enough. I found it on the second page.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...=c6+headlights

Anyways, its about a $7k conversion. The front quarter panels, hood, and bumper all need to be modified and re-painted. Corvette Specialty of California is the only one I know of that has done this conversion and thats where I got the quoted price from. Im sure other places can do it.




FYI, that is not my car.
i saw that car last weekend in claremont california. it was at a small carshow held at one of the dealerships. i even took a video of it. honestly, i didnt even realize that it had the c6 lights on it because i was so shocked by everything else on the car.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve-C5
i saw that car last weekend in claremont california. it was at a small carshow held at one of the dealerships. i even took a video of it. honestly, i didnt even realize that it had the c6 lights on it because i was so shocked by everything else on the car.
That is a pretty cool car. I am not a fan of blue but that is very very nicely done. imagine how much $$$ he has into that? I'd say $20K atleast
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by MARK's_C5TT
That is a pretty cool car. I am not a fan of blue but that is very very nicely done. imagine how much $$$ he has into that? I'd say $20K atleast
im a huge fan of blue im just not a huge fan of the design. but ill admit it was done very nicely. i dont know if u can tell from the picture but it also looked like it had a wide body kit on it or something because the back end was reaaalllly wide (in person at least)
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And I am looking to stick a Ferrari front end on my VW bug...do you have a write up for that?!

No?

Didn't think so.
That would be a pretty funny image actually.
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/thread closed. Thanks for your help....
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Originally Posted by sxe60
Wow! Newbie bites the hand that's trying to help him. Way to introduce yourself to the Forum.
Really! Ain't there a 1000 post minimum before you can show your *** to a much saltier member like 02MV? Show some damn respect!
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