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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:00 PM
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i just put on a new borla stinger exhaust with dual tips (sounds great) put black letter inserts in the bumper. added louvers to the rear lights and a corvette plack between the exhaust.

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wagon wheels in pic, zo6 replicas will be put on tomorrow



is something wrong with my front bumper its not flat on the bottom like many ive seen it seems to rise up around the steel bars in the front, looks like a wave...



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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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what's wrong w/ your front bumper?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:08 PM
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the bottom doesn't go straight across, i bought it like this and dont know if its been hit. if i were to add a chin spoiler it wouldn't connect correctly to the front bumper because it doesn't lay flat. doesn't it look wavy?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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see how this bumper is flat on the botom mine is more wavy

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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:19 PM
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Back looks good...

Front looks...
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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do you think i need a new bumper? its been bothering me from the start
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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Looks like it went into a snowbank or soft dirt at one point. I mean thats a complete guess, but it definatly isn't right.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:26 PM
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thats what im thinking, i had another thread about how the drivers side front tire is basically scrubbing the inner fender on complete lock when turning to the right. do you think the frame is bent or the fender is just out of alignment? would replacing the bumper solve the problem?
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Originally Posted by DIABL0
the bottom doesn't go straight across, i bought it like this and dont know if its been hit. if i were to add a chin spoiler it wouldn't connect correctly to the front bumper because it doesn't lay flat. doesn't it look wavy?
Yes previous owner hit something
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:29 PM
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Hard to know until someone looks at it, but i would say that it is more likely just the soft front bumper. Some would say that you could replace it with the tigershark front bumper... But i say keep it original.
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what do you mean soft front bumper? i thought about the tiger shark but i can also get a used bumper in good shape for 250 so i dont know what to do as of yet
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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Like any front or rear bumper on cars, they are just molded to shape and will colapse only as far as the harder parts underneath them. By soft i mean relative to rocks or metals.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:37 PM
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being a pewter c5 will the paint be hard to match for the new bumper?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:41 PM
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^^^ it can be a beoch w/ pewter. i had mine resprayed twice because the first one was WAAYYYY off, and i'm even colorblind. it was darker then the rest of the car, then they got it right.
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Unfortunatly it depends who does it. Some paint guys are wizards in the art. You will have to research the shops. I know that some people blend by overspraying onto the undamaged parts of the car so you don't really notice the transition.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:42 PM
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did you get the second paint job free or have to pay for both?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 01:00 PM
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It looks like your middle air dam is either missing or folded up under the bumper.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 01:16 PM
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The backend looks great - I love my Borla Stingers as well!

How much was the exhaust plate?
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60 bucks shipped

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corvette-C5-...#ht_500wt_1089
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You didn't see that when you bought the car? Pretty hard to miss. It should look like this, nice and straight across!



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