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2002 Frankenstein Vette Z06 - Work in Progress !!!
Hey Ladies & Gentlemen,
I wanted to create a new thread to show off my 2002 Z as a work in progress.
The recently completed cosmetic work includes:
Corvette Creationz vented hood & rear fascia
Custom DRL/Blinker LEDs in front bumper (individual leds)
Red led lightbar mounted inside front quarter panel cove
Dual gauge pod mounted on A-piller with AFR and Boost
Mechanical work done:
Power steering rack
Power steering cooler
New COG pulleys for Vortech supercharger kit
Lingenfelter Oil Cooler Kit
Heavy Duty front endlinks
Wilwood drilled/slotted rotors front and rear
I will post some more pix once the car gets the remaining bodywork/adjustments done and after the Plasti Dip job is completed in a few weeks.
The plan is to dip the car a medium grey pearl metallic, then change the fender stripes to gloss black, and change the wheels to gloss black. The red pinstripe will remain around the fender stripes and will tie in to the brake calipers and to a future pinstripe that I will run along the bottom of the front lip and side of car.
Mean looking car, are those ZR1 calipers up front?
No, but I wish they were, it would be easier/cheaper to find replacement parts.
The brand is MoVit, a German aftermarket brake company. This is the largest kit that they sell for this car. It's pretty beastly (6 piston front, 4 rear, probably pretty equivalent performance to a ZR1 kit).
I actually just replaced the rotors will Wilwood rotors, because it would have cost more than $750 per rotor (without shipping) to get some actual MoVit replacements.
How much work did that rear fascia require to match the rest of the panels? Overall fitment?
It doesn't fit great, but that could be partly because of the lousy job that the previous owner did on fitting the flared rear quarters on the car.
Overall, the fitment is OK, would be better to a stock car. The fiberglass doesn't give or flex like the stock one, so it's significantly harder to get a perfect fit (I've been told).
It doesn't need to be perfect for me, because so much else on the car is not, I have to keep everything in perspective and realize that I'm building a driver, not a show car.
The hood is another story, and it did not fit worth a damn. It needed cutting on the front, modifying the front bolt holes, and it still needs to be shifted from right to left to help clean up the gaps along the edges.
fitment of the rest of the car looks good. I would take the extra time to make the rear right . You are going through all the trouble with everything else
I would put a dark tint on the LED's so they don't show up during the day. They are probably bright enough that they would still show up easily at night.
Honestly, I think the current color combo (car/wheels) is on point. I wouldn't change it...
That was my original plan, but I live in a pretty small community and no painters were available any time soon to paint the hood and rear fascia to match and the other handful of small items that needed to be fixed or modified, so I decided to go with the PlastiDip (actually liquid vinyl) because the guy that does it was available right now.
I figure, if I don't love the dip job, I can take it off in a year or two, or if I really like it, it should last 4-5 years since I don't put hardly any miles on this car. It will end up costing about 1/4 of a full new paint job.
2002 Frankenstein Vette Z06 - Work in Progress !!!
The waxers are going to sh*t a cow!! 
