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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 05:41 PM
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Picked this car up a few weeks ago
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 05:42 PM
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double post - please delete

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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 05:52 PM
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lovely wheels
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 05:59 PM
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Nice!! Looks good!!
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 06:18 PM
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Great job!
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 06:34 PM
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Hope you held on to the Magnesium Sport wheels . . . or at least got a good chunk o' change for them.

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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 06:44 PM
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magnesium wheels are gone.

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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 06:47 PM
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Nice car.
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So you painted (not sure what this is called) the roof section behind the removable top Gloss black?

I'm curious what type of paint was used?
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 08:17 PM
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So you painted (not sure what this is called) the roof section behind the removable top Gloss black?

I'm curious what type of paint was used?
It is black vinyl, not paint
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 08:33 PM
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Very nice! Love the HRE's! Thank you for posting pics!
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Car looks good either way (magnesium or HRE wheels), but since you sold the magnesium ones, then good choice.
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 09:10 PM
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Looks Good.

But I'm might be biased towards Red C5s with black accents and HRE wheels.
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Old Nov 15, 2015 | 01:52 AM
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looking good
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Old Nov 15, 2015 | 03:04 AM
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Like the black roof...and the wheels!

...and kicked the BSM's to the curb!

Now lay that girl down!

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Few weeks later
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Old Nov 15, 2015 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Navi243
Picked this car up a few weeks ago
Hey buddy it a Corvette not a car!
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Old Nov 15, 2015 | 08:25 AM
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I think it looked alot better before. I'm not a fan of the blacked out tops. Nice wheels though.
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Old Nov 15, 2015 | 01:59 PM
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nice changes that looks nice!
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Old Nov 15, 2015 | 02:25 PM
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Looking good! The wheels are a excellent mod. Enjoy
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