New Vette owner
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From: Peoria AZ
New Vette owner
Thought I should do an introduction since I've been lurking the forum the past year. I purchased my vette a year ago after parting ways with my 03 g35 coupe sport package. The car was clean and ran well, but it had some small imperfections that bothered me. I had the trunk lid repainted since the clear was peeling from vinyl graphics it had in the past as well as the front driver side of the bumper had some rash from a curb I'm guessing. The car came with the B&B Route 66 exhaust, but I opted for the slp lm right away since I had the same exhaust on a z28. I got tired of the gurgle of the exhaust since it was still stock so it was traded from the mid America borla style exhaust. Since the cats were going bad, I recently upgraded to the xs power longtube headers and x pipe and love the sound. The last big change came to the wheels and stance of the car. I've lowered the vehicle on stock bolts at this time and sold the black c6 z06 style wheels and was able to find BBS LM's from a member on here and had the lips polished to a shine. My next plan is to have the car tuned to pass emissions here in AZ. The only other mods done to the car is the short throw shifter, vararam intake, and the lmc5 module.
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Is that a wrap on the bottom of the rear bumper? If so, do you know about how much it would cost to have an average shop do the same thing to my Corvette? The car looks great. You said that is the SLP exhaust? Very nice Corvette. 
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The lower valance and top hoop are both painted. The current exhaust and the one in the pics is the midamerica. The slp wasn't around too long. Thanks for the great feedback everyone!
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Car looks great and congrats on your C5.
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From: Peoria AZ
I finally removed the bsm's after some friends kept telling me to do it. After seeing a few vettes with them off, I decided to take them off. Definitely looks a lot sleeker. I still have them in case I change my mind later on
