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Old Jul 25, 2022 | 12:38 PM
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Dropped the car off this morning to the body shop to get the Corvette Creationz Carbon Vortex front lip installed, and took them about an hour. Now I'm patiently awaiting for the Anderson Composites TM-Style carbon fiber hood, CC carbon AC edition side skirts, and CC carbon rear diffuser to arrive to finish off the look. It's hard for me to imagine this car was stock except for some CCW's, a radio, and vinyl stripes 8 years ago when I drove it off the dealer lot





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Looks nice! Definitely post up some pics when you get the rest of the parts installed.
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Looks great! Will this alter the air flow for cooling at all?
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Looks nice! Definitely post up some pics when you get the rest of the parts installed.
Will do. Hood is supposed to ship out today, but I'm not holding my breath. Side skirts are supposed to ship 9/20, carbon rear diffuser ordered last night and supposedly have some in stock, but again not holding my breath. So hopefully with in the next 3 months I will have some updated pictures.


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Looks great! Will this alter the air flow for cooling at all?
With the gap in the middle it's supposed to assist in keeping the car cool. On the drive home(100 degree temps) with A/C full blast it crept up to 237ish. Needless to say I ordered the saccity corvettes Cool It wireless fan controller when I got home. Keep in mind I also have an intercooler, so your mileage may vary.
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I've heard mixed reviews on the cool it. I hope it works for you. Why not just retune your fans to come on sooner?
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I've heard mixed reviews on the cool it. I hope it works for you. Why not just retune your fans to come on sooner?
The car won't be going for a retune again until another major mod is complete such as meth or I crank up the boost.
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Looks good but I wouldn't be surprised if you continue having cooling issues. Generally the fans don't do anything at speed. It's an aesthetic piece, not a performance piece. I have a color matched splitter on the shelf, but I couldn't get out of my driveway without destroying it so for now it sits.
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Looks good but I wouldn't be surprised if you continue having cooling issues. Generally the fans don't do anything at speed. It's an aesthetic piece, not a performance piece. I have a color matched splitter on the shelf, but I couldn't get out of my driveway without destroying it so for now it sits.
And if so, it will be addressed at that time. Your driveway must suck. I have a steep driveway, but I'm able to get in and out just fine. The vortex splitter is one of the highest sitting lips on the market, coupled with not being lowered, I won't have the same issues as others.
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I had someone ask on the book of faces measurements. Realized Corvette Creationz doesn't have it mentioned on their website so I wanted to update this post for anyone who might come across searching. Keep in mind I'm stock ride height.

Lip sticks out 2" from the bumper and is a little over 1" lower.



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