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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 10:18 AM
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ET,

I too love those ducts. Hadn't seen those until this post. Was leaning towards factory, but now will go with BPP... On BPP's website, they chose not to blend them in. Thinking about leaving it unblended and paint them a satin black to match the satin lower rear valence I'm planning... Will look Z06-ISH but still more custom. Do you think this is feasable?

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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SeaLawyer
ET,

I too love those ducts. Hadn't seen those until this post. Was leaning towards factory, but now will go with BPP... On BPP's website, they chose not to blend them in. Thinking about leaving it unblended and paint them a satin black to match the satin lower rear valence I'm planning... Will look Z06-ISH but still more custom. Do you think this is feasable?

Thanks,
Vaughn
I've had these ducts on my car for four years. As you probably saw on Breathless' website, they too have them glued to the outside of the rocker... and thats how I installed them four years ago... these ducts are fully functional.. But the more I looked at them the more the "I can build a better mousetrap" idea was coming to mind...So with that in mind I decided, last year to glass them in, mold them , as if they were part of the car, not something added like the Z06 style. I have a lust for knowledge and always wanted to do body work, I had been around corvettes and body work and paint all my life..
So I decided it was time for me to get busy.. and if I screwed them up , I would just pay to have someone fix them... kinda like my exercise program... I pay someone to exercise for me.. I'M at that age now
as far as two toning this mod ? Ive seen it done black on a silver car.. its a personal preference, I did not like it .. Ive also seen it done "on" the rocker in the same silver color and it looked much better. I still have some picture with it on top 0f the rocker.. if you are interested..


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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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Thanks ET! Looks sharp BOTH ways! Do you have the pics of the silver-on-silver one? Does BPP make a ZO6-matching screen for their ducts?

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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Patches
Wait a minute . . .

A guy who does 150 mph on the race track is afraid of cutting into a little piece of plastic?

Puhleeeze!

jk, Cajun!

BOK BOK BOK!!!!
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