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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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looks great IMO
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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Looks good!
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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Looks Great! I would love to see one on a Nassua Blue vert
In particular my Nassua Blue Vert
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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Thanks for all the thumbs up guys. As far as the negative opinions on the exhaust that's cool also, opinions are what makes forums fun. We all don't want wheel barrel handles hanging out of the back of the car.

drgilmore, the splitter is just 1/8th inch aluminum plate cut and welded together. I attached it with nutserts installed into the steel cross bumper. If you are handy with metal fabrication it shouldn't be too tough of a project nor too expensive. The plus side of the splitter project is that you don't need to mount it up until you get it right.

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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:12 PM
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Thanks for the info. Looks like I have a weekend project - don't tell the wife, her parents are coming in town this weekend.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Looks killer John! Everything is just about perfect from exhaust to splitters to the recently installed black panel
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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I am VERY interested in the overlay........ once it is $150ish.

$300-400??

Let me be the first on the planet to post that I am looking for a used one.
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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Thanks Richard!!!



I LOVE it!
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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Wow that's different! I never thought of that. That really really looks great Nice job! & thanks for sharing
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by imflyinbiya
Thanks Richard!!!

I LOVE it!
Dayuuum, that looks awesome on your Millennium Yellow with the black wheels If you have more pictures and you don't mind me using them in our ads, please email them to: corvette_enhancements@yahoo.com. That is SWEEEET
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by C5VetteLS1
Dayuuum, that looks awesome on your Millennium Yellow with the black wheels If you have more pictures and you don't mind me using them in our ads, please email them to: corvette_enhancements@yahoo.com. That is SWEEEET
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I haved washed the car yet (its been 48 hours), but will soon. I will take a buch of high quality pics next weekend and pass them your way.

I really do love it!
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by imflyinbiya
I haved washed the car yet (its been 48 hours), but will soon. I will take a buch of high quality pics next weekend and pass them your way.

I really do love it!
Thanks Bo, I appreciate it
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 03:04 PM
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Guys... any decent body shop can paint it for $200ish


Gloss black here.
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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Any body shop can paint it black for a few hundred, but if you change your mind it will likely be 600-1000 to get it MY again. This overlay is really high quality, removable, and lightweight... dont see how you can go wrong. It looks top notch on the car aswell.

Just my .02
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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^ Pshhhh... once done you'd never want to remove it
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Maybe a group buy on this item can help to get the price down (and help sell a large quantity in a short amount of time). How about it - anyone else interested?
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by USA - #1
Maybe a group buy on this item can help to get the price down (and help sell a large quantity in a short amount of time). How about it - anyone else interested?

Yup - 300 is way too high, IMHO - 400 is flat silly

Looks nice, though.
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by USA - #1
Maybe a group buy on this item can help to get the price down (and help sell a large quantity in a short amount of time). How about it - anyone else interested?
Anyone else??? Come on guys - there must be more of us interested in this item for the right price!
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 02:59 PM
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im interested at a better price!!!!
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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I'm thinking the right price max is in the 250 range
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