Thoughts On Front?
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Thoughts On Front?
I love the styling of the C6, don't get me wrong, but the only thing that bugs me is the front nose of the car is shaped to a point. It reminds me of a pontiac firebird
. Anyone else have similar feelings or any front end mods w/pics out there? I would like to see a smooth flatter front like most sports cars.
. Anyone else have similar feelings or any front end mods w/pics out there? I would like to see a smooth flatter front like most sports cars.
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Originally Posted by CCBALDWIN
I love the styling of the C6, don't get me wrong, but the only thing that bugs me is the front nose of the car is shaped to a point. It reminds me of a pontiac firebird . Anyone else have similar feelings or any front end mods w/pics out there? I would like to see a smooth flatter front like most sports cars.
. Anyone else have similar feelings or any front end mods w/pics out there? I would like to see a smooth flatter front like most sports cars.
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The flatter front end just provides more area that the oncomming air has to travel around or hit head on instead of having a more horizontal surface that the air can flow over easier.
The design of modern aircraft use the same laws of aerodynamics to shape the nose of a plane but in both the horizontal and vertical planes which yields a cone shape ending in a point.
Not only that, it looks cool too.
The design of modern aircraft use the same laws of aerodynamics to shape the nose of a plane but in both the horizontal and vertical planes which yields a cone shape ending in a point.
Not only that, it looks cool too.
Drifting
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From: Honolulu HI
i like the sharpness of the C6 styling....
i hated the C5 and the roundness to it.....
my mom had a '71 and that was a cool car too!!!
the only firebird i liked was the one in the first "smokey and the bandit"... now that was cool....
i hated the C5 and the roundness to it.....
my mom had a '71 and that was a cool car too!!!
the only firebird i liked was the one in the first "smokey and the bandit"... now that was cool....
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From: College Park Maryland
Originally Posted by 2LT-Z51
the only firebird i liked was the one in the first "smokey and the bandit"... now that was cool....
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From: Spicewood, Texas, USA TX-Texas
Originally Posted by CCBALDWIN
I love the styling of the C6, don't get me wrong, but the only thing that bugs me is the front nose of the car is shaped to a point. It reminds me of a pontiac firebird . Anyone else have similar feelings or any front end mods w/pics out there? I would like to see a smooth flatter front like most sports cars.
Last edited by JmpnJckFlsh; Oct 6, 2006 at 10:17 AM.
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Having had 7 F-bodies, I like the styling. The C6 nose is similar to the 94-97 Trans Am which is no bad thing. With the headlights, however, the front end looks nothing like the T/A. It looks like a 550 Maranello, and that's no bad thing, either. 
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I'm surprised that nobody's came out with a hidden headlight conversion, it seems the "hot setup" for any generation is just change to the opposite of what comes on the car from the factory.
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Originally Posted by CCBALDWIN
I love the styling of the C6, don't get me wrong, but the only thing that bugs me is the front nose of the car is shaped to a point.
How many pictures have you ever seen of the front nose of a jet fighter airplane? What kind of shape does it have? Why? 'Nuf said.
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From: Long Island New York
Originally Posted by 2LT-Z51
i like the sharpness of the C6 styling....
i hated the C5 and the roundness to it.....
my mom had a '71 and that was a cool car too!!!
the only firebird i liked was the one in the first "smokey and the bandit"... now that was cool....
i hated the C5 and the roundness to it.....
my mom had a '71 and that was a cool car too!!!
the only firebird i liked was the one in the first "smokey and the bandit"... now that was cool....
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St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by SHOOTER 49
The c6 is the first vette since the 67 that I really liked, no --loved, no---needed to own. Prior to it I was more than satisfied driving a plethora of F-bodies and Mustangs.
The best design since the C2...nose and all!
