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Widebody Question . . .
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Widebody Question . . .
Might be beating a dead horse but . .
Want to do a widebody on my '06 Roadster. Will the GS quarters and ZR1 front fenders and facial bolt straight on? Mostly concerned with the quarters.
Want to do a widebody on my '06 Roadster. Will the GS quarters and ZR1 front fenders and facial bolt straight on? Mostly concerned with the quarters.
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I suggest that you do a serach under wide body and you will get a lot more info from a whole bunch of other threads. Here's mine
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ject-with.html
There are two vendors that sell GM parts here and I believe that they have a direct bolt on rear quarter kit for your car
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ject-with.html
There are two vendors that sell GM parts here and I believe that they have a direct bolt on rear quarter kit for your car
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There are a couple of vendors here that make Z-06/ZR-1/GS rear quarter panels for convertibles. The GM quarters are for coupes and will not fit convertibles without some modification. As for the front fenders, the GM fenders will bolt right on providing you also change the nose cover to the Z-06/ZR-1/GS nose (all wide body nose covers are the same). There are also some vendors here that make ZR-1 fenders for a std. nosed C-6. I am not aware of anyone making Z-06 or GS front fenders for a standard nose C-6 at this time.
Use the search function for wide body conversion. That should give you lots of information on the subject. I'm sure anyone who has additional information on the subject will chime in here.
Use the search function for wide body conversion. That should give you lots of information on the subject. I'm sure anyone who has additional information on the subject will chime in here.
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There are a couple of vendors here that make Z-06/ZR-1/GS rear quarter panels for convertibles. The GM quarters are for coupes and will not fit convertibles without some modification. As for the front fenders, the GM fenders will bolt right on providing you also change the nose cover to the Z-06/ZR-1/GS nose (all wide body nose covers are the same). There are also some vendors here that make ZR-1 fenders for a std. nosed C-6. I am not aware of anyone making Z-06 or GS front fenders for a standard nose C-6 at this time.
Use the search function for wide body conversion. That should give you lots of information on the subject. I'm sure anyone who has additional information on the subject will chime in here.
Use the search function for wide body conversion. That should give you lots of information on the subject. I'm sure anyone who has additional information on the subject will chime in here.
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Were you hoping to buy painted fenders? OEM panels will come unpainted. You can buy painted panels but you are better off having it done locally where you can accept/reject the results.
Paint match is a completely different conversation, fortunately VR is a relatively easy color to match and if the shop is good, you should not have to blend the paint into the surrounding panels.
Paint match is a completely different conversation, fortunately VR is a relatively easy color to match and if the shop is good, you should not have to blend the paint into the surrounding panels.
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Short answer is yes. Your only issue is the gap between the inner fenders in the front and the front quarters. The inner fender is bonded and hard to replace. Most don't. The Rear GS quarters bolt right up with replacement GS inner fenders. My quarters predate the GS and are from Caravaggio. The inner fenders are OEM Z06. Unless you just like the ZR1 look, the GS front quarters are about 1/2 the cost of the ZR1 CF quarters.
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Were you hoping to buy painted fenders? OEM panels will come unpainted. You can buy painted panels but you are better off having it done locally where you can accept/reject the results.
Paint match is a completely different conversation, fortunately VR is a relatively easy color to match and if the shop is good, you should not have to blend the paint into the surrounding panels.
Paint match is a completely different conversation, fortunately VR is a relatively easy color to match and if the shop is good, you should not have to blend the paint into the surrounding panels.
Short answer is yes. Your only issue is the gap between the inner fenders in the front and the front quarters. The inner fender is bonded and hard to replace. Most don't. The Rear GS quarters bolt right up with replacement GS inner fenders. My quarters predate the GS and are from Caravaggio. The inner fenders are OEM Z06. Unless you just like the ZR1 look, the GS front quarters are about 1/2 the cost of the ZR1 CF quarters.
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Short answer is yes. Your only issue is the gap between the inner fenders in the front and the front quarters. The inner fender is bonded and hard to replace. Most don't. The Rear GS quarters bolt right up with replacement GS inner fenders. My quarters predate the GS and are from Caravaggio. The inner fenders are OEM Z06. Unless you just like the ZR1 look, the GS front quarters are about 1/2 the cost of the ZR1 CF quarters.
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Good luck.Ron
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Check with a certain X forum vendor who is responsible for kick a$$ mods like mild to wild and custom under hood parts.I think he has a solution if I remember correctly.If you don't know who I mean pm me for his INFO!!!
Ron
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