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Old 06-11-2013, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by peahead
I like silver....complemented with silver hash marks
yep! that looks really good too!
Old 06-11-2013, 11:45 AM
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I prefer the same color as body. I have a Torch Red 2011 and don't think it looks like a cartoon car. One of my favorite things about the C6 is the fixed lens headlights. When shiny and clear, the lens presents a great design feature that stands out. Contrasting colors inside lens makes it too busy in my opinion. What makes the C6 such a great look is the clean, slippery and flow of lines. Looks fast standing still.
Old 06-11-2013, 11:59 AM
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On my Jetstream Blue coupe, I pulled the body-coloured ones off and went with black along with other black accents. Looks killer now.
Old 06-11-2013, 12:15 PM
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Another vote for body-colored headlights here.
Old 06-11-2013, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AviBen
Another vote for body-colored headlights here.
Old 06-11-2013, 12:30 PM
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I want to do black headlights on my Arctic White.. that's a down the road, not super important mod.. but I will eventually do it. I do not like the color matched headlights at all.
Old 06-11-2013, 12:33 PM
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Meh... I can go either way.

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Old 06-11-2013, 12:52 PM
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I read that the body colored headlights were done to appease the people that would bitch about the exposed headlights on the C6. Makes sense to me. I almost went with the CG bezels on my AW. The more I look at them, the more I'm glad I didn't. Blends in, doesn't stand out. I still like the dark lenses on certain colors, especially on the 60th AW with the stripes. Just won a trophy and was up against some stiff competition with the dark lights.
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Old 06-11-2013, 01:06 PM
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Painted. My 13 SSB has Cyber Gray and the Z06 got carbon fiber with red accents.

Old 06-11-2013, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Tonylmiller
I think my car is perfect with body colored headlights.



On a red car, I don't like black rims or black headlights.
Over time everyone will join the Dark Side "DV"

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Old 06-11-2013, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mardis Gras
Painted. My 13 SSB has Cyber Gray and the Z06 got carbon fiber with red accents.

Damn that looks sick and unique! How did you get the red accents in the headlights? That would tie in with my future red calipers...
Old 06-11-2013, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by zcarbon
Over time everyone will join the Dark Side "DV"
Yes...it's power is just too great....the DARK SIDE will eventually consume all...
Old 06-11-2013, 02:25 PM
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Our CG GS has the silver buckets from the factory
Old 06-11-2013, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by C6ROLLER
Yes...it's power is just too great....the DARK SIDE will eventually consume all...
Or more likely the Dark Side will just consume itself and disappear.
Old 06-11-2013, 02:33 PM
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Ugly?

Better than looking like a red raccoon!

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Old 06-11-2013, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by C6ROLLER
Yes...it's power is just too great....the DARK SIDE will eventually consume all...
I'm afraid it is just a fad and black rims will just make a car look dated. But I could be wrong...
Old 06-11-2013, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Tonylmiller
I'm afraid it is just a fad and black rims will just make a car look dated. But I could be wrong...


Kind of like the Avacado and Harvest Gold appliance color fad did years ago.

The black rims are still a fringe choice on new vettes only accounting for as a selected option on about 1 or 2 percent of the vettes produced in both the 2012 and 2013 model years according to GM's official final production figures. That is the highest percentage yet for black rims. In both of the last two years chrome wheels on new vettes still outsold all other finishes combined.

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Old 06-11-2013, 02:48 PM
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I like the matching body color.
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Silver against the Cyber Gray
Old 06-11-2013, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Duro

I figured the first mod people would do to the C7 is body color those chrome headlights. Would look much better.


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