Just curious, with all the money in mods, would it have been cheaper just to trade up? Or, do you just like the C5?
Z06 influence
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 7,750
Likes: 172
2015 C6 of the Year Finalist
I'm not one of those purists who get their draws all bunched up whenever they see a Corvette with the slightest deviation from stock.
I can appreciate all kinds of mods if they're tastefully done.
Your C5 most certainly fits into the "tastefully done", category, and looks very good in my opinion.
However, having said that, I would caution you about going any further.
It looks great right now.
Anything more could easily be too much, and you certainly don't want that "over done" look. We've all seen too much of that.
I can appreciate all kinds of mods if they're tastefully done.
Your C5 most certainly fits into the "tastefully done", category, and looks very good in my opinion.
However, having said that, I would caution you about going any further.
It looks great right now.
Anything more could easily be too much, and you certainly don't want that "over done" look. We've all seen too much of that.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,510
Likes: 43
From: Tulsa OK
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 8,238
Likes: 0
From: Lakeland, Center of Florida Fl
I think it comes down to enjoying what you have and making it different than others out there. I know I would be giving up a lot moving up to a C7 and this guy might feel same about a C6
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 7,750
Likes: 172
2015 C6 of the Year Finalist
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 7,155
Likes: 44
From: If you wanna live life on your own terms, you gotta be willing to crash and burn Florida
I'm not one of those purists who get their draws all bunched up whenever they see a Corvette with the slightest deviation from stock.
I can appreciate all kinds of mods if they're tastefully done.
Your C5 most certainly fits into the "tastefully done", category, and looks very good in my opinion.
However, having said that, I would caution you about going any further.
It looks great right now.
Anything more could easily be too much, and you certainly don't want that "over done" look. We've all seen too much of that.
I can appreciate all kinds of mods if they're tastefully done.
Your C5 most certainly fits into the "tastefully done", category, and looks very good in my opinion.
However, having said that, I would caution you about going any further.
It looks great right now.
Anything more could easily be too much, and you certainly don't want that "over done" look. We've all seen too much of that.
I think you've done enough with the body at this point. Actually I think the vent on the rear/quarter panel makes the car look too bunched together or almost like it kills the flow of the scoop leading from the front quarter through the door. I think if you loose those vents it would flow perfect. Then you could put some mild side-skirts on it, but it the vents are permanent I think the side-skirts would be over-kill.
I love the C5 styling too. If I had the funds I'd buy an 01 MY again, someday I hope to own that and a few others. The ride of a C5 feels more racecar like than the C6 in my opinion. The C6 is so refined, I can imagine what the C7 is like now.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,527
Likes: 495
From: Southern California
You've done a great job. I'm in the camp that feels that now is a good place to stop. You've got a really tasteful reinterpretation of the C5 that could easily have come from the factory. Congratulations!
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,517
Likes: 147
From: Jasper Alabama
I really like the C5. I started looking at the wide rear fender conversions everyone was doing on them and decided to go that route because of the more aggresive stance it gave the car. Saw the C6Z06 and fell in love with the few different styling cues they gave it over the base model. So decided to work it into what I was doing. I know its not for everyone but it works for me. I could have stuck an aftermarket C6 looking bumper on it but wasn't what I wanted. I wanted to keep the C5 characteristics with a touch of C6Z influence.
