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After looking through a few of the new C6 owner threads, and their comments on the mods they're already thinking about, they got me to thinking about how much my car has changed since I bought it nearly two years ago. Here are before and after pics of my car of when I first bought it, and what it looks like now.
Let's see yours too!
Last edited by Corvette_Ed; Aug 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM.
Plain Jane base 08 Jetstream Blue.
I painted the silver stripes front to back, similar to the 60th anniversary stripes. Painted the halo black, added front splitter and side skirts, painted them carbon flash. Added a GM pre painted rear spoiler. Painted the calipers red. And replaced the original and completely shot headlight lenses.
Painted the engine plastic bits. It was actually rattle can paint from oreillys. Matched pretty dang close though!! Followed by several coats of automotive clear.
Also had the mufflers removed. Now it sounds like a proper Corvette, to me.
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Plain Jane base 08 Jetstream Blue. Attachment 48199925
I painted the silver stripes front to back, similar to the 60th anniversary stripes. Painted the halo black, added front splitter and side skirts, painted them carbon flash. Added a GM pre painted rear spoiler. Painted the calipers red. And replaced the original and completely shot headlight lenses. Attachment 48199923
Painted the engine plastic bits. It was actually rattle can paint from oreillys. Matched pretty dang close though!! Followed by several coats of automotive clear.
Also had the mufflers removed. Now it sounds like a proper Corvette, to me.
I like the silver stripes. Mine are the basic 60th anny stripes, but I added the 1/4 inch stripes to the outside so it would look more like the old school muscle car stripes.
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OK Ed, I will go along here.........................
first '07 base coupe when as I bought it................
cleaned and detailed it and first show a month later.................
then added black chrome wheels and tires, full width GM OEM rear spoiler and went to Back to the Bricks show in Flint, MI with it in 2015.........
sold that one in June of '16 and then found this "new to me" 427 convertible..................
photo from the night it was brought home........................
and a little over a year later it now looks like this.....................
black headlights, installed side skirts, and front air dam, Eagle Eye taillights............and applied Adam's Ceramic Coating just prior to this photo...............(photo taken in early June '17)
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Before and After Pics
