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If I don't sell my car in May, I'm pondering some further upgrades over this year. If I decide to do a widebody front, are the Eckler's corvette fiberglass parts nice? are they flexible like I can still access my methanol pump and tank behind the fender?
If that's a no...who do you recommend? I really want the ZR1 style gills but I don't want to buy Carbon Fiber OE parts ($$$). Aftermarket carbon is fine but it's not going to flex I wouldn't think...right? Gut instinct is that it will be a GM front bumper though just to play it safe.
This was right out of the well packaged box
I just did my front over with the ACI fenders and the OEM bumper. While the surface of the fenders was near perfect, the edges were horrible. I previously had the Zr1 fenders from Don Claus at SS Vettes. Their fit/finish was much better.
Last edited by myredhead1; 05-15-2019 at 06:41 PM.
Reason: More info
Are GS fronts an option? Cheaper and OEM fitment. It is the same material as the front bumper, polyurethane I believe. This is my 08z51 vert with GS conversion.
Last edited by jackjohnson_218; 09-24-2019 at 01:50 AM.
Are GS fronts an option? Cheaper and OEM fitment. It is the same material as the front bumper, polyurethane I believe. This is my 08z51 vert with GS conversion.
I was lucky to get all the body panels, ducting, grills, screws, clips and liners etc. from a guy who purchased the parts for a fraction of what he paid as crashed his car before he could do the conversion. His receipts for everything was about $5K USD. I spent $1.5k for paint, and $2k for used wheels and sensors. Came in just over $5k Canadian for everything but again i lucked out on the parts.
Last edited by jackjohnson_218; 09-24-2019 at 08:36 AM.
OE GS fenders are fiberglass, as opposed to Carbon fiber parts for the Z's
So GS parts are cheaper. OE Front bumper is urethane and are the same across all widebodies
I was lucky to get all the body panels, ducting, grills, screws, clips and liners etc. from a guy who purchased the parts for a fraction of what he paid as crashed his car before he could do the conversion. His receipts for everything was about $5K USD. I spent $1.5k for paint, and $2k for used wheels and sensors. Came in just over $5k Canadian for everything but again i lucked out on the parts.
05-14-2019, 04:59 PM
wide body front parts?
