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Old 05-11-2008, 02:05 PM
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Default If the C7's headlights have to be exposed...

Can they not be quite as bug-eyed and big?

Isn't one of the better aspects of new headlight technology that the lamps can be smaller? I'd love HIDs or LEDs that you can barely see through a small design gap or DRLs that are nothing larger than a quarter tucked under the bumper by the fogs.

Show some creativity guys.
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no way! have you ever driven in front of a c6?
The headlights look damn cool in the rear view mirror!
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Originally Posted by vette-oholic
no way! have you ever driven in front of a c6?
The headlights look damn cool in the rear view mirror!
LED's would look much cooler. The technology is there and a few cars are using them.
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what car is using only LEDs as headlights?

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LED's would look much cooler. The technology is there and a few cars are using them.
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Originally Posted by vette-oholic
no way! have you ever driven in front of a c6?
The headlights look damn cool in the rear view mirror!
Not as cool as the hidden lamps on C2, C3, C4 and C5s. Corvettes for 40 years have meant hidden headlingts. Peters screwed that up IMHO. C7 can fix it, they don't have to be popups or rollovers but discreet hidden headlights are a Corvette signature.
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Audi R8 LED:


Soon to be Lexus LED:
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I could be wrong but isnt the late model infiniti q45 using LED headlights
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Actually I love the way the C6 lights look!!
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GM will never go back to flip up head-lights....It saved 20 million warranty repairs in the first month alone!!! hahahaahahahaahahaha joking, but........those flip ups either worked or you visited the dealer often.......
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Originally Posted by SeanMo
I could be wrong but isnt the late model infiniti q45 using LED headlights
Nope, just an HID bulb with multiple lenses.
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I agree when you say they screwed that part up with the C6 headlights ... I too think pop up lights are a Vette trademark and should return ...

Overhere in Europe the stupid LED daylight systems are very popular. All the new audi's have them ... Porsche and BMW are using them ( in a better way ) ...

The R8 for example, a really bad *** car when driving next to one. If you manage to pass one and see them in the rear mirror, you'll notice the waving LEDs in the headlights, and all that is left is a carnaval show ... It looks just plain stupid ... Too bad ... It will be dated very very soon ...

Soo please GM, just make the lights pop up again ... No fancy dandy sh*t ... Just a bad *** car like in the good ol' days
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i think the Gm designer got wrong when they put the low beam projecter in this palce,i think was must put the projecter on the fog light place.
to make the car look like wider and make more vesion.

and i hope they use one projecter for the low/high beam on the C7, (like Ferrari F430,Lambo gallardo)
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Originally Posted by daddoe

Audi R8 LED:


Soon to be Lexus LED:
The LED running lights are hot and I would like to see them on the next vette.

I have seen multiple LED headlights with each LED having its own projector. It would look like a spider's eyes. Can't think of where I saw it, on a concept I think.
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Originally Posted by ST Graveyard
I agree when you say they screwed that part up with the C6 headlights ... I too think pop up lights are a Vette trademark and should return ...

Overhere in Europe the stupid LED daylight systems are very popular. All the new audi's have them ... Porsche and BMW are using them ( in a better way ) ...

The R8 for example, a really bad *** car when driving next to one. If you manage to pass one and see them in the rear mirror, you'll notice the waving LEDs in the headlights, and all that is left is a carnaval show ... It looks just plain stupid ... Too bad ... It will be dated very very soon ...

Soo please GM, just make the lights pop up again ... No fancy dandy sh*t ... Just a bad *** car like in the good ol' days
If you are in Europe, then you should know the law there. Hidden headlights are verboten now. Corvette wants a part of the EU market. Therefor, the Corvette will have exposed headlights.
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Originally Posted by NORTY
If you are in Europe, then you should know the law there. Hidden headlights are verboten now. Corvette wants a part of the EU market. Therefor, the Corvette will have exposed headlights.
Plus the C6.R race team needs non-hidden lights....why would anyone want flip up drag anyway?
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Originally Posted by BuckyThreadkiller
Not as cool as the hidden lamps on C2, C3, C4 and C5s. Corvettes for 40 years have meant hidden headlingts. Peters screwed that up IMHO. C7 can fix it, they don't have to be popups or rollovers but discreet hidden headlights are a Corvette signature.

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Originally Posted by BuckyThreadkiller
Not as cool as the hidden lamps on C2, C3, C4 and C5s. Corvettes for 40 years have meant hidden headlingts. Peters screwed that up IMHO. C7 can fix it, they don't have to be popups or rollovers but discreet hidden headlights are a Corvette signature.
pop ups are
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I always liked the r8 style headlights.
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Originally Posted by dakota_chevy
I always liked the r8 style headlights.


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