View Poll Results: What's the preferred C7 roofline treatment?
Bennion got it right
21
44.68%
Torch can't draw, but he's on the right track
24
51.06%
No preference
2
4.26%
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A-Pillar Preference
Racer
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AIR FORCE VETERAN
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Really nice. Now show us with the roof panel off. Not so nice I am sure. Unless you want to do a window surround like a Miata which is cheap looking. The people at Corvette want that dark wrap around look from C pillar to C pillar. That have achieved that plus it looks great with the roof panel out. IMO.
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Racer
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Really nice. Now show us with the roof panel off. Not so nice I am sure. Unless you want to do a window surround like a Miata which is cheap looking. The people at Corvette want that dark wrap around look from C pillar to C pillar. That have achieved that plus it looks great with the roof panel out. IMO.
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Anyway, that's why the poll. Sample size is as yet way too small, but wouldn't it be interesting if this styling decision, which has hardly been talked about compared to many threads about the rear, is actually more disliked than the butt which seems to get pretty consistent 65% or so approval?
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Really nice. Now show us with the roof panel off. Not so nice I am sure. Unless you want to do a window surround like a Miata which is cheap looking. The people at Corvette want that dark wrap around look from C pillar to C pillar. That have achieved that plus it looks great with the roof panel out. IMO.
Roll down the side windows and you get 95% of the airyness of the current approach, particularly since the opening could be much bigger with a removeable panel.
I would love something like this for the C7, but with the top panel removeable rather than the cumbersome sliding panel approach. Solves all the spear problems!
Of course, it was not a success for Porsche, so there is that
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Perfection would be just a little less meaty where the A-pillars meet the front fenders (get that by leaving a bit more of the back part black; can't redesign the A-pillars which are part of the frame structure).
WIsh I could change choice 2 to: "HurricaneRN CAN draw, and this is what the designers should have come up with."
Last edited by Rapid Fred; Mar 21, 2013 at 05:44 PM.
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Racer
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Racer
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Guess you probably wanted me to keep the cleaned up c-pillar and hatch.
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Racer
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Guess you probably wanted me to keep the cleaned up c-pillar and hatch.
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Burning Brakes
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Disappointing -- nearly 700 visits and only 45 votes. You would think more folks would press a button once they bothered looking in.
Interesting early results but way too small a sample to draw any conclusions...I wonder if any early Bennion supporters would change their vote after HurricaneRN improved on my lousy edit....
Interesting early results but way too small a sample to draw any conclusions...I wonder if any early Bennion supporters would change their vote after HurricaneRN improved on my lousy edit....
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I think the coupe's A-pillars should be painted, and the convertible's should not.
The coupe's painted A-pillars will still visually connect with the C-pillars even when the roof is removed.
The present coupe's unpainted A-pillars make everything else you try to do with the roof look disjointed. The C-pillar is painted, the A-pillar should be painted.
I also think the middle of the removable roof panel should match the middle of the halo. Either both are painted or both are carbon fiber.
.Jinx
The coupe's painted A-pillars will still visually connect with the C-pillars even when the roof is removed.
The present coupe's unpainted A-pillars make everything else you try to do with the roof look disjointed. The C-pillar is painted, the A-pillar should be painted.
I also think the middle of the removable roof panel should match the middle of the halo. Either both are painted or both are carbon fiber.
.Jinx
Racer
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Disappointing -- nearly 700 visits and only 45 votes. You would think more folks would press a button once they bothered looking in.
Interesting early results but way too small a sample to draw any conclusions...I wonder if any early Bennion supporters would change their vote after HurricaneRN improved on my lousy edit....
Interesting early results but way too small a sample to draw any conclusions...I wonder if any early Bennion supporters would change their vote after HurricaneRN improved on my lousy edit....
Yours took about 2 min each, the white took 5-10 cause I had to go find the image and trace a little more. Download photoshop elements trial and ill tell ya how to do it. I have zero artistic ability, so that's not a factor.
