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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 09:15 PM
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Default Bye bye fish...
Folks here were talking about removing the fish back in Jan '14 when I bought the car. I thought it was a bad idea at the time.

This weekend during my annual clay bar detail, I became convinced that it would look better without fish, especially as there is no other chrome visible from the side.

The first one was a pain, the second was much easier. Area cleaned and polished up and you would never know it was there.

I am very happy I did it (thankfully).


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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 09:19 PM
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Looks good either way. I paid to have black fishes so they will stay
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 09:29 PM
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Looks good either way. I paid to have black fishes so they will stay
Cool...I had considered the black 3M carbon wrap like I did on the grill, but my impatient nature go the best of me...
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 09:46 PM
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The silly fish were the first thing I removed from mine
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 09:50 PM
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No dead fish here..
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 09:57 PM
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I love mines without the fish. It really looks tacky with the ray on the fender.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 10:04 PM
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to each, their own. that being said I actually like the fish!
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 10:15 PM
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The fish rules!
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Love the fish, after all it is a Stingray.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 10:26 PM
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Fish are alright in black. I'm kinda thinking about getting rid of the "Corvette" logo on the back. Leave the flag logo tough.
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Looks bland without it. Put the fish back in the ocean.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 10:36 PM
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it looks best with no badging. people know on the street to not mess with a vette. no need to advertise the obvious
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 10:39 PM
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The silly fish were the first thing I removed from mine
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 10:54 PM
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Leaving my stingray on. I'm thinking of removing the stallion on the back of my Ferrari. Any opinions?
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We like our fish with chrome rims.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 11:08 PM
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this is a corvette forum bub
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Went back and forth with badge/debadged and chrome/back and wound up leaving it debadged for a "cleaner" look. Also keeps the microfiber towels from getting caught while detailing.

Left the flags in front, rear, and waterfall.
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that sounds like a great look
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 11:29 PM
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Heck yeah, take your badging off. I'm sure that's the first thing the Lambo and Ferrari folks do. Gotta be great for resale too.
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I think the fish emblem looks good, but they certainly aren't for everyone.
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