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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 03:27 PM
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Am I the only one here who bought their c7 and just drives it?

No mods. No plans for mods.

Custom tags and Lloyd's mats, and I'm good to go!







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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 03:45 PM
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No mods here either. Only added jacking pucks.
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Haha..you both modded...any change is a mod.
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 05:01 PM
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Love mine as is, no plans for any mods.
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 05:08 PM
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So far, just:
  • Lloyds mats
  • XPel
  • Exotic Vettes partition
  • CAGS eliminator
I'm thinking about:
  • FAY (I ordered it originally but it was on constraint so I agreed to drop it from my order.)
  • DS Vettes steering wheel
  • Z06 grill
  • Z06 rear fender intakes
That's about it. Unlike my C6 (on which I spent thousands on leather upgrades from DS Vettes), my Stingray's factory interior is so good that I just don't feel the need to do much to it.
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mpuzach
So far, just:
  • Lloyds mats
  • XPel
  • Exotic Vettes partition
  • CAGS eliminator
I'm thinking about:
  • FAY (I ordered it originally but it was on constraint so I agreed to drop it from my order.)
  • DS Vettes steering wheel
  • Z06 grill
  • Z06 rear fender intakes
That's about it.
See, that's a lot of planned mods to me!

I've only realized I would like the Cags eliminator a couple of times in the 1 1/2 yrs I've had her, so haven't even done that! (It was surely a must on the c5 and c6, wasn't it?!)

Originally Posted by mpuzach
Unlike my C6 (on which I spent thousands on leather upgrades from DS Vettes),
All I had on my c6 was borla stingers, cags eliminator and I had the seats changed to two tone before that was a factory option. (A forum guy was buying black leather skins and red ones, taking them apart and stitching back together as two tones.) That's it, and I happily drove her approximately 8 1/2 yrs.
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 05:22 PM
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This moderator isn't doing much in the way of mods to his C7, unlike the other moderator who has done many mods to his.
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 06:18 PM
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Skirts, splitter, Xpel and tint and that's it. I sunk over 20k into my Challenger in mods and all you have is something no one wants because they think it's been beat. I think the Vette is a tad under powered but I'm not going to change a thing. Just leaving it stock.
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Nothing wrong with no mods.

But I always say that with every car I buy - seems like it doesn't last very long.
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Nothing wrong with no mods.

But I always say that with every car I buy - seems like it doesn't last very long.
I'm going to put a couple thousand miles on her...hopefully any bugs show up..then totally destroy the warranty.
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 11:09 PM
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no mods on mine...but that's because I spent a little over 15K worth in performance mods on the C6 sitting next to it in the garage. Brand new car no thanks to modding it...
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Zymurgy
This moderator isn't doing much in the way of mods to his C7, unlike the other moderator who has done many mods to his.



I have absolutely no idea what he is talking about......

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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by oyealiz
Am I the only one here who bought their c7 and just drives it?

No mods. No plans for mods.

Custom tags and Lloyd's mats, and I'm good to go!
I only added Bullets to the mix above, and today I used my 2,000th gallon of gas, so I guess that means I'm driving it.
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Old Oct 18, 2015 | 11:25 PM
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Mine is the first high performance car I've ever purchased that I haven't modded and it is now my daily driver. I love it just the way it is, base 2LT, A8. Handles just fine, plenty of power, decent braking and all the attention I can stand. I will admit that if I was still doing HPDEs I would have purchased a Z51 M7 but for daily driving and the occasional blast to air it out, the stock car is just fine.
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by oyealiz
Am I the only one here who bought their c7 and just drives it?

No mods. No plans for mods.

Custom tags and Lloyd's mats, and I'm good to go!








AHA .. I see some windshield mods. What's up with all the stickers? Beautiful car! The AW is sex on wheels.
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 08:31 AM
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I don't mod. I did go with the premium floor mats, dealer installed.
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 08:54 AM
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My "mods" are:

Corvette emblem valve stems
splash guards
jack pucks

I think I will take a break from this heavy modding.....before I go for the LLoyds floor mats.
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I swore I wasn't going to mod my C7

I changed the wheels, besides being lighter and stronger, they are easy to keep clean




I also put on ACS rockers to help prevent road rash on my rear quarters.


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Originally Posted by 396tears
AHA .. I see some windshield mods. What's up with all the stickers? Beautiful car! The AW is sex on wheels.
OMG, the stickers. Will be able to have one less in the future as Texas went to inspection with no sticker, just a registration sticker. (Previously we had inspection AND registration stickers.) The other two are my work tag and tolltag.

Originally Posted by Corgidog1
My "mods" are:

Corvette emblem valve stems
splash guards
jack pucks

I think I will take a break from this heavy modding.....before I go for the LLoyds floor mats.


Originally Posted by george vee
I swore I wasn't going to mod my C7

I changed the wheels, besides being lighter and stronger, they are easy to keep clean


I like those! Nice!
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Old Oct 26, 2015 | 07:49 AM
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Minimal for mine, Liz.
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