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Old 06-21-2019, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DALE#3
To keep it nice.Your gonna Need side protection.Unless you already got film?Need something From wheel to wheel.Since your wide.
This is from last year, just after I bought it used and yes, skirts are on the shopping list. I have not driven it too many miles since. However I keep a close eye on the paintwork, and don't see any chips so far.
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Old 06-21-2019, 09:56 AM
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Car looks so much more svelte without the side skirts... don't drill and add them... "everyone" has them... be different!
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Old 06-21-2019, 12:52 PM
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Lake Saguaro, Mesa AZ, Woodbury Forest Fire in background, June 2019, 2014 Vert M7, 3LT, NPP, Mag Ride, Z51, Lingenfelter 417 C.I. Stroker

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Old 06-21-2019, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Tool Hoarder
Car looks so much more svelte without the side skirts... don't drill and add them... "everyone" has them... be different!
Of course, just a matter of preference, however perhaps everyone has them for a reason.
Old 06-21-2019, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin A Jones
Of course, just a matter of preference, however perhaps everyone has them for a reason.
Because they became standard in 2017 even with the stage 1 aero kit and require drilling holes in the rockers which you can see when removed... that's probably why.
Old 06-21-2019, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Tool Hoarder
Because they became standard in 2017 even with the stage 1 aero kit and require drilling holes in the rockers which you can see when removed... that's probably why.
Like I said just a matter of individual preference. Personally, I feel the narrow body Stingray looks fine without skirts, however the wide-body and rear brake ducts look strange or incomplete to me without the skirts.
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Old 06-21-2019, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by LimeyC5
This is from last year, just after I bought it used and yes, skirts are on the shopping list. I have not driven it too many miles since. However I keep a close eye on the paintwork, and don't see any chips so far.

With respect Limey, it's to late by the time you see a rock chip. Rock chips come at you fast, and before you know it. I didn't have my '16 base car a week, and got a chip in the top of the front bumper. That car is way too nice to wait until after the fact my friend. If you prefer it without the shirts Xpel make a pre-cut template that covers the lower section of the rockers up to the first crease in the door, and includes a piece that runs higher up the front of the fender. Heck, with the sticky tires on my GS I'm so OCD about chips I have the skirts, and the Xpel. Enjoy that beauty.

The front bumper, hood, headlights, fenders, rockers, side skirts, and rear quarters are covered. The installer did such a good job you can't even tell it's there. As it should be.


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Old 06-22-2019, 10:11 AM
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This thread needs more red . . . LOL, Corvettes look great in any color, but I seem to come back to this . . .

Just waiting to make the 500 mile mark!!
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Old 07-03-2019, 09:15 PM
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Bumpty-Bump-Bump for a thread that should be a sticky!!!
Old 07-03-2019, 10:56 PM
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Old 07-05-2019, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by fyreline
I've had Corvettes since 1972 - all convertibles - so I welcome this group. Here's my current two:

1962 300hp/4-speed:


2014 Premiere Edition:
What number is the premier? I have 201.
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Old 07-05-2019, 10:40 AM
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Add me to the list. Premier Edition number 201.


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Old 07-05-2019, 11:02 AM
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Get the skirts, My air intake looks like its been sand blasted. Now I need some black body filler for all the pits.......

I'm not doing a close-up it so embarassing.
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Old 07-05-2019, 03:45 PM
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I think I realized my top down threshold today. At 97 and full Sun I resorted to top up and ac.
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Old 07-06-2019, 06:41 AM
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Old 07-06-2019, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by QUAKEJAKE
I think I realized my top down threshold today. At 97 and full Sun I resorted to top up and ac.
Same here Jake. Here in the south the humidity during the summer stays between 50-65% on a normal day. When it hits the 90's that top has to go up. Luckily we live approx. 2 1/2 hrs from the Great Smokey Mountains, and the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

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Old 07-06-2019, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by XLR8TIN

Lake Saguaro, Mesa AZ, Woodbury Forest Fire in background, June 2019, 2014 Vert M7, 3LT, NPP, Mag Ride, Z51, Lingenfelter 417 C.I. Stroker
Stunning photo! Beautiful Car.
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Old 07-08-2019, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Rebel Yell
Same here Jake. Here in the south the humidity during the summer stays between 50-65% on a normal day. When it hits the 90's that top has to go up. Luckily we live approx. 2 1/2 hrs from the Great Smokey Mountains, and the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
Yes sure,your living where I want to be in about 5 years.Yesterday the humidity finally broke.
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Started with a 1977, then 78, two 63's, 68, 76, 1999, 98 Pace Car, 2017 coupe and now with the convertible. I like this one the best of them all.
nice car I had a 1966, two 1971 aa 1977 a2013 a2018 and a 2019z the frist one is a 2018 grand sport the rest are my 2019 z06






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