Our new 2018 just off the truck at dealer

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01-21-2018, 06:00 PM

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Beautiful!

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01-21-2018, 06:10 PM

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Siren red GS

Long Beach Red on a Vette

(but yes, that's the other name for it)

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01-21-2018, 06:40 PM

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I think their still dialing in the paint bots.

I hope they have them dialed in for my 2019 LBR GS M7 with a TPW of 2/12.

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01-21-2018, 06:44 PM

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Too late now, but I would not have let them wash/detail outside of car. Too many bad stories of $7 an hour guys just grabbing a bucket, any old rag & soap & end up putting swirls, small scratches, etc. while washing then drying with an old flannel shirt. Congrats tho, I'm sure you will love it. Sounds like an awesome color combo. Many of us do paint correction anyway just for the fun & beauty of the finished product & pride of a job well done.

I was told the same thing by the company that will be putting Ceramic Pro on my car when its delivered. He said to have the dealer just leave the car alone for that very reason you describe above.

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01-21-2018, 06:45 PM

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Congrats on your new Corvette. I'm sure you'll be very happy and very proud to drive that beast!.

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01-21-2018, 06:56 PM

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I hope they have them dialed in for my 2019 LBR GS M7 with a TPW of 2/12.

Me too, right behind you with TPW of 2/19

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01-21-2018, 08:58 PM

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I predict you will find the orange peel on the fenders, doors and quarters on Monday as well.

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01-21-2018, 09:58 PM

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Same color as my '17 GS

Very nice! (needs to be lowered though and mine does too! I hate being able to fit 4 fingers in between the tire and the fenders!)

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01-22-2018, 12:37 AM

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Patman,

I'd let it settle for several K miles before messing w/ ride height. My '14 has never been adjusted, and now sits at 2.5 fingers on all 4 corners.

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01-22-2018, 05:41 AM

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Patman,

I'd let it settle for several K miles before messing w/ ride height. My '14 has never been adjusted, and now sits at 2.5 fingers on all 4 corners.

I checked the ride height again yesterday after adding almost 200 miles this weekend, to see if it's settling any more than when I first brought it home but it's still stuck at four fingers

I'm at 271 miles right now so I know from when I made changes to my C6's ride height it can often take a little longer than that to fully settle. It would be nice if it would settle a little more without even touching it, although I'll still have it set as low as I can go. I've already changed my plan, I was going to have the VMS racing lowering bolts (which I bought many months ago actually) installed, but now I've decided to just go as low as I can on stock bolts and leave it at that (I just don't think any lowering bolt on the market offers trouble free performance in the long run, nobody has 20k plus without issues and I'm going to put tons of miles on my C7!). I might not even cut any of the bushing off this time around either, as long as it ends up being close to 2 of my skinny fingers

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