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Shadow gray C7, Grand Sport, black interior, chrome wheels, red calipers. Considering putting hash marks on front fenders. Color choice is tough. Thinking carbon flash. Red would match calipers but a bit too flashy. Suggestions?
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From: Howell N.J
Hello,
Funny you brought this up at this time. I just received my ( GM IR 09FE16 ) torch red hash marks today for my 2019 black GS ,black interior chrome wheels, torch red calipers I contemplated doing this last year but backed out. I will post pictures after I complete it one day next week. I think they will look good on your car
If you don't like them they can come off.
Rich
Funny you brought this up at this time. I just received my ( GM IR 09FE16 ) torch red hash marks today for my 2019 black GS ,black interior chrome wheels, torch red calipers I contemplated doing this last year but backed out. I will post pictures after I complete it one day next week. I think they will look good on your car
If you don't like them they can come off.
Rich
Last edited by Vette Ski; Jul 24, 2020 at 06:31 PM.
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I have mixed feelings on hash marks. They were not used on GM's racing machines and instead originated with Shelby Cobras to tell their cars apart as they approached the pit. Thus they do not belong on a Corvette.
They were later a GM marketing gimmick put on the 1996 Grand Sport, even though hash marks have nothing to do with GM (They were unnecessary; Grand Sports were normally raced by different teams, all wearing different colors. It was easy to tell the cars apart.) Then the marks started showing up on everything with any sort of sporting pretension. We now see them on Honda Civics.
But if you are going to add them to your car, make them bright/contrasting and visible. The purpose was to make the car easily distinguishable from its stablemate. And consider only one stripe, or put on three, so your car is actually recognizably different.
They were later a GM marketing gimmick put on the 1996 Grand Sport, even though hash marks have nothing to do with GM (They were unnecessary; Grand Sports were normally raced by different teams, all wearing different colors. It was easy to tell the cars apart.) Then the marks started showing up on everything with any sort of sporting pretension. We now see them on Honda Civics.
But if you are going to add them to your car, make them bright/contrasting and visible. The purpose was to make the car easily distinguishable from its stablemate. And consider only one stripe, or put on three, so your car is actually recognizably different.
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They were later a GM marketing gimmick put on the 1996 Grand Sport, even though hash marks have nothing to do with GM
But if you are going to add them to your car, make them bright/contrasting and visible. The purpose was to make the car easily distinguishable from its stablemate. And consider only one stripe, or put on three, so your car is actually recognizably different.
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Red would be a great choice. 
