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Old Nov 10, 2020 | 08:05 AM
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A while back I saw a picture on FB of a C7 that someone had fitted a tale light kit with round tail lights on to it. I have never been able to locate this again or if this kit is even on the market somewhere. Anyone here ever seen this also?
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To each their own of course, however IMO by installing round taillights and relocating exhaust outlets to the outside you eliminate 2 of the C7's most appealing design elements.


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A 2016 article showed a c7 with round tail lights as being from Genovation. Their GXE is an electric vehicle which the 2016 article indicated would cost $750,000.

Www.genovationcars.com


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Nice but that wasn’t it. The photo I saw had the rear view of the car with round tail lights and the exhaust had been moved from the center to the out side rear.
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Originally Posted by Gould1
Nice but that wasn’t it. The photo I saw had the rear view of the car with round tail lights and the exhaust had been moved from the center to the out side rear.
If they also moved the exhaust tips to the outside, it was possibly a Photoshop, or it was on a high $$$ build.

Part of the issue with adapting round tailights is addressing the cooling ducts adjacent to the standard c7 tail lights.
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To each their own of course, however IMO by installing round taillights and relocating exhaust outlets to the outside you eliminate 2 of the C7's most appealing design elements.


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I remember the photo you were talking about. I think I saw it on Facebook or Instagram. I don't think it was on this forum.
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It was on here years ago by a company that was making replacement rear bumpers with round tail lights.

They brought it to market because of all the whining about the C7 rear.

I don't think they sold one and then they vanished.

A quick Google search ( C7 round tail lights ) shows Corvette Italia as one of the manufacturers.

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It was on here years ago by a company that was making replacement rear bumpers with round tail lights.

They brought it to market because of all the whining about the C7 rear.

I don't think they sold one and then they vanished.

A quick Google search ( C7 round tail lights ) shows Corvette Italia as one of the manufacturers.
If it's the same one I am thinking about it was the C7 tail lights with round LED (think 5th gen Camaro headlights).

I believe this is what the OP is talking about.

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Originally Posted by C3_ERROR
If it's the same one I am thinking about it was the C7 tail lights with round LED (think 5th gen Camaro headlights).

I believe this is what the OP is talking about.
Thanks C3_ERROR. That looks pretty cool.
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The taillights look great ! The exhaust tips should be in the middle, imo.
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Originally Posted by Shirl
The taillights look great ! The exhaust tips should be in the middle, imo.
Pretty much word for word of what I said when I saw it on Facebook/Instagram.
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That's it!!! I agree with the exhaust but those lights are cool. The entire rear end kind of looks like a Ferrari F12.
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Originally Posted by Gould1
That's it!!! I agree with the exhaust but those lights are cool. The entire rear end kind of looks like a Ferrari F12.
The Ferrari F12 looks remarkably like a C7 in general IMO.





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I did not like the tail lights on the mock-up of the C7, when they showed it at the Peterson Museum Celebration of the 60th year of Corvette.

It has since grown on me!

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Originally Posted by Kevin A Jones
The Ferrari F12 looks remarkably like a C7 in general IMO.


Maybe I have "eyes" for the C7 but the C7 looks like a "refined" Ferrari F12 to me.
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Originally Posted by C3_ERROR
I kind of like the exhaust location, but no thanks on the round taillights. The factory look had grown on me.
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Originally Posted by Kevin A Jones
To each their own of course, however IMO by installing round taillights and relocating exhaust outlets to the outside you eliminate 2 of the C7's most appealing design elements.

I like my C7 Grand sport fine just the way it is




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