Congrats and enjoy your beautiful C7! It's your car to do with as you like so keep the hash stripes if you like them. 
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Congratulations on your new Corvette! Your corvette looks great! The hash marks look good. I think you should keep them. 
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Hash marks are for a grand sport. Anything else is just , well you know. But that’s me. I’d remove them. I don’t even run the silly stingray. First thing that came off my car.
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If you like the single stripe that is the main thing, but IMO, I would either remove it or add a second stripe. Can't say I have ever seen a car with just a single hashmark stripe on the fender.
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I don't have any particular bias for stripes one way or another. But in this case, I think the stripe(s) just ruin the clean sports car look of your Stingray. They just don't fit the current look of your Vette. If you intend to throw on all the cookie cutter stage 1,2,3 crap that a lot of guys wind up doing, then leave them on.
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Nothing wrong with asking what folks think. I've been told, by my lovely wife, more than once, that my taste is mostly in my mouth. So, in case she's right, I don't make a lot of recommendations for other car owners. On the other hand, I do have, what was, a secret desire for other Vette owners to like the way my car looks.
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I would certainly take them off as its virtually up badging, also when you look at the car all attention is brought to bright unsightly stickers on the fenders. That being said, if you like it, who cares. If you want the car to look better to 98% of the population, definitely peel them off.
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