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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 09:28 PM
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That fender gap though 1st thing I'm doing is getting some 20x13's out back and lowering it.
Should be lowered from the factory.
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 11:09 PM
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I like those wheels A LOT... I am so happy I sold my C7 Z51 Now I am waiting for my new Z...# 2 on the list
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 11:26 PM
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I was at the Mystic lake corvette show today and they had the new Z06 with the full Z07 package and OMG.....This makes the "regular" C7 look like crap to me. This car just looks refined and what the new corvette should have looked like from the get go.

I sure feel sorry for the poor souls who bought a "regular" C7.

Now for a white one to show up for me to see.....


This looks a 100 times better than the Base C7. Even with the silly Spats!
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Old Aug 4, 2014 | 12:48 AM
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They have got to better integrate this rear spoiler and those plastic fender extensions with the car, that's all folks.
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Old Aug 5, 2014 | 07:10 PM
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Yup as awesome as the stingray may be, the Z06 really out does it.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 10:43 AM
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I'm going to have to disagree with some of you. The base C7 is pretty aggressive as-is, unlike the base C6 which was too boxy and bland for my taste. Sure the C7Z is more aggressive than the C7, but after seeing it in person with a base C7 nearby, it did not make the base C7 look any less appealing. In contrast, when you park a wide body C6 next to a base C6, the widebody C6 looks so much better. With the C7 (much like the C5), the base car is a bit curvier with enough of a pinched waist to give it a widebody look.

The new rims are killer. They are going to be a PITA to clean but there is no need for aftermarket rims.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bob53
when you park a wide body C6 next to a base C6, the widebody C6 looks so much better.
You could replace C7 in place of C6 in the sentence. The base C7 has as much fender flare as the base C6........none.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by bob53
I'm going to have to disagree with some of you. The base C7 is pretty aggressive as-is, unlike the base C6 which was too boxy and bland for my taste. Sure the C7Z is more aggressive than the C7, but after seeing it in person with a base C7 nearby, it did not make the base C7 look any less appealing. In contrast, when you park a wide body C6 next to a base C6, the widebody C6 looks so much better. With the C7 (much like the C5), the base car is a bit curvier with enough of a pinched waist to give it a widebody look.

The new rims are killer. They are going to be a PITA to clean but there is no need for aftermarket rims.
Agreed. The styling of even the bare bones base C7 looks better than any C6 to me.

And I'm still a C6 owner.


The C7 styling is just fresh & new. For many people if you never told them it was a Corvette, they would think it was a Ferrari or Lamborghini. You've never heard someone make comments like that about ANY C6 model, including the ZR1.

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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Daekwan06
Agreed. The styling of even the bare bones base C7 looks better than any C6 to me.

And I'm still a C6 owner.


The C7 styling is just fresh & new. For many people if you never told them it was a Corvette, they would think it was a Ferrari or Lamborghini. You've never heard someone make comments like that about ANY C6 model, including the ZR1.
If only they could do a {face lift} i mean but lift on the c7s
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Originally Posted by Daekwan06
Agreed. The styling of even the bare bones base C7 looks better than any C6 to me.

And I'm still a C6 owner.


The C7 styling is just fresh & new. For many people if you never told them it was a Corvette, they would think it was a Ferrari or Lamborghini. You've never heard someone make comments like that about ANY C6 model, including the ZR1.
In seven years Ive heard my share of Is that a Ferrari comments also.
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Originally Posted by QUAKEJAKE
In seven years Ive heard my share of Is that a Ferrari comments also.


I have had quite a few people ask me if my base C6 is the new C7

Outside the Corvette world, most people don't have a clue which one is what.
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