De-badging
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2019
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From: Central Illinois
I guess first the owner would have to view the badging as offensive, since it is not a matter of fact. That said, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, my opinion is I won't remove any badging because it appears the car came from the body shop and they were either rushed and didn't put them on or forgot. Just kind of makes a car look generic to me. I have started to get away from bright work, and on my white car, I am getting carbon flash badging and not chrome.
Burning Brakes
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It's going to be very tempting to get rid of them all.
The mules without badges look clean.
I mind the Corvette on the rear facia the least but the stingray is gone for sure.
The mules without badges look clean.
I mind the Corvette on the rear facia the least but the stingray is gone for sure.
Last edited by jackfrostpdx; Aug 21, 2019 at 09:13 AM.
Instructor
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For me, I dislike the flags on front most, then the corvette lettering on the tail end, then the stingray bothers me the least. I completely agree that the mules without the flags looked really good. And the C7's I see without the "Corvette" look nice. I dont know why I like the tramp stamp stingray, but I will actually leave that.
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For me, I dislike the flags on front most, then the corvette lettering on the tail end, then the stingray bothers me the least. I completely agree that the mules without the flags looked really good. And the C7's I see without the "Corvette" look nice. I dont know why I like the tramp stamp stingray, but I will actually leave that.
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Nope... debadging was crap we did in high school when we had no money to mod our cars and wanted to change something, anything. I paid the extra $100 for brushed chrome emblems to pop on my Rapid Blue. I especially love how they moved the Stingray emblem to the rear deck.
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From: Philadelphia PA (Birthplace of the USA, UNESCO World Heritage City)
I like the Corvette flags and will keep that on the front, but I don't like the spelled out " C O R V E T T E" letters on the rear, as well as the Stingray emblem and will likely remove those.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2018
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From: Burnt Hills NY
When I looked at the display car last week I specifically looked for any indented surfaces under the badging. I didn't see any. The caveat is that these are hand built cars and not necessarily the same as a production car. The cars are even hand painted and not painted in the new paint shop. They may add the indents to help with assembly line emblem placement, but I hope not. I will probably remove all badging when I get mine (not until Z06). When I have the car wrapped in Xpel I'll have them leave them off.
Last edited by George_L; Aug 21, 2019 at 02:10 PM.
Instructor
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From: Toronto Ontario
you might not need to i think in one of streetspeed video when they where at the dealership pretty sure i saw on the computer screen corvette lettering was an option
also noticed black lug nuts where $225
also noticed black lug nuts where $225
Last edited by Patastic; Aug 23, 2019 at 07:37 AM.