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Finally finished my HSG the way I like it. I wrapped the A-pillars and top with 3M metallic gloss black. It's a dead ringer to the GM carbon flash black.
Then I had PPF installed on the front half of the car and then ceramic coated the entire car, that includes the 3M wrap, PPF and Jake decal. Added the wingless carbon flash painted carbon fiber skirts.
Lastly, tinted the side windows, windshield and partition window with ceramic. Dropped it an inch and added the 20mm spacers.
Last thing I have to do now is Cerakote the exhaust tips.
Awesome choices, mine is similar build, great job putting it over the top.
Those look really good. What finish are they? And if you don’t mind, how much did they set you back?
They are what HRE calls liquid metal, also black, however the same design comes in any color you want at extra cost. From the company to my door $3400. There are several other HGM cars in this thread that sport these wheels. It was the main reason I chose them. There is also a HRE thread here that gives you all the info you need. The company is based in California and very easy to deal with. I got my wheels delivered to my door three days after I ordered them. Your ride is very similar to mine, same color, same low rear spoiler, etc. Personally I took a lot of time researching wheels and I felt these are made for the C8, especially HGM rides.
Best looking HSG I've seen.
All C8s should come with body colored side intakes .
Really cleans up what is a terrible design.
Thank you very much!! It was very much an option that I was going to keep even with my budget. Lady working at the Museum commented on it as well with the color match. Do have the carbon flash black rear grills to replace when I do the exhaust but I'm wondering now even if I want to change that out.
100 percent correct here grinding on the studs, but I did source my spacers from somewhere else.
Did you go with 15mm spacers instead? Where did you get your spacers from? I saw on a YouTube video that a C8 owners with stock 5-spoke wheels had a problem with the studs rubbing so the wheels would not sit flat on the hub. He decided to slightly grind the inside pockets of the wheels where the OEM studs fit into instead grinding the studs. Would that be a problem down the road? I'd prefer to leave the OEM stud alone instead of grinding the ends. Any thoughts on doing it that way?
Did you go with 15mm spacers instead? Where did you get your spacers from? I saw on a YouTube video that a C8 owners with stock 5-spoke wheels had a problem with the studs rubbing so the wheels would not sit flat on the hub. He decided to slightly grind the inside pockets of the wheels where the OEM studs fit into instead grinding the studs. Would that be a problem down the road? I'd prefer to leave the OEM stud alone instead of grinding the ends. Any thoughts on doing it that way?
Couple hundred miles on mine so far no issues and same specs as Paragons. 20mm spacer having to grind the studs as everyone else.
I had thoughts on doing the wheels but both are replaceable the studs and wheels. Reason I did not do the wheels is because I might get another set of the OEM wheels to powder coat and did not want to take material off of the wheels. Also the area of the stud that you grind does not effect the integrity of it vs taking material out of the wheel where it is designed for specific thickness in areas. Not that it would probably matter with the amount that has to come out from the pocket of wheel I just didn't want to do it.
It seems you have to call or keep checking the site daily to see when stock is available. I was doing that and happened to see them in stock one day prior to even having my car and ordered them.
I went with Zet06 to pick up the car and was very impressed with the results from the detailing shop. The gloss over the front end PPF makes it virtually invisible:
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