Would this bother you?

 

No, it wouldn't bother me very much.

There are many LITTLE things that could make someone unhappy with their C8, and this is one example. It's actually one of the easiest to fix on your own with a piece of light-colored tape.

I'd do that before having someone take apart my dash, but somebody may be able to convince me otherwise if they show the repair isn't that extensive.

 

Doesn't matter if it bothers us. The real question is, does it bother you? That's all that matters.

 

Spending lots of time in London, "Mind the Gap" has a completely different meaning to me.

 

 

I thought he meant thigh gap!

 

It was intentional

It bothers me. I tried yanking on it hard, in case the fasteners are through a slotted hole. No joy.

I'm leaning toward reading, learning, looking for a diagram, and when I get enough information... fixing it.

I've had great success with that over the years.

If I would get it back from the dealer perfectly aligned with three dark fingerprints on the light part... I'd lose it.

 

Yes it would bother me and I would want it corrected.

 

If I went around my 136k z06 and found all the imperfections it would be a long list. Thats just the outside.

I try not to look anymore. These are not porsche Mercedes levels of fitment. They're the best corvette ever had.. but thats still not up there with the money being paid. Its good enough motors.

 

Nope, but mine is the opposite. Larger on the drivers side.

 

That would definitely bother me. Here's a pic of the underside of that speaker grill. I'm sure it can be adjusted but you will have to remove the A Pillar piece to access it. Hope this helps. Looks like the 2 levels are separate so you'd have to pop out both and adjust accordingly.

 

Mine measures approximately 3/8" on the passenger side and about a 1/16" less on the drivers side. 1LT all black interior so I never noticed until I read this post. The gap is much more noticeable with the light trim.

 

"They're the best corvette ever had" Really? Why could and did they do so much better on both my C5 AND C7? They can do better...

 

It would make me crazy looking at that

 

I have the same issue on my 2023. Its an assembly line car not going to be perfect.

 

It would most likely bother me knowing that it is there. However, torn between letting them correct the gap, with the chance of making things worse, or just live with it.

 

To the OP, YES! that would bug me and I'd want it fixed, but I'd be fearful. Here is mine... still debating if I want it fixed. When I took delivery I told them I wanted it fixed. The salesperson had the manager of the body shop come out and look at it. Manager said maybe it could be fixed. Sales person said he would contact me with an appointment, and that never happened. UGH. Anyway, here are pictures of my "mind the gap" or maybe just the gap on the alignment. At this point, I'm thinking it's better to just tolerate it. Please disregard the dirt, this is after it literally rolled off the delivery truck.

 

Though having the dealer attempt to fix it is ideal in principal, it can be a crapshoot in practice depending on the job. If it's something they have no chance of messing up further or if it's something you can figure out to not mess up further, such as by researching others who have fixed certain panels or watching extensively detailed videos of a job, then it's worth the risk. It's a case by case consideration.

In general, I err towards having a higher threshold of tolerance for imperfections that I can chalk up to mass production. I reason to myself that this is why it's so affordable and better this than the more critical mechanicals. If the defect isn't functionally intrusive or prohibitive, then I take a do no harm approach. I can accept it as a true and honest quirk or mark of unashamedly being a GM product. I bought this car with the expectation that "the bones are good," not expecting top notch build quality and razor thin shut line tolerances. If it were a Toyota, I'd expect better but still forgive slightly less defects. If it were a Lexus, I'd expect even better than that but still have some margin for forgiveness. Even higher expectations still with tighter tolerances for Porsche, etc. I know what I bought with GM being toward the bottom of that scale while hitting grand slams on other scales where it excels.

 

Personally gaps never bothered me.

 

My 23 has the same gap. But it is the same on the driver’s side so it doesn’t bother me too much. Having one small gap and one huge gap might bother me.