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Old Dec 27, 2021 | 02:14 PM
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This might seem like a dumb question, but I'm just asking this out of my curiosity. The C8 stingray coupe has a detachable roof, and I was just wondering if it was possible to

put a starlight headliner on it. I am new here, so please do not put to much flame on me.
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Originally Posted by C8_Fan
This might seem like a dumb question, but I'm just asking this out of my curiosity. The C8 stingray coupe has a detachable roof, and I was just wondering if it was possible to

put a starlight headliner on it. I am new here, so please do not put to much flame on me.
Sure with enough money, anything like that can be done. Is there enough market for someone do an off the shelf package? Unlikely.
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I’m thinking it would be pretty easy to do compared to a car with a regular headliner. Would just have to use/engineer some electrical contacts for the power for the lights from the body of the car to the removable panel.
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Great idea.
I too think this may be a somewhat easy-to-do project.
Biggest item: the connection for the power... magnetic connector?
Second: the star themselves... how they attach to the headliner ... flush, bezel, etc.
(Perhaps looking for a Rolls Royce with the star option for ideas.)

Let us know if you do this and the end result.
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I think what you are looking to do Is the Rolls Royce equivalent of the star light system. Which is comprised a great many fiber optic cables. Routing the cables would be a issue in the confined space of the C8. Voltage draw no idea without data. If you could manage to do it, you would likely reduce head room by some amount, which some feel is lacking already. Other options sure, just a question of how much you want to spend and what your goal is.
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