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Old 05-13-2024, 07:51 PM
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I did the same thing when I first got my car...thought it needed something....
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But later I removed it when I changed wheels and added my new plate - just to remind my Ferrari and Lambo brothers that I'm proud to be driving American for the first time...
Old 05-13-2024, 09:29 PM
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Roger that. Great American car. Maybe the greatest short of Shelby Cobra.
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Better... but I'd look for a larger font since it's only a few characters.
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Old 05-14-2024, 08:42 AM
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I just couldn’t control myself🤣
Dids you get it from Chevrolet?
Old 05-14-2024, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Lebowski
Nope.....That looks like the dealership sticker they slap on cars. Where he had it before was the best spot.
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Old 05-14-2024, 02:05 PM
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FYI there are two different size Z06 badges...I got both from another owner. The larger one would look better in this spot, the below looks too small.

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Old 05-14-2024, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Hintz
Better... but I'd look for a larger font since it's only a few characters.
Originally, I was trying to match the off the shelf letters that @Rapid Z had purchased. Here you go:


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Old 05-14-2024, 03:08 PM
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MUCH better and what I plan to do!

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Originally, I was trying to match the off the shelf letters that @Rapid Z had purchased. Here you go:

Old 05-15-2024, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Lebowski
Originally, I was trying to match the off the shelf letters that @Rapid Z had purchased. Here you go:

Better...
Old 05-15-2024, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Car Junkie 24
MUCH better and what I plan to do!
Originally Posted by Dan Hintz
Better...
All thanks to some (mild) Photoshop magic
Old 05-15-2024, 08:12 AM
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I like this better


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Originally Posted by SMOKN C8
I like this better
I'm definitely in the less is more crowd but debadging the Corvette in the center makes the rear look too plain. Would just leave the rear stock. Not a fan of debadging the front logo either. Looks more symmetrical with it on.
Old 05-15-2024, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by newchevyman
I'm definitely in the less is more crowd but debadging the Corvette in the center makes the rear look too plain. Would just leave the rear stock. Not a fan of debadging the front logo either. Looks more symmetrical with it on.
I would have left it alone too but plain looks better than the out of place Z06

Anyone who knows anything about c8s will know this is a Z06


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Old 05-15-2024, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by newchevyman
I'm definitely in the less is more crowd but debadging the Corvette in the center makes the rear look too plain. Would just leave the rear stock. Not a fan of debadging the front logo either. Looks more symmetrical with it on.
Agree...I did the photoshop work because someone asked, but I'm not a fan of de-badging (or adding extra badging for that matter). I'm proud to drive a Corvette and am not in the "if you know, you know" camp. I want people to know what it is!
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Old 05-16-2024, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Lebowski
Agree...I did the photoshop work because someone asked, but I'm not a fan of de-badging (or adding extra badging for that matter). I'm proud to drive a Corvette and am not in the "if you know, you know" camp. I want people to know what it is!
Agree. Would these same people debadge a Ferrari or Lambo? I am also proud to drive my Z06, and of course want everyone to know.
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Old 05-16-2024, 10:39 AM
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With or without emblems doesn't matter on this generation, it's just ugly. Let's hope they hired some new designers for the C9, they do a complete overhaul of the rear end.

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Old 05-16-2024, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by JABCAT
With or without emblems doesn't matter on this generation, it's just ugly. Let's hope they hired some new designers for the C9, they do a complete overhaul of the rear end.
Says the guy with a tacky hood scoop and inefficient blower on an LS7.
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Old 05-16-2024, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ZachZ06
Agree. Would these same people debadge a Ferrari or Lambo? I am also proud to drive my Z06, and of course want everyone to know.
If debadging made for sexier lines, yes, I would. It's in the eye of the beholder, so I may leave some badges on (like the rear "Corvette") and take others off (like the front fender badge). I didn't pick the car so I could preen at the watercooler, I picked it because it had a reasonable fun/cost ratio. If people think it's "the new Honda" (which seems to be the running joke locally), doesn't affect my view of it.
Old 05-16-2024, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Car Junkie 24
Both this spoiler piece and the license plate surround look very tacky, IMO.
Just a plate frame and I tend to lean towards tacky anyway so it must fit me well then. You might even say a Corvette itself is tacky and douchey


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