wide body front parts?
 

If I don't sell my car in May, I'm pondering some further upgrades over this year. If I decide to do a widebody front, are the Eckler's corvette fiberglass parts nice? are they flexible like I can still access my methanol pump and tank behind the fender?
If that's a no...who do you recommend? I really want the ZR1 style gills but I don't want to buy Carbon Fiber OE parts ($$$). Aftermarket carbon is fine but it's not going to flex I wouldn't think...right? Gut instinct is that it will be a GM front bumper though just to play it safe.

ss-vette fiberglass zr1 front fenders.

Nice

Mine are the ZR1 style from Don at SS-Vette. I have had them for about 10 years or so now. Fit like OEM. I went with OEM Bumper and rear quarters.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...2998b4e2ef.jpg

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This was right out of the well packaged box
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I just did my front over with the ACI fenders and the OEM bumper. While the surface of the fenders was near perfect, the edges were horrible. I previously had the Zr1 fenders from Don Claus at SS Vettes. Their fit/finish was much better.

How was the overall fitment of the ACI panels?
I've got some serious gap issues with my RH fender
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...c0b9de680c.jpg
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Are GS fronts an option? Cheaper and OEM fitment. It is the same material as the front bumper, polyurethane I believe. This is my 08z51 vert with GS conversion.

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What's the rough cost to do this?

I was lucky to get all the body panels, ducting, grills, screws, clips and liners etc. from a guy who purchased the parts for a fraction of what he paid as crashed his car before he could do the conversion. His receipts for everything was about $5K USD. I spent $1.5k for paint, and $2k for used wheels and sensors. Came in just over $5k Canadian for everything but again i lucked out on the parts.

OE GS fenders are fiberglass, as opposed to Carbon fiber parts for the Z's
So GS parts are cheaper. OE Front bumper is urethane and are the same across all widebodies

I believe they are SMC (Sheet molding compound) as well which is a more advanced resin glass mixture than traditional firm fiberglass

Okay then. I'll keep my base just like it is :lol: