siol

Hi, does anyone know where to find a C7 interior? I mean all the parts, dashboard, console, etc... Do I have to get them one by one or they can be found as a kit?
Thanks
Siol.

Easy Mike

Corvette salvage places.

crawfish333

You can also watch the ads in the C7 Parts for sale section because occassionally someoone will "part out" a wreck or will strip down a car for racing. Stock seats will often bechanged out for racing seats. You can also buy many of the original components new from GM, but they will be very expensive.

Maybe I am misunderstanding your post, but are you going to try and put C7 interior in a C3? If so, I think that would be pretty challenging because the C7 has a wider interior cabin but much thicker padding. The dash is also radically different. But I guess almost anything is possible but I would think that this would be a major undertaking. This is a picture of my former C7 next to my C3. You can clearly see the difference.

siol

Thanks for the suggestions. There is a guy doing a C7 C3 swap in colorado:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...et-case-5.html

so has to be possible.


I already tried salvage places, like erepairables.com, but they charge a lot...like 20-30k for a c7 wreck...
thanks for the suggestions though
d.

siol

but he didnt post where he found the c7 interior pieces...

crawfish333

Well the dash parts come from 3LT Corvette. The reason I know is because the 3LT can have a color other than black on the top of the dash. It looks like he originally started with red on the dash and changed to the Maroon color. If you read the thread you will notice that he did quite a bit of trimming to make these pieces fit. BTW, the seats on the 3LT package are the nicest.

I just checked on Ebay and a lot of that stuff is out there, but it ain't cheap.

Tampa Jerry

I would try looking for C-7 parts at the larger Corvette shows. I have seen many a vendor that specialize in C-6 and C-7 parts from wrecked cars. Jerry

3X2

Call vette wrecks 1-301-873-6103.

Tommy6905

Post #60 says he pieced it together thru eBay

hunt4cleanair

Corvettes at Carlisle next month!

MIKE80

Your best bet might be to get into an insurance auction for a salvaged C7, take what you need, and part out the rest.

If you don't know a dealer to get you into an auction, there are brokers that will get you in for a fee.

SwampeastMike

I hope that along with fabrication/modification skills you're extremely comfortable with electric/electronics.

Very few (if any) electrical devices in a C7 are directly controlled; instead low current control wiring provides input to a multitude of electronics modules which provide the actual power for operation. As a consequence you can't use the C7 switches to operate C3 systems because the contacts are not designed for load-level current. Moreover those modules are interconnected via at least one "one wire" control system. While the main "one wire" control system can operate with most modules absent the power control module (PCM) is required. Getting a modern PCM to operate with any but the engine it was designed for may prove nearly impossible. I hope you either have the ability to borrow a Tech II scan tool for an extended period or have a few thousand to spend on one.

Getting the HVAC system to operate in any useful way will prove exceptionally difficult. The electronic control system of the C7 is completely incompatible with the vacuum system used in the C3.

Unless this is to be a track only car just getting the systems required for a safety inspection up and running will be an enormous task.