My build - 2025 1LT Stingray
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Burning Brakes
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2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13
My build - 2025 Sebring Orange 1LT Stingray
Just wanted to start a thread to catalog all the mods (more than likely all cosmetic as I have my C6 to wrench on in that manner) on my daily driver C8.
Car was purchased and delivered on March 31st of 2025. Between the steep dealer discount, the 3k from Costco and a nice longevity bonus it was a no brainer.
Car is a 1LT optioned with sebring orange paint, mag ride, performance exhaust, front splitter/low rise spoiler and black 10 spoke wheels.
Some day 1 pics along with what it replaced.
Car was purchased and delivered on March 31st of 2025. Between the steep dealer discount, the 3k from Costco and a nice longevity bonus it was a no brainer.
Car is a 1LT optioned with sebring orange paint, mag ride, performance exhaust, front splitter/low rise spoiler and black 10 spoke wheels.
Some day 1 pics along with what it replaced.
Last edited by huggerorange73; Sep 20, 2025 at 04:26 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
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2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
The white stitching was not going to work for me, GM for some reason offers no orange stitching option...so dye pens and a few hours of my time made a nice difference.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Low rise spoiler wasn't to my liking (especially body colored) so a bit of marketplace browsing and $100 later a carbon flash Z51 spoiler went on. Something very satisfying about tearing apart a brand new car.
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Burning Brakes
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2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Upon pulling the wheels off for the spoiler swap, I noticed buildup in all the wheel barrels. I cleaned up the mess and the dealer swapped my effort for the orange seat belts I wanted. I installed the belts, they covered the cost of the belts.
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Burning Brakes
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2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Next stop 20% tint on the side glass.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Had a ton of GM points to burn, so I got myself the cargo mats and storage pieces along with the edge red engine cover.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Time for clay, polish and ceramic coating.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
We all know how this goes.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
I prefer understated factory appearing stuff, so I added satin black engine brace covers and the GM engine plate. Definitely better than how GM delivered it.
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Burning Brakes
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Again, nothing new or innovative here...standard fare for the bulk of the forum. Lloyds mats with color matched sill plates.
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Burning Brakes
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2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
@huggerorange73 Showing some sweet mods, but what's up with that tire pressure?
Good catch though!
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Since tire pressure was brought up, let me show how I fixed the problem.
Didn't care for the OEM wheels appearance nor offset...so those were removed and replaced with much better looking and fitting Stance SF7 wheels. Filled with regular air to the proper factory spec and of course the wheels were ceramic coated.
Didn't care for the OEM wheels appearance nor offset...so those were removed and replaced with much better looking and fitting Stance SF7 wheels. Filled with regular air to the proper factory spec and of course the wheels were ceramic coated.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Added these because 'MERICA!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Not build related (well, they all are orange) just a bunch of die cast and RC C8s because I refuse to grow up.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Next I painted the mirror caps carbon flash metallic and added the ACS wickers to the rear spoiler. Also took a family portrait in the driveway.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Didn't want to wait until 7500 miles to change the oil or the DCT filter. Since I had to do it...figured I'd add the access door to make life easier moving forward. Also tossed in a soler pedal commander. (No pics of that as it's been beat to death).
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
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From: Maricopa, AZ
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
2025 C6 of the Year Winner - Modified
2025 C8 Stingray of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
St. Jude Donor '12-'13
The white stitching was not going to work for me, GM for some reason offers no orange stitching option...so dye pens and a few hours of my time made a nice difference.
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I see a LOT of work there (hours x money) going into your 1LT and I'm glad you are enjoying that.
Many enthusiasts love to build up 1LTs and that is great.
Myself, I love the additional options and features I get from a well equipped and configured 2LT OEM coupe straight from the factory.
Personally, I could not do all the options and features that the OEM factory does, turn key cars to me are the way to go.
I can add a few options if needed.
Many enthusiasts love to build up 1LTs and that is great.
Myself, I love the additional options and features I get from a well equipped and configured 2LT OEM coupe straight from the factory.
Personally, I could not do all the options and features that the OEM factory does, turn key cars to me are the way to go.
I can add a few options if needed.
