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C7Carbon is making a 3 piece blade that covers the SS holes, waiting for it to hit the market.  The cheap Ikon that did got famous at Camaro6, sold out, and Ikon said they aren't sure if they will make any more.(!?)

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C7Carbon is making a 3 piece blade that covers the SS holes, waiting for it to hit the market.  The cheap Ikon that did got famous at Camaro6, sold out, and Ikon said they aren't sure if they will make any more.(!?)


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I am looking at getting side skirts


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I am looking at getting o skirts


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Yes, I think I might get their whole set. Or maybe their Skirts(ZL1), diffuser("race"), the upcoming blade, and the JWM carbon splitter. I perfer gloss black, but they may not make the blade in gloss black, (or the diffuser.) But the weave from different places may not match, so I might have to go with the ZL1 splitter, they don't make a SS splitter. 

 

 

It easy to know what it will look like since they have a yellow test fit car.  The diffuser looks good from some angles.

 

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I was leaning toward a few Anderson Composite pieces.....until I read some poor fitament reviews, and some ads that said they aren't shipped painted with clear coat. They recommend you clear coat it with UV inhibitors before installation. Considering their prices....

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I may also just get the ACS SS Aeropack and diffuser instead. I like their diffuser and splitter better. But C7 spoiler and side skirts a bit more. 

 

Such an expensive hobby :D

 

At least we didn't wait for the 19, it'll cost a lot more to make them look better.

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They look great.

 

Edit: C7Carbon answered my question already, they will make the new pieces in Gloss Black. That pretty much settles it, they are pretty responsive.

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Cars and coffee at IMS

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Badass Yenko

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Like the dive planes and rear wing but not a fan of the ZL1/1LE rims

Also cleaned my rims last night this was after 60 miles

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Ordered the C7 carbon ZL1 satin side skirts last night. Seen some one various cars Sunday morning and really liked them. Now a 4-6 wk wait


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Washed it the other day for the for the first time after getting it home from the dealers -has 95 miles on it now.

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On 5/14/2018 at 8:49 PM, RyanbabZ71 said:

Ordered the C7 carbon ZL1 satin side skirts last night. Seen some one various cars Sunday morning and really liked them. Now a 4-6 wk wait


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I'm surprised some of these companies don't keep some in stock. What sucks is that the ZL1 1LE spoiler they are making is getting out faster than the extended one they started develooing first.

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Built a racecar for the K500 (kindergarten 500) then went and hung out at a local show

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Babied one owner third gens are coming out of the woodwork around here. I've seen three for sale this year so far. One had the Daytona hood, not sure if that was ever a factory offering, I know it was on a concept car at one point, I used to have the poster of it waaaay back.

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Removed the whole front suspension today...all new parts on order..

 

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Ready for new parts!

 

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