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Aug 12, 2007 | 06:03 PM

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Thanks man! Yeah its cool but if it ever comes time for new shocks... Those bilsteins ARE NOT cheap... Its something like 150-180 bucks a corner.... But it may be more Im not 100%

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On my dad's 99 they are $500-550 a corner...eeek. Is the FX3 better than the z51?

Aug 12, 2007 | 06:08 PM

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On my dad's 99 they are $500-550 a corner...eeek. Is the FX3 better than the z51?

Well c4 and c5 are not quite as easy to compare when it comes to handling. I think each have there strengths. But I couldnt tell you that a C5 Z51 suspension package is better or worse then a C4 FX3 package...

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Aug 12, 2007 | 06:54 PM

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i think it would look better with sawblades painted black. oem and scary.

Aug 12, 2007 | 07:33 PM

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I think it looks great!

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A little off topic but...I bet those tips would look good on a Trans Am. In the Trans Am tip thread there was a post about someone looking for some similar style tips.

Aug 12, 2007 | 07:39 PM

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I've never been a fan of solid black rims. IMO, they need a polished lip

Aug 12, 2007 | 08:11 PM

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But I couldnt tell you that a C5 Z51 suspension package is better or worse then a C4 FX3 package...

Joe

ah ok.

Aug 12, 2007 | 08:43 PM

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Looks good. A polished lip on the wheels would break up the black a little.

Aug 12, 2007 | 08:52 PM

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I've never been a fan of solid black rims. IMO, they need a polished lip

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Looks good. A polished lip on the wheels would break up the black a little.

Nah...

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Aug 12, 2007 | 08:56 PM

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I think it looks great!

A little off topic but...I bet those tips would look good on a Trans Am. In the Trans Am tip thread there was a post about someone looking for some similar style tips.

Even though its not the stock exhaust those are the stock tips... There was an option from the factory to have stainless slips over the tips! I think it looks PHAT! HAHA! Heres an older but better pic(s) of the tips...

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Aug 12, 2007 | 09:32 PM

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Why, whats wrong with it? The only thing I would do without is the FX3 badge on the back, other than that I dig it.

Aug 12, 2007 | 09:55 PM

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not a fan of gs stripes ...... nice car.

Aug 13, 2007 | 09:23 AM

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not a fan of gs stripes ...... nice car.

Thats funny... All the Fbody guys are the ones that say that they dont like the GS stripes... But they are always the guys putting them on their cars when in all reality... The GS stripes started on the C4!!!!!! WOW...

Im not singling you out... Just making a general statement

Joe

Aug 13, 2007 | 10:32 AM

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WTH are there mud flaps on a corvette? Even on a C4?

Aug 13, 2007 | 10:33 AM

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Joe

I dont like the GS stripes on anything but a GS

Aug 13, 2007 | 10:40 AM

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The black wheels make it!!!! imo. Looks good!!

Aug 13, 2007 | 11:10 AM

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Black on white looks good. I like the Z06 wheels better than what you previously had on there. Good choice.

Mike

Aug 13, 2007 | 08:49 PM

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WTH are there mud flaps on a corvette? Even on a C4?

Stock option. Take a chill... At the moment I dont have the money to fix the paint like I would have to if I removed them.

WTH are there black rims with chrome lip on a white TA!?!?! Mad original... *rolls eyes*