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Old 09-02-2003, 11:42 AM
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I hate to be the one to rain on your parade but yeah.... they say corvette. Ghetto
It's not like they say Civic or Mustang on them. They say Corvette which is a car we share a lot of parts with and is a car made by the same manafacture. I think they look great.
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John, MTI has one set left sitting in their display case that they are selling at cost ($350) for front and rears. Just FYI

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Looks good Tony.
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Tony, looks sharp. However, get rid of those Corvette logos on the center wheel caps. Get a sweet SS logo on there
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Tony, looks sharp. However, get rid of those Corvette logos on the center wheel caps. Get a sweet SS logo on there
I agree.. the CORVETTE on the brakes are fine but when combined with the vette logos on the caps its to much "vette wannabe"..

The red calipers with the black wheels on the red car is a REALLY sweet look.. and if vette calipers are good enough for a ZL1 then its good enough for a regular fbody
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They aren't Vette logos on the wheels. Its just a chevy bowtie and a checker stripe next to eachother. Similar to the vette crossing flags, but not the same. They just look "Chevy".

BTW, all Camaros are "Vette wannabes"
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BTW, all Camaros are "Vette wannabes"
Gee, you sure know how to win over people :p

Gotcha on the center caps

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Damn, lookin cleaner everyday Dont know about the brake pad covers, but the car is really coming together nicely
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They look great on your car!
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They aren't Vette logos on the wheels. Its just a chevy bowtie and a checker stripe next to eachother. Similar to the vette crossing flags, but not the same. They just look "Chevy".

BTW, all Camaros are "Vette wannabes"
Tony, I have seen those emblems on 82-91 Vettes. Here are some examples of the emblems as the years progressed: http://www.geocities.com/shayneandrachel/emblems8.htm

It's hard to see them on your rims though from that pic, they're too small. But what I can muster looks to me like the 1985 version on that link above. I dunno, lol.
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Cool link Levi, I guess I never paid much attention to Vette wheel emblems. These look like the 1993 version without the "4" (hollow red outline bowtie). But, I still like them since they just have a bowtie on them.

I'm not worried about having Corvette parts on a Camaro. We always get the Vette leftovers. Like the LS1 engine, the T56 tranny, even SS 5-spokes are Vette leftovers. Vette technology always trickles down to lil bro. These are good hand-me-downs though

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I definately agree, getting the best hand-me-downs
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Looks good Tony but getting some Camaro decals on there wouldn't have been too difficult.





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getting some Camaro decals on there wouldn't have been too difficult
You must not have ever seen Corvette calipers in person. They "Corvette" is actually cast into the front of the caliper, it sticks out about an 1/8" inch from the surface. They aren't just decals, they would have to be ground off and re-powdercoated. NOT "easy".

Besides, I like the Corvette calipers, it shows that they have been upgraded from stock, instead of just "decaled"

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No, I've seen them and I like the "decaled" look better.
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Tony car looks great and is really coming together nicely.Love the vette calipers.Hell love the whole car and im not a big fan on verts but this one is bad ***.Sweet ride man!!
Old 09-06-2003, 09:04 PM
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Just leave the banners on the wheel centercaps. They're GrandSports ('vette wheels)anyway right?
Toss on a set of C5 FRC's and you're all set.

j/k...the ride is
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Camaros have C5 powerplants so why not have C5 brakes to bring all that power to a safe stop!

I'm putting the complete C5 brake setup on my SS - plus all 2002 ZL1 Supercars came with C5 brakes.
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Hey Tony.. did you use the Z06 pads too?

Reason I ask.. the top "spring" that hold the pads inplace isn't a direct swap... and the damn thing only comes with the pad set.
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you ride looks pimp, i like how they say corvette on them thats pimp. stoping on a dime is pimp.


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