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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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I got an offer I couldn't refuse on my camaro so I sold it on Saturday. I found this car for sale and since the price was right I went ahead and picked it up. Words can't describe how much I love this car already.

Now I understand why everyone likes them so much more than F-bodies



So far I have found that PSJ's reviews of the Z06 has pretty much been dead on as far as accuracy is concerned. I really think the car needs more mid-range power and I will be purchasing a trunk partition really soon to cut down on the road noise. I picked up a shifter for it yesterday afternoon because the stock shifter and shift **** are about to drive me crazy.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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Yah the trunk partition is a no-brainer.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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Car looks great. A couple of my friends have Z06s and they're simply amazing.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 12:31 PM
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Nice looking ride! I love the QS. Then again I'm kinda partial lol.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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congrats u picked the best color
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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nice!!! sean instead of selling your fikses, why don't you put them on? it would look bad ***. what are the first round of mods going to be? if say you are leaving it stock i have to say you are full of **** (i am speaking from expierience)!
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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nice!!! sean instead of selling your fikses, why don't you put them on? it would look bad ***. what are the first round of mods going to be? if say you are leaving it stock i have to say you are full of **** (i am speaking from expierience)!
I have thought about it I just wasn't sure on the backspacing. I might try them just to see what it looks like.

My plan was to leave it stock but I keep seeing things I want on it
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 05:52 PM
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Congrats!! I Picked up my EB 03 yesterday and drove in back 500 miles from Colorado springs. I agree with you on the shifter and the need of a partion. not much support on the seats either, I'm probaly going to swap them with a sparco roadster. This car is awesome.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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Congrats, looks good.

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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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Nice, you can't go wrong no matter what color you get.
I had a shifter waiting for mine when I got home with it but it wasn't my fist C5 so knew how bad the truck shifter felt.
After trying several shifters I stayed with the Breathless, it has more adjust ability than any other and it just felt right.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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The Fikse's won't work, the backspacing on the fronts for the f-body sets them out to where you'll look like a 4X4 with wide mudders on the Z06. Believe me I wanted my FM5's from my SS on my Z0.
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Yah the trunk partition is a no-brainer.


Those things make that big of a difference, EH? Expensive?

Nice Z06 by the way man....congrats!
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 12:49 AM
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Mine came with the partition and the shifter was the first thing i added! Now i'm in the process of trying to find someone that wants to trade shifters so i can see which one i like best. (I have a kirban, looking for Hurst or B&M(newer model)
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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Congrats! I love driving our F-Body's, but get so much pleasure out of driving the Z06.
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Originally Posted by Bad Habit Bird
I have thought about it I just wasn't sure on the backspacing. I might try them just to see what it looks like.

My plan was to leave it stock but I keep seeing things I want on it
I couldnt agree more!! I love my Fikse rims.

Im gonna do the partition this week. That will cut road noise to half lol. But other than that your car is SICK!! Great choice on the switch. Ever since I bought my ZO6, I have been a much happier man.
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Nice color choice. Enjoy the ride.
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i love it, if i could ever get rid of the Z that would be my next car, i could imagine how uncomfortable that shifter feels though
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Xx01CamaroZ28xX
I couldnt agree more!! I love my Fikse rims.

Im gonna do the partition this week. That will cut road noise to half lol. But other than that your car is SICK!! Great choice on the switch. Ever since I bought my ZO6, I have been a much happier man.
What are the sizes and backspacing of your wheels? They look really good!

I disabled skip shift and lowered the fan temps last night but haven't had much time to do any scanning to see what the tune looks like or if it needs any changes. I think once I sell my Fikse wheels I have leftover from the camaro I'm going to hold off on getting new wheels for a little bit, these look good and the tires only have 3k miles on them. Plus I am about to go do the paperwork to start having a house built so more money has to go to it first
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