Many have seen my car at the local car shows and ask what model is it and where did you get it. Well it's a C6 I purchased in March of 07. , It is a 3LT Z51 w/ nav. it sticker price was 58,580. but dealing with Rick Hendricks in Duluth I got a good trade allowance ( almost what I paid for the 05 I traded in ). In 09 when the Grandsport came out, the C6 values dropped dramaticaly so trading wasn't an option. I contacted my friend, Don Claus, in Ft. Myers Florida, to custom build a set of extreme fenders like the ZR1 that would match up to the stock C6 front fascia.  We decided to go 6 inch wider overall on the rear, 4 inches wider overall on the front. The next problem was to source a set of wheels that would give me the 6 inch lips on the rear, 3.5 inch on the front that have the right offset to fit the body panels w/ Corvette bolt pattern. After several phone calls and lots of research, Savini took the dimensions and came up with a set of custom cut centers to fit the the new body. After finishing the body panels we made a set of carbon fiber side skirts (1.5 inches wider than the ZR1), a rear diffusior, to eliminate drag on the tail of the car.

Next  I hauled the parts to my friends body shop in Paducah Ky. to finish paint. We matched the paint to the fuel door and blocked down componets for a smooth finish. The assembly was done in my home garage with the car up on 4 jackstands. Here is a list of the mods to date

1. Body parts. SS Vette Ft.Myers Fl.

2. Paint Dr Gelcoat Paducah Ky.

3. Engine  MTI Racing Marietta Ga.

4. Z06 Differential and 342 gears. MTI Racing Marietta Ga.

5. Callaway CAI

6. Kooks long tube headers and exhaust

7. Auto transmission mods and engine tune Corvettes Of Westchester. IE. Chuck ( COW ) N.Y.

8. Interior DS Vettes Brownsville Texas

9 Throttle Buster Chuck COW

10. Tires 285/19  345/20 Nitto Invo's

11. Engine trim componets Full Throttle Corvette Lawrencville Ga.

12 Back up lights V-leds Seattle Washington.

13 Wheels Savini Anaheim California

14. Airbrushed graphics Atomic Airbrush Paducah Ky.

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