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1988 Convertible for sunny day drives
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<blockquote data-quote="Tourmax" data-source="post: 177281" data-attributes="member: 5304"><p>So, I've been looking at what's available:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]31858[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]31859[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]31860[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]31862[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]31863[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]31864[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Yeah, not really a big fan of most of those. They look like "stick on" stuff.</p><p></p><p>I actually kinda like the Shinoda rear:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]31865[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But, in other pictures, it looks pretty big and perhaps just a little...."more"....than what i had in mind.</p><p></p><p>So, it looks like I'm going to have to make my own to get the look I want.</p><p></p><p>Once the Vette is fully laid up for winter (ie: salt on the roads and snow on the ground) I'll build up a clay form on the tail of the Vette and take a fiberglass mold off it. I will most likely take some inspiration from these two styles:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]31861[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31866[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I like the "C6/7" style edge where it dips down in the center.</p><p></p><p>It's "edgey", which will probably work well with the C4's "angular" form. The pictured one is not bad, but perhaps just a shade too tall for me. Not much, maybe lan inch or less too tall. It's only for looks, so it being too low to do anything functional is not a big deal. Truthfully, very few "trunk spoilers" actually do anything with regards to creating down force. They do absolutely nothing functional at legal road speeds. </p><p>The blue one is not bad either. Plain and simple, yet not overly large. You can see where the lips flares out to nearly the full width of the bumper cap, which is what I need to cover the existing holes.</p><p></p><p>The overall plan is to make it nice and low, but still noticeable Visually thin and light, but enough coverage for the top of the OEM bumper/light cap.Not as "upright" as most aftermarket ones seem to be but more raked back, taking a bit from the Shinoda full rear cap style.</p><p></p><p>I've got the image in my head, now to see if it will translate into fiberglass reality........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tourmax, post: 177281, member: 5304"] So, I've been looking at what's available: [ATTACH type="full" alt="0c5b2f94d6c962ab462dda3070694ce8.jpg"]31858[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="1.jpg"]31859[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="2.jpg"]31860[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="1985_homestead_garage_b6a35c53455f939eead0f30bc2e6302ad7bcf294.jpg"]31862[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="144443_144443.main.jpg"]31863[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="fg-671-oncar-01_1.jpg"]31864[/ATTACH] Yeah, not really a big fan of most of those. They look like "stick on" stuff. I actually kinda like the Shinoda rear: [ATTACH type="full" alt="3fl_show_nov_03-015.jpg"]31865[/ATTACH] But, in other pictures, it looks pretty big and perhaps just a little...."more"....than what i had in mind. So, it looks like I'm going to have to make my own to get the look I want. Once the Vette is fully laid up for winter (ie: salt on the roads and snow on the ground) I'll build up a clay form on the tail of the Vette and take a fiberglass mold off it. I will most likely take some inspiration from these two styles: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1280x960-80-1985_craig_pai_corvette_5a77fc75dffa39d8cdf347dc209fea8ec8e27e77.jpg"]31861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="corvette_c4_01.jpg"]31866[/ATTACH] I like the "C6/7" style edge where it dips down in the center. It's "edgey", which will probably work well with the C4's "angular" form. The pictured one is not bad, but perhaps just a shade too tall for me. Not much, maybe lan inch or less too tall. It's only for looks, so it being too low to do anything functional is not a big deal. Truthfully, very few "trunk spoilers" actually do anything with regards to creating down force. They do absolutely nothing functional at legal road speeds. The blue one is not bad either. Plain and simple, yet not overly large. You can see where the lips flares out to nearly the full width of the bumper cap, which is what I need to cover the existing holes. The overall plan is to make it nice and low, but still noticeable Visually thin and light, but enough coverage for the top of the OEM bumper/light cap.Not as "upright" as most aftermarket ones seem to be but more raked back, taking a bit from the Shinoda full rear cap style. I've got the image in my head, now to see if it will translate into fiberglass reality........ [/QUOTE]
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