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CORVETTE TODAY Extra - A Complete Overview of my 70th Anniversary Stingray Coupe
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May 14, 2025
I finally did it...I've been modding my 2023 70th Anniversary White Pearl Metallic Stingray Coupe. I call it the Carbon Fiber Edition because everything is Carbon Fiber on the interior, exterior and engine bay. I have done a complete video that outlines all of the mods done to this Corvette! I've also tried to incorporate the companies I purchased these mods from like Classic Trim Customs, Radiator Grille Store, Paragon Performance, SOUL Performance Products, C8 Rally Driver and more. Enjoy the video - if you have any questions, email me at SteveGarrettDJ@gmail.com.
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hi guys I'm Steve Garrett the creator
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and host of the Corvette Today Show it's
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the only current podcast dedicated to
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Corvette this is my 2023 70th
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anniversary white pearl metallic
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Stingray coupe i call it the carbon
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fiber edition because there's so much
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carbon fiber on it this video is a long
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time coming i've been modifying this car
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for about 2 and 1/2 years now and it's
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finally time to give you an overview of
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everything that I've done to this car we
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will start on the outside here because
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there's so much to see on the outside
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and also on the interior and the engine
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bay i'll try and tell you where all
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these things came from i tried to keep
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the car as much on the 70th anniversary
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theme as possible but if you look down
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here I have a lot of carbon fiber we'll
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start with the tea bars there on the
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front vents those tea bars came from
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Amazon a company called Joan J O G O N
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2013 they do really nice work and I
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trimmed it in automotive pin striping
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next comes the front splitter which was
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done by Classic Trim Customs they also
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did the front balance there and this is
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all done in carbon fiber and they
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painted it with the red trim on it and
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it looks fantastic frank over at Classic
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Trim Customs does a fantastic job the
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wheels are 70th anniversary wheels with
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the red trim on the pin striping and my
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car is a little bit of a unicorn my car
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has the red calipers the bright red
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calipers this was done during the time
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that the edge red calipers were not
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available so mine were done with the
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bright red calipers also if you look
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here a little bit closer you can see I
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got off of Amazon some of these red
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valve stem covers they they were really
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nice and then moving over here I have
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the extended mud flaps and those came
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from ACS Composite and as you can see I
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trimmed those myself with the red
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automotive pin
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striping my side skirts were also done
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by Classic Trim Customs again Frank over
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there does a beautiful job and the logo
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here actually comes from Etsy then on
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the Boomerang the Boomerang is also
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carbon fiber and it was also done by
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Classic Trim Customs moving on to the
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side mirrors those are also done in
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carbon fiber and I think those also came
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from Joan 2013 off of Amazon as you can
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see I've made my own little red white
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and blue American flag i got this idea
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from Pagani and also Ferrari i thought
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if they can do their flags we can do our
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flags as well on the post here this is
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really cool so my guy who does my tint
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and my paint protection film bought me a
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roll of carbon fiber and he put it into
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his machine that cuts out pieces for the
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paint protection film instead of cutting
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it out with the paint protection film he
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used my roll of carbon fiber and it came
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out just perfect and looked fantastic
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also he wrapped my A-pillar and my
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B-pillar i'll show you the B-pillar here
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as
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well you can buy these the radiator
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grill store has these AMB pillars and
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they look really really good this is
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also really cool this came from Joan
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2013 but it's the trim here in carbon
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fiber right along the door this looks
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really really good moving to the back
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here with the coupe I've got the carbon
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fiber surround the blast and this is
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actually pretty cool too i've got the
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carbon fiber Stingray and that was done
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by Paragon Performance that came out
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really really good speaking of the
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wheels I've also got the Paragon
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Performance 20 mm spacers on the front
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and the back wheels moving to the back
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here though this is the kind of the PA
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resistance i was an early adapter on
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this this is the Z07 wing done by Sagala
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Designs this actually came out really
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really good and as you can see I've
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trimmed it in red with my automotive pin
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striping also my carbon fiber guy that
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does my paint protection film did this
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trim here and you can buy this now and I
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can't remember exactly where it's from
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but you can buy that I think from Joan
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13 over on Amazon moving to the back of
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the car I've got the vents here done by
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Extreme Online Store in carbon fiber
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i've also got the trim here right by the
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exhaust pipes and that was done by
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Extreme Online store as well i love this
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diffuser this diffuser came from Joan
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and it's really really good looking it
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turned out well and as you can see I did
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trim it in red automotive pin striping
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as well also the license plate holder is
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done in carbon fiber and I trimmed it in
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red moving on to the engine bay i've
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done a lot of work here in the engine
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bay and I'm really proud of it first of
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all let's go to the trunk area as you
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can see here this is the red mat this is
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an actual GM aftermarket product that
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comes in black tan or red and I got it
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in red and it looks fantastic especially
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with the Evanguri carbon fiber cold air
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intake this thing is fantastic that came
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from Paragon Performance also I have the
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mount the strike plate here the strike
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plate is from C8 Rally Driver and they
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do a fantastic job there also I've got
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my spec plate here that was done by
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deadbranddesigns.com that looks really
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really good also the surround for the
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engine bay is all done and that was from
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Absis USA i also bought the X brakes
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here and that came from Extreme online
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store and I trimmed it in red also my
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posts and the seat belt cover is also
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done by C8 Rally Driver they do a great
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job on all their personalized stuff you
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can get a lot of personalized stuff the
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engine bay with the triangular pieces
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plus the engine cover were all done by
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Classic Trim Customs that turned out
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fantastic and these covers here were
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also done and those were from the
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radiator grill store also in the engine
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bay my struts were wrapped by my paint
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protection film guy but you can buy
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these from Paragon Performance and they
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look fantastic also I've got a
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customized cover on the back window and
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that was done by Classic Trim Customs
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and if you move up here on the hatch
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this is awesome looking and again this
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is done by Frank at Classic Trim Customs
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these two pieces were done and they were
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specially made in carbon fiber with red
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trim he does those personalized and they
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look fantastic also a couple other
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things that you can't see but were added
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to this car are the Solar Engineering 91
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mm throttle bodies and I've also got the
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solar engineering throttle controller
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those two talk to each other and they
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work fantastic it makes a night and day
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difference and the other thing I wanted
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to show you and this is something that
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is really really cool it's the best one
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on the market I think is the Soul
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Performance Products exhaust this thing
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sounds fantastic this is not a cold
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start the video won't do it justice but
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I'm going to give you a start anyway
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fantastic soul Performance Products is
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the official exhaust of Corvette today
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let's move on to the interior and show
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you all the carbon fiber here first of
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all the door sills are 70th anniversary
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door sills surrounded by carbon fiber
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which looks really really good also on
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the inside of the door this is a unique
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piece but this is also from Joan 2013
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this fits right inside of the door there
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also moving up here you see the inside
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A-pillar is also done in carbon fiber if
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you move down to the handle here you'll
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see that that's done in carbon fiber as
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well also the speaker panel is done in
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carbon fiber on eBay I found these 70th
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anniversary badges and it was 20 bucks
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for the set and they look really really
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good as you can see here we'll move back
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here this is also a little speaker
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trimmed in carbon fiber and the frunk
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and frunk release are done in carbon
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fiber i also like this piece really well
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i don't want to cover up the Alcantara
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in the interior but this kick plate on
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the door panel itself did not cover any
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Alcantara it was all done in leather and
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this works out really really well here's
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more of the interior as you can see I've
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got the badging and this is again from
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Etsy these are the same that are on the
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side skirts but they are over the
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embossment of the cross flags for the C8
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on each seat moving over to the
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waterfall I've got the cap for the
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waterfall and the speaker there plus the
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entire waterfall itself is done in
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carbon fiber also on the inside of my
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door I saw this on another car and I
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thought it was really cool i've got my
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Corvette Club of Kansas City that I'm
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the president of their logo there along
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with the mid-enine Corvette forum
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support my buddy John over there and
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also I'm a lifetime member of the
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National Corvette Museum i put that
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there on the threshold of the car this
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is all done in carbon fiber it's really
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pretty and it goes all the way on the
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inside of the
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car also on the inside of the dash right
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here is more carbon fiber and then if I
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move down here all the control panel on
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the seats are also done in carbon fiber
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the buttons and the background are all
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done carbon fiber continuing on on the
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interior believe it or not I have carbon
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fiber looking floor mats just for the
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heck of it one day I went on eBay and I
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Googled carbon fiber floor mats and
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these were available and they've got the
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Corvette cross flags for the C8 along
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with the Corvette script on them as well
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moving on to the dash over here on the
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left hand side as you can see this is
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all done in carbon fiber the
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illumination panel for the heads-up
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display along with one of the three
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pieces there across the dash let's focus
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on the steering wheel for just a minute
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first of all I've got the red 12:00
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marker that came from Extreme Online
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store and that's done in carbon fiber it
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was red anyway so I got that it looks
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really really good also on the horn pad
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I've got the trim that used to be
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brushed silver covered in carbon fiber
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plus the surround of the cross flags
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done in carbon fiber also at the bottom
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here I've got a 70th anniversary logo
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you'll remember those from the speakers
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the speaker covers on the side of the
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door i trimmed those up i was
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disappointed that those didn't come with
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the Stingray they only come with the -ay
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and the Z06 so I made my own i got
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another set of those and trimmed it
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around it looks pretty good not bad at
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all also all the buttons on both sides
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are done in carbon fiber those are
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overlays and again I think I got those
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from Amazon if you look here all the
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three buttons plus the other buttons are
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done in carbon fiber the surround for
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that was done originally from the
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factory in brush silver and I got rid of
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that with carbon fiber i didn't do the
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inside because I didn't want to overdo
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the carbon fiber i think it looks pretty
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good over on the other side we have the
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same thing the Z mode button is done in
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carbon fiber plus the sideways buttons
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for the cruise control are done in
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carbon fiber and then the trim around
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all the buttons is also done in carbon
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fiber if you look to the back here I've
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got the paddle shifters and extended
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carbon fiber and those came from Paragon
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Performance and I trimmed those in red
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to make it look really good allah
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Ferrari also as you can see the surround
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for the driver information center is
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done in carbon fiber and that came from
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Joan 2013 and also the steering wheel
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column on the top and bottom are done in
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carbon fiber and the button that moves
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the steering wheel forward and backward
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is done in carbon fiber this gives you a
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little bit better view of the extended
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paddle shifters from Paragon Performance
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that I trimmed with red automotive pin
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striping moving to the center console as
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you can see the piece underneath the
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navigation screen is done in carbon
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fiber also the backing of the navigation
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screen is done in carbon fiber and again
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that was from Joan 2013 the driver mode
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and the gear selector are both done in
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carbon fiber and that looks really good
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along with this piece under the mode
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selector that's also done in carbon
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fiber there's a lot more pieces that you
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can get for the interior in carbon fiber
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but my rule was don't cover up
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Alcantara also if you look above the
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navigation screen I did have carbon
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fiber here and on the other side of the
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head-up display that looks really really
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good also on the passenger side that
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piece right across the dash is done in
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carbon fiber plus the little air
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conditioning vent right here is also
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done in carbon fiber as well also I
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wanted to show you one more piece this
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is really nice i've got the red carbon
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fiber start stop button along with the
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carbon fiber surround for that button
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and those came from Amazon for the
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overhead console I've got that surround
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piece done in carbon fiber and moving
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over to the mirror covers you can see
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those are done in carbon fiber along
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with the hinges done in carbon fiber as
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well also for the engine bay I have LED
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lighting this was $20 and it's got
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double-sided tape on the back and that
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was from Amazon and at night I turn this
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on it turns on to any color you want it
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looks fantastic and lights up the engine
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bay also on both doors the surround for
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the door opener button plus the door
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lock button is done in carbon fiber too
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moving to the frunk on the underside of
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the lid i got this from Amazon it was
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$39 on Amazon but I also wanted to show
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you the frunk area just like the trunk
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this is also done in red from General
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Motors you can get this it comes as a
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set which is really really nice the
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surround area is all done in carbon
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fiber and that comes from Classic Trim
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Customs along with the covers for the
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caps and I think that's it i think I've
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covered everything that's my car i love
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my Corvette it's the 70th anniversary
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2023 white pearl metallic Stingray Coupe
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the carbon fiber edition i hope you guys
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enjoy it
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