Corvette Mods - Exterior
Camro Hood Vent
Looking at the C7's with the hood vents I thought my C6 needed one. There is a thread on the Corvette Forum (Camaro Hood Vent Install) on adding the hood vent from a 2014 Carmaro.
I did some research & found that ACS Composites makes a kit. But, they want $329 for it. You can get the Vent (part #22828242) &. Camaro tray (part #23213078), which is different than the ACS kit tray, from GM for about $175. I got my kit from a Corvette Forum member.The kit consists of the following parts:
Now comes the fun part.. the installation. I was tempted to do it myself but too many other things got in the way. So, I decided to let a local body shop do it. This was good & bad. The good part was it was done by a master fiberglass craftsman. The bad part was he ran into fitment problems and he did off the books. Therefore it took forever to complete after figuring out the fitment issue.
I had a small problem mounting the tray after I added the hood insulator. The mounting studs were not long enough. The mounting studs were removable. I replaced them with some 1/4x20 bolts, 3/16 washer & nylon locking nut.
LED Side Markers
LED side markers are much better than the stock T10 lite version. They come in Clear, Tinted and Paint amtached. I opted for the tinted version.
BEFORE
AFTER
INSTALL - REAR
Remove the outside tail light
Reach inside the rear tail light and remove the T10 bulb from the socket by twisting it clockwise. Now release the side marker by pinching the retaining clip.
NOTE - You will most likely break the other retaining clip.
Now remove the T10 bulb, install the LED connector in the bulb socket and test it before reassembly.
DONE
INSTALL - Front
The font is just like the rear once you turn the wheel to the inside and remove 5 push pins.
