Hello everyone,
First off, I would like to thank John for putting me in touch with Boardwalk Chevrolet who managed to squeeze me into their 2020 allocations. His willingness to help out a complete stranger and go the extra mile was refreshing.
I have never owned a Chevy of any kind. Have always been a Ford guy especially the vintage Mustangs. Have restored a number of them from 1966-1972 to concourse conditions. Being now retired, and getting up there in age, the constant fixing of the older cars and the worry in the back of my mind of will it brake down if I drive it, led me to consider a new sports car. I was at a Cars & Coffee recently with my son and we were looking at some of the C7's saying how nice they look. In talking to one of the owners, he starting telling me about the new mid engine car and showed me some pics on his phone. I went straight home and read everything I could and said this is the car that I have been waiting for. I must admit that I am blown away by the design and performance on a car at this price point.
So here are a couple questions that I would like to thank everyone in advance for taking the time to help answer...
1. Relative to the high wing option (non Z51 car). I know that the wing will be shipped with the car and installed by the dealer. Does the dealer have to drill the holes in the rear facia or does the car come equipped from the factory with a Z51 rear facia that already has the holes pre-drilled? What about the brackets, are they also installed on the assembly line and the dealer just has to bolt the spoiler on during PDI? Kind of nervous if dealer has to remove facia and do all this on a brand new car.
2. On the painted brake calipers. With a cost of $695 I was not sure if I was missing something? Can I just pull the wheels, tape off and spray or use a brush on POR-15 type paint to accomplish the same thing?
3. NPP exhaust. I have read that the performance between the standard and NPP exhaust is insignificant. So, this option at a cost of $1195 is essentially just a switch that allows me to change the sound from normal to loud?
4. Are the Corvette letters on the back stick on or are there holes drilled in facia to mount each one individually?
5. Do the side mirrors fold in or are they fixed? The published width of the car is 76". Does anyone know if that is the width of car only or the width from outside of each mirror? A little worried about the width of my garage.
6. Last question, I read a post about someone who selected the carbon flash wheel option as pictured below on my car but was thinking about painting the machined edge to match the body color. I was wondering if we have anyone skilled in Photoshop that could give it a try?
Again, thank you to everyone here. I am looking forward to participating. Jeff

First off, I would like to thank John for putting me in touch with Boardwalk Chevrolet who managed to squeeze me into their 2020 allocations. His willingness to help out a complete stranger and go the extra mile was refreshing.
I have never owned a Chevy of any kind. Have always been a Ford guy especially the vintage Mustangs. Have restored a number of them from 1966-1972 to concourse conditions. Being now retired, and getting up there in age, the constant fixing of the older cars and the worry in the back of my mind of will it brake down if I drive it, led me to consider a new sports car. I was at a Cars & Coffee recently with my son and we were looking at some of the C7's saying how nice they look. In talking to one of the owners, he starting telling me about the new mid engine car and showed me some pics on his phone. I went straight home and read everything I could and said this is the car that I have been waiting for. I must admit that I am blown away by the design and performance on a car at this price point.
So here are a couple questions that I would like to thank everyone in advance for taking the time to help answer...
1. Relative to the high wing option (non Z51 car). I know that the wing will be shipped with the car and installed by the dealer. Does the dealer have to drill the holes in the rear facia or does the car come equipped from the factory with a Z51 rear facia that already has the holes pre-drilled? What about the brackets, are they also installed on the assembly line and the dealer just has to bolt the spoiler on during PDI? Kind of nervous if dealer has to remove facia and do all this on a brand new car.
2. On the painted brake calipers. With a cost of $695 I was not sure if I was missing something? Can I just pull the wheels, tape off and spray or use a brush on POR-15 type paint to accomplish the same thing?
3. NPP exhaust. I have read that the performance between the standard and NPP exhaust is insignificant. So, this option at a cost of $1195 is essentially just a switch that allows me to change the sound from normal to loud?
4. Are the Corvette letters on the back stick on or are there holes drilled in facia to mount each one individually?
5. Do the side mirrors fold in or are they fixed? The published width of the car is 76". Does anyone know if that is the width of car only or the width from outside of each mirror? A little worried about the width of my garage.
6. Last question, I read a post about someone who selected the carbon flash wheel option as pictured below on my car but was thinking about painting the machined edge to match the body color. I was wondering if we have anyone skilled in Photoshop that could give it a try?
Again, thank you to everyone here. I am looking forward to participating. Jeff
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