Someone has given my ZR1 a couple of black eyes!!

[K2MDL]

Courtesy of Bauer Millett supplied (or should that say supEYED?) and Ian Goss services fitting them today of course.

The front reg plate will appear in a different format soon.

If anyone out there knows which plonker screwed the plate holder on with two dirty great screws do let me know. There will be at least 50 Vette owners that I know who would like to "have a word"

Edited by K2MDL on Friday 1st June 21:27

[Stu R]

If it's any consolation there's plenty of US cars with the same holes - boils my proverbial as I'm moving to a state where the front plate is mandatory but I'll be taking it off for events and get to see the same horrid holes.

The black eyes look great though, suits the yellow! Lovely car BTW

[K2MDL]

Thank you Stu.

Yep, I am pleased with the machine. Only got 400 miles on the milometer so far, too busy at work to put any miles on it and the first 2 weeks of ownership it didn't stop peeing down.

You can specify black lights on any new Vette now and against the velocity yellow I think it looks particularly good. It's a $580 option if you spec off the factory options list, you don't want to know how much if you buy them after...

Best of luck in the USA and just make sure you STICK your plate holder on...

Here's a fuller image - spot the off side washer cover missing - flew off on Sunday when I took it for a short drive. Don't you just love GM build quality? Still, they really shouldn't be there in the first place, just some inane EU regulation as usual.

Edited by K2MDL on Thursday 31st May 03:15

[Stu R]

GM quality? Could be worse, could be a Ford

I'm buying used, so chances are it'll be a pair of self tapping screws holding it on. Still, it'll look like hammered sh*t after a few runs down a texas mile anyway I expect so I'll worry about cosmetics later

[vetteheadracer]

Stu R said:

GM quality? Could be worse, could be a Ford

I'm buying used, so chances are it'll be a pair of self tapping screws holding it on. Still, it'll look like hammered sh*t after a few runs down a texas mile anyway I expect so I'll worry about cosmetics later

Hi Stu, I live in Illinois where front plates are mandatory too.......



.....as you can see I obey the law.....NOT!

Nice lights BTW Martin.....perhaps you should just buy a whole new front clip to get rid of the screw holes and the headlight washers as I don't think they are required for the MOT.

[Vet Guru]

K2MDL said:

Thank you Stu.

Yep, I am pleased with the machine. Only got 400 miles on the milometer so far, too busy at work to put any miles on it and the first 2 weeks of ownership it didn't stop peeing down.

You can specify black lights on any new Vette now and against the velocity yellow I think it looks particularly good. It's a $580 option if you spec off the factory options list, you don't want to know how much if you buy them after...

Best of luck in the USA and just make sure you STICK your plate holder on...

Here's a fuller image - spot the off side washer cover missing - flew off on Sunday when I took it for a short drive. Don't you just love GM build quality? Still, they really shouldn't be there in the first place, just some inane EU regulation as usual.

Edited by K2MDL on Thursday 31st May 03:15

Is it just me? I can't see the new headlights only the rear quarter view of the Saab..... So old yellow thing is in the way of it!

[tiger289]

Very nice and in the fastest color also

If only I didn't live in a country where the import tax would cost the same as the purchase price and the yearly road tax would be over 2K

[RedBull]

Good choice of upgrade (and car). Always thought the black lights look better than the body coloured ones - meaner somehow.

[mitch_]

Sorry Martin, the front plate wasn't our fault. Someone else beat us to it.

[K2MDL]

Ahh, I know that Mitch, your guys wouldn't have been so cruel.... besides I have a photo of it coming out of the docks last year clearly showing two screw holes to the front fender!!

Here's the car on a transporter having just been loaded off Tilbury Docks on it's onward journey to your gaff at Manchester. Look very carefully and you can see the screw holes

(actually at the rez uploaded you can't see them, but on the original image you can)



Here's a few more images before most of the "upgrades"

Edited by K2MDL on Thursday 31st May 23:30

[Adeyb]

just say NO to front number plates!

Been thinking of black lights on my white Z06, not quite made up my mind yet, looks Nice

[mitch_]

I have a set of victory reds that would suit your fender stripes......

[Adeyb]

mitch_ said:

I have a set of victory reds that would suit your fender stripes......

cheers, but its more of a burgundy

[K2MDL]

Thank you for all the good comments guys.

I always modify any car I buy to make it my own and having bought three in the last six months, non have escaped paint work mods, light changes and performance parts of course. I always keep all the original stuff and pass on to the new owner if they want them. The Audi R8 V10 Spyder was the only car that escaped - although it was only a matter of time!

Regarding front plates I agree, there shouldn't be one. My last two C6's I'd stuck a small plate to the right of the bumper, "Alpha" style. This time I have got my paint shop to modify the original "cereal size box" plate holder, cutting it down to only 3" in height, colour matching it with the rest of the car, (thank you Motomarque of Chertsey) and even re-profiling the sides. It will be back on the ZR1 tomorrow so I'll post some images up for a thumbs up or down. Whilst it’s there they are spraying the replacement headlamp washer cover....

We offered the unpainted trimmed down holder up to the bumper today and I thought it looked pretty cool. Will look 100% better when all you'll see is a tiny VRN plate mounted to it. Watch this space and all comments gratefully received..

[K2MDL]

As if by magic..





It's the same width across but about 3.5" total in height.

[G055 USA]

Look's fantastic !

[K2MDL]

Ahhh! The mystro himself....

Thank you to you and your team for the excellent work in fitting the "options" to my car this week. Glad you like the (almost) finished look.

[Adeyb]

Looking good!

looks better without though!

[K2MDL]

I guess so but I don't like winging it with no plate at all and this is as small as I dare go. I think now it follows the bumper line and doesn't look like a huge square box nailed to the front it's a lot better, more so now it's painted. Very much appreciate the comments though!

[RedBull]

A definate improvement that looks good. But, and I hope it's OK to make comments good or bad, I'd be tempted to have a plate that covers the entire flat area of the mounting so that the edges fed straight to the plate without any flat areas showing, if you know what I mean. Shame about the holes in the bumper, without those I would have mounted the small plate beneath the bumper, unless that would affect air flow in to the radiator. Alternatively, given that there are already holes in the bumper, I think I would have used heat to bend the plate to the same profile as the bumper and mount it direct as I think that might look cleaner and sleeker. All just my thoughts though and no offence or criticism intended.