No thank you on the vinyl please. No. 1, reminds me too much of the stickers and decals they used back in the 60's and 70's. No. 2, there's always going to be a sharp ridge from where the vinyl sits above the paint, which comes across to me as kind of an afterthought or cheap add-on. That's counter productive to the persona of the Corvette stepping into the International Supercar arena.
For the life of me, I find it difficult to understand why, if the hood is made of carbon fiber why they don't simply cover where the stinger would go during the paint process and then clear coat over it? Personally, I'm going to order the car without and then pay the extra money to have a body shop paint the stinger carbon flash and clear coat over it. In fact, if there's any issues with orange peel when I take delivery, the entire car will end up with additional clear coat if need be, so the detailer will have something to work with, without rubbing through the clear coat. Don't mean to sound like some may take this, but after reading a number of issues that have come up in other threads, I find it necessary to anticipate things I "MIGHT" be confronted with, finding solutions and dealing with them. Rarely is there anything that is truly turnkey right from the start. The stinger is just one thing on a potentially long list of things that may have to be done.
