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Stage 2 & 3 Small Endplate Details/Pics

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#1 ·
By way of overall introduction, important to note that, as per the first picture below, there is one key difference between a stage 1 and a stage 2 Z06 splitter, in that a stage 2 splitter protrudes further out front across its entire side to side by an additional approximate 1 inch, AND, whereasas a stage 2 splitter "mirrors" the front fang protrusion when looked down from a bird's eye view, a stage 1 does not "parallel" the fangs sticking further out right below the fangs.


Here, first, is a summary of all the stage 2 winglet/endplate (GM's uses both terms) measurements, all explained below in detail with appropriate pictures (at least that is my hope).

7 1/4" front to back) x 3" (max. height) x 3/4" (sticking out from from side of front fascia) X 3/8" thick X 3/16" forward protruding (in front of splitter)

Here is a bird's eye view of a stage 2 splitter. A little hard to understand this picture's perspective, but I was bending down, and the void at the top right of the picture is the space immediately in front of passenger-side front wheel, with the yellow being the very bottom/front-most, outside corner of the front fascia. You are looking down onto the top edge of the side winglet; the space between the fascia and the inside edge of the winglet/endplate is 3/8". Coincidentally, as the winglet is 3/8" thick, the distance from the outside edge of the fascia to the outside edge of the winglet is a total of 3/4". As we know, the front fascia part for the StingRay and the Z06 is identical (same part number), and thus the extreme front-width increase for a stage 2 over a StingRay, at splitter height, is 1 1/2". [Note, the stage 3 larger endplates (10 3/4" tall) stick out much further from the body (approximately 1 5/8" each side) at their very top edges.]


Below picture is looking from the front of the car, also showing the 3/8" space between the fascia's outside edge and the inside of the endplate. Also, please notice (and repeated in the last picture below from a different perspective), that the front edge of the splitter protrudes forward 3/16" inch beyond the front edge of the stage 2/3 splitter's outside corner.


Obvious side view below, showing its 7 1/4" length front to back (side to side in the following picture), and it's 3" maximum height.


Lastly, a view from the from the front right/center of the car, toward the right front corner, again showing that the endplate protrudes 3/16" further forward than the splitter end.

 
#3 ·
Hi John, quick question about the finish of the carbon flash painted ground effects package. Does it have a high gloss, clear coated finish like the visible carbon fiber? I thought it did from some of the earlier pics I saw, but it doesn't look that way in the close ups you've posted.
 
#4 ·
Yes, it has a nice gloss, (smiling as I type this), but sitting in a body shop for a week, waiting for the painter to get well (hooray, he was back to work today), resulted in a thick layer of dust. The second-from-bottom side view picture shows it with much less dust.