Anderson Composites Creates All-Carbon Fiber C8 Corvette
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C8 Corvette customers looking to upgrade their mid-engine sports car with a full carbon-fiber body can do so with aftermarket components offered by Anderson Composites, which is showing off this gorgeous full-composite C8 Corvette Stingray.
The Anderson Composites carbon fiber body kit adds some substantial girth to the C8 Corvette Stingray, upping overall width by 3 inches as compared to the standard C8 Corvette Stingray, and an extra half-inch as compared to the up-and-coming C8 Corvette Z06. The body kit’s exact dimensions are 74.6 inches in width up front, matching the Z06, and 75.1 inches wide in the rear.
The whole kit is rather inclusive, and looks to enhance the factory lines of the C8 Corvette Stingray, rather than override them like some other kits. Included is a new front fascia, which features enhanced cooling and aero functions, with a new splitter and canards for the latter, plus larger intakes for the oil cooler and brakes for the former. The kit also comes with new rocker extension panels, a new roof, new door handles, a new rear hatch, new rear hatch side vents, a rear spoiler, and rear diffuser fins. There’s also large side air ducts to feed the radiators.
The whole kit looks to be rather high-quality, with a combination of both vacuum-infused and dry carbon components, all of which mount in the factory locations.
The Anderson Composites kit is offered for all current C8 Corvette Stingray model years. Unsurprisingly, all this good stuff doesn’t come cheap, with pricing set at $19,999, per the Anderson Composites website.
As a reminder, the C8 Corvette Stingray is motivated by the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine, which is rated at 495 horsepower at 6,450 rpm and 470 pound-feet of torque at 5,150 rpm when equipped with the factory performance exhaust system. Output is sent to the rear wheels through the M1L eight-speed automatic transmission. Under the body panels is the Y2 platform, while production takes place at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
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ugly — pure plastic — but why … non sense … is the tire also plastic ? sincere elegance is since long gone, today is cheapness over all
Almost every body panel on the Corvette is made out of compression molded fiberglass reinforced plastic.
Carbon fiber is nothing like plastic btw. Full exposed carbon fiber isn’t my jam unless it’s a race car but it’s paintable.
Honestly to spend almost 20k plus the cost of installation on all that carbon fiber is unnecessary
yah… like u pay 600000 a rr cullinan and do uglier more 100000 for mansory… custom
or biber take a wraith and so go in west coast customs and do fibre over…
what is this , a made up language !
My feeling exactly. Besides it is butt ugly.
Help me out here. Is Carbon Fiber lighter in weight ? Is it stronger ? I am about function.
What shocked me most is the price. that number is very low (to me IMHO) considering little tiny
side skirts can be $4000. I might do this, if it gave me a distinct advantage.
As for outside looks ? Get a skin, saw a C8 in chrome the other day, it looked good (IMHO).
Good question. Most of the body panels on the C8 are already light enough they float in water. I doubt these are much lighter. The real advantage of CF is when it’s used for structural components, where it can be way lighter than steel or aluminum.
Exactly how much wind tunnel testing did they do and how much aero efficient is this body? More aftermarket glitzy crap for people who never hit the track.
The $20k kit is really just bumpers, fenders and rocker panels; not the roof. From the mfg website:
*Carbon fiber hood, roof panels, hatch, doors, wing and miscellaneous trim parts in photos of C8 are sold separately.
I’m surprised that they didn’t give a weight reduction number. If it is heavier, than say a Z06 widebody, then all this is a change in appearance.
I purchased my son a real carbon fiber hood for his Japanese Tuner Civic around 10 years ago. Naturally he found a deer that was in a hurry to cross the road. The result ended up being that the drivers side fender, the head lamp, the grill & bumper cover needed to be replaced. The carbon fiber hood survived without a scratch.
But when an impact does exceed the limits of CF, it shatters into sharp little pieces, and can’t be repaired. You’re not going to fix a fender with bondo when some soccer mom runs into you.
Everybody think on this for a moment, All the blogs that I was reading on the C8 Z06 before they Announce the actual HP was 670, the blogs were stating that the c8 z06 would have less hp as the c7 z06 but would be faster from 0-60 mph because the car would be mid engine. I was really disappointed reading that scrap online. GM surprise the hell out of me with the 670hp with NO supercharger add on………so guess what…….they might surprise again and the c8 z06 might not be as high as some of the bloggers think, why I say this is because GM can discount the price of the c8 Z06 because no superchargers are added. I think the superchargers will be added for the C8 ZR1,,,,,,,,,Now, they can beef up the price of the c8 z06 with all of the carbon fiber…….someone please reply and tell me what you think?
Goffery,
The Z06 is the race car of the family. I love the FPC and speed at which the revs both climb and drop!! It wont be the fastest, but It is the one I am buying. I love the sound of the new engine which gives it an exotic feel. The Z51 on track was even better than I had thought, but still a numb experience. I hear that they fixed that with the Z06. I hope I can get Elkhart lake blue 3LZ Tension blue interior with Z07 package. But may have to drop the Z07 package as its pushing $110k before taxes.
The Twin Turbo or supercharged ZR1 will be bonkers then the AWD TT hybrid will just crush the exotics. Cant wait. But I have to move, get a new job then buy a house then put $ down for the Z06. uh. but hay, one day soon right.
CF is awesome. Glad they did this. Just want them to leave out the new body line and go with elegance. Z06 has a new line from front bumper over the fender and just ends. They promoted something horrible. Even untrained eye like mine sees it. My wife is a college grad in Art, digital art and interior design. The new body line on the Z06 makes it too busy. Also the boomer rang or wishbone or whatever they call it. Its just over kill. Its ok to have a timeless shape. Look at Porsche, very small changes over time. Now GM is trying to be like Lambo with its accent and body line here, body line there. Boy ricer baby…
Yeah, how about NOooooo.
I am actually thinking of having the front bumper, hood and fenders redone to remove the new body lines and make a smooth curve like it should be. Also, any idea why auto manufactures put a 1/2in to 2 inch flat spot by the fender wheel well? It looks horrible but think maybe its for manufacturing or some reason that is not known.