Although the C8 Corvette looks fantastic right off the Kentucky production line, there are some owners out there who will no doubt seek to upgrade their sports car with unique exterior styling components from the aftermarket. To that end, Competition Carbon is offering up these new C8 Corvette tail lights that add a unique style with twin rounded lighting elements.
The new C8 Corvette round tail light kit replaces the factory housings and stock checkmark-shaped tail lights, lending the rear end a new customized appearance. Competition carbon posted images of the new tail lights to social media showing off the housings and lit lighting elements. The aftermarket company also posted rendering images of the new tail lights installed in conjunction with an extensive aftermarket body kit.
Competition Carbon is now accepting a 50 percent deposit for the new C8 Corvette round tail lamp kit on the company’s website. The deposit is set at $750, and the housings are offered in either painted Carbon Flash finish, or an Exposed Carbon 2×2 finish. Per the rendering, a color-matched cover would also look quite nice, although customers will likely need to do that themselves.
As GM Authority covered previously, Competition Carbon is also cooking up a new body kit for the C8 Corvette. Based on renderings, the new kit look as though it will completely revise the sports car’s styling, but for the moment at least, the new body kit has yet to make an appearance on the Carbon Competition website.
That said, Competition Carbon also offers several upgrades for the C7 Corvette, including several carbon fiber hoods, a new carbon fiber front bumper, new carbon fiber side skirts and rocker extensions, a chassis-mounted carbon fiber GT-style wing, a carbon fiber steering wheel, and new front lip.
As for the factory C8 Corvette Stingray specs, the mid-engine sports car is motivated by the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine, which produces a maximum of 490 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque. The GM Y2 platform provides the underpinnings, while production takes place at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
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Their prior design (that was teased over a year ago) had much nicer lights, but I didn’t like the hourglass-shaped vents…all they needed to do is smooth out that design…
Anyway, this design now removes that feature that I didn’t like altogether, but is a far less-good looking light…need to combine the best elements from both designs and they’ll have a fantastic-looking aftermarket option. I think supplier issues were blamed for the slow release…so sick of hearing that from everyone in the automotive industry.
I’m surprised the demand for round tail lights hasn’t been so great that multiple aftermarkets are making them. Seems about half of ppl love the new design and the other half (which is a decent-sized market now) would love a round tail light option.
As said above, looks fantastic right off the Kentucky production line! In my opinion when you do radical mods like this to the Corvette it looks like junk! If you don’t like the tail lights don’t buy the car.
Rounded tail lights, no thanks. How about pop up head lights? No thanks.
Real Corvettes have round tail lights.
I tried to think of a response, but I got nuthin.
All
my vettes, c2, c3, etc, round or round-ish.
You win
My 71 and my 02 are round and they have hidden headlights. This is the way.
Silly…
I would prefer a complete rear bumper
using maybe actual C6 lights off the shelf.
A fiberglass mold is not hard to make.
Then use factory C6 lights.
Flame suit on!
“Frugally,” GM, even if not perfect, did a much better job…surprise, surprise, lol.
BUTT UGLY!
1958,59 and 60 no round tail lights!
How about real fiberglass with stress cracks no power steering and no air?
My 71 has that covered.
The only thing i dislike on the C8 is the Taillights. They are just not modern looking enough.
These are not it either though in my opinion.
well, now its the 21st Century things change, mostly for the best… We may love the nostalgic past
but, now enjoy the future while you can……. ; -)