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How to Wash a C8 Corvette, Top Tips for a Corvette C8 Hand Wash

Check out how to wash a Corvette C8 and what not to do. First off always hand wash your C8 Corvette and don’t be like this guy and take your C8 Corvette through an automatic Car Wash.

Some tips on washing your C8 Corvette with a hand wash vs. Automatic Car Wash.

  1. Wash from top down after you get it wet and pre rinsed
  2. Use two car wash buckets with two different microfiber cloth towels
    1. one for the top of the car and paint
    2. one for the lower part of the car, wheels, and tire (Don’t cross contaminate the buckets or microfiber cloths)
  3. Keep Rinsing off the soap
  4. Soak the rims and use a different bucket and microfiber towel
  5. Get soap all over the wheels/rims and inner wheels/spoked
  6. Try not to get the tire while you are doing the wheels or calipers
  7. Do the Tires last after you cleaned all the rims and wheels
  8. Rinse off the tires and rims
  9. Rinse entire car one more time
  10. Then dry the car with separate microfiber towels just for drying
  11. Squeeze the excess water out of the microfiber towel when driving

If you want more videos and ways to wash and detail your C8 Corvette check out this post that show many different ways and techniques of washing and detailing a Corvette C8.

We will be keeping that post updated if you want to bookmark that page or share it in the C8 Corvette Forums.

World’s First Supercharged C8 Corvette by Procharger

Check out this teaser video by ProCharger Superchargers and the first C8 Corvette Supercharger in the world!

Per their SuperCharged C8 Corvette Teaser Video

WHAT DOES A 700+ HORSEPOWER LT2 C8 CORVETTE SOUND LIKE?…

Thanks to the amazing engineers at ProCharger, the world’s first bolt-on supercharger system for the Corvette C8 platform, is just around the corner. – Yes, its intercooled

– Yes, you can bolt it on
– Yes, it runs on pump gas
– Yes, burnouts come free of charge Looking for engine shots?

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C8 Corvette with Soul Sport Cats and ETS Exhaust!

Check out the Revs and ride along in this C8 Corvette that has ETS Extreme Turbo Systems Exhaust and Soul Performance Sport Cats.

The reason he couldn’t launch it is because he wasn’t holding the brake down hard enough. Once you do then it will rev to 3,500 RPMs and launch correctly. Here’s more information and videos on how to use launch control in the C8 Corvette.

Corvette Museum Releases 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette Build Stats

Per the Corvette Museum the most popular build was the coupe and the most popular color of the C8 Corvette was Torch Red. That makes a lot of sense since that was the color of the C8 Corvette Unveil car in July 2019.

Also, although Rapid Blue is a favorite color of most C8 Corvette owners and in the C8 Corvette Forums dealers told people if they ordered a Rapid Blue C8 Corvette it could delay the order even before Covid or UAW strike hit and already delayed everything.

Here are the C8 Corvette build stats per Corvette Museum

Though production of the 2020 Corvette is expected to continue through early December, with order changes no longer being allowed the team at GM was able to go ahead and release the final stats.

Coupe was the most popular of the two models available with 82.4% of the 20,368 total 2020s produced. As for color line up, Torch Red was the most popular for 2020 with 25% of the cars in that hue. The complete final color line up is as follows:

  • Torch Red (25%)
  • Arctic White (15%)
  • Black (11.7%)
  • Sebring Orange (6.8%)
  • Elkhart Lake Blue (6.7%)
  • Rapid Blue (6%)
  • Ceramic Matrix Gray (5.97%)
  • Blade Silver (5.55%)
  • Shadow Gray (5.45%)
  • Long Beach Red (5.25%)
  • Accelerate Yellow (3.38%)
  • Zeus Bronze (2.69%)

Carbon Flash Badges were the most popular with 91.6% of the cars. The Z51 package was selected on 76%. 3LT was the most popular package with 46.4%. Front Lift was opted for on 58.4% of the cars while performance exhaust (NPP) is on 89.2%. The GT2 seats were the most popular pick with 61.6%. Painted Carbon Flash Open Spoke Wheels were the most popular with 41.7%, closely followed by the Bright Silver Open Spoke with 36.9%. The National Corvette Museum will have delivered 943 Corvettes for the 2020 model year.

View the complete breakdown of stats on our 2020 Corvette page here.

Here’s a PDF of all of the options, packages, colors ect… people chose for their C8 Corvette in 2020

UPDATE:

Here is a video going over the 2020 C8 Corvette Final Production Numbers and Stats

The National Corvette Museum has released a full summary of the final production numbers for the 2020 C8 Corvette.

This summary includes details on the popular colors and options for the 2020 model year. We’ve also received confirmation that the 2020 model year production will end on December 7th. This is great news for anyone waiting on their 2021 C8 Corvette to be built!

How to Drag Race a C8 Corvette

Check out this great video by East Coast Supercharging on YouTube where they show how to do a burnout in the burnout box and drag race a C8 Corvette.

Per their video:

Take a ride with Alex at Atco Dragway in his 2020 C8 as he explains how to do a burn out and how to launch the car.

This was recorded at out last track rental in Atco NJ. Stay tuned for a highlight video from that day!

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Avery Carmine Red Corvette C8 Lowered on AG Luxury AGL53 Forged Wheels

Check out this video by Vibe Motorsports in California showing off an Avery Carmine Red Wrapped Corvette C8 with AG Luxury Bronze Forged Wheels.

Per their video:

We had the pleasure to work with one of the hottest looking Corvette C8’s which was custom wrapped in Avery Carmine Red.

Combining this unique red with Antique Bronze wheels truly separated this C8 from the crowd.

Full Specs below:

Wheel Brand: Avant Garde Luxury

Wheel Model: AGL53

Wheel Construction: Monoblock Forged

Wheel Size: 20×9 front & 21×12 rear

Wheel Finish: Brushed Gloss Antique Bronze face and Polished Pockets and Lip

Like the setup? Contact us – We Ship Worldwide. Phone: 800.814.VIBE (8423) Email: info@vibemotorsports.com for inquiries. Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/vibemotorsp… Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vibemotorsports Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/vibemotorsports Website: https://www.vibemotorsports.com/wheels

Long Beach Red C8 Corvette Gets AWE Exhaust System

Check out this video by Lethal Performance on installing a AWE Exhaust System on the C8 Corvette.

AWE is another aftermarket part company that provides full cat back options including their track exhaust option for the C8 Corvette.

Per their video:

Holy TURKEYS! This C8 sounds like a completely different car with this new AWE Tuning X pipe and exhaust. Thanks to Micheal Nester for letting us work on this beautiful Long Beach Red C8 Corvette.

 

If you want to learn more about aftermarket cat back exhausts for the C8 Corvette see our other posts about AWE Exhausts, Corsa,  Soul Performance, FabSpeed and more!

Also, here’s another AWE Exhaust for the C8 Corvette at Cars and Coffee NC revving on video to give you an idea of the sound.

AWE Exhaust | C8 Corvette (Cars & Coffee NC)

 

769HP C8 Corvette w/Nitrous | Battle Ready | Ferrada Wheels CM2

Check out this video from Ferrada Wheels on YouTube where they show off their new CM2 Ferrada Wheels for the Corvette C8.

Per Ferrada Wheels:

The C8 Corvette is definitely Battle Ready, from the Massive shots of Nitrous to the Ferrada CM2’s to match with the Wild Wrap. This Car is one for the books and with a titanium exhaust it has all it needs to destroy anything on the road.

Special Thanks to San Jacinto Battleship Texas State

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Cordes Performance Racing Custom Cat Back Exhaust for C8 Corvette (VIDEO)

As we wrote about before Cordes Performance Racing in Tempe, AZ built a custom cat back exhaust for their C8 Corvette order that they recently cancelled. In the meantime @Pluugd on Instagram was rocking their custom cat back exhaust that I have seen in person and it looks and sounds great.

He recently purchased my Fabspeed Cat Bypass pipes I also wrote about months ago that through multiple check engine lights which is one of the reasons I switched to Soul Performance Sport Cats.

Here is a video of Cordes Performance Racing showing the new sound the Fabspeed cat bypass pipes added to their custom cat back exhaust for the Corvette C8.