I understand labor charges can be rough...but ouch. I've got to imagine there are other shops with better rates. This is not a difficult job by any stretch, just labor/time a shop deems necessary to keep the lights on. I'd hit up the car community local to you before I'd ever toss ridiculous...
Love Four Eyes videos. Dude makes solid content that shows where the good old GTS stacks up against more modern offerings. Many great build, dyno, and upgrade correlation to street use uploads.
Removing as many things out of that sill as legally possible is a good start. Wrapping can help, and some people vent their sill. I don't have cats in mine, just a resonator, and not wrapped. The temps aren't an issue unless I'm sitting in traffic for extended periods.
As far as AC goes, make...
One of the wildest awakenings for me as a Viper owner was the production numbers. The cars are soo iconic that my mind put them commonplace like a Corvette. They very much are not common at less than 32k total vipers produced...total... I had to think back on how many I had actually seen in the...
9005 bulbs are high beam bulbs and 9006 are low beam bulbs. There is a difference in wattage, brightness, and beam pattern. Couldn't tell you if it is a reasonable swap with the extra draw on the wire harness or beam pattern.
I'd steer clear of the LED bulbs for headlights. If you don't have...
There is an initiative on the forum that's working on repro parts and venders. Probably a little ways out, but the future of these cars is in the works. Until repro OEM parts become the norm, your options are pay for what's available, find places that rebuild/fix components, or do like any resto...
Gotta love those GTSRs. I'm always glad to see the continued interest in those old race cars. They are still regulars on the track and not just museum pieces.
At 15k I'm guessing most of the other parts I mentioned are fine except the steering rack bushings. Those are no different than control arm bushings in their degradation with age. Also probably fine for normal drivig duties unless you are noticing a delay in steering or a little extra tram...
Suspension is labor intensive, but it's also very doable in a home garage over a weekend. Worth looking at ball joints, sway bar links, tie rod ends, and steering rack bushings while you're in there.
Not sure how many hours the average garage expects, but the parts are cheap and the beer...
Hagerty $60k agreed upon value, $1,453 per year. Maybe time for me to shop around? Hagerty seemed to be more streamlined about using the car for track purposes, again, maybe someone else has better rates for those occasions?
They can be polished and clear coated, but that problem could reoccur depending on how the car is stored. Chroming is your best permanent option, or you can be a cheap a$$ like me and have it powder coated. The powder coat "chrome" that was used ended up looking more silver paint than their...
Might try a freight shipper. I've been surprised at the deals we see to move a pallet for work. Not sure how well it would translate to your application, but couldn't hurt to look into it.
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