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    Napa Green Antifreeze ok? 1997 Viper…

    My 2 cents.. I've been using the original green in all my vehicles for years and years (except in my Asian cars - I'll use Asian green). It can be a hard to find. NAPA is one place. I think the key here is that the green is fine in nearly all applications IF you drain and replace it at least...
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    27 Years of Viper

    Was an early VCA member back in the late 90's. Then kids and work happened.. disappeared for about 18 years.. lol. I love hearing from the old timers. Bought my 1st, a brand new 98 GTS in early 1998.. then a 2nd one about 6 months later, a 96 RT/10. Blessed to have both Viper experiences for 23...
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    Continental Tires vs Michelins

    Got a gen2 GTS and RT/10 .. I want to keep them original and both require the 17" tires front and rear. It's been gawd awful finding tires over the years. But, with lots of patience (years) and keeping an eye out I've managed to occasionally find them... but barely (Michelin has thankfully put a...
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    Upgraded Red LED for Gen II Factory Alarm?

    Or you could just add this light bar... mmmm, on 2nd thought.. maybe not a good idea right now.
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    Upgraded Red LED for Gen II Factory Alarm?

    It pains me to think you are parking or having to park your Viper where you are that concerned about a vehicle break-in. Better suggestion: move the heck out of Kalifornia.
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    ThatDudeinBlue reviewed my Viper

    I just saw that video on YouTube last night... Pretty cool. I knew it was filmed somewhere near my neck of the woods judging by the trees and land. I'm nearby, over in Alabama.
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    93 Viper - thoughts...

    Being an early car, with that low of mileage and "if" your intentions are to never sell it... It might be best to keep it all original. Or like Steve e said, only make modifications that are very easily reversible, hanging on to all the old original parts and knowledge. From a future value...
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    Question, tires for 94

    I have a 96 and a 98... both with no ABS. If I had just one complaint over the years, it was that. NO ABS! It's easy and you're likely to encounter emergency braking situations in a car as fast and tempting as our Vipers. I've gone thru a couple sets of 17" Michelins on both cars. And in the...
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    Question, tires for 94

    On our Gen 1,2 Vipers with 17" wheels.. (Michelins, which can be and often are unavailable for years - especially the rears) are currently available for about $400 ea for the rears, $360 ea for the front. That's $1520 plus the ridiculous cost of mounting them which can run up to $100 per tire...
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    Question, tires for 94

    I have a MazdaSpeed3 that had a nail in a tire right at the edge of where the tread meets the sidewall. No tire store would put an internal plug in it because of the puncture location. So I plugged it from the outside myself. It took two plugs. Lasted about a year before it started a slow...
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    Question, tires for 94

    That they want to sell you new tires. Ha! My local Dodge service dept. says they typically don't service/repair Dodge vehicles over a certain age, I believe he told me about 12 yrs old.. but they make case by case exceptions for "obviously well maintained" Dodge vehicles, and Vipers.
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    Question, tires for 94

    Totally agree with the comments about the tread getting hard and losing it's stickiness.. you can easily feel the difference between new tires and very old with your bare fingers. Not that anyone might actually go thru the effort and expense, if you can even find a nearby tire company that can...
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    Gen II power steering pulley.

    We should start a column titled "sourcing alternative cheap parts and ingenuous repair work-arounds for thrifty Viper owners". !! To save money, I'm sure Dodge built these cars using as much stuff as they could from their existing parts inventory... "$10 off a wrecked Dodge Caravan... $250 from...
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    Gen II power steering pulley.

    Thanks Mark for the new link to IPSCO... they have some cool stuff for older Vipers. We definitely need to support them and encourage them to make more stuff.
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    Question, tires for 94

    I have driven on and still have two front Michelin Pilots that old. You might want to avoid excessive high speeds until you've driven on them for awhile and have total confidence in them. I'd keep them aired up to 32psi, in a climate controlled environment away from any source of ozone (like...

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