I went to CalChrome's site last night before retiring and they have this down to a science. At $99/wheel (plus shipping, mounting and dismounting) you can't beat it. I think I'm gonna do that. Thanks for the input!
Is the lip of the wheel where the tire meets also chromed? The reason I ask is...
A few years ago I sent off my Gen. II wheels to get them chromed by Wheels America. They weren't. I enlisted the help of a local shop to fine a place that could do it, and they said every place they found...
My new car has header "socks" on them in addition to the ceramic coating to keep heat from the blower down. Seems to work pretty well; I don't have any melted pieces yet.
-FROG- on here has header wrap (looks like the DEI stuff). dave6666 also built a custom heat shield for his car. I've had...
I found those same pieces he was describing when I was under the car last week. A piece of plasticy tape-like stuff...about 6-8" long going along the frame next to the block from front to back covering a hole or two in the frame. One side was mostly off so I just pulled it. What are those things?
Congratulations on the big purchase! I had Viper banners hanging in my garage for years as placeholders for my future car. Now that I have they're still hanging and they're right; that grin you have isn't going anywhere anytime soon, ESPECIALLY with a bee!
If you wanna test it on my car first I'll allow it :D
You may talk to isanti. He threw a nitrous kit on my old car and he seems to be taking everything off prior to selling, so I'd only imagine that's one other thing making it's way off. I wanna say he told me it's a TNT setup.
Does "LAMO" stand for "lame-o" or "LMAO"? That SUUUUUCKS.
On the other hand, if someone could hack up a Koenigsegg and use their nifty system to clear the hood...THEN we're talkin'!
RICE FTW!
They're HREs.
I don't know if the link will work, but A.R.T. snapped a few pics of the car after they were mounted for HREs site.
HRE Performance Wheels – Photo Gallery
If you go to their galleries and look up "dodge viper" they'll pop up.
Nothing says "money to burn" like a $5 cup of joe on windshield :D
Another deterrent I've discovered that takes a LITTLE more forethought is a giant, tattoo-clad arm attached to a one-fingered salute. A few of us were driving to a show a few weeks a ago and a 6-series thought he was cool and...
Re: suggestions on stripe COLOR...?
I say stick with something with fleck in it, preferably silver. That's one of the things I love about my new car vs the old; the red...no matter HOW many coats of wax were on it, would show fine scratches and swirl marks. The silver/blue has the metallic...
You all may laugh because you think he's kidding but he's not. When I want to see what my car will do against a stock GTS I'm NOT going to pace Chris and honk the horn 3 times; I'll wind up in a ditch.
Chris is the exact opposite of me; I take all comers because I'm an idiot. "WHAT!? THAT 3/4...
Sorry about that. I was up till about 1 working on it Friday night and don't want to push it too hard till the dyno tune is done. The street tune is pretty solid and I replaced the O2s and seem to have fixed the cold/bucking problem but I just wanted to be sure. If I'd have known the weather...
I VOTE FOR A NEW AVATAR!
Speaking of, I've been trying to update mine using both methods and 2 different browsers and it's not working. Anyone else have that problem?
Yeah, it's just not fair. Granted, I'm not the one that had to wait 15 weeks but DAMN I think they're worth it. I need to stop hanging out with you until I get me some bling; girlies be flockin' to you :(
If you do a search for "ultimate wheel thread" you should find more than enough. The iForged gallery has some nice shots that'll satisfy you, and GTSNRT10 has a wicked RT with anthracite Astras on it.
I'll be the first to request high-res pics! PM sent with email address. My car or not, them sh!ts is gonna be my new wallpaper! If I got a solid silver car I was going to do the same thing. BEAUTIFUL CAR!!!
I put about 25k miles on my Gen. I in the 2 years I had it, and it wasn't a daily driver. I've put 2500 miles on my GTS in the first month, but 1500 was the drive back.
2 of my friends here (one being triblk6spd) had their vinyl stripes done for $650-ish. The guy that did them is REALLY good and has been doing it for 10-15 years. He comes to your house and does it in your garage for you.
After I got in trouble with Johnny Law for no front plate I went down to the stealership to see if they had any front plate brackets and they did...but you have to DRILL into your fascia. This looks like of one such bracket. OUCH.
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