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    stability control

    One might consider the case of anti-lock brakes. Intuitivly this is a great feature, but I remember reading that it has not dramatically reduced accidents, although the reasons were not fully understood as yet. It may be that although stability control adds to the safety margin, it still...
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    New Copperhead Coupe owner

    Welcome Bob, I met you at the Viper club meeting (I am the bearded one who sat at your table). Before seeing a Copperhead in real life I didn't like the color, but when I saw one at ViperDays, wow! It's beautiful! Welcome, have fun & be careful. By the way - do yourself a favor and...
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    REGISTERING A NEW CAR IN CA

    I purchased my Viper in Nebraska earlier this year and had no trouble registering it in California. The only issues were paying California sales tax, and getting the car smogged. The smog issue is silly as the car was new & 50 state legal, but was only a minor inconvenience. For what its...
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    battery changes

    Actually there is a place to open the car with the key, it's just not obvious. Look on the drivers door, under the mirror, look up and there is a place to insert the key. It is on the part that goes in, on a horizontal plane, so you cannot see it when standing up. It may be necessary to push...
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    ...So what is the good deal now?

    My viewpoint is that cars come in three flavors: The ones made of Unobtanium - IE the 2008 Model, The ones made of Unaffordium - generally the latest model actually shipping, and lastly those made on don't_wantium, you know - last years model. Those made of dontwantium are always a better...
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    SOUND INSULATION

    As far as rattles, the hard part is figuring out what is rattling. My car had a rattle in the dash, which turned out to be the center vent (looks like a speaked grill on the top of the dash). Not really sure what was wrong beyond that, I let the dealer fix it. It was easy to verify by...
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    SOUND INSULATION

    The biggest specific benefit is a dramatic reduction in the level of road noise. I like the sound of the exhaust, but don't like the howl of tires on grooved concrete highways. By adding the sound dampening material the Viper still sounds like a Viper should, but I can now listen to the radio...
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    SOUND INSULATION

    Howard, I purchased 80 square feet, which was about 40 feet too much. The excess went into a friends car, and some in my trunk. Just get about 40 feet and you should have plenty. Regards, Mike Dolan
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    I need a good name for a driving team.

    Dr's. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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    SOUND INSULATION

    I used a similar product, the area that makes the most difference is the bulkhead behind the seats. Behind the plastic panel is a steel bulkhead, insulate both sides of that and you will be amazed at the difference. To get at the backside of the bulkhead, remove the rear wheels and front...
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    Please help with the battery or maybe otherwise

    My '05 also needed a new battery within a couple of months of ownership. Warranty covered it, no problem. Regards, Mike Dolan
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    Speaker Question.

    The noise problem is pretty easy to deal with, and relatively inexpensive. If you're interested, let me know and I can help you. Basically the bulkhead behind the seats is the major source of noise, and there are vibration absorbent mats that fix the problem. Several different companies make...
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    Stainless steel door sills

    The ones I installed used tape & the three screws. So far they hold just fine. The tape is some kind of double sided stuff, already attached to the new sills, just peel, stick & tighten the scrwes. Regards, Mike
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    Stainless steel door sills

    I did it in the last week. Used brushed stainless, with 'Viper' logo polished. Very easy to install, looks good and fits perfect. Got mine from Jon @ the Parts Rack. Like you, my paint was getting nicked, unfortunately my nicks are further out, more like where the door sill turns down...
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    Stainless brake lines

    I am interested in switching by rubber brake lines to stainless, who makes good ones? How hard are they to install? Thanks Mike Dolan
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    Best shifter - B&M or Hurst ???

    Wreckless, Actually it didn't take too long, but it was a bigger job than the instructions indicate. You need to remove the center console, not just the part near the shifter that snaps off, and in order to do that without breaking anything I needed to remove the plastic panel behind the...
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    Best shifter - B&M or Hurst ???

    I just finished installing the B&M shifter today, and used the stock Viper shift knob. It seems about the same height as the OEM setup. I ordered the MGW knob, but haven't received that yet. Might just stick with the OEM knob, it seems OK to me. Shifting seems a bit less vague than the...
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    Sound deadening project

    Well what I did was remove the panel behind the seats, and covered the steel bulkhead with "Damplifier pro" (from secondskinaudio.com). I also covered the back side of the plastic panel, and the back side of the bulkhead. To get access to the back side of the bulkhead, you need to remove the...
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    Sound deadening project

    OK folks, I have my flame suit on, as I know lots of people will suspect me of heresy, but... I installed sound deadening material on both sides of the steel bulkhead behind the seats on my SRT Vert, and it really makes a big reduction in road noise. Probably reduces it by 8 to 10db (a lot)...
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    SRT 10 Skip Shift Eliminator

    Here's my .02 worth....If you are going to program the ECU to eliminate the skip shift, why not go another degree and do something useful with it? My idea is to actuate the solenoid when the car is going fast, to eliminate the possibility of a missed shift, hitting 2nd when intending 4th, or...
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    06' Coupe... on air bags

    Re: 06\' Coupe... on air bags Vic, I have no direct experience with air suspensions, but to answer your questions generically, air suspension is progressive, and the amount of progression is directly related to the accumulator size. For example, if the accumulator was quite small, the rate of...
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    06' Coupe... on air bags

    Re: 06\' Coupe... on air bags Forgive my ignorance - but..... I think the car sitting on the ground is silly, of course, but am not aware why an air suspension is inherently bad. It would seem that the ride height could be easily adjusted, and by varying the accumulator size, the rate of...
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    Tips for removing stock radio?

    This is in reference to Viperman - actually the ipod adapter works really well with the RB1, there is no interference issue, or any other problem. Mopar makes the ipod adapter, and it's designed to work with the RB1, and several other Mopar radios including the RBQ that comes with the Viper. I...
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    Tips for removing stock radio?

    Assuming you are referring to an SRT, the process is pretty easy: 1. Remove the screws holding the ring around the shifter. 2. Pop up the console plastic around the shifter, it's held with fasteners that simply snap when you gently pry up on the plastic. 3. Remove the allen screws holding the...
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    What do you guys want to see in 08?

    It would seem to me that DC could utilize the 1-4 shift lockout solenoid creativly to reduce the probability of an accidental 3-2 instead of 3-4 upshift, same as 4-3 downshift not accidentally becoming 4-1. The system could use vehicle speed (used by the ABS) and preclude the 1-2 shift gate...

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