[T_B]

Originally Posted by Glen e

No....this is a picture from a few months ago .....the hashes are off , the black wheels are off, everybody likes different things....I change up the look for my car about every six months just because I get bored… So we shall see… Stay tuned!

Nice! Regardless, your rides a beauty.

I'm thinking about putting a Stinger stripe on my vette, but i've never added decals to my of my cars before. Is this something i should have my tint guy do or i should just try and tackle it down myself?

[Glen e]

Originally Posted by T_B

Nice! Regardless, your rides a beauty.

I'm thinking about putting a Stinger stripe on my vette, but i've never added decals to my of my cars before. Is this something i should have my tint guy do or i should just try and tackle it down myself?

This Stripes are easy, but a stinger might require some experience, the tint shop do it for 25 or 30 bucks.

[Richard0nee]

Originally Posted by Glen e

Yeah I'm not into "badass" at this juncture/point…done that on many other cars in my life.
The problem I have with black, and it's just personal opinion, is it does look bad ass when the car is sitting and posing, as in the picture. But the minute you start rolling, it just looks like dirty black wheels and big black holes where you should have some bling.

Next year these may come off if I can find either a black wheel with a nice polished trim ring, , or a true solid machine face black wheel.

I certainly agree and understand your point of view. I had the split 5's and in motion, they look the best especially with red.

When I put the black rims on, it amazes me how the black rims blends in with all the black accents of the car. After 7 months of silver wheels, I would say black wheels give the car more personality and looks much much more aggressive.

To each of their own, just depends on what kind of personality the owner wants their car to project

[Dysan911]

Originally Posted by Glen e

Yeah I'm not into "badass" at this juncture/point…done that on many other cars in my life.
The problem I have with black, and it's just personal opinion, is it does look bad ass when the car is sitting and posing, as in the picture. But the minute you start rolling, it just looks like dirty black wheels and big black holes where you should have some bling.

Funny I felt the exact same way on my previous car. It is 10x worse when the car is WHITE. I'd have my car parked in the driveway and be riding home with the wife in her car. The moment we'd turn the corner and see my car the black wheels made my car look like the wheels were gone. You couldn't see any wheel detail until you were within 10feet... lol.

Black wheels look great though on darker colored cars IMHO.

[Burly]

Added Mishimoto Catch Can and Rotofab Cold Air Intake. I put about 75 miles on it after the CAI and I can feel the difference.

[John20162SS]

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[Burly]

Originally Posted by John20162SS

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Thanks fixing the pics. I always forget the iPad pics needs to be taken in landscape position.

[Glen e]

73 sunny degrees in Sarasota today, A full blown detail back down to bare paint and rebuilt today, watch the cosmetic section for details/step-by-step with pics. Will be using my griots CORDLESS polisher, what a great tool.

My once a year regimen........

[AndyUK]

Originally Posted by Glen e

73 sunny degrees in Sarasota today, A full blown detail back down to bare paint and rebuilt today, watch the cosmetic section for details/step-by-step with pics. Will be using my griots CORDLESS polisher, what a great tool.

how often do you strip it back and do the full workup?

[Burly]

Originally Posted by Glen e

73 sunny degrees in Sarasota today, A full blown detail back down to bare paint and rebuilt today, watch the cosmetic section for details/step-by-step with pics. Will be using my griots CORDLESS polisher, what a great tool.

Been contemplating this myself, last time was July. But I think I'm going to tackle some fascia paint chips first.

[Glen e]

Annual usually, give or take, just when it's convenient, not religious about it, but it keeps the microscratches down to a minimum from brushing up against paint, loading things in trunk, etc all year. I'm looking from start to finish in 3-4 hours....

[420zack]

Originally Posted by KILLA BEE

I know wrapping the door handles was a BEACTH!!!

Yes it was!!! Sucked

[420zack]

Originally Posted by Burly

Added Mishimoto Catch Can and Rotofab Cold Air Intake. I put about 75 miles on it after the CAI and I can feel the difference.

Nice! I installed the same combo a couple months back and I could feel a deference too. Nothing huge but better response for sure

[PinLover]

First change of the oil at 2,400 miles on my 50th V6. Oil filter is about the same place as an SS, but the oil plug is not. Kept trying to lookup videos or pictures to verify the plug I was seeing was the correct one. Turns out, it was. Oil seemed pretty dark for only 2,400 miles. Put on a new Fram Ultra Synthetic XG10575 filter and 6 qts of Penzoil Platinum 5W-30. When I filled up the 5qt jug with the old oil, I seemed to only have about 5 1/4 qts. Assuming the rest is still in the filter, oil catch and lining the engine.