Cosmetic Surgery for my Orange TA

[V1PERMAN]

Well, since I drove my TA up to Tennessee early in anticipation of the upcoming Tail of the Dragon event, I decided to have a little Cosmetic Surgery performed on her.

A very good friend of mine and fellow Viper owner, Matt Chambers, owns one of the premier Paint shops in Tennessee called "Randy's Customs". Matt has excellent taste in performing this type of Cosmetic work. So I let him have at it and as you will see from the "work in progress" pictures the TA will be greatly improved. I will post more photos once the car is totally complete.

Engine covers now match the body color
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Custom Snake in body color on darkened center brake light
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Brake calipers now match the body color
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Custom painted center caps
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Darkened tail lights
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I will post the other changes as I get them.

[FLATOUT]

Not messing around! Looks great.

[slitherv10]

Well, since I drove my TA up to Tennessee early in anticipation of the upcoming Tail of the Dragon event, I decided to have a little Cosmetic Surgery performed on her.

A very good friend of mine and fellow Viper owner, Matt Chambers, owns one of the premier Paint shops in Tennessee called "Randy's Customs". Matt has excellent taste in performing this type of Cosmetic work. So I let him have at it and as you will see from the "work in progress" pictures the TA will be greatly improved. I will post more photos once the car is totally complete.

Engine covers now match the body color
5041

Custom Snake in body color on darkened center brake light
5044

Brake calipers now match the body color
5045

Custom painted center caps
5046

Darkened tail lights
5047

I will post the other changes as I get them.


Great personal touches. Just don't know if I would have the b__ls to tamper with an Iconic car such as the orange TA. If your keeping it great, but, if your every looking to sell it, it may hurt it some. Your market is smaller and the dineros usually the same size (smaller)

That said, I would have done the same thing.:dude3:

[Derek Short]

I really like the tasteful touches you did on the TA looks great. Personally really like the calipers. I don't really dig the stock ones. But the stock TA calipers do a good job helping hide brake dust for those that don't have the special brushes to clean the calipers when washing and detailing their vipers.

Looking forward to seeing pics of the finished car complete.

[V1PERMAN]

Slitherv10 - yeah I thought the same thing at first. Glad u like it.

Derek - the TA window sticker says "orange calipers" but only the Carbon edition had them. Well, I fixed that problem ! LoL.

[sharmut]

Tastefully done.

[Fatboy 18]

Nice work, looks great.

[AbsolutHank]

Very nice...small changes add up to a big difference!

[Stretch]

Awesome! Can't wait to see this in a couple weeks!

[Simms]

Very nice. Matt always does great work and is a pleasure to deal with.

[Boba Fett]

With exception of engine covers and snake brake light, I already intended on doing the exact same changes. Very nicely and tastefully done. The orange calipers is something that should have come stock.

[C.J]

First-class all the way.

[Nine Ball]

Excellent mods, all of them. I'd also suggest having the vinyl TA and nose emblems replaced by airbrushed versions of the same thing. Would be sweet.

[The_Greg]

Excellent mods, all of them. I'd also suggest having the vinyl TA and nose emblems replaced by airbrushed versions of the same thing. Would be sweet.

Are the vinyl emblems under the clear coat? If so, I would leave them. If not, yeah airbrush would be a great touch!

I like what OP is doing. Small changes like this really make a car feel personalized!

[mblgjr]

Are the vinyl emblems under the clear coat?

No, they're just stuck on top.

[SWEEN]

Looks great. I've never seen a blackened center brake light, thats pretty cool!

[gerch85]

Awesome upgrades!

[Tiago]

looks great, I haven't heard from Matt in years, hope he is doing well!

[JonB ~ PartsRack]

Since I hated you before, what's a little more? YOU HAVE MY CAR !!!

[pony23]

Great looking mods. nice little touch's.

[TTSRT&RT10]

Very nice. Matt always does great work and is a pleasure to deal with.


looks great, I haven't heard from Matt in years, hope he is doing well!


What's up Guys !!! Thanks for the kind words! It has been W A Y too long :p I really need to get on the Entro Webbz more often LoL

I need to call you both and catch up !



back on topic

HUGE thanks to Dave for turning yet another one of his babies over to me for "mattification" I'm pretty amped about this car and I promise to do a good shoot for everyone here to enjoy.. I will have the car completed for the great dragon run next weekend

[bayviper]

Looks awesome. My mods are a few weeks away. How difficult is it to remove the taillights?

[Drummerviper]

Very nicely done.

[ViperSmith]

The only disappointing thing about the TA (cosmetically) to me is that the deviated stitching on the wheel isn't orange.

[gutterworks129]

Nice job! See you at the Dragon.

[Russ Oasis]

Yeah Dave, looks great. The only thing that would make that TA look better is if it was sitting in the middle of the track.....like VIR the first weekend in June. Come drive it on Friday.

[V1PERMAN]

The only disappointing thing about the TA (cosmetically) to me is that the deviated stitching on the wheel isn't orange.

I totally agree. SRT has it in their press photos of the car but they deleated it on the production TA's. Not on the shift knob as well. All I can guess is that someone thought that it may be a warranty issue if the stitching got dirty so they just eliminated the idea????

[Simms]

I'm thinking it was just too easy and convienent to share the steering wheel and shifter with all the other SRT's, rather than having an additional wheel wrapped for the TA.

My GTS has silver stitching on the steering wheel, so I doubt they are worried about wear and tear.

[XSTAR]

What's up Guys !!! Thanks for the kind words! It has been W A Y too long :p I really need to get on the Entro Webbz more often LoL

I need to call you both and catch up !

back on topic

HUGE thanks to Dave for turning yet another one of his babies over to me for "mattification" I'm pretty amped about this car and I promise to do a good shoot for everyone here to enjoy.. I will have the car completed for the great dragon run next weekend

Well, look who is out of hiding!

Beautiful TA, can't wait to see it at here in Knoxville and on the Dragon...

[Nine Ball]

The only disappointing thing about the TA (cosmetically) to me is that the deviated stitching on the wheel isn't orange.

Good idea for the original poster. Any upholstery shop should be able to re-stitch the wheel with orange thread. Steering wheel is easy to remove, with the right tools.

[Malu59RT]

There are guys on the Lambo forums that have taken highlighters and actually colored in the stitching to match the exterior color of the car. Wish I could find the thread, but it actually looked pretty good.

[bluesrt]

The only disappointing thing about the TA (cosmetically) to me is that the deviated stitching on the wheel isn't orange.

bigtime, and the ring mat in the cupholder