New San Diego owner!

[VIPEREPIV]

Hey, guys! Long time Viper lover, first time Viper owner! Been on these boards since January, but didn't take delivery of my 15 Y'Orange TA 2.0 until a couple of weeks ago... love it! I'm having a few cosmetic mods done today, but here are a few pics from delivery and home:


http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/dave7zombie/465e36fb-5b3c-419c-bd6f-924e3f03cdfc_zpszmeg8rlu.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/dave7zombie/bbbd48b6-2a6c-46d7-be96-78da261b298d_zpsfricv5nw.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/dave7zombie/1b217d4e-cae6-447d-9994-0c8c66e12b1e_zpsiarnz5t1.jpg

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/dave7zombie/viper%20gen%205_zpsw166lgfv.jpg

[SuperBird4404BBL]

Congratulations. Beautiful ride. :United_States:

[St.Char]

Great color, awesome car...congrats!

[98intrigue]

Every time I see pictures of that color, I like it more and more. Congrats!

[Loud]

These are some beautiful cars and I never get tired of seeing pics. Congrats!!

[smhog]

Cosmetic mods? Way to leave us hanging :) what are you having done?

Congrats and welcome.

Tim

[VIPEREPIV]

Cosmetic mods? Way to leave us hanging :) what are you having done?

Congrats and welcome.

Tim

Well, not huge cosmetic mods, but enough to enhance the looks. I'm having 3/8" spacers, Moroso extended wheel studs, powder coated Y'Orange open ended nuts and powder coated Y'Orange shift knob installed. I also may remove the wing's side plates and have them powder coated a satin or gloss black. Just have to confirm that they're aluminum.

I also debadged, or in this case (de-decaled) the car... wanted a clean look.

Will post pics soon... car is on jack stands, but here is one:
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/dave7zombie/cfc6a15f-2cf2-4e12-b456-f4da267530c7_zps0iczgwmj.jpg

[smhog]

Right on! I like the different route you are taking.

What do you have planned for the center caps and gas cap? I wonder how the winv side plates would look matched to the front dive planes, I hope I'm using the right term, on the front.

Tim

[VIPEREPIV]

Right on! I like the different route you are taking.

What do you have planned for the center caps and gas cap? I wonder how the winv side plates would look matched to the front dive planes, I hope I'm using the right term, on the front.

Tim

I'm leaving the gas door alone right now. It seems to be a pain in the ass to get underneath there to disassemble it. Although I could cheap out and slide blue tape in and around the perimeter and spray black plasti dip. I want to do something with the center, but will leave them for now cause they match the gas door... lol!

I did have a slight mishap. I drove my car over to my daughter's and son-in-law's place to have all the work done... well, the car was up on jacks in the rear, garage door open and the hatch up while my son-in-law was working on it. So my daughter opens the kitchen door to the garage and her hairless cat runs out and she hits the garage door button and part of the door scratched the wing. She didn't realize the rear was up on jacks and was devistated... she didn't even go into work that day. I wasn't mad at her at all, just really down that something had already happened to my car. So now I have a slight change in plans... instead of having the wing's side plates powder coated a satin black, I am having the wing and it's 2 supports painted satin black while keeping the side plates Y'Orange. The wing is already off and down at the body shop while the side plates are wrapped in foam, nicely protected. So from the back end you'll see the Y'Orange body surrounding the darkish rear glass, the Y'Orange body surrounding the dark carbon fiber rear applique and and the Y'Orange wing side plates sandwiching the satin black wing.

Details on the wing:
1. The wing is either carbon fiber or some composite plastic.
2. The side plates are aluminum.
3. The supports are aluminum.

[daytonprowler]

Welcome!