Introducing my 2017 1 of 1 GTC One Viper Bite

[One Viper Bite]

There he is! Absolutely love that color, Brian! Looking forward to the next cargo spel vids

LMAO d*ck. Thanks Ryan. Let's see some progress pics on your beautiful ride. I can't get enough of it!

Will I be seeing you at NVE3?

[One Viper Bite]

Great video man!

Fantastic video

Nice collage BITE! Loved the car when you first got it- and like mine I like it MORE now! Video was great!

Thanks guys - more content soon. Just takes a lot of time, money, and energy to produce videos like this.

Brian, nice write up and pics!

Thanks Scott! Hope you're well!

Your paint has some awesome color shifts. In some photos it has a dark ruby red color, others it looks a lot like Stryker red, in your youtube video when you are standing next to it, it looks like Stryker Orange to me. Incredible.

Beautiful colour! Looks almost the same as that Regera.

People often mistake it as Stryker Red. But I'm so happy with my choice. Every time I look at it I see a new detail.

Great vid & nice write up...I vote yes to the diffuser (love mine)...it totally changes the look of the car in a more aggressive way!!!

I think it's the one thing that should have been an option or even standard on non-ACR Vipers. Other supercars have veined diffusers to help with stability and stabilizing turbulent air coming from the aggressive rake at the rear. Not sure why the standard Viper didn't come with veins, at least smaller ones than the ACR.

WOW.... That carbon combo with that leather!!! It's absolutely gorgeous. It really does the red justice the same way a Ferrari does it. Love the build pics, thanks for sharing

Really happy with the way the carbon marries the Sepia. I was iffy about it because the 1 of 1 portal renderings didn't look very good and I was only able to find one real life example of pictures to reference. Took a leap of faith and glad I did. It's stunning!

[Terminator02]

Very classic looking viper and I agree that with going without the aggressive hood and in-style SW2s, it maintains a very clean and slightly more classic viper look of the Gen IIs. Interior looks fantastic along with the carbon accents and I think the TA 1.0 aero outside is just the perfect amount of aggressiveness to make the package come together. Well done!

[dadeuce]

Good stuff. "I'll take it as a compliment". I think Ferrari owners should take it as a compliment.

I agree on the SoCal thing. I've lived in several parts of the US. Maybe it's just in my head since I live here now ... but SoCal seems to have some of the most gnarly parking lot entrances, random dips, and odd ball stuff that will destroy front ends. You already have to be careful ... maybe caps wouldn't make it that much worse. Who knows.

[JR@Prospeed]

Absolutely gorgeous!! Love all the little carbon bits on the interior trim!

[Whitey]

Well done!

[ACRSNK]

Cool video! Amazing how many different colors and shades that color takes on. Beautiful!

[98intrigue]

LMAO d*ck. Thanks Ryan. Let's see some progress pics on your beautiful ride. I can't get enough of it!

Will I be seeing you at NVE3?

Haha, thought you’d like that. Thanks for the reminder - I need to update my thread like you did.

I’d love to go, but I’d be kicking myself without my car there... and I can’t justify the price to ship it for a few days.

[viperBase1]

Thanks my man! And yes, I'm a bit nervous because I already scrape coming in and out of driveways. No matter how slow or how diagonally I approach.
What part of SoCal are you in?

San Diego!

I bought my car from Slowhatch.. when it came off the truck it was SO Low. Just a bad-ass race car.
After careful adjustments to the coil-overs and some taller tires, smoothed out the ride and set an acceptable ride height.

But she's still plenty low.. still scrapes when I hit some driveways and dips straight-on.
To get her up on the tangs of the lift, have to either use a floor jack or add more air to the tires.

[HolyDiver]

Wow dude, just wow.
I had that same "sinking feeling" when my local dealer told me all 2017 allocations were gone. But luck shone through and now im driving ny dream car specced EXACTLY the way I wanted. Congrats bro! Take good care of her.

[Drummerviper]

Great looking Viper.

[LABrit]

My shits hot!

[One Viper Bite]

Absolutely gorgeous!! Love all the little carbon bits on the interior trim!

Well done!

Cool video! Amazing how many different colors and shades that color takes on. Beautiful!

Great looking Viper.

Thanks guys!

[One Viper Bite]

Very classic looking viper and I agree that with going without the aggressive hood and in-style SW2s, it maintains a very clean and slightly more classic viper look of the Gen IIs. Interior looks fantastic along with the carbon accents and I think the TA 1.0 aero outside is just the perfect amount of aggressiveness to make the package come together. Well done!

Yes, I'm really happy with my choices on the hood and the wheels. I love how it all comes together to make the car a little more understated.

That being said, my girlfriend cut me real deep the other day when we went to a SoCal Viper event and she saw all the 6 vent hoods and said, "Yeah the 6 vent hood is cooler"

Good stuff. "I'll take it as a compliment". I think Ferrari owners should take it as a compliment.

I agree on the SoCal thing. I've lived in several parts of the US. Maybe it's just in my head since I live here now ... but SoCal seems to have some of the most gnarly parking lot entrances, random dips, and odd ball stuff that will destroy front ends. You already have to be careful ... maybe caps wouldn't make it that much worse. Who knows.

Our roads are beautiful and smooth for the most part. But there is something about driveways - they are all so steep and I don't understand why. I avoid taking it anywhere where there is a steep driveway, but sometimes you just can't avoid it, especially not gas stations.

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San Diego!

I bought my car from Slowhatch.. when it came off the truck it was SO Low. Just a bad-ass race car.
After careful adjustments to the coil-overs and some taller tires, smoothed out the ride and set an acceptable ride height.

But she's still plenty low.. still scrapes when I hit some driveways and dips straight-on.
To get her up on the tangs of the lift, have to either use a floor jack or add more air to the tires.

Awesome, I'll have to pay the old Sneaky Snake and you a visit soon. I drive to San Diego for weekend get aways often!

[One Viper Bite]

Wow dude, just wow.
I had that same "sinking feeling" when my local dealer told me all 2017 allocations were gone. But luck shone through and now im driving ny dream car specced EXACTLY the way I wanted. Congrats bro! Take good care of her.

Yeah, I was pretty pissed at Gerry Wood Viper when it all went down, but in retrospect, it all worked out and I'm really happy they did what they did for the Viper and super happy they sold through them all.

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My shits hot!

It does look pretty good, and I think they look pretty good as a pair

[CNU_Physics]

You're slacking...I want more pictures.

Also, where the heck are all the people with Stryker Red Vipers? I'd love to see more of those beauties.

[One Viper Bite]

So, now that all the fluffy fun stuff is out on the table, let's talk about the not so fun stuff - issues.

Since I took delivery, the instrument cluster has an issue with flickering. I've noticed that this only happens after a few days of not driving the car. If the car sits for more than 3 or 4 days, the minute I get into it and start it up, the instrument cluster flickers rapidly and constantly. The flicker then gets progressively worse as I begin to drive the car. Sometimes, mid drive, the cluster will go completely dark. However, the issue usually disappears after I've driven the car for about an hour or so/ From there, the issue doesn't reappear until I let it sit again for a few more days. Below is a video of the issue:



I've solved this issue by leaving the car on a trickle charger at all times, but to be honest, it seems like the cluster is way too temper-mental for this to be normal. If the car was sitting for 3-4 weeks, I would understand, but 3-4 DAYS seems abnormal. I've taken the car to the dealer and my Viper Tech said there isn't really a solve and that I should just keep it on the trickle charger.

Anyone else experience this issue? I've gotten a lot of feedback from some of you in the community about this but I can't seem to point to a solution. The battery and voltage is reading fine with the engine running and with it off. Some of you suggested it could be that the connection is sealing after the car has heated up but that wouldn't explain why leaving it on the trickle charger solves the issue. Anyway, more on that if I become brave enough to venture into the electronics.

[One Viper Bite]

The day after I took delivery of the car, spent nearly 6 hours locked in my garage just admiring it. That's when something on the driver's side of the hood where the heat extractor meets the actual hood caught my attention..the paint was cracked. So badly that I could easily grab it and start peeling it off.



I was devastated. I couldn't believe that after paying nearly $150,000 for a car, that it would be delivered to me with such a huge imperfection. I called Dodge/SRT immediately. Their response was basically to deal with it. They said that because I already took delivery of the car, that they would need to determine if the issue was present from the factory or if it happened in my possession (the car had 4 miles on it and hadn't even been driven). They then said, if it was covered by the warranty that they would send it to a local shop to be repaired and they would not allow it to be fixed by Prefix. Once again, FCA was leaving a Viper customer in the dust just like any other customer.

I stopped my conversations with Dodge and turned to Bill and Mark at Woodhouse whom, without hesitation, put me in contact with Prefix. Prefix told me that for a fact the hood did not leave their facility in that condition and that the damage likely occurred when the plastic heat extractor vent was being installed. Regardless, they owned it and told me they would repair it. The only downside was, it would be up to me to remove the hood and send it to them via a special crate. I know removing the hood isn't that big a deal, but from years of modding cars, I just know that when you remove something that was installed at the factory, it never quite goes back on the same way. I was worried about damaging or scratching the hood. The Prefix team has been so helpful and supportive - they sent me a diagram of the hood that showed me where to measure the gaps so that when I go to re-install the hood, the fitment will be correct. Anyway, below are pictures of the hood being repaired at Prefix. It feels like the 1 of 1 program all over again - I'm excited!

[One Viper Bite]

On top of fixing the hood, Prefix had me send my plastic valve covers so that they could match the body color. It always bothered me that the red in the engine bay and on the brake calipers didn't match. This should have been a standard option for the 1 of 1 program. Super excited to see these on the car!









I'm so thankful and grateful for the team over at Prefix. They have gone above and beyond to take care of me and right a wrong that agruably wasn't even their fault to begin with. The same goes for Bill, Mark, and the Woodhouse team. Even with production having ended on these beautiful machines, Woodhouse and Prefix continue to serve the Viper community and ensure that their owners are satified with the product and experience.

Super nervous about getting the hood back on and aligned properly, but dying to drive the car again. Now, to decide on whether or not I should repaint the brake calipers to match the body color...

[swexlin]

Sorry to hear you're still having QC issues with the new car. The flickering dash is a tough one. But the peeling paint....that's not right. I think some of these final cars were rushed to get out the door, just my opinion. My car just turned 5 (April 2013 build date) and I am the second owner, and has almost 13,000 miles on it now. The only paint issues I have are either self-inflicted, or the result of minor rock chips. Besides that, it looks good, no peeling or discoloration that I can see.

Good to here the Bill helped you out and got you through to Prefix

[dadeuce]

Bummer. Sorry to hear about the issues, but glad Prefix has stepped up.

Is the battery in the car the original and the only one that has been in there? Maybe you could swap it out and see if that helps. It's strange that the cluster would do that to begin with, but it's also strange that a trickle charger would keep it from doing that. What would a trickle charge do past the battery that the battery itself couldn't do? Weird
Probably a real long shot, but it would be something easy to try.

[ssmith71]

Having never seen the schematic on the dash, perhaps there is a voltage regulator issue that is controlling the overall voltage to the dash? Probably then you would need a whole new dash, as I doubt that the regulator is replaceable in new cars nowadays.

Bummer. Sorry to hear about the issues, but glad Prefix has stepped up.

Is the battery in the car the original and the only one that has been in there? Maybe you could swap it out and see if that helps. It's strange that the cluster would do that to begin with, but it's also strange that a trickle charger would keep it from doing that. What would a trickle charge do past the battery that the battery itself couldn't do? Weird
Probably a real long shot, but it would be something easy to try.

[One Viper Bite]

Bummer. Sorry to hear about the issues, but glad Prefix has stepped up.

Is the battery in the car the original and the only one that has been in there? Maybe you could swap it out and see if that helps. It's strange that the cluster would do that to begin with, but it's also strange that a trickle charger would keep it from doing that. What would a trickle charge do past the battery that the battery itself couldn't do? Weird
Probably a real long shot, but it would be something easy to try.

Yes, I bought the car brand new and the issue has been present since delivery with only 4 miles on it. I haven't tried changing out the battery, but I guess it's worth a shot.

[One Viper Bite]

Been a while since I've updated this thread but I do have an update on the instrument cluster issue and some pictures I snapped of the snake a bit ago at a commercial automotive studio I was checking out for future shoots of mine.

A few months ago, the cluster stopped flickering and went completely dead. Ended up having to replace the entire instrument cluster. It took SRT nearly 6 months to deliver the part after multiple complaints from my Viper Tech and myself. Entire interior had to come apart which made me nervous that I may have squeaks and rattles upon reassembly and new found scratches, but thankfully my Viper Tech is a master. He took care of it in less than 24 hours. New cluster works flawlessly and the problem has been completely erased.



A few other notes now that I'm about 6,000 miles into my ownership

1. The rear diff is starting to whine more despite proper break in and changing the fluid twice now. It will likely need to be replaced soon before it eats itself alive the way my 2013 did
2. The driver side front shock is leaking and will likely need to be replaced soon
3. The passenger side hood bezel flew off while I was cruising along and Dodge can't seem to find an easy way to just ship me a new one. They want me through jump through warranty hoops and drive 60 miles round trip to my Viper Tech just to have it installed once it arrives

Overall, now that I have my cluster back, I no longer have that nagging feeling that (once again) I was spending a ton of money on something broken. One bright side of not having the instrument cluster for so long is that heel-toe downshifts are near telepathic for me since I had to learn to drive the car without any information. An inconvenient way of getting intimate with the car bit I feel so connected to it now that the instrument cluster has become a luxury. Also, the aging resolution on it looks just fine to me now after not having anything to look at for so long.

Now, I indulge you with some of my shots from the studio. These were all shot by me:

[Scott_in_fl]

That color!!!!