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ponyo

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manual or auto?

Saw your post on the corvetteforum about installing HUD. Who's installing it? I glanced at the instructions and it looked pretty time consuming and difficult. That's the only mod I want other than a supercharger or a Z06.

Have fun and be careful flooring it when it's cold and wet. I almost put my car sideways when I floored it leaving the ga400 tollbooth. You should have better traction with your wider GS wheels.
 

KentState

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manual or auto?

Saw your post on the corvetteforum about installing HUD. Who's installing it? I glanced at the instructions and it looked pretty time consuming and difficult. That's the only mod I want other than a supercharger or a Z06.

Have fun and be careful flooring it when it's cold and wet. I almost put my car sideways when I floored it leaving the ga400 tollbooth. You should have better traction with your wider GS wheels.

They sell Vettes with an auto? :) I've been wanting a manual ever since I got rid of the GTO, so I had to go that route with this.

As far as the HUD install goes, I was going to take the shortcut approach and try it myself. If I open things up and it's too much, I will look at getting help from someone else.
 

Viper GTS

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I take it the fender stripe is optional then? Looks better without it.

Are you going to give us a launch control video? You know you want to.

Viper GTS
 

ponyo

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They sell Vettes with an auto? :) I've been wanting a manual ever since I got rid of the GTO, so I had to go that route with this.

As far as the HUD install goes, I was going to take the shortcut approach and try it myself. If I open things up and it's too much, I will look at getting help from someone else.

Let me know how the HUD install goes. Might be my next mod.
 

ponyo

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Rick Daniel at Maxi Price?

I don't think Rick is at Maxi anymore. I think he was only there for like 6 months. Last I heard, he left the car sales business.

Plates on OP's car is from Jim Ellis Chevy on Peachtree Industrial near Chamblee, GA. They don't specialize in Corvettes like Maxi Price.
 

KentState

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I don't think Rick is at Maxi anymore. I think he was only there for like 6 months. Last I heard, he left the car sales business.

Plates on OP's car is from Jim Ellis Chevy on Peachtree Industrial near Chamblee, GA. They don't specialize in Corvettes like Maxi Price.

Maxi is a high volume dealer, but Jim Ellis is the Corvette Atlanta sponsor. Pretty good place to buy from. They had a new ZR1 in Torch Red when I picked mine up last week.
 

KentState

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did you get the dual mode exhaust ?

Yes and I picked up the Mild2Wild kit and installed it last night. The dual mode is a gimmick from a performance standpoint, but I do like the sound when the exhaust is fully open.
 

kevman

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Yes and I picked up the Mild2Wild kit and installed it last night. The dual mode is a gimmick from a performance standpoint, but I do like the sound when the exhaust is fully open.

yeah I agree, I ended up geting rid of the M2W remote and installed a dead pedal switch instead, was annoyed with trying to fumble with the remote.