Lex Luthor

Howdy all!

I've been on this Forum for a few months now and I have found it to be the most valuable asset for a corvette enthusiast. You all have helped me a great deal in understanding more about my vette and all her little quirks. Before I get to my 'patter' I wanted to thank all of you that have given me the best advice. It has served me well. This is a very special place.

This is the 5th Corvette in the family. Personally my 3rd. My first was a Black '85 coupe (I loved that C4), then a Black '96 coupe. My uncle was the first to by a C5. I'll never forget when he parked next to my '96 with his Silver '97 coupe. It was brand spankin' new at that time. I told him that mine looked nicer than his. I felt the same way about the C5 at that time that I do now about the C6. I was probably just jealous . I did not appriciate the C5 for a while until my mom bought a '01 silver coupe. I still had the '96 at that time until last year on halloween I traded in my '96 for Torch Red '98 Vert ($24k with 35k miles, how could I say no? ). I was in total bliss with this vert. Ohh what a feeling huh? That feeling never goes away it seems. The C5 is the ultimate machine.

Ok.....

Now I know how some of you feel about ricing a vette. I assure you, this is not rice , it's 'nice'. I have a 'theme' going on with my vette. I happen to be a big superman fanatic (as you can probably tell by my screen name). I watched all the movies, read the comics, watch smallville (best show ever), etc. etc.... So I think of my 'Red' vette as my cape and the interior is my 'blue' suit (I know, I'm a cornball. but that's me ). So I have installed blue neon accent lighting in the interior and red neon lights inside the coves (an idea that I got from here actually). It (IMO) looks awesome. See for yourselves.

Well enough chit-chat here are some pics of my baby...

Here she is!

Notice the color scheme red, blue and yellow. Superman's colors.



We all know that green kryptonite is Superman's weakness.



I liked this shot.



Here's a shot at night of the interior. The lighting is installed on the sides of the seats, behind the seats and on the top of the console. 4 blue neon tubes (two 15 inch and two 9 inch) and two mini spot lights.



Here's a close up of the coves. Two red 9 inch tubes, one on each side.



I like how the light goes through the sport seats.




Close up of the console. Here I installed an ID plate from Ecklers with the spot lights on the plate.



Close up of the lights behind the seats.



Well there you have it.

I just wanted to let you all know that another fanatic has made his way to the best Forum on the internet. Thanks all.

Rob'sC5

the great thing about cars in general is you can mod it to your own taste,

ROJO99

Nice Vette and great color, my favorite . Mod to your taste, its your ride.

Calif Vetteman

You sure live in a colorful neighbor hood.

CAJUNY2KC5

I like the side cove lighting. Is it legal in Florida to put red lighting on the sides like that????????

Doughan

Welcome and congrats on the C5!

Tom/99

Looking good!!!

Patches

Holy Smokes! Kudos to you for modding your vette to your own delight. You've truly made it your own.

bobsY2Kvette

Uh That blue building.....Is that your "Cell Block"?

JK Your mods are cool! If someone thinks they are rice...**** Em as the irishman said Its your ride!! You make the payments, not the style ***** I do kinda like the lighted coves

Ride on Dude

mikeerbC6

i like it

Lex Luthor

I don't really know. But I've had many cops drive right next to me and not do anything. One actually gave me the People can have neon lights under the car so I assume that it is not illegal.

smokeyburnouts

interior looks cool. the gill light is also cool. nice car.

MyVetteDream

That was my first thought. My second thought was I like the interior shot! Sh-weet!

Humy

I like the lights inside , time to chrome out those wagons though

Lex Luthor

SmacZ

I was scared reading the posts but the lights really look cool...The interior shot looks like a promotional shot or car show footage ...... very cool..

SHAWN

ZO6R1

Looks great. How much time did it take for the mods?

Sportsdude

movinlow

nice...looks good

NSTG8R

Nice car. Personally I was never a fan of the red cars, just not my thing, but yours looks very cool.