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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 12:38 AM
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We made it almost two months before we just had to improve the car we thought was perfect when we bought it. It's just window tinting, but I know this is just the beginning. Can't wait to find out what's next...


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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 12:43 AM
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That's where I started, $16,000 ago... seems like only yesterday
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 12:49 AM
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something I have learned.. If you DONT visit Corvette Forum, you are gonna be OK.. otherwise, you are in big trouble.
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 01:10 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by LowFlyr
We made it almost two months before we just had to improve the car we thought was perfect when we bought it. It's just window tinting, but I know this is just the beginning. Can't wait to find out what's next...
Well, you can get a jack and a wrench out and get rid of that 4x4 look.

Get that thing DOWN!
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 01:21 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 04:35 AM
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something I have learned.. If you DONT visit Corvette Forum, you are gonna be OK.. otherwise, you are in big trouble.
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EXACTLY, these guys are a bad influence ! You poke around on the forums and go "Ooooh I wish I had that !". The next thing you know, you are getting the stink eye from the wife asking "what did UPS deliver this morning?"
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 05:18 AM
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EXACTLY, these guys are a bad influence ! You poke around on the forums and go "Ooooh I wish I had that !". The next thing you know, you are getting the stink eye from the wife asking "what did UPS deliver this morning?"
I have always tried to get home first in the afternoon, and retrieve the stuff from the front porch before she gets there.
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Originally Posted by VA 98 VETTE
I have always tried to get home first in the afternoon, and retrieve the stuff from the front porch before she gets there.
Then I stick it in the back of the garage to gather a bit of dust........"That has been in here forever, I am just getting around too installing it"

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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 08:30 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 09:10 AM
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thats how an addiction starts with small things
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 09:14 AM
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Ah yes - the tip of the (mod) iceberg. Seems like I tripped over that a couple of grand ago.
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i think the next logical mod after window tint would be a supercharger or twin turbos, or maybe even nitrous
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 10:33 PM
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