Superman09's Winter upgrades- XSPower, XYZ, HRE
01-08-2011, 02:35 PM
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Superman09's Winter upgrades- XSPower, XYZ, HRE
Well not too demanding of winter mods this time around, but enough to want to share with my favorite forum! 
Nothing too drastic, just got back the same make/model/size wheels I had and sold last year (different set, but everything's the same except these have full polished barrels!
) Added the XYZ 355mm 14" front and rear Big Brake Kit. Added the new prototype soon to come out XSPower full 3" catback system and upgraded full 3" mid-pipes 
With the addition of the huge XYZ Big Brake Kit, my Cray wheels were requiring a spacer, but I ran across a killer deal on another set of HRE 547s (19/20) that I actually ran last summer but sold to go to the black Cray's. Knowing exactly how these fit, and how they looked on my car, I couldn't pass them up! I picked them up and had them wrapped in 265/30/19 and 305/25/20 Nitto Invo's! These cleared the Big Brakes perfect requiring zero modifications and surely look better with a big brake behind them as well!
The XYZ Big Brake kit consists of:
355mm fixed 14" front and rear 2 piece rotors with black anodized hats. 6 piston front and 4 piston rear huge calipers also anodized black with the nice XYZ logo finished in polished/chrome to match the wheels. Have the sport pads on there for now with the stainless lines.
The exhaust is the new finalized prototype XSPower full 3" catback. Features all the same as the 2.5" system but all of the piping has been bumped to 3" through the muffler and the pipes modified to fit perfect. This now installs very easy on jackstands by a simply lower of the rear sway. The pipes fit and clear my big Pfaddy rear sway with tons of room to spare, muffler clearance to the bumper is great all around, the tips were enlarged a bit to show them off a bit more as well. All in all, I couldn't be happier with the fit and finish! The system went on in just a few minutes and all fit great! I also added the new full 3" mid-pipes to the current XSPower longtube header system so the entire system is now full 3" off the headers!
That pretty much does it, enjoy the pics!
Nothing too drastic, just got back the same make/model/size wheels I had and sold last year (different set, but everything's the same except these have full polished barrels!
) Added the XYZ 355mm 14" front and rear Big Brake Kit. Added the new prototype soon to come out XSPower full 3" catback system and upgraded full 3" mid-pipes With the addition of the huge XYZ Big Brake Kit, my Cray wheels were requiring a spacer, but I ran across a killer deal on another set of HRE 547s (19/20) that I actually ran last summer but sold to go to the black Cray's. Knowing exactly how these fit, and how they looked on my car, I couldn't pass them up! I picked them up and had them wrapped in 265/30/19 and 305/25/20 Nitto Invo's! These cleared the Big Brakes perfect requiring zero modifications and surely look better with a big brake behind them as well!
The XYZ Big Brake kit consists of:
355mm fixed 14" front and rear 2 piece rotors with black anodized hats. 6 piston front and 4 piston rear huge calipers also anodized black with the nice XYZ logo finished in polished/chrome to match the wheels. Have the sport pads on there for now with the stainless lines.
The exhaust is the new finalized prototype XSPower full 3" catback. Features all the same as the 2.5" system but all of the piping has been bumped to 3" through the muffler and the pipes modified to fit perfect. This now installs very easy on jackstands by a simply lower of the rear sway. The pipes fit and clear my big Pfaddy rear sway with tons of room to spare, muffler clearance to the bumper is great all around, the tips were enlarged a bit to show them off a bit more as well. All in all, I couldn't be happier with the fit and finish! The system went on in just a few minutes and all fit great! I also added the new full 3" mid-pipes to the current XSPower longtube header system so the entire system is now full 3" off the headers!
That pretty much does it, enjoy the pics!
01-08-2011, 03:47 PM
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Looking dang good! I love those XYZ brakes too! That very well may be my next mod. They look fantastic
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01-08-2011, 04:00 PM
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Love the wheels and how that exhaust looks. I'd say you've had a very good winter to date in terms of mods done.
01-08-2011, 05:32 PM
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Holy crap! you're only an hour farther north from me and you did all that in this frickin' cold weather? I have heaters in my garage and it is still too cold for modding for me!
Great work there, nice to see some different brands on the C5....would love to see you car in person next summer.
p.s. great shot of Natalie!
Great work there, nice to see some different brands on the C5....would love to see you car in person next summer.p.s. great shot of Natalie!
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Nice system, I can't wait to hear the price for full 3" system w/cats and LT headers. Does the 200 cell hi flow cats work well with factory O2 sensors, any error codes?
Brakes are really cool but probably out of my price range
Brakes are really cool but probably out of my price range
01-08-2011, 08:07 PM
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01-08-2011, 08:08 PM
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Holy crap! you're only an hour farther north from me and you did all that in this frickin' cold weather? I have heaters in my garage and it is still too cold for modding for me! Great work there, nice to see some different brands on the C5....would love to see you car in person next summer.
p.s. great shot of Natalie!
Great work there, nice to see some different brands on the C5....would love to see you car in person next summer.p.s. great shot of Natalie!
I'll be all over next summer, I'm sure we'll cross paths!
01-08-2011, 08:09 PM
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Definitely before the snow quits, lol 
