Pat aka American Hydrocarbon wanted to see some updates that I've added to my car. I've bought a few things from him and he has always treated me right and did a fantastic job with my parts.
I call my car Grape Ape because of the color. Think it fits. Anyway, instead of hy-jacking his thread on "What's In SANTA's Bag", I would start my own thread and see what you all think. I know some if not most will not like some of the things I have done to him but that's okay. It's my car, my tastes and I like it.
So here goes.

This has all been in the last year or so.

Added a rear spoiler again after a guy around here stole my other one. Long story so I won't get into it here.



Added a front ACI splitter that scrapes everywhere pretty much.



This was taken at an all Corvette show in the spring. The door hinges were put on a few years ago. I used the Dream Car Custom hinges so I could reverse it and have the door panels intact if I decide some day to take them off. Just showing the front splitter. This is the picture some if not most will not like.



Here's a shot of the engine bay with some of Pat's handy work in it.



Added purple (black lights) to the interior. Looks very cool I think. Useless if you drop something at night though.



Also added the LED's to the dash and doors. Went with the white so I could read the words.



Front and rear chrome emblems. Had to put the front one through a roller at work to get the contour to match somewhat with the bumper.



Super bright LED reverse lights.



Halo LED's with Radioflyers sequencing mod. Get a lot of questions and compliments on those.



Put some black reflective tape on the red reflectors on the doors. I like the blacked look. There's a thread in here that gave me the idea. Thanks Biomech011.....

Link is here: Black Door Reflectors



Shot of the console Pat did for me before I installed the single DIN DVD player.



Dash Cluster Pat did as well. I took the steering wheel cover off so don't worry, it's gone.



Also added a single din DVD from Sound Stream. Works for now until I can afford the double din. Pardon the finger prints.



And last but not least, my brother stopped by for a visit on Halloween night. Scared the crap out of me when I went to the garage for a beer. Well, not really because I don't have a brother and I don't drink. I was just walking around the neighborhood scaring the kids.



So there it is in a nut shell. I try to do all the work myself so I can learn the car and know how things are put together.

 

Now that's a show winner!Thanks for posting up!

 

Great looking car!!!!! Good job!

 

Beautiful, well done car. Love your shift ****.

PS The palm trees brightened my morning. It's -1 here this morning.

 

Wow-- I didn't realize you'd done all that stuff to your Vette . . it looks incredible ! The body additions are one thng- but the engine bay is over the top !

And thanks again for your help with the emblem, I really appreciate it.

Keep `em flyin'.

Rollie

 

Nice ride! Where did you get those grille inserts?

 

Quite a rare color.
Looks GREAT !

Love the interior white LED's. It sure adds a great look !
I have mine done too in white.

Toque

 

Looks great, love the engine details!

 

Absolutely stunning, and one of the rarest colors that can stand the test of time. Here's proof that will warm your soul....

http://www.sherwin-williams.com/pain...or%20Of%20Year

Have you thought about adding the Bronze wheels? (see bottom of SW text).

 

looks killer

 

Thanks for all the comments everyone. Much appreciated. Didn't realize they made that color for the inside of the house. Might have to make a room that color.

As for the grills, I bought them YEEEAAARS ago on ebay. Don't really know if he even makes them anymore. I haven't seen them come up on there for quite some time now.

The bronze wheels might look pretty good. I am a chrome kind of guy so I might have to do some photoshop and see how they would look before I think about changing them out.

CQRT - Glad I could help out with your emblem. Hope to see you Sunday in Fountain Hills if I can get away for a bit. Wife is recovering from a surgery so I will have to see how she feels before I can leave her alone for a couple hours.

The shifter **** I got done with Airbrush Inc here on the forum. He did a great job with it and it has held up really well.

Question for you all. What do you think of the side skirts? I have been thinking about doing those and if I did, I like the ACI ones without the splash guards. How much clearance would I loose if I put them on?

 

If your car is lowered all the way you will end up with about 3.5 inches of road clearance, which will work ok except on tall speed bumps.

 

Good job!

 

Looks great!

 

My car is lowered but not quite all the way. I also have the rub bars under the car just for the speed bumps around here. Not really sure how this will look without the widebody fenders in the back. Still contemplating.

 

Very nice looking vette.

 

Your car looks great! Hope to see you cruising around in my neck of the woods.

 

Great ride.

 

Nice Car! You did a great job!

PS - I can get you the side skirts....

 

Thanks Pat. As for the skirts, give me a pm and your best price possible. Painted or unpainted if you do painting. Question for ya, can you get the RK Sport skirts? They seem to be more in my price range. I know the ACI are fiberglass and the RK's are polyurethane. Is that the difference in the price? Do you prefer one over the other?