Whooo hoooo! Can't wait to see them the time I run by your shop. I bet they are already pretty shiny after that 5000 grit color sand

 

Shiny but hazy at the same time

 

At the car show today

 

Looks great!

 

Thanks homie, so happy to have her out and topless

 

On the detailing advice of the Junkman I ordered some of these sweet edgless microfiber polishing towels, microfiber applicators, and microfiber wash mitts. Almost ready for a little color correction.

 

Finally got around to installing my new Curb Alert system from forum vendor southern car parts. They are totally on the ball. Shipping was super fast i had it in the mail in 3 days. Everything went just as simple and easy as they said it would in their install video. It took me maybe 45 min to install start to finish.

Open the box and this is what you see.



They include bunches of different mounts, double sided tape, and zip ties that I didn't use. But was impressed they included just about anything you could possibly need for any installation.



These are the inside components. The brains of the system and the oval alert speaker. They come with some super strong double sided tape attached but also have holes for mounting screws if you wanted to use them. The double sided tape was plenty strong enough for me though.



Mounted the sensor as shown in their video. Just clean the area and stick it on. The adhesive is strong I don't see it going anywhere.



They have gone ahead and put a fuse box adapter with fuse onto the power line and spade fitting onto the ground wire. All you do is plug it into the fuse box (fuse #22) attach the ground to the hole in the mounting tab of the BCM. Tie up the excess wire and tuck it away. Stick the alert speaker to the underside of the dash and your pretty much done.



I didn't need to do any other adjustments. I tested with the packing box as they suggested and it's perfect just the way it is. High Five southern car parts! I'm always very careful but every now and then a parking curb sneaks up on me but no fear now!

 

I'd like to hear your thoughts on the curb alert system after using it for month or so. I've been thinking about buying one.

 

Will do, seems great right now. Gonna go parking curb hunting tomorrow and really test it out.

 

I have had mine on for 6 months and it is still working --just fine.
My thought on the placement of your sensor. I think you are
expecting your sensor never to lie to you concerning object's
dead ahead. I placed mine higher so if the sensor is confused
what's ahead it won't get knocked off. Your call. I gave mine
plenty of room --18 inch's to tell me of a problem. I know this
curb alert is suppose to be fail proof. But I am not so trusting.
Your vettes coming along nicely, it looks great.

 

I back into spaces so I don't have to worry about it

 

Thanks for the advice. Seems ok right now but I see what your saying. If it makes a mistake and im not paying attention the car is low enough that the sensor will most likely be the least of my problems

I got some other carbon fiber parts that just came I would like to get your opinion on. But I'll have to show them to ya to see what ya think. I'll give you a shout and see if your available this week.

 

I can see you every day anytime, but Friday.

 

Awesome thanks, I was going to see what you had going on this evening but just got back home in time for this monsoon to start. Glad I didn't get caught in it. I took the car out for a little fun run today and left the top at home.

 

Curb Alert working terrific! This is a monster curb that would be well into the lower half of the paint. Pulled up as normal alert system beeped at me and this is where it told me to stop.



I did have it go off a couple times going into a dip or two and at a speed bump but nothing major and I kinda like the fact that it picks up anything that it might perceive as a curb. Could probably adjust that out a bit but I'm fine with it the way it is I'd much rather be safe than sorry.

Worked for parking in the garage too. I generally back in. This time I backed in a little further than usual the shut the door then pulled forward towards the closed door until it beeped at me and perfect parking distance.

 

Yea it poured here, and they are talking about all week. Don't
you love Florida in the summer. At least NO fires.

 

Got my carbon fiber c-style rear wing and carbon fiber side skirts in from Pete at Corvette Creationz. Dropped off the wing for some paint work yesterday. Can't wait to get these all on!



Close up of wing.

 

great thread

 

Just got my new Corvette Forum.com shirt in the mail today along with new (domed this time) air bag and steering wheel emblems.... Happy Happy Happy

 

Got my Carbon Fiber skirts from Pete (corvette creationz) on tonight. Was actually super easy. The hardest part was jacking up the car. Fit is awesome looks so much better in person than in pictures. Of course it's pictures in the garage at night with a cell phone lol.

Good excuse to pick up a couple new tools right angle cordless drill and this really cool swivel head rivet gun



Laid the skirt out for test fit



Used whatever I could find to shim the front and rear and hold the skirt temporarily in place. Fit the front first then rest just falls into place.










No worries about puck mount access. The skirts fit right around anything important. No modification necessary.



First of about 10 rivets I put in this side. Just drilled 3/16" hole and put in 5 mm rivets. Down the panel a couple extra on each end and a couple on inside side.