03 electron blue mini build
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03 electron blue mini build
Just picked up my first corvette after being a street truck guy for years, car was a little rougher than what I was told by the seller but I thought it was a good deal anyways. Specs are:
2003 electron blue
137k (on the high side but it's my secondary vehicle)
borla cat back exhaust
light oak/black interior
19/20" front/rear cray wheels
kenwood cd player
sony rear speakers
kicker 15" sub in fiberglass box
sony amp
Plans are to make it a reliable and oem+ modded car, my main priorities are comfort and reliability.
Buff paint/respray same color (will have my paint guy check it out)
replace exhaust with quieter setup
replace hood with oem hood
oem wheels (will trade/sell the current wheel/tire setup)
fix audio install (I have most of a new system already, just need wiring)
get codes cleared
change interior to all black
sound deaden interior
Enough talking, onto the pics!
passenger seat out:
ground wire for the amp
power wire for amp:
pulled the cd player out, will be replacing and upgrading:
2003 electron blue
137k (on the high side but it's my secondary vehicle)
borla cat back exhaust
light oak/black interior
19/20" front/rear cray wheels
kenwood cd player
sony rear speakers
kicker 15" sub in fiberglass box
sony amp
Plans are to make it a reliable and oem+ modded car, my main priorities are comfort and reliability.
Buff paint/respray same color (will have my paint guy check it out)
replace exhaust with quieter setup
replace hood with oem hood
oem wheels (will trade/sell the current wheel/tire setup)
fix audio install (I have most of a new system already, just need wiring)
get codes cleared
change interior to all black
sound deaden interior
Enough talking, onto the pics!
passenger seat out:
ground wire for the amp
power wire for amp:
pulled the cd player out, will be replacing and upgrading:
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Congrats on getting the car and it sure is the right color. Good luck with all the changes you want to make.
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thats not bad at all, thanks man! Does ti stand for titanium?
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Thanks! I'm excited, currently pricing going back to stock exhaust. The borla is too loud for my tastes.
I am with the quite crowd when I drive my 04 vert. Bought it in 2014 with Magna Flow exhaust and Goodyear run flats. Added a partition in the rear and can hear clearly (72 years old had some time people shooting at me in VN. Maybe I have a built in filter)) my CD player at any speed top up or top down. No noise that I would not expect with a vert.
I am with the quite crowd when I drive my 04 vert. Bought it in 2014 with Magna Flow exhaust and Goodyear run flats. Added a partition in the rear and can hear clearly (72 years old had some time people shooting at me in VN. Maybe I have a built in filter)) my CD player at any speed top up or top down. No noise that I would not expect with a vert.
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[QUOTE=Glensgages;1590100695][FONT="Arial"][SIZE="3"]is it just me, or does that hood have a 'bulge' to it?
as has been said above, nice choice of color
It's a cowl hood. I can see how from the side it looks bulged. If anyone is interested it's for sale/trade.
as has been said above, nice choice of color
It's a cowl hood. I can see how from the side it looks bulged. If anyone is interested it's for sale/trade.
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finished gutting the inteior and started poking around seeing what all needed replaced.
while looking around I noticed this:
Someone please tell me all this sludge is normal. My 03 silverado doesn't have it, i'm hoping it's just from the road.
Next to her garage mate:
while looking around I noticed this:
Someone please tell me all this sludge is normal. My 03 silverado doesn't have it, i'm hoping it's just from the road.
Next to her garage mate:
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Ok, thanks. I called a good buddy of mine who knows these engines. He's coming by to check it out tomorrow. On another note, I checked the glovebox and it says my interior code is 92I, which is light grey. I guess the interior is so nasty it looks tan.
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