Hello everyone, I would like to introduce myself, I have been a lurker for a couple months.

My name is Ryan, I am from Nova Scotia, Canada.

I joined CF a couple weeks before I purchased my 1998 C5 pewter A4 coupe, with 3:15s. Base seats, bland grey interior, complete with options such as: cool pass side AC/warm drive side, sticky air bag cover on steering wheel ( goof off 2 to the rescue!) and killer bose stereo.......

It is in very good shape for higher miles ( 117,000kms), minor nicks, minor interior wear, all around great cruiser. It is my first auto car in a long time, it is easy to drive , but I miss my last 6 speed!

I read the stickies and searched as much as I could before purchase.
This is a great forum, tons of info and the regular forum banter....

Being in a smaller town, I was limited to my options for C5's. This one is my entry into the corvette world, and I do not plan to keep it.

I will do a few bolt ons, as I can transfer over to my next, will be on the lookout for a silver or black Z06 FRC.

This is day of purchase:





Less than 24 hrs later it was lowered on stock bolts.
First purchase was a set of used aluminium jacking pucks.

I am no stranger to modifying vehicles, it is my weekend hobby, came from larger turbo subaru camp , built 3 and decided it was time for a change.

This season before its stored I have only done a few exterior tweaks.

Black corvette letters front and rear, rear deck lid emblem delete, clear/black housing turn signals, stripped rotor tops hats of rusted and painted black, scrubbed all inside wheels ( so nasty !)
Cleaned out the udders ( all of them were completely full)
I have purchased a solid targa top , which is at paint now.
I can't stand the fish bowl feel of the acrylic top, super hot in the sun.
I even added a layer of limo tint inside, but it still doesn't feel or look right to me.


Finally ,today after waiting 6 weeks for my front tires, they are in! ( back order)


265/35R18 front and 295/35R18 rear Michelin pilot super sports
on C7 Z06 reps, 18x8.5 + 54 front , 18x10.5 +56 in gunmetal from OE wheels.... ( Yes I know reps, I have run reps in the past with no issues, and have had BBS brand names aswell )


Do not mind the dirt or overcast weather!




Like I said, I will keep the rest of the mods to bolt ons, which I can remove and install on next. I always return to stock before I sell.

So simple things like, intake, Borla cat-back , ETC.

Enjoy , thanks for having me here!

I look forward to showing you my progress in the future.....

I am building a 24x24 garage before the snow flies, I cant let her sit under the car port all winter!

 

Hey Ryan, Welcome and Congrats on your Vette, Many Smiles to come !!!!

 

Welcome to the forum and congrats on getting your first Vette. Good luck with all your mods.

 

Welcome car looks clean.

 

Thanks guys

 

So this just happened.....





2003 Z06, HUD, black chrome Z06 reps, Michelin PS2s ( came with OEM speedlines too!) 2004 Z06 shocks, Corsa X pipe, MGW shifer,110,000 km, garage stored.

Seats are in good shape, minor cracking, but overall good.

Sold my coupe today ( with wheels/tires), and quickly moved on this one, I do enjoy this car much better than my older coupe already!

BSM will be going this weekend, and will lower on stock bolts, plus a few other add ons I have been saving, snow is soon here, so storage soon!

 

That didn't take long!
Enjoy the Z

 

Too fun!!!

 

Big difference in shifter feel?

 

First 6 speed corvette, but it is the hardest shifting car i have had yet...have to work for it ...

 

Surprised to hear that with the MGW.

 

the anti-venom mod makes a huge difference in the feel and mine now three years and 18,000 miles shifts like a dream !!(one washer in my anti-venom mod)

 

I will have to look into that, thanks.

 

I have a little time yesterday to do a few things, lowered on stock bolts, black housing front marker lights, black out reverse/3rd brake light, black letters.

I do not want to push my luck with black out brake lights, not sure of law around here. So I will not bother.

I ran out of time, so the BSM is on for now.

 

Looks good, and it's the right color......

 

Well I finally have finished the inside of my new garage, so I spent a little time on the Z06.

Washed, clay bar, wax, and sealed. I also changed front and rear silver 50th emblems to OEM black ones . I did not like the silver/yellow combo and the silver was peeling off in many spots...








Redline leather goodies:




Happy pups!! ( yes, that is beer on tap far right corner)

 

Nice car! Looks like your garage came together pretty quickly. My pups hate hanging out in the garage

 

^^^ My pups love to hang out, too bad yours do not!


I finally got around to lowering it on Eibach bolts ( stock wasnt enough for me), and plasti-dipped rear bumper.
I had the windows tinted.
I had to remove white Hurst shift ball, it was too light and rattled, and made it difficult to shift.
( with MGW and anti-venom )

I bought a larger and heavier black delrin ball, all is well now.

Next up on the list is transmission fluid change and a CF vortex front lip.

Over the winter I will get my 18x10.5 speedlines powdercoated to match rear now, or get all 4 PC'd at the same time to avoid non matching colors.

Plan on running 275/35R18 front and 295-305/35/R18 rear PSS next year, those tires run wider I find.

 

Well I have finally found my sweet spot for the MGW shifter , I had notchy issues with a light weight white hurst **** and not doing the anti-venom. That light **** rattled a bit too.
Even after the anti-venom mod , it was better but still notchy and hard to shift.
I then swtiched to a larger diameter Delrin **** that was a tad heavier , and shifting was better.

Well, I just recieved my heavy weight composite ****.
8 oz ( 224 grams ?) and I could not be happier.

Smooth smooth shifts, less difficult to change gears !

I ordered mine in grey , it is way lighter in color than I wanted , but my happiness means more.
It looked gunmetal grey online , hoping to match my gunmetal stitch on my redline goods leathers.

I would suggest getting the black, it was from an online auction site , please pm me if you want the sellers name.

 

Sorry for the craptastic cellphone pics
and yes, that is the factory plastic under the floor mats !