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It was above the freezing mark and the roads are perfectly clean thanks to a few days of rain so I took it out for a nice hour long drive on the highway, listening to Ozzy's Boneyard on XM radio We have no snow in our forecast for the next two weeks and some warmer than normal temps, so I think winter is losing the battle and there are going to be more good days than bad days now.
I had a very busy day planned for my 2019 Grand Sport today. I took my new Harbor Freight low profile jack and my ReverseLogic jack pads out of the box so I could install my Carbotech brake pads and ACS splash guards. Things went well until I pulled off the right rear tire and saw a fricken' nail in my tire that had just over 100 miles on it. Not being familiar with "run flat" tires, I threw the wheel in my other car and drove to my Chevy dealership to have it fixed. To my pleasant surprise the dealership said that a plugged tire won't have the same speed rating anymore so they recommend to replace the tire. I have wheel and tire hazard insurance so tomorrow I get a new tire. I still have to polish and wax the car, but that can wait for a few weeks.
Pics of added Chrome Wheels and new floor mats. Today I took the pics in the rain, no garage yet waiting for new place to be finished with 2 car garage.
last photo is with Silver Painted wheels which I took off
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09, '14-'15-'16-'17-'18
Originally Posted by formula32paul
Pics of added Chrome Wheels and new floor mats. Today I took the pics in the rain, no garage yet waiting for new place to be finished with 2 car garage.
last photo is with Silver Painted wheels which I took off
I made the same silver-painted to chrome wheel swap shortly after I got my Vette...much nicer look, imho.
What kind of floor mats are those? Where did you get them?
Good you had the insurance to cover the price of a new tire and dealer was right that a patched tire won't have the same speed rating BUT how often do you drive 150+ mph. Lots of people driving with properly patched tires with no issue. Of course if I had paid for for tire insurance, I probably would have told them to put on a new one also. That is what the insurance is for. This is coming from a guy that just had a metal rod go through the sidewall of a tire on one of my other cars. New Continentals come with a limited Total Protection package and took care of a new tire.
Originally Posted by iTom
I had a very busy day planned for my 2019 Grand Sport today. I took my new Harbor Freight low profile jack and my ReverseLogic jack pads out of the box so I could install my Carbotech brake pads and ACS splash guards. Things went well until I pulled off the right rear tire and saw a fricken' nail in my tire that had just over 100 miles on it. Not being familiar with "run flat" tires, I threw the wheel in my other car and drove to my Chevy dealership to have it fixed. To my pleasant surprise the dealership said that a plugged tire won't have the same speed rating anymore so they recommend to replace the tire. I have wheel and tire hazard insurance so tomorrow I get a new tire. I still have to polish and wax the car, but that can wait for a few weeks.
Mats are “3D Maxpider Kagu floor liners/ mats. I bought them from either Amazon or AutoAnything. I can’t remember which one . I bought them for my wife’s SRX Caddie and my son bought them for his Infinity. I believe AutoAnything had them for the Vette
Nice Vette, of course......but awesome garage. Love the accessories.
Did you do the xpel wrap yourself? Which sections.
Thank you for the garage Compliment because it is so large and heated the expel guy came to my house and did it right there in 72ﾟ temperature While outside it was like 15ﾟ and I only did the nose mirrors and headlights for now also the window tint Guy also came to my house and did all the work in the garage how awesome was that I will be posting the names of Both in the PA area
Ran escort duty for my wife's trip to the Mercedes dealer for recall work. Mercedes: The best or nothing..... I'm gonna go with the latter, based on our experience with the stripped out econo last gen c class. Remember when Mercedes was quality? But you had to get the flagship cruiser.
I also put on my Spice Red Console lid cover. Any one have the part number for the "driver side console trim panel" in Spice Red ? All I see online on the trunk monkey site are for black, adrenaline red, Kalahar, and Brownstone.
Hey prince8619, how difficult was it to remove the rear panel to do this work? Also, what tips of advice would you give to someone thinking of removing this rear panel to expose the exhaust area?
Originally Posted by prince8619
Here is my NPP exhaust. A 3 hour job mainly had to wait between paint coats. Never even took the exhaust off.
What did I do to my C7 today? I drove it in the rain!
I got it all nice and clean Friday and took it for a nice drive to get it dirty again. It cleared up and got sunny later so my passenger could enjoy having the window open!
So I not only drove it in the rain, I let my dog ride shotgun... That's what I did for my C7 today.
If he's taking up that much space and needing to rest his head on the dash, he must be a BIG boy.
I did my first oil change on mine. I just bought it from a BMW dealer and they put in a new air filter (cheap aftermarket one made in China)
and damaged the seal installing it. I ordered the correct GM one and it was waaaay better quality. They also changed the oil and they used a WIX filter and not the correct AC/delco PF64. No idea what oil they used so I drained it and put the correct Mobil1 5/30 in and will change that to the new 0W/40 when it becomes available. I'm super OCD with my cars so had to get all OEM stuff in it. Also replaced the cabin filter too. Car only has 15K on it and I was surprised how dirty the CF was already. It is all ready to go now as soon as the weather clears up.
02-22-2018, 08:28 PM
We have no snow in our forecast for the next two weeks and some warmer than normal temps, so I think winter is losing the battle and there are going to be more good days than bad days now. 
This is coming from a guy that just had a metal rod go through the sidewall of a tire on one of my other cars. New Continentals come with a limited Total Protection package and took care of a new tire. 
