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Dec 23, 2012 | 06:59 PM

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SoCal 1986 corvette - Bakersfield

Hello all,

I am getting my first corvette! It is a Red 1986 TPI, it has just been striped down and painted I still need to swap interior with another one I purchased for parts. One I have it up and running I will buy a new set of wheels and tires. Also have already purchased a sweet double din stero with all of the latest tech including rear view cam.

Any noob corvette owner advice?

Dec 23, 2012 | 07:08 PM

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Congrats and welcome to the forum. The best advise that I can give is too drive and enjoy it.

Dec 23, 2012 | 09:27 PM

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My first vette was a red 1986, I loved that car! It was great. Put a computer chip in and wow what a BIG improvement in power! ENJOY!

Dec 23, 2012 | 11:23 PM

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Dec 23, 2012 | 11:45 PM

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Best I can pass on is to read the Sticky on FAQ found on top page of C4 Tech.

Dec 24, 2012 | 05:19 AM

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Dec 25, 2012 | 08:13 AM

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Dec 26, 2012 | 12:43 AM

Rathmullan

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Welcome and Congratulations on your purchase. I'm new too and the advice I would give is spend some time on this site before deciding on what you want to do with your car. You'll learn a lot. ALso, I found that it is better to search your questions on Google rather than with the forum's internal search engine. For some reason the forum's search engine isn't that great while google will take you to the right forum thread.

Last edited by Rathmullan; Dec 26, 2012 at 12:44 AM. Reason: clarification

Dec 26, 2012 | 12:55 PM

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JT-Monster-

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Originally Posted by Todds9

My first vette was a red 1986, I loved that car! It was great. Put a computer chip in and wow what a BIG improvement in power! ENJOY!

Can you please guide me to a how to on this?

Thanks all. I own a Yamaha fz6r motorcycle and am an avid forum member. I will have to put in some time here as well