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I backed it out of the garage again, did the "stop the snow, get warmer" dance and then pulled it back in the garage -happy spring :nonod:

75 and sunny here!

 

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Spent the weekend tearing around Tail of the Dragon and surrounding areas with a buddy in our LS3 swapped toys. Great way to spend the gas money. Mine is the 96 Vette which put down 420 rwhp and 421 rwtq during its tuning session a couple of weeks ago. A smidge more than the 280 it was putting down with the tired ole LT-4.

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Had mine out today

 

Damn surface rust from rotors

 

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I finished coating the insides of the rims

 

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Put on another rear spoiler. Last one had issues

 

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Cars and coffee at IMS

 

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Put him to work

 

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Doesn't need it wth the Adams ceramic coating :) it was just a little surface rust from the rotors

 

 

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So? It's a hardened coat, right? So is clear coat. If it's hardened, can't it scratch? If not, is it hardened?

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It was just a light dust. It didn't scratch

 

 

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It was just a light dust. It didn't scratch

 

 

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This years cars are nice. The blue strip on the hood has a hologram looking 101 logo its neat

 

 

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I found a picture from back when I was certifiable.

 

Intrigue, Malibu, and Corvette Convertible. Then I thought about why I got rid of them

 

Intrigue ShortStar drank oil like a fish drinks water at the end(160k miles, at 150k it didn't use any), the Malibu leaked coolant, and later gas because the regulator bent when fixing the first, and the Corvette looked like Niagara falls inside when it rained, and that was with new weatherstripping! I spent hours scrubbing the old glue clean, I was so ticked when the new stuff made no improvement.

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