my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe

Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:10 pm

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Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:18 pm

Nice wheels i like the clean euro plate

Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:46 pm

very nice looking car, i like the rims are they 18s

Expert Joined : 2007-07-01 Post Count : 2558 Merit : 12

Hell-yeah!
You must be the only one there with such a diamond.
How'd you get it?

Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:37 pm

AA wrote:

Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:57 pm

99Rivman wrote:

AA wrote:

Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:15 pm

Looks straight and tight in Pearl White, Bjorn, although it also seems to be missing some insignia. Is that on purpose?

Albertj

Special Joined : 2008-03-25 Post Count : 3 Merit : 0

they stole my insignia, nobody knows the car here (just 3 registered in about 10 milion cars) so some souvenir hunters took of the insignia

Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:52 pm

looks great

Expert Joined : 2007-07-01 Post Count : 2558 Merit : 12

HOLLAND-don't even worry 'bout those Riviera plates,you can get them on eBay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-96-97-98-99-Buick-Riviera-SCRIPT-EMBLEMS-emblem-set_W0QQitemZ350041065826QQihZ022QQcategoryZ33643QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or here more emblems:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BUICK-RIVIERA-CHROME-EMBLEMS-2-PAIR-NEW-emblem-OEM_W0QQitemZ310034806897QQihZ021QQcategoryZ33643QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

HOLLAND go ahead and put those on-they belong on car.

Subject: Re: my Riviera in the netherlands, Europe Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:12 pm

Also something you may not have known:

When you are putting the emblems on the car, before you remove the backing off of the emblems, put a piece of tape such as painters' removable masking tape over the CHROME side of the emblem. it is *way* easier to get it in the right position and the R stays in the correct location compared to the rest of the emblem. Make sure the tape just adheres to the chrome letters and not the backing, and overlap the ends a bit past the lettering. Then you can just hold the tape by the ends, remove the backing and position the emblems. Once you have positioned the emblem, press firmly to set them, then carefully remove the masking tape.

Correct position is:

on the drivers side, bottom left of the 'R' is 83 mm to the right of the ront edge of the quarter panel, and 19 mm above the top edge of the side molding. The low part of the tail of the cursive 'a' is 24 mm aboue the top edge of the molding.

On the passenger side, the low part of the tail of the cursive 'a' is 24 mm above the top edge of the molding and the end of the tail is 83 mm to the right of the front edge of the quarter panel. The bottom left of the 'R' is again 19 mm above the top edge of the molding.

Part number for the 'Riviera' emblem is 25556970. $15.59 each plus shippping from www.gmpartsdirect.com.

If you need the 'SUPERCHARGED' emblem for the trunk, it is 25602037. $17.06 plus shipping, same source. Bottom of emblem goes 15 mm above the bottom edge of the boot (trunk) lid; right of emblem is 29 mm to the left of passenger-side (right side as you face it from the rear of the car looking forward) edge of lid.

Albertj

Expert Joined : 2007-07-01 Post Count : 2558 Merit : 12

YES albertj nice tip-hopefully bjornholland will go ahead and take action.

Special Joined : 2008-03-25 Post Count : 3 Merit : 0

yes i order the insignia, this will make my car complete

it was hard to get a car like the Riviera, took me 2 years to find one,

the rims are 18inch, think they look nice on the car, not to big not to small

great forum!!! my compliments

Expert Joined : 2007-07-01 Post Count : 2558 Merit : 12

Ohh yeah Holland you ordered the plates? good news!.Just make
sure before puttin' them on you print first albertj's instructions,then proceed.Goodluck. [/b]

Rookie Joined : 2007-06-19 Post Count : 13 Merit : 0

nice!
don't lose any sleep over the stupid side lettering. who gives a $hit.
I would change the front grill too to get rid of the dumb looking R.

I would do dark windows tinting to complete the looks.
I notice it dosen't have the pipestripping either, I would need to see one with them side by side to make up my mind...

it must be so cool to drive around in a car so unique.
is it supercharged?