Here is my ride...new mods in the work

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:59 pm

Took the Riv out the other night. Cleaned her up a bit but after a few hous of driving she is dirty again. Here is a couple photos...

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Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:00 pm

still the most badass riviera ive seen yet, and probobly the fastest 8 generation

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Damn those headlights and cornering lamps are clean! Did you buy new or clean them up (And if so with what)? What rims are those (Sorry if you've said elsewhere I tried to check and didn't see where if you did), they look great and if I went the black rim route look very suitable for the Riv! A good looking and a good moving Riv, love it!!!

EDIT: I see, it's in that mess of text that is your sig - MSR 043s. Great choice on rims, do you know their weight compared to the stock wheels and tires?

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:52 pm

That car is so badass. It makes me dream of respraying mine black until i remember my blue interior

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It sure looks small next to the Bronco. How did the interior come out?

L67 - it's probably easier and much cheaper to change the interior color, if you've got a place to work. I've been thinking about doing mine but I doubt I'll have the time.

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:20 pm

Supercharged wrote:: still the most badass riviera ive seen yet, and probobly the fastest 8 generation

Not quite

Tim King had a 8-9 second twin turbo 8th gen riv with a tubular chassis and tons of other 1320 racing sh!t

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:04 am

dang...this one sure looks agressive and fast...those rims suit on it.
guess the only good colors for riv is black, bearl white and maybe costom electric blue.

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:25 am

Looks great. You nailed the stance of the car. What offset is on those wheels?

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:11 am

The wheels are MSR93 with +40mm backspacing. They weigh about the same as my stock crome wheels. The ones I had before were 13lbs heavier per wheel.

Jack the R- havent gotten to the interior yet. maybe this summer. And yeah it sits a little lower than my Bronco. Going from the Bronco to the Riv, I feel like I am in a little go cart. It takes 15 sec for the Bronco to get to 60mph. By that time in the Riv I am over 110mph. But the Riv dosen't fare too well off road...

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:22 pm

I can't wait to see night shots....

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:18 pm

Haha, call it The Terminator. Then if you'd smoke a Terminator Cobra...ah the awesomeness that would be...Do it do it do it!!!

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:31 pm

98riviera98 wrote:

Supercharged wrote:: still the most badass riviera ive seen yet, and probobly the fastest 8 generation

Not quite

Tim King had a 8-9 second twin turbo 8th gen riv with a tubular chassis and tons of other 1320 racing sh!t

Did Tim K. build it for John Schmidt? I was under the impression John built his own car. Where did you hear this info? I know Tim built a 8-9 sec turbo F-body...

Eric's is the fastest FWD 8th gen Riv, which is really more impressive than RWD conversions... at least to the 3800 powered community, imo.

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Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:52 pm

camlifter ran 12.7 on juice in his 96 riv

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Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:19 pm

Just wait until I get slicks for this spring. I expect 12.4-12.5 (no NO2). But it sounds like the whipple Riv will eat me for dinner if he ever gets it going proper...

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:43 pm

AA wrote:

98riviera98 wrote:

Supercharged wrote:: still the most badass riviera ive seen yet, and probobly the fastest 8 generation

Not quite

Tim King had a 8-9 second twin turbo 8th gen riv with a tubular chassis and tons of other 1320 racing sh!t

Did Tim K. build it for John Schmidt? I was under the impression John built his own car. Where did you hear this info? I know Tim built a 8-9 sec turbo F-body...

Eric's is the fastest FWD 8th gen Riv, which is really more impressive than RWD conversions... at least to the 3800 powered community, imo.

hmmm i thought tim k built it... i read it on 3800pro.com at some point

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Snowdog wrote:: dang...this one sure looks agressive and fast...those rims suit on it.
guess the only good colors for riv is black, bearl white and maybe costom electric blue.

I like my silvermist. The first Riv I looked at was an almost candy apple red which was absolutely gorgeous. With the beige interior that car was way more attractive than mine, but it was a 95 and not as mechanically sound.

Subject: Re: Here is my ride...new mods in the work Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:27 pm

Jack the R wrote:

Snowdog wrote:: dang...this one sure looks agressive and fast...those rims suit on it.
guess the only good colors for riv is black, bearl white and maybe costom electric blue.

I like my silvermist. The first Riv I looked at was an almost candy apple red which was absolutely gorgeous. With the beige interior that car was way more attractive than mine, but it was a 95 and not as mechanically sound.

Typical. People with the coolest looking cars and whatnot always seem to do it to ones that need maintenance but at least they look cool broke on the side of the road!

lol, that said I saw a van smoking all over the expressway. HUGE ass smoke everywhere puffing out the back of this big old cargo van. It didn't just look like it was coming out the tail pipe, it looked like the WHOLE thing was smoking. Made me think of Cheech and Chong lol. The people behind him must have been like WTF! - it covered the expressway and you couldn't see shit!