Scotty's Riv - The Official Showroom Post - Pics&Vids

So i noticed when i joined i never made a showroom post, so here it is. This is also my bid for Riv of the month!
the Riv throughout the years.
bought with 31,000 Miles
62,000 as of 6/13/09

When the Riv was first bought




First grill - thin and spaced - Featured in the first Riv Calendar


Second Grill - thick and powerful



New Chromes
The park avenue was just bought 3 days ago by a guy in my building. 61,000 miles on it. beautiful condition though no SC. just so happens we park next to each other. Also check out the 03 LeSabre.





These are vids of the intake sound

if u listen close u can hear the SC coupler faulting. little extra whine..it was a lot worse before having the alignment done

Photoshopped the new chromes on my fav pic.

looks good man!

better than the non chrome 12 spokes

xxsupergman25xx wrote:

Photoshopped the new chromes on my fav pic.

Where'd you get those 18's?

That paint looks immaculate!

How did you do the thick grille again? That'll be my next thing. What size chrome strips are they, 3/4"?

thanks! if I remember correctly it was 3/4. ill have to look tho and double check. I will warn u...it is such a long annoyin process but so worth it. ill also tell u a couple tips but I gotta run now.

Yeah I checked the grille thread, it is 3/4" but what I'm curious about is you said you haven't had any heating problems? And you live down in FL while I'm in NY. Has anything happened since then? No breakdowns or anything?

i have had Zero over heating problems. prior to 180 tstat car ran at 195-210 dependin on traffic. Since the 180 it runs from about 180-200. it gets smokin hott down here and hit 95 a lot. ive driven from pgh to FLA. been in the rain and 2 full pgh winters. i also have a screen covering my grille most of the time from my bra. so that cut down air flow more and still no heating problem.

tips... cut 2 pieces at a time. on for the left one for the right. just cut one piece and make sure it fits...then flip it over and use it as a template for the opposite side.
what gets really hard is u have to make sure u go with the slight angle of the grille. if not it looks really bad. always cut a little bigger then guessin smaller. u can sumtimes squeeze it in instead of having a gap. good luck and a lot like at least an hour.

Thanks, I figured I'd use them as templates for themselves. I'll take the grille off and see about doing it from behind.

i thought itd be cool to paint the engine cover. i thought black would look solid on it. i used a BBQ grill paint good up to like 1,000* F. held up very nicely. i cant seem the get that stupid piece to the left on again..so i screwed it in lol u cant tell though.

you should remove the cover expose that beast

m62 isnt beastly lol plus the cover is so light and isnt restricting at all to air.

Looks good! Bit 'o a squeeze to get that 3.5" tube on the TB eh?

hahah yea. matt had a tough time. sure enough..the genius got it.

Scotty your Riv looks just like mine except my interior is burgundy in colour. I'm not a huge fan of the port holes but I prefer your colour combination to mine, I think its classic. The only think I would do is add a dash kit in the Honey Burl, that would complete the look. I am really jealous.

thats a beautiful dash color but of anything id like to get a black dashkit. like rivman99(i think its his) ive already done a black pin stripe across the bottom of the dash and a couple of other carefully placed areas. i like it for now. but not ready to drop money on a kit...way too many other things i need taken care of. i.e rotors, calipers, SC coupler(BIIITCCCHHHHHH TO DO) cam sensor wire harness. i also have a few body blemishes that seem to be building. im kind of upset by that cuz i know that stuff is very costly and i dont have any friends in the paint business.

and i need a new front bumper.

I know, we love our cars so much and we don't know what to lay out the cash for first!

P.S. I am having trouble finding those chrome strips you guys are putting in your cars. I've been to a few stores up here, but no luck. What is the brand on the packaging? Maybe they have a website?

i will get that name for u 2morro..i THINK i still have it in the trunk...or i just threw the packagin out yesterday. so i still have it.

Any luck finding that packaging Scotty?

hey soo sorry. gimme ur email illl send u an exact pic of the front of it. theres no website for it. odd