More pictures of the Vette (Repost for the morning gang)

"ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability" (italianjobr53) 05/20/2020 at 09:00 • Filed to: C5Z

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A friend got some good pics of the car!

It needs an alignment but it handles way better than it used to, much more reactive to steering inputs now....now to get new front wheels and tires

Chariotoflove > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/19/2020 at 23:31

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I hadn’t realized how low that is . Speed bumps and driveways must be a real challenge.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Chariotoflove 05/19/2020 at 23:35

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Not really...The front air dam scrapes here and there but nothing else has scraped so far.

I can always raise it, the coilovers are close to their lowest height setting in the front right now but I really like the stance it has right now :)

wafflesnfalafel > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/19/2020 at 23:36

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damn that looks hot...

So OPPO has a yellow one and now a red one... seems only sensible I should get a silver one... (I’ll try that argument on my wife.) 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > wafflesnfalafel 05/19/2020 at 23:37

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Or a blue one!

I think me and Jordan bought our cars at approx the same time, I just havent been posting about it too much.

Chariotoflove > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/19/2020 at 23:40

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I always cringe when my air dam scrapes something, and I hold my breath until I can get out and check to see everything is okay.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Chariotoflove 05/19/2020 at 23:42

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I’m fine with it so far but its been only like 2 hours since ive been driving it lol
I think I will be fine with it tho, the Vette is not my daily so I’m fine with the occasional scraping...

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > wafflesnfalafel 05/19/2020 at 23:45

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Someone needs a black one, right?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 05/20/2020 at 00:00

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I wanted a black one actually. I would’ve tinted the headlights yellow and got a plate that said ToothLS6 (toothless from how to train your dragon and LS6)!

Buut beggers can't be choosers...

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > wafflesnfalafel 05/20/2020 at 00:24

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Ooh also, this car has been on oppo for a much longer time.

BeaterGT used to own it before me :)

wafflesnfalafel > wafflesnfalafel 05/20/2020 at 00:31

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UPDATE - wife says “not until I get a nice house!” So, I guess somebody else will need to get that silver one with konis, a shift kit and a cat back...

CB > wafflesnfalafel 05/20/2020 at 00:47

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Oppo has a silver one (though LittleBlackCoupe doesn’t post much anymore).

PartyPooper2012 > wafflesnfalafel 05/20/2020 at 09:12

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Already got the blue one covered

TheRealBicycleBuck > Chariotoflove 05/20/2020 at 09:24

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The lowest piece on my WRX is a painted air dam. I scraped it exiting a fast food joint. I can’t explain how angry I was at myself and at the engineers who designed that exit. 

shop-teacher > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/20/2020 at 10:08

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Dayum, she low!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > shop-teacher 05/20/2020 at 10:38

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Yessir!

CaptDale - is secretly British > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/20/2020 at 10:55

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Glad to hear the coilovers are working our for you

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/20/2020 at 11:06

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Love those wheels.

FSI > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/20/2020 at 11:21

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Curves always look better when lying. You’ll develop a love/hate relationship with coilovers though. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > CaptDale - is secretly British 05/20/2020 at 12:13

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Thanks! Although the real test will be going up against other Vette at autox when the season starts

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 05/20/2020 at 12:13

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Thanks, but I’ll be selling the front ones mostly

CaptDale - is secretly British > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/20/2020 at 12:59

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Nice. Can’t wait to do a few in mine

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > PartyPooper2012 05/20/2020 at 13:31

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Ooo, did not know that you owned one...

PartyPooper2012 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/20/2020 at 13:48

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Yeah. I post about it now and again. Mostly how much I hate the plastic being super brittle and such.

There was a post about Clutch master cylinder, Brake upgrades.

Had a major problem with HVAC. The doors to control direction of air did not work. Had to take it to dealer. They took half the car apart and worked on it for like a month and a half to fix it.

Windows are all dripping even with new weather stripping.

All those complaints apart, I absolutely love how much my wife hates how loud it is. Fast.... and Loud.

A while back, I hit the hazards on. The button fell into the dashboard and never came back. Hazards remained on. I poked it a bit more to get the lights off, but button was in the dashboard abyss.

Took the dashboard apart, Figured out what broke (little bracket inside). Figured I didnt want to take dashboard apart again, so I Mad Maxed it for about a week while waiting for parts to arrive. Wife had her eye brow up soooo high

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > PartyPooper2012 05/20/2020 at 14:07

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Hahaha

That about sums up the Vettes, fast and fun but with GM cost cutting on the non driving bits

PartyPooper2012 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 05/20/2020 at 14:16

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There has to be a beige camry willing to accept engine and transmission from a C5. Actually, my sister has a beige 1999 camry sitting in the garage with a master cylinder leak... LS swap a camry... I might need some help tho

Chariotoflove > TheRealBicycleBuck 05/20/2020 at 14:39

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BTDT.  I understand.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > PartyPooper2012 05/20/2020 at 14:46

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Tell me when and where