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    Pilot Sport Cups, Side Sill Protection, and Paint Protection Spray

    I installed the carbon fiber stone-guards from Parts Rack last week, and they look good. I was afraid they'd look cheesy, but they compliment the other carbon fiber pieces on the ACR really nicely. I'd prefer to not have them on the car, but they install/uninstall in less than five minutes, so...
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    2 posts lifts--should I worry?

    It's the way they fail that makes it scary... I've seen a two-post fail because the user had the car not centered right, and the whole thing started to tip when he was jacking the car up. The bolts were pulling right out of the concrete. That was undoubtedly due to installing it on a bad...
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    2 posts lifts--should I worry?

    Two posts are the way to go if you have a garage floor that can handle it. Many older houses have concrete slabs that are only 4" thick, and often the older concrete has degraded/cracked and isn't as strong as today's five or six-bag mix (and 6"-8" slabs). In CA (as usual the most anal of all...
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    Rear End howling

    What Dave said above... Also, many of the high-performance gear oils out there come with the friction modifier already in it, so you might not need to add any extra. Just check their specs to make sure. If you go with one that has no modifier in it, make sure you put the modifier in first :)...
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    09 Graphite ACR 4 MILE PRICE DROP

    Hang in there Kevin... What's ridiculous about today's market is how recently these cars went for top dollar. I'll never forget my initial search for an ACR and when I found one, the dealer wanted $125k for it - and it was technically 'used' because the owner of the dealership drove it around...
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    ACR X @ Tomball Vault

    That was the first thing I noticed, too - what the heck is up with the tires? I would have thought that, if there was some method to that madness, the car would have at least come with Pilot Sports. PS2's just don't make much sense in my opinion - but I'm no expert on these things... BTW, that...
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    No power at start-up! Any ideas?

    You might not get a check engine light, but you should have some saved codes. You didn't mention it was under warranty - in that case, the best bet is to have them troubleshoot and fix things :) They'll be able to tell you right away what's up, and if it is the cats and sensors, they'll...
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    No power at start-up! Any ideas?

    That's a good question, and I don't know for sure. On some older cars that's the case, but I believe somewhere around eight to ten years ago car manufacturers had to start keeping the O2 sensors in the loop during warm up. Some car makers went with a heated O2 sensor, and some started using...
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    NEW Optima Battery

    About the only problem I had with the Optima was that it didn't fit in my GTS battery tray at first. That was an easy fix, though - I just put a bottle jack in there, and carefully stretched the tray down about a quarter of an inch, and the Optima fit perfect. Some people got lucky and the...
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    No power at start-up! Any ideas?

    Kind of weird for sure. Did you check the O2 sensors? Any codes stored? With something like this, the first thing I'd usually do to troubleshoot is try to isolate whether the problem is related to the closed loop logic of the PCM. Unfortunately, I woudn't advise doing that when the engine is...
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    Check your control arm bushings

    I'm pretty surprised there aren't already good sources for poly bushings. Did you dealer let you keep the old control arms? Sometimes I was able to get them to give them to me since they were just going to toss them anyhow. If you had the old ones, you could get someone like Energy to pack...
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    Rain Kills Engine

    It could just be that your filter got soaked and that messed things up a bit. A water soaked air filter is a lot like water-boarding - it's torture to your engine... All kinds of strange things can happen. I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you got a full slug of water into your intake...
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    2010 Coupe That Wasn't Meant To Be

    I made sure my dealer didn't touch my '09 car when it came off the truck... When I originally got my GTS way back in '97, there were a number of burn marks on it that drove me crazy. They told me that the guy who was prepping the car (even though I told them to do no dealer prep) stayed too...
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    ACR coilovers

    When you raise/lower the car, one thing to make sure of is to clean the threads off really good. Not only will that make it much easier to spin the adjustment nut, it will also keep you from galling the threads and having them seize up on you later on.
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    09 Graphite ACR 4 MILE PRICE DROP

    Good thing you thought that out before buying that Murci. Otherwise, two weeks after you bought it, we'd see a post on the Lambo board with you wanting to sell it :) I think an F599 would be the way to go - but they are pretty darned expensive for what you get...
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    Need part #

    Did you run into a check engine light problem with the deflector removed? I've heard that sometimes happens - but only on some cars for whatever reason. I'll bet Chuck can hook you up with the parts if you call him. He's got a good stock of things that people often need - and from what I...
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    Price range for Salvaged Viper

    So, the insurance company paid you $34.7k, and then gave you the option to buy it back for $10k? If that's the case, I'd buy it back and part it out if most of the parts are still OK. I'm guessing your hood is toast, and that's the biggest ticket item. But, if the engine, tranny, suspension...
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    What can be the problem???

    Good point - the Gen IV probably does build pressure slower than the Gen I and Gen II cars. I don't know the specs on the Gen IV pump and regulator, but I do know that it doesn't need to respond to the start cycle as fast as previous cars. When you turn the key to the "ON" position, it takes a...
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    Sun bad for exposed CF ACR wing?

    Pretty much anything will eventually show signs of sun damage, but I doubt you'll have anything to worry about. If it bugs you, you could always put a UV coating on the window, or keep the car covered :) You probably have more risk of a bike or some other large object scratching the car than...
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    5yr/100k Powertrain Warranty on 2010's

    I tried to do some quick checking, but it appears the pricing isn't out yet on the Max Care warranties for the '10 cars. I will say, though, that a 7/50 Max Care warranty with zero deductible on an '09 ACR was dirt cheap in my opinion... I guess they figure people will track their cars and the...
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    Help, Coolant coming in passengers air vent?!

    It's kind of a pain in the butt job - but nothing that you can't accomplish in a weekend or so. In short, you've got to: - drain the coolant and disconnect all the heater hoses from the heater box assembly. - remove the HVAC air box / blower assembly - remove the passenger side knee bolster and...
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    Looking for a used wing

    One of the first places to call is always JonB at PartsRack. I also remember GTS-R 001 listing some wings that he's selling in his big garage sale (just search on "garage sale" and you'll probably find his post. You might want to drop him a line, too.
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    Rear End howling

    Changing the gear oil is a really easy "do it yourself" task - and Dodge doesn't employ too many psychics as far as I know :)
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    Rear End howling

    The Mopar fluid is good, so that's a reasonably good choice if you have some on-hand or can get it easily. I had a noisy diff in my GTS, and first swapped with Red Line 70w-140 and that helped a bit. The next change I put Red Line Shock Proof Heavy in it, and that made a gigantic difference...
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    5yr/100k Powertrain Warranty on 2010's

    I believe that's new - I noticed the exact same thing and was trying to figure out what the story is. I know that my '09 just came with a 3/36 for everything but corrosion and emissions (those are five years). I wonder if pricing on an extended warranty for the '10 cars is cheaper because of...

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