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    Fuel Additives?

    The only fuel additive that I have used is Techron. It’s the original Top Tier product engineered to remove carbon deposits. Mopar sells a kit with three (3) branded products for this, it’s pricey but I know I can trust them. But I’ve recently learned about Liqui Moly additives and I’m...
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    Gen V Belanger exhaust "how to" Photo intensive!

    Truly impressive writeup! Thanks for sharing. I will just add a note for those wanting to do this, or just the cat back exhaust, that the tips can move given time. I think it’s inevitable that they will. I’m at that stage right now with my Borlas. I’ll only have to drop the skirts though to...
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    Future buyer here. What is current fair market value for 96 GTS

    Wait, you didn’t write an entire paragraph about how BAT cars are overpriced by shill bidding? I just reread this entire thread. Funny, my first post, #4, nailed it. Not hard to see who you are, a JDS Fan Boi (cheap Japanese cars with a bolt on turbo) and see that this thread is a sham. I...
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    Future buyer here. What is current fair market value for 96 GTS

    GeeTeeS, I’m familiar with BAT via another website related to cars that I owned, a Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet and a Porsche 928. Through numerous sales of cars owned by many people that enjoy the site I can say without question that there was some friendly talk from time to time of adding a...
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    viper frightening revs drop

    You mention that the disconnected battery is the only “new” thing that has occurred. I’m not familiar with the computer(s) on your model year, but maybe you just need to take it for a nice drive under various basic driving conditions to allow the car to reset its operating parameters. I’ll...
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    Future buyer here. What is current fair market value for 96 GTS

    You understand that Bring A Trailer is an auction site, right? The final selling price of a vehicle sold there is what someone actually wanted to pay for the car. Comparing it to a dealership is funny.
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    2001 GTS - Is this a problem?

    I have no idea and am almost afraid to comment, but if you have seen the exterior damage photos and they don’t seem to have anything to do with this then this is from something else, a different accident of some sort. It’s hard to make sense of your photo of just that area, but you are super...
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    Wheel Alignment Pricing

    This is funny! I’ve owned Porsches most of my adult life, capable of nearly reaching 200 mph, and an alignment on them was < $200. But I was quoted nearly $1,000 by my local Dodge dealership for an alignment on my Gen III, so I guess Woodhouse might be letting you off easy at $600. My...
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    Michigan Viper Owners - Paint Shop / Paint Correction Recommendation

    If it were a true 25 year old blister wouldn’t it have shown itself long ago? Maybe you power washed an earlier repair out? But with 18,000 careful miles and hand washings perhaps not, maybe it was a blister. Who knows? Your photos are not that clear on my old iPhone, but it looks like the...
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    Hard Wax?

    I asked a few questions, it’s really hard to say anything different without more info. But I can explain to you more clearly that waxes, sealants, and coatings are very thin films. If it was wax it would still just buff off with a microfiber towel, waxes are not layer-able. Sure you can pour...
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    Power Steering line. Does anyone know where available?

    Might as well add this for Viper owners in the future in search of this hose. RSI manufactures the kit as well, $249: http://www.racingsolutions.com/products/rsi-power-steering-line-kit-gen-3.html They also manufacture the oil hoses in stainless steel. I have had those on my car now for...
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    RSI spark plug wires

    I have a set on my Gen III that RSI built for me a couple of years ago. I like them very much, no issue(s) at all. ETA I just read the descriptions on the RSI website, what is described is what I have and the same materials are used for all model years. They are very nice!
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    Hit and run

    That sucks! It probably won’t make you feel any better but the same thing happened to one of my daughter’s young friends, in a church parking lot of all places. She was there volunteering to serve free food to the needy, one of them clipped her car just like yours. No good deed is left...
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    disconnected battery

    Drive it, it needs to relearn everything, recalibrate the computer memory. I don’t remember what the term is for this. Just take it for a regular 15+ minute drive around town at various speeds and gears, and then take it out on the highway at 60-70 mph and drop it in to 6th gear for 5 minutes...
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    Power Steering line. Does anyone know where available?

    There are two lines, best to just replace them both. I can’t speak for everyone, but I and many others bought aftermarket hoses that don’t have what Dodge calls a quick connect fitting (that tends to eventually leak) to replace the factory ones. It’s been so long for me that I don’t remember...
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    Hard Wax?

    Pictures would be helpful. Would love to discuss this with you but there are too few details to dive in. Did you buy it and have it shipped, or was it your car prior to this transport? Can you ask the prior owner what was done to maintain and protect the finish? Was it a two tier transporter...
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    Why are 1997 RT-10's hard to find/none for sale??

    That was a great read, thank you! A fellow in another thread is going through a bit of drama with his B/W ‘96 GTS. Among other things he believes the car was disassembled and repainted by a previous owner. Could your observations about paint / stripe issues at the factory actually be the case...
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    question of viper value 1996

    Dang, it sort of sounds like you just bought the wrong car, it’s not for you. But believe me there are many people that would love to own that car! Tires for my Gen III are about $1500 for the set and they last 15K miles. While I don’t enjoy paying that price it is just part of Viper...
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    question of viper value 1996

    It’s a pretty car, and definitely desirable as it’s a first year GTS and its blue and white (add a 20% premium just for the colors). Sort of high miles, but there is someone out there that won’t mind that at all and will drive the car and add many more. I personally don’t feel that you were...
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    Future buyer here. What is current fair market value for 96 GTS

    I had lunch with my daughter Saturday. Driving home we were stuck in stop and go traffic because of a flashing red light at a major intersection, which turned out to be a good thing as I glanced to my left and saw a Gen II with its driver waving to me, of course my heart beat a little faster...
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    Abs Problem help !!

    I really don’t know if this is applicable to your situation or not, but some cars have a protocol to follow to reset the ABS. If you use Google you can find them. One that I saw on YouTube was: 1. Turn the key to On, not starting the car 2. Push the gas pedal to the floor and release, do that...
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    Gen 4 New York State Inspection - Incomplete Readiness Tests

    After 300 miles your car has seen all sorts of driving behavior and definitely should have reset all of it’s monitors if a Drive Cycle (or cycles) was going to do the trick, at least that’s the common belief. I remember researching for a Viper specific Drive Cycle after that episode I had with...
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    Gen 4 New York State Inspection - Incomplete Readiness Tests

    My Mopar batteries have always gone bad literally the very month or so that they are warranted to reach, and my car gets driven almost daily, year round, here in Texas. These are 24-36 month batteries. The thing is car batteries don’t just die flat out, you will notice something “different”...
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    Finding a good Viper Mechanic

    Your Dodge dealership likely has a factory trained Viper tech, and they have the Mopar equipment and parts. Call ahead, then go meet him. Get a quote for some of the services you want, decide if you are getting ripped off - paying the Viper Tax, or if it’s reasonable. I’ve had great...
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    Gen 4 New York State Inspection - Incomplete Readiness Tests

    How is she on start up? By that I mean is there any hesitation to start at all? I went through something similar a few years back and in my case it was that my battery was on its way out. So every time I started the car it cleared all of the memory and the car needed to be driven for quite...

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