1993 Question???

[RedEnuf93]

My friend Wayne finally bought the 1993 Viper he always wanted, it is a low mileage car, that seems to be in good condition.
I have also a 1993 (late) car and we already noticed several differencies, like battery location etc.

One thing however puzzles me, this one has ALL hood hinges and locks sprayed red...
Does not make any sence, since there is no overspray anywhere else.
Any idea what the purpose of this is and is this from Dodge or someone else?

Thanks in advance!

Lauri

 

[got one]

interesting...

 

[ruckdr]

Nice looking car, Wayne.
Huummm; that doesn't look like over spray, looks deliberate. The hinges are after about one and a half feet from the edge of the hood. Maybe some kind of mystery code put there by Dodge worth $$$$$$$$$$.

 

[ROCKET62]

No red paint like that on my early '93.

 

[RedEnuf93]

His Viper was built in February 1993.
So its early, but this spray makes no sence...
Also the locks are sprayed red.

Car is original, Chuck Tator run a check on it, no suprices. Car has all paperwork from day one. 2 owner car.
It has even original tires. No mods, not even smooth tubes.

Lauri

 

[Jay Herbert]

It is a trick used to make it easy to put the hood back in the same place after it was removed...... Some folks use piant, on metal hoods many drill a hole through the hood hinge in the metal hood, when reassembling, they stick the shank of the drill in the hole to line things back up before tightening the bolts.

The hood was likely removed for a repair of some sort. The car did not leave the factory with this paint on it.

 

[BDZ1984]

looks like nothing a can of flat black cant fix....

 

[dansauto]

These are all hand assembled. The factory may have had to take the hood off and a tech decided this was an easy way to line the holes back up.

 

[plumcrazy]

i think jay hit the nail on the head. had to be from removing it.

 

[RedEnuf93]

These are all hand assembled. The factory may have had to take the hood off and a tech decided this was an easy way to line the holes back up.

Possible, since one of the solid red hood bolts are on driver side, instead of passanger side. (Spray is much lighter on driver side.

The picture (due to flash) is MUCH brighter than in reality. You dont spot the color in reality the way these fotos show...

The hood was likely removed for a repair of some sort. The car did not leave the factory with this paint on it.

That seems to be one possibility. On driver side, below the letters VIPER RT/10 (right where the opening next to door is), the paint seems unusually thin. You can actually see some lines in fiberglass as darker and lighter "striping".

I pulled my -93 next to it and it "seems" it may have been repainted? If thats the case, its damn good, since I was unable to tell the difference for sure. There are no repairs what the eye can see on/under the hood.

 

[Shelby3]

I am under the impression that there are no alignment options for removing the hood at these bolt locations. The bolts only go one way into the holes that are there. For those talking about an alignment technique, please explain.

 

[snakebitdave]

Early 93's had the rear fender mounted antenna. I don't see it on your friends car. Could be the photo angle.

 

[LETHAL GTS]

I am under the impression that there are no alignment options for removing the hood at these bolt locations. The bolts only go one way into the holes that are there. For those talking about an alignment technique, please explain.

I'm with you on this one!

 

[99 R/T 10]

Early 93's had the rear fender mounted antenna. I don't see it on your friends car. Could be the photo angle.

Mid-year, they switched to the windshiels antenna.

 

[Jeff Torrey]

My guess is it has to do with what Jay said.

Even though the hood has no real adjustment where it bolts up, the person performing the task didn't probably know that until he loosened the bolts. He had no choice but to mark them until he found out...

 

[RedEnuf93]

Early 93's had the rear fender mounted antenna. I don't see it on your friends car. Could be the photo angle.

Yes, its the angle. It is a antenna car.