GTS-R 001
Enthusiast
Looks Great, but I'm just a little biased ....
You might be being just a little overly optimistic about the install effort and times - especially for the perfectionist. Getting the body panels and lines to match up, the gaps to be even, and to get the right combination of shims can and WILL BE quite a challenge.
Looks like the prices for the coupe tail lights and the coupe gas cap are going up and supply will be going down.
HEy Rocket,
Just from my experience with this car, and believe me I have had these panels on and off numerous times, and this car is a former wreck car, the panels fit pretty darn good with "just as good as factory" lines coming into play within minutes. The toughest panel is the trunk deck-lid to get perfect but an understanding of how to adjust Viper panels really helps, my "trick" is finger tighten the body bolts Plus a quarter turn and then push and pull the panel into place, once the fit is where you need it, just tighten more.
I have had the benefit over the years of having numerous vipers in my garage and at times multiple similar cars of the same year, I have noticed that the factory just used different thickness plastic "spacers" to get panels to fit the way they want to compensate for the difference between cars. Once someone gets their head wrapped around that concept Viper body panel fitting comes pretty quick, but the way I figure it, 1/2 hour per panel to place and bolt into place and a couple of hours to fine tune adds up to approx 4 hours.
