w8liftn
Viper Owner
My '02 Bumblebee GTS is finally finished. I did a full, panel-off repaint (white basecoat, five coats of yellow, two coats of clear), side exhaust conversion, and rim upgrade. I think it turned out great.
I bought the car in early '04 with 6,900 miles on it and drive it enough to call it a DD. I did the repaint because the aftermarket exhaust had bubbled the paint on the rear bumper cover and I had several rock chips on the front bumper cover. While it was getting the oil changed a mechanic walked by and the loop on his carpenter jeans caught the point on the hood over the headlight and cracked it also, so I had to get that fixed also. I figured that I might as well do the entire car and make it 'better than new.' I intend to keep the car forever so resale isn't a concern.
Gen I side sills were used for the side exhaust conversion. Not everyone will like it but my first memory of the Viper as a kid was a very specific one that included the side exhaust and I've always felt that the car just didn't look right without it.
Five-spoke SRT rims have been my favorite so I went with those also. I am getting the logos for the side of the hood and rear bumper painted black and will be adding them soon. Window tint is next and then UGR (hopefully) in the future.
Hope everyone likes it, I do! The first two pics are of the finished car, the rest of the pictures have some from both before and after I had the paint work done. They were taken at Viper Club events, some by me and some by other members.
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I bought the car in early '04 with 6,900 miles on it and drive it enough to call it a DD. I did the repaint because the aftermarket exhaust had bubbled the paint on the rear bumper cover and I had several rock chips on the front bumper cover. While it was getting the oil changed a mechanic walked by and the loop on his carpenter jeans caught the point on the hood over the headlight and cracked it also, so I had to get that fixed also. I figured that I might as well do the entire car and make it 'better than new.' I intend to keep the car forever so resale isn't a concern.
Gen I side sills were used for the side exhaust conversion. Not everyone will like it but my first memory of the Viper as a kid was a very specific one that included the side exhaust and I've always felt that the car just didn't look right without it.
Five-spoke SRT rims have been my favorite so I went with those also. I am getting the logos for the side of the hood and rear bumper painted black and will be adding them soon. Window tint is next and then UGR (hopefully) in the future.
Hope everyone likes it, I do! The first two pics are of the finished car, the rest of the pictures have some from both before and after I had the paint work done. They were taken at Viper Club events, some by me and some by other members.
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