Red Rider--2003 GLS Uni Red Color concept

[Red Rider]

Installed a new valentine one radar detector. I connected it to the hot wire under the mirror housing. A easy install and no hanging wire.

Ive had a few radar detectors through the years but this is the best.

Radar has really been out there the past few days. The detector found it every time, and showed me what direction it was coming from.

If your looking to buy a detector i highly recommend the valentine one.

check it out a www.valentine1.com

let me know and i will be glad to share installation procedure.

pic of detector

[Billsbug]

Nice item man, but not where I would have placed it. It's looks best (and stealth) under the dash, right above the useless cup holders...

[Billsbug]

Hey, where did u get that black trim under your Bernt pod?

[Red Rider]

The valentine works best when mounted high on windshield. It comes with quick dismount windshield and visor mount. You not only have a front antenna but also a rear antenna and to work properly must have a unobstructed view so the detector can show you the direction of radar. It is neat to be able to see what direction radar is coming from-front side or rear.

Valentine does have a concealed display module but only allows you to operate the v1 main unit with its lights blacked out. Main unit still will have to be mounted on windshield or visor with module display mounted wherever you want. This may be a downside to some people. But o does it pick up all radar signals good.

The trim is the small black trim or door edge guard purchased from advance auto. Would not stay in place without it and i think looks good.

Hey man -when can we see pics of caractere.

[Billsbug]

Caractere is on, but the idiots at the body shop put the mesh next to the fogs on in the reverse order so they look inside out and upside down, arg! Fresh grills en route (n/c!) from Landspeed by this Friday, so should have pics by early next week..

Kits looks awesome and exhaust sound comes from directly behind me now, a unique experience...

[Red Rider]

dude-thats bad-know you wanted to have it this week.

didnt know you were getting the exhaust-i want to see a pic of exhaust to the tip.

still in limbo on what body kit i am going to get-would like to have the beetle cup connection kit but a lot involved in installation

i am giving serious thought to this kit-but not the rear spoiler-would use my present spoiler

man this nb is lowered -i mean low-but it does look good

[Billsbug]

OK, here's a few quick pics from this morning.

Note the new rear clears, do u like 'em or are the original red ones better?

[Billsbug]

I also removed the chrome mirror surrounds and fat headlight surrounds cuz I felt they made the vert look a bit taller. I have en route this week, one-of-a-kind, i.e. the last pair and now discontinued, thin, flat headlight surrounds, similar to the Mini Cooper S. I will also be replacing the flat fog light 'caps' with much nicer full enclosure fog light surrounds...

[Red Rider]

Man that looks great - tremendous-the kit blends in so good.

I like the clears and also like your front clears-i just like everthing about your nbc. Also sounds good on other things you are doing.

On the caractere rear is that a mesh insert in the middle. Am i right-i believe you got your exhaust hooked up to tip.

[Billsbug]

Here's the S-pipe (I retained the Magnaflow muffler) as it looks pre-install and here are a few actual pics (vert is so low it's almost impossible to get under it now! ).

[Billsbug]

and now, the piece de resistance, the tip!

[Billsbug]

Yeah, it's heavy steel grill mesh, painted gloss black, pretty much bullet proof. U can see in the 2nd pic above this post where the S pipe is welded to the existing muffler, i.e. I had the Turbo S style tips cut off...u can also see the Autotech hollow rear sway bar in the backgound...

[Red Rider]

Looks great-the body shop did a excellent job.

This is the first pic ive seen of caractere exhaust set up. Is that 2 1/2" pipe.

Feel free to post more pics.

[Billsbug]

I also replaced all the thin billet interior vent trim with the dimpled trim, including the Bernt pod, some from GPA, the a/c vents from bugsgogo, mucho macho:

[Billsbug]

Originally Posted by Red Rider

Man that looks great - tremendous-the kit blends in so good.

We can't say the same about the kit u showed above, now can we?

[Red Rider]

Your kit does blend in better

I do like side skirts but i know your not high on them. The side skirt on the vizage kit i think looks good-better than a lot of sides ive seen. You get about 2" drop with the kit. As far as the pieces of the vizage kit is concerned the lines of the kit do blend together and they are made of high qualiy polyurethane. But as always with kits -how will kit look on your auto.

One .org member coming home from his honeymoon ran into ditch knocked the vizage front piece off ran over it and did not damage it-he just had it painted and put back on. Some of the rest of nb did fot fair so well.

I have made some more exhaust changes that would prevent me from getting rear caractere. About ready to post pics of changes.

Again i would love to have the beetle cup connection kit-but a lot of work and probably some trimming involved. it gives the nb the rsi look.

What is that head light trim -got a pic.

[Billsbug]

Show me some nice, smooth surfaced skirts and I'll buy 'em. IMO< all the skirts I've ever seen look like Pontiac 'body-cladding'.

I suggest a Kamei rear valance for you (example shown below), it's inexpensive to buy and won't interfere with your exhaust (paint body color).

Get it here: http://www.electrodyne.cc/Merchant2/...uct_Code=44277

[Red Rider]

take a look a this kit-i believe kit has been taken off and is for sale

the rear spoiler is too large for me the best looking rear spoiler, i think ,is caractere

[Billsbug]

Killer! (will take some exhaust work).

[Red Rider]

I am going to give the bcc kit a good look. But since i am putting on dual exhaust-what body kit to get is going to be a difficult decision for me to make.


Billsbug and others check on styling mod. forum and let me know what you think -i have posted some pics on my thread of the dual exhaust setup.