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[hawkeye372]

Today I just dropped off my car for a simple operation. She'll be gone for a couple days. She's getting her calipers painted wish her luck

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[GizmoQ]

Don't know if this is technical or just daily chat worthy. I'm thinking of painting my fuse box cover and touch up some black areas under the hood areas. I found a black caliper paint can I had for my calipers. But since I'm going with a different color and forgot where I put the receipt, I thought I'd see here if this would stand up to the heat of the engine area.

Yes, that paint will work. For a smooth finish you'll need 3 or 4 thin coats and let it cure 24hr between coats. Too bad its not gloss black.

I used the gloss black and then put on three coats of clear on my engine covers.

 

[graytoad]

Yes, that paint will work. For a smooth finish you'll need 3 or 4 thin coats and let it cure 24hr between coats. Too bad its not gloss black.

I used the gloss black and then put on three coats of clear on my engine covers.
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That looks great Giz. BTW: spiffy bus!...not a cool as the wiener mobile tough!

 

[hawkeye372]

Yes, that paint will work. For a smooth finish you'll need 3 or 4 thin coats and let it cure 24hr between coats. Too bad its not gloss black.

I used the gloss black and then put on three coats of clear on my engine covers.
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Thanks now if there was a way where I could paint up the inner edge sheet engine Bay Area


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[GizmoQ]

BTW: spiffy bus!...not a cool as the wiener mobile tough!

Yeah, I decided it was time I spent some money on PJ's comfort since I've been dragging her across the country to my races and she has to stand around all day in the heat. This way she can sit under the AC in the comfy RV; drink, smoke, cook, watch TV, etc. During autocross and LSR runs she can actually see the action from the bus because the pits are allowed quite close to the race courses.

 

[hawkeye372]

oh my, I was so happy when i got the call from my dealer saying the car was done. Well i arrived at the service bay and the one service tech was out in the service bay area to greet me. He said oh your the one with the xlr. I said yes, so mom and i walked over to my car. He said the guy did something special. So we checked out the work and the silver calipers looked great, but what he did was use the wrong red for the lettering. It really didn't match the red to my cars red. So now i have to wait a couple more days till i get my ride back. The red lettering will be changed to black. So we have to wait for the black caliper paint to come in. Hopefully it will be all finished by next thursday. Because my car show that i'm attending is on sat the 7th.

 

[XLRATING]

This is one of those springs where because it stayed cold here so late into spring, everything that blooms is doing so at the same time instead of being spread out. So the yellow pollen is AWFUL. I really didn't realize how bad until I left my XLR outside for a couple of hours prior to getting to drive it for the first time in months. In that amount of time it got such a thick layer of pollen on it that it turned some psychedelic shade of yellow/red, & I had to wipe the windshield off just to see out. Since I didn't want inside the trunk coated in pollen, I had to "dust" the roof before putting the top down.

But I forgot all that aggravation when I hit the road - ahhh, so great to be out in it again! As Mike said the other day when he took Victor out, he'd forgotten what it was like to get so much attention while driving. Of course now the inside & every crack & crevice is coated with pollen, but right now I have such a good XLR "fix" I just don't care!

 

[05 GRAND DADDY]

This is one of those springs where because it stayed cold here so late into spring, everything that blooms is doing so at the same time instead of being spread out. So the yellow pollen is AWFUL. I really didn't realize how bad until I left my XLR outside for a couple of hours prior to getting to drive it for the first time in months. In that amount of time it got such a thick layer of pollen on it that it turned some psychedelic shade of yellow/red, & I had to wipe the windshield off just to see out. Since I didn't want inside the trunk coated in pollen, I had to "dust" the roof before putting the top down.

But I forgot all that aggravation when I hit the road - ahhh, so great to be out in it again! As Mike said the other day when he took Victor out, he'd forgotten what it was like to get so much attention while driving. Of course now the inside & every crack & crevice is coated with pollen, but right now I have such a good XLR "fix" I just don't care!

No pollen here yet! First real warm day!



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"05 GRAND DADDY"

 

[XLRATING]

No pollen here yet!
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"05 GRAND DADDY"

That's great Dan - would you like us to send you some?

 

[GizmoQ]

STL Cars and Coffee

First show of the season and the Caddys came out in force with 9 total. First thing in the morning we lines up the different models together: STS-V, CTSV1, CTS-V2, XLRV


By the end of the event we moved the cars around to capture the STL Blacillac Racing V crew (OBTW, three of them were louder than Elwood)


Three drag racers and two road course cars

 

[05 GRAND DADDY]

That's great Dan - would you like us to send you some?

Nah it will be here soon enough!! Lol


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[MarkSki]

But I forgot all that aggravation when I hit the road - ahhh, so great to be out in it again! As Mike said the other day when he took Victor out, he'd forgotten what it was like to get so much attention while driving. Of course now the inside & every crack & crevice is coated with pollen, but right now I have such a good XLR "fix" I just don't care!

First weekend without rain and with that bright white thing in the sky making it really hot here at 76*F. Great to have the top down. Most people can not figure out what our XLRs are. No markings other than XLR and two Caddy emblems, that little one on the trunk is hard for them to figure out.

 

[XLRATING]

Most people can not figure out what our XLRs are. No markings other than XLR and two Caddy emblems, that little one on the trunk is hard for them to figure out.

Too true! The last time I drove mine to work I had the front end facing a wall so you could only see that tiny trunk emblem, & the receptionist ran around the office asking, "who has the shiny red Corvette in the parking lot?" So I could honestly say when she asked me, "not me."

 

[Crimson Pearl]

Charlotte AutoFair Spring 2015

My 1966 GTO was on display last weekend at the Spring Charlotte AutoFair.

 

[hawkeye372]

Casting call ........ Saw this pic from another social media site. Thought I share it here with all my Xlr buddies. For a caption this is my version. I am in need of some models for a upcoming car show. I sent out requests and these lovely ladies appeared.

yes this isn't my car but the only thing that is my car is probably the color.


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[Phrede]

GET your shoe off my fender! (*%$

 

[hawkeye372]

Yeah I thought someone here would say that. One major rule. NO HIGH HEALS


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[pure zen]

give 'em a call ............

Hawkeye,,, I think you should recruit them for your XLR showing,,,,but remember, after 4 hours visit the ER for help!

 

[hawkeye372]

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[hawkeye372]

I went to one of my meetings that is made up of several car groups. There is a new company starting out and thought I would see what they could do for me. So here is one design that they did on a t-shirt.

. I'm thinking of having this name patented. Maybe. The other is doing a lettering design for the garage floor I recently completed. I used the interlocking rubber tiles that either can be used under heavy weight equipment or dress up the garage. I think I posted some pics of the work here somewhere. But the only bad thing is they put the design on the wrong side. So I now have to spend several hrs flipping the tiles or have them reprint the lettering. I didn't realize this till I started to put the first tile down.


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