Superman09's Winter Upgrades- C5 Vette - XYZ Big Brakes, HRE's, 3" Exhaust

Superman09

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Well not too demanding of winter mods this time around, but enough to want to share with my favorite forum! :cheers:

Nothing too drastic, just got back the same make/model/size wheels I had and sold last year (different set, but everything's the same except these have full polished barrels! :smash:) Added the XYZ 355mm 14" front and rear Big Brake Kit. Added the new prototype soon to come out XSPower full 3" catback system and upgraded full 3" mid-pipes :thumbs:


With the addition of the huge XYZ Big Brake Kit, my Cray wheels were requiring a spacer, but I ran across a killer deal on another set of HRE 547s (19/20) that I actually ran last summer but sold to go to the black Cray's. Knowing exactly how these fit, and how they looked on my car, I couldn't pass them up! I picked them up and had them wrapped in 265/30/19 and 305/25/20 Nitto Invo's! These cleared the Big Brakes perfect requiring zero modifications and surely look better with a big brake behind them as well! :smash:

The XYZ Big Brake kit consists of:
355mm fixed 14" front and rear 2 piece rotors with black anodized hats. 6 piston front and 4 piston rear huge calipers also anodized black with the nice XYZ logo finished in polished/chrome to match the wheels. Have the sport pads on there for now with the stainless lines.

The exhaust is the new finalized prototype XSPower full 3" catback. Features all the same as the 2.5" system but all of the piping has been bumped to 3" through the muffler and the pipes modified to fit perfect. This now installs very easy on jackstands by a simply lower of the rear sway. The pipes fit and clear my big Pfaddy rear sway with tons of room to spare, muffler clearance to the bumper is great all around, the tips were enlarged a bit to show them off a bit more as well. All in all, I couldn't be happier with the fit and finish! The system went on in just a few minutes and all fit great! I also added the new full 3" mid-pipes to the current XSPower longtube header system so the entire system is now full 3" off the headers! :cool:

That pretty much does it, enjoy the pics! :cheers:




Quick Video!
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I still can't believe how badass your car sounded before the new exhaust. I can only imagine it now.

So with all your free time, when do you wanna put that cam in my car? :lol:
 
Perfect. I have a client with what I think are the same wheels. Look even better in person. I think your ride height is perfect.

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Thanks everyone! Look to be the same wheels Marc ;)

Will not be track wheels. Unfortunately I had to sell my black C6Z06 wheels that I ran at the track last year as they would not clear these calipers. I am looking for 4 OEM C5Z06 18x10.5's to run this year, undecided on tires (would love to run 315 A6's on all 4's but I drive the car to and from the track so I might go R888 again or RA1). I might run these for a fun easy day on the sport pads if I don't get a track set-up by Gingerman.
 
That exhaust is tits, post a short video of it running. Dont even think about driving that now, you will get that puurty exhaust dirty
 
Thanks guys! And no sir Joel, I was looking over my for sale post and realized I have way too much time and too many mods invested in this car. Only way I'd sell would be to get into a C6Z but the price gap is still too much!
 
That exhaust is tits, post a short video of it running. Dont even think about driving that now, you will get that puurty exhaust dirty

I did a quick video in iMovie and posted it on youtube but it's not showing up! Tried 3 times now, unsure what's going on!
 
Nice on the wheels. Take good care of them and they'll last forever in perfect condition. Make sure you have a few good brushes and use a quality and safe wheel cleaner on them (P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel gets my nod for such beauties), and watch out for curbs and pot holes :)

I agree with others about the exhaust too - looks beautiful, and I hope to get to see & hear her around come Spring.
 
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