This started out back in early Sept when I was fortunate enough to accompany my good friend to pick up his new 2008 Viper ACR down in Houston. We arrived at the dealership on Monday Sept 1 after our flight. After the paperwork was complete, Chris and I covered the front of the car for the drive back to Atlanta. We where in a hurry to get on the road, as you may remember hurricane Gustav was heading right for us. With Chris's busy work schedule this was the only time he had to pick up the car. Waiting another month was not an option. The ACR comes with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires. With a treadwear rating of 80 these barely legal street tires would not do well in hurricane type rains. Our plan was to head north to Little Rock, over to Memphis stay overnight and then to Atlanta. A little more then 150 or so miles into the trip. We began to notice more then a few bugs hitting the windshield. Yes for more then 30 mins lovebugs were on us with a reckless Kamikaze attack. Not wanting to use the wipers to smear the mess further, we finally had to pull off in some small town to clean the windshield. We found a small old skool parts store. Chris grabbed some glass cleaner by turtle wax (not the best selection available at this store) and some cotton towels for the glass, me some MFs and Mothers Showtime Instant Detailer. I gentley tried to remove as many bugs as I could from the painted areas while Chris was not having much luck with the glass. He went back inside and picked up a bug sponge and that did the trick on the glass. We where lucky to only run thru a small amount of rain on our way north to Little Rock. The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful. I got to drive about a third of the trip. On/off ramps where our favorite part of the drive. After the 500 mile breakin was complete, some nice long stretch of roads where fun as well. After 1050 miles we arrived back in Atlanta.
A few days later I was able to give the ACR a good wash. After applying some Z8: I was finally able to get the car out into the sun to see what I would be dealing with when the full detail was done.
ACR's are for causing some bruises to your kidneys too, im told. Nice car, nice job. BTW, with a treadwear of 80... those tires are just about 1/3 worn down already
Thanks Scottie! Thanks Buddy for your kind words. Thanks Grey Ghost! After a 1000 mile drive from Houston to Atlanta, I can say those reports are false. We all know that this is not a Lexus, but the 07 BMW M coupe that I am working on has a stiffer feel to it then the ACR does. Owner has purchased another set of ACR wheels and put the standard pilot's on for the street.
Man that looks like a bad ass vehicle :worship2: Love the stance it has...reminds me of the Bat mobile :thumb: That was brilliant to cover the front, just curious what did you guys use on the front bumper?
that looks like the batmobile from hell!! i mean that in a good way.... what products and what not did you use?
Amazing car! imo, would look better lowered just a little bit. Never the less amazing car, I was surprised by the amount of bugs on it as well.
Nice looking car. I've driven through "storms" of lovebugs in Florida. Nasty. What did you use to cover the front end? Great idea!
Dude, I've seen a lot of show and shine cars and click and brags and all that, and I don't know if it's the car, the lighting, the LSP used, or what, but that has to be one of the sharpest I've ever seen.