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Offline spicy3480

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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2009, 01:55:00 PM »
I think Kelu is busting your chops. 
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2009, 02:34:10 PM »
Well Kelu,
Technically it was a gift since in the same package came your SKY Cooler\travel bag.
So you could have gone to the forum and pointed to the custom inspector that indeed it was a gift.
They would laugh in my face, for them the internet is for kids, I told them to call the sender to verify (to find the sender's phone number from internet because they didn't accepted a printed email from Jeff as official paper) and they said they are not allowed to do that, they keep asking for the invoice and I was keep saying what invoice for a gift???
When I showed them my email inbox from my phone with a conversion with Jeff they said that is not the sender and I try to trick them because Jeff has a different address than the sender (Buffalo Solo's Location)
It's good it's over I hope I will not get into that again.

Steve: Nooo, LatinVenom was the clue, Arabas is missing my great SKY Cooler\travel bag :P
But even including that he is missing something or he will receive later like I do?  :D
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2009, 10:14:36 PM »
Kelu is right you are missing a very important part.









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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2009, 05:07:26 AM »
Lol!! video will follow after installation!

Thx Steve

p.s. No Kelu i didn t order the rear fascia (at least for the moment)...
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2009, 07:40:23 AM »
p.s. No Kelu i didn t order the rear fascia (at least for the moment)...
So you were missing something :P
Common recognize that you are afraid of buying something without having someone else testing first, right?
You will order it after you will see mine? (tell me so I should not to post any pictures/reports) :P

Hurry up, I'm interested about your report on the sound with HF cat.
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #30 on: August 24, 2009, 08:29:42 AM »
I just dropped the exhaust to the garage and tommorow morning i will go for the placement.
i talked to the guys and i decided not to weld it, but instead use the clamps. if i notice leaks later on i will go and have it welded.
i want to be able to return to stock exhaust in the future (if i want to sell the car, i will sell the exhaust separately).

what do you think Steve?
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #31 on: August 24, 2009, 10:11:41 AM »
Sounds good...that's smart and a good idea...welding is not necessary.
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #32 on: August 24, 2009, 10:19:33 AM »
thx Steve. video will follow and if i m sooooo happy with the sound of it (i believe i will be), i will try a kinda different video for my Solo exhaust...
can t wait till tomorrow..
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2009, 08:08:52 AM »
Happy to report i just drove my GT back home from the garage with my new Solo Mach Shorty and HF Cat.
NO CEL for the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I WILL THROW  A PARTY, that s how happy and relieved i am!!
not welded, but will do so in the next days after all.
sounds loud and GREAT, fitment is very good and the quad tips look awesome!!!

Will try to make a nice video and post it in the next days..


the guys at the garage, reluctant at the beggining, very impressed after the installation!
WHAT A SOUND!!!!
hope it won t throw a CEL later on...

Thx to Steve and all the people at SOLO!
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #34 on: August 25, 2009, 08:23:28 AM »
I told you this is the way you should go.

Stop worrying about CELs, if there were CELs I bet we have heard until now. Your nightmare is over.
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #35 on: August 25, 2009, 10:35:36 AM »
That is great to hear.  I am very happy that all went well!  The exhaust sound will get even better as it breaks in.  It will smooth out a bit as the carbon build-up occurs in the pipes from unburned fuel.  That creates a coating inside the pipe and smooths out the sound!
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #36 on: August 25, 2009, 10:14:32 PM »
Congratulations George! You and Kelu are really going to make some noise over there with your new exhausts.  :cheers:

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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #37 on: August 26, 2009, 11:05:55 AM »
Waiting for the upload of the sound.  Spikey is right, it only gets better.  It is one of my favorite mods on my car. 

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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #38 on: September 06, 2009, 05:39:32 PM »
It took me a while but finally i made it.
here s my Opel GT with Solo mach shorty and hf cat video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbYvBku-7Rs
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #39 on: September 07, 2009, 12:57:47 AM »
Sweet friggin video man!  Car looks and sounds great!!!!!
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Re: George Arabas is going Solo too!
« Reply #40 on: September 07, 2009, 07:11:25 PM »
George you shift so slow, I wonder how you managed so good results on drag races  :rofl:

One small tip, hand over the keys of your GT to a friend and let that person drive while you watch and listen, you will love the sound much more.
I did this on the drag strip and when I heard how my cars sounds from outside, I said, damn this is my car indeed?

P.S. nice video, I still waiting my media friends to do a movie with the sound of my GT.
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