Author Topic: What did you do to your Kappa today! (Read 1272300 times)

kennysabarese · « **Reply #1250 on:** July 19, 2010, 07:37:30 AM »

Quote from: IBDRINKEN on July 19, 2010, 05:53:39 AM

so let me ask this and I did read the millions and millions of the sway bar threads. Is the only difference between the zok and the gxp are that the zok are have thicker walls.

Front is thicker walls, back is thicker overall. They are a great addition. Keep the car flat on turns.

smartin · « **Reply #1251 on:** July 19, 2010, 09:44:23 AM »

Saturday chased a mean GXP thru 4 states (VA, MD, PA, WV) and the Catoctin State Park ending at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and the Epic Buffet!

Critterman · « **Reply #1252 on:** July 19, 2010, 09:50:44 AM »

Saturday -
DeepBlueGXP, Deedle, JimmyBaja, 2kwk4u, and Uranium-238 all went Autocrossing with a local BMW group. I went ice skating on the same course.

smartin · « **Reply #1253 on:** July 19, 2010, 10:01:28 AM »

Spent this morning cruising with my daughter to our favorite tunes!

Uranium-238 · « **Reply #1254 on:** July 19, 2010, 10:13:44 AM »

Quote from: Critterman on July 19, 2010, 09:50:44 AM

I went ice skating on the same course.

You should have seen the Cobra and the Z4 that ran after you left...

Critterman · « **Reply #1255 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:19:36 PM »

Quote from: Uranium-238 on July 19, 2010, 10:13:44 AM

You should have seen the Cobra and the Z4 that ran after you left...

They found my ice?

Uranium-238 · « **Reply #1256 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:47:51 PM »

Lets see, the cobra looked like it's rear tires never found traction, and the Z4 nearly wiped out the first row of cars parked in the paddock area...

Critterman · « **Reply #1257 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:49:07 PM »

I knew I should have stayed

JimmyBaja · « **Reply #1258 on:** July 19, 2010, 01:03:00 PM »

Yep, the guy in the Cobra certainly knew where the gas pedal was. He would spin out & then just floor it every time doing a complete doughnut & keep going, fishtailing almost all the way arround the course & thru the finish. At one point when he did that he was all over the cones & they were shooting out from under his tires in all directions as they were spinnng. I'm suprised they didn't kick him off the course.

DeepBlueGXP · « **Reply #1259 on:** July 19, 2010, 03:29:11 PM »

The BMW didn't even stop after he went through the finish. He just turned left and kept going, I think he knew he would get kicked off the course.

Arabas · « **Reply #1260 on:** July 19, 2010, 04:06:31 PM »

just ordered my new dejon intake.
initially i was for the DDM, but since it s not available, i went with the dejon ( a few people have tried here and it works fine).
if DDM come with a solution that actually gives something more in terms of hp, i will think about it in the future.
i m just a fool for the sound of it (although i think my Solo will not let it be heard) !!

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #1261 on:** July 19, 2010, 11:37:06 PM »

Quote from: Kelu on July 19, 2010, 02:20:44 AM

SA: Opel dealership Went there and asked for Z0k bars, after 30 minutes the parts guy replied "there is no such thing in our system", same for GMPP kit/sensors.

So if you call an Opel dealer and give them the part number, which someone here should be able to give you, they can't order it for you?

Don't you have any GM parts places online over there in Europe?

Kelu · « **Reply #1262 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:46:12 AM »

Quote from: Sol Asylum on July 19, 2010, 11:37:06 PM

So if you call an Opel dealer and give them the part number, which someone here should be able to give you, they can't order it for you?

Nope, I gave them the part number for additive which goes in lsd oil, they couldn't find that one either.

Quote from: Sol Asylum on July 19, 2010, 11:37:06 PM

Don't you have any GM parts places online over there in Europe?

GM parts online?

Not as far as I know

elff · « **Reply #1263 on:** July 20, 2010, 07:56:45 AM »

Why don't you speak with Shop Gm Accessories.com?
it might be a little high for the shipping, but you will definitely get the correct part.

smartin · « **Reply #1264 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:02:57 AM »

Quote from: Sol Asylum on July 19, 2010, 11:37:06 PM

So if you call an Opel dealer and give them the part number, which someone here should be able to give you, they can't order it for you?

Don't you have any GM parts places online over there in Europe?

Can you imagine the shipping charges???!!!

Reason: Here in the states when you order something like an Opel antenna, it costs maybe 10 bucks but shipping is like 15.

Kelu · « **Reply #1265 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:23:29 AM »

CED is using UPS only, to ship Z0K bars from them directly to me would cost way over 200$ on a 360$ product, in this case I would payed another 140$ on customs tax (24% out of invoice + shipping). Would you pay 700$ on z0k bars?

I had to ship the bars first to GT8R (many many thanks to him for helping me to keep costs down) and CED charged me over 50$ to ship the bars in US only. Than GT8R did his magic and I got them CHEAP!!!

This is the hassle which I have to support when ordering from US. For me USPS is the only viable solution and many of the vendors don't use it.

Arabas · « **Reply #1266 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:30:31 AM »

i agree with Kelu. USPS is the ONLY solution for us Europeans. it's up to the vendors to use it or not though

Kelu · « **Reply #1267 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:36:42 AM »

Sorry Arabas, I said only about my person, this applies to all europeans.

kennysabarese · « **Reply #1268 on:** July 20, 2010, 10:09:28 AM »

USPS flat rate international rocks. Any vendor that doesn't want to use for international shipping is just being silly.

Uranium-238 · « **Reply #1269 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:34:34 PM »

This is all kinda funny, because if you want to ship something domestically USPS sucks ass. They're expensive, slow, and the post office closes before I get off work.

smartin · « **Reply #1270 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:10:57 PM »

^^^ True dat. ^^^

I'm supposed to meet up today with a Solstice owner from Connecticut.

Brazen17 · « **Reply #1271 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:20:17 PM »

Picked it up from the dealership after they replaced my IC. Runs like a new car! Before even when it appeared to be running good it wasn't. It was probably putting out the same power as stock. Now it's runs nice and smooth and don't have to give it as much gas from a stop. The leak must have grown over time an at first wasn't enough to throw a code but still affected power output. I have now got back every penny I paid for my extended warranty and then some! Any other warranty work done will be icing on the cake.

Yogi · « **Reply #1272 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:24:43 PM »

Quote from: Brazen17 on July 20, 2010, 02:20:17 PM

Picked it up from the dealership after they replaced my IC. Runs like a new car! Before even when it appeared to be running good it wasn't. It was probably putting out the same power as stock. Now it's runs nice and smooth and don't have to give it as much gas from a stop. The leak must have grown over time an at first wasn't enough to throw a code but still affected power output. I have now got back every penny I paid for my extended warranty and then some! Any other warranty work done will be icing on the cake.

Were you able to (or can you) get a photo of the damaged IC? There is a guy on the Sky Forum/BB that is trying to collect this kind of info. I think his screen name is GS Stage I.

Congrats on the successful repairs!

Yogi

Kelu · « **Reply #1273 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:25:08 PM »

Take 2

Brazen

Uranium-238 · « **Reply #1274 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:34:05 PM »

Yep, sounds exactly like what happened with my car.

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