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Offline sirmeili

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Hi all! New GXP owner
« on: October 19, 2010, 01:57:14 PM »
Hi all!

I just got my Black GXP on October 2nd (delivered). I'm absolutely in love with it and except for a few issues that are being covered by the warranty and some very small paint chips, I'm completely satisfied.

A little about me. I live in Sunny Sebring Florida, though I do spend a lot of time in Tampa, Florida for work. My car has been aptly named MeiliBoxster by my brother. Meili as in my middle name, Box as in MeiliBox (the Coldfusion framework I wrote based on Mach-ii). He seemed to think it fit well, so I'm thinking of letting it go (saying I own multiple domains already centered around MeiliBox). We know its not really a Boxster, but I'm not thinking I care too much. What do you all think?

Besides all that, I am interested in meeting up with other Kappa owners (Solstice/Sky/etc) to learn more about the cars and just to hang out with people who share my obsession with these beautiful cars (most my friends just don't get it!)

I'm glad to be a new part of this exciting community and can't wait to dig in and find all the kewl mods I can do.

Oh yeah, here are the few ones I've already done:

TomatoSoup's Mod: 'No-roof-wear-from-trunk-liner' fix
Red LED Foot well lighting.
Red LED Mirror light replacments
The 2 1/2" Trunk spring mod (to open the trunk fully automatically)
I have some red LED strips for the trunk, but have yet to install them. Any good suggestions for replacing the original bulb with a LED one or just covering it up? Also, any tips for removing the trunk top liner without damaging it?

I have some more planned (complete JPM leather interior, Norm's Fiberglass parts, etc), but as I quickly learned, these wont' be cheap and I will have to spread it out over time (I'm already up to roughly 6k in additional costs for my car).  Slowly I'll get there :)
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Offline DickW

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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2010, 02:12:35 PM »
Welcome to the best Kappa forum. There are tons of mods that can be done.Some of the better ones come from DDM Works along with JPM. I believe some one on this forum has done about every mod that can be done. If you dig around you can see them listed.
Check this link out.
http://kappaperformance.com/forum/index.php?topic=137.msg863#msg863
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Offline 2.0 tspeed

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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 02:42:11 PM »
Welcome op, get a tune asap
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 03:05:22 PM »
Welcome and enjoy the forum!
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2010, 03:15:47 PM »
welcome aboard sirmeili !!!
enjoy the ride!
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2010, 03:20:50 PM »
 Welcome glad to have you here.
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2010, 04:11:58 PM »
Welcome to Kappa Performance sirmeili!  Glad you have joined this forum and it looks like you have already been busy adding Mods. 
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Offline DeepBlueGXP

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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2010, 04:15:59 PM »
Welcome to the forum.  A turn signal mod is another good freebee to do, follow the link that DickW posted and scroll down to see it in my list of mods.
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2010, 06:25:34 PM »
What, nobody?

Ok, than I will do my duty:
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2010, 06:51:42 PM »
Welcome, Sirmeili!  Good luck with the mods! 
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2010, 07:08:01 PM »
Welcome to the forum, enjoy your new ride.
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2010, 08:32:03 PM »
Welcome aboard, 6k is just the start :)
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2010, 11:56:13 PM »
sirmeili ; Welcome to The Kappa Performance Forum only the Best Forum this side of Anywhere and Everewhere on the Internet  . Now if you go to the Vendors site . Locate DDM Works andcheck out their Under Hood and Trunk LED light set-up Enjoy your Stay meeting Members and doing MODS.      :ghug:

 You know its been said (A Picture is worth a 1,000 Words ) SO

                                   :ttiwwp:
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2010, 02:14:31 AM »
glad to have you!  Welcome and have fun!

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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2010, 07:56:25 AM »
Welcome, about the only thing I can say is don't ever let cars be your only influence for ideas; look at outlaw bikes and custom rods sites.  Those folks really are on the cutting edge for mods and products, and once something goes mainstream it's time to start thinking about switching gears.
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2010, 10:52:27 AM »
Welcome aboard.  Your will find out more about your car from this forum than any of the others.  Look forward to meeting you sometime.
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Offline sirmeili

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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2010, 04:36:07 PM »
Quote from: DeepBlueGXP on October 19, 2010, 04:15:59 PM
Welcome to the forum.  A turn signal mod is another good freebee to do, follow the link that DickW posted and scroll down to see it in my list of mods.

I plan on doing that mod, this weekend. Thanks Dickw for the link and DeepBlueGXP for the suggestion :)
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2010, 05:16:18 PM »
Quote from: Critterman on October 19, 2010, 08:32:03 PM
Welcome aboard, 6k is just the start :)

Uh, tell me about it. I think I'm over 15k in mods now. The list still keeps getting longer.
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2010, 09:14:20 AM »
For all of those asking for pictures. I am having the windows tinted today and will take and post pictures this evening after all is said and done! :D
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2010, 04:35:56 PM »
Here are some exterior shots of the car. Sorry the top is up, but I just had the windows tinted and the guy said to leave it till morning. I'll take some interior shots tonight when its get darker so everyone can see the light mods so far.



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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2010, 04:48:08 PM »
I can see an insignia above the Pontiac arrowhead on the left fender and another on the left rear.  They look like "Mallett V8" insignias.   :idk:

What are they?

Nice looking Sol!   :thumbs:
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2010, 05:04:54 PM »
Those are actually 'Turbo' insignias. I thought since the car was a turbo that it was added at the factory, but after seeing so many pictures of Solstices lately, I think the previous owner added them. There is also one next to the 'Pontiac' on the back. The side ones will go away when I get some of Norm's Fenders, the one on the back I'm not sure about yet.
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2010, 06:23:46 PM »
Car looks great!.   Looks like the exhaust was swapped too.
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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2010, 07:25:22 PM »
really? I'll have to ask about that. Maybe someone local to me can tell me (Tampa or Orlando areas). Till then, here are some night interior shots. Excuse the blaring white trunk light. That will be going away soon. And the cockpit lighting really isn't that harsh. It's all quite amazing looking.



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Re: Hi all! New GXP owner
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2010, 09:31:23 PM »
The stock exhaust has an angle to the tips
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