Show me some Stealth Gray V's

[keithsm2]

I should be getting my 05' V the end of this week or next week....
Stealth Grey ( Gray?) ( dictionary says they are interchangeable)

anyway....its completely stock and needs some help to make her my own...

Im looking at Window tint....spoilers...exhaust....wheels....switch to Sirius....
any idea order of importance?? Im in texas..so i think Window tint has to be numero uno!

Thanks

Keith

[rand49er]

Cadillac uses the "gray" version.

Clear bra was first on my list, but if you don't do that then DEFINITELY a shifter.

Pic? See avatar.

[keithsm2]

can you tell me more about the shifter...and websites??

im not much of a grease monkey....can the avg joe install??

[JimmyH]

mechanically stock



oh and

[Black Sunshine]

Mentally modified and mechanically non-stock.

[keithsm2]

THanks for all the pics.....So hard to get a bearing on this color.....Some pics I love it....and some is Just OK...
I guess I better start LOVING it....ehehheh

[rand49er]

Originally Posted by keithsm2

can you tell me more about the shifter...and websites??

im not much of a grease monkey....can the avg joe install??

UUC is the most popular and very good ... you can't go wrong (call Lindsay Cadillac, a vendor here). I've got the B&M and love it (it's cheaper than UUC, check eBay). There's a couple more, but much lower market penetration. Whichever product you get, buy the UUC bushings from Lindsay, too.

As far as the install, the most difficult part (and it's not really THAT bad) is drilling out the two rivets holding the stock shifter in place. For non-grease monkeys, I'd suggest getting someone to help you or actually do the install for you.

Best mod you can do!

[AAIIIC]

And with the winter wheels/tires:


I'd say go for an exhaust first (well, 2nd, after the tint). The car sounds OK stock, but a good exhaust makes it sound like an Uhmurrican V8 is supposed to sound. I've only heard the Magnaflow (what I have) and Corsa in person, to me they sounded very similar. The Magnaflow can be had off Ebay for around $600, which is pretty much an unbeatable deal.

I just did the UUC shifter a couple weekends ago and I'm decidedly unimpressed. The general consensus on the forum is that it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I don't see what the big deal is.

Oh, and I don't think I've gotten a single negative comment on the color. It really does change quite a bit depending on the cloud cover (as you can see in the pictures posted so far), sometimes looking more slate blue and other times looking more gray. I like it a lot, and it seems to fit the car's personality.

[Albertan]

AAIIIC
Re UUC shifter: did you replace the soft rubber bushings? If not the shifter will still feel like it is hooked to bungee cords.
Other mod to do is the CAGS eliminator. (1-4 shift)

[theloanman219]

I don't have one yet (yet being the key word, santa is coming and hopefully he has a CNC machine)

Here is mine, BTW it's the fastest!

From the Caddy meet. Im on the right . Kind hard to see in that light.

[AAIIIC]

Originally Posted by Albertan

AAIIIC
Re UUC shifter: did you replace the soft rubber bushings? If not the shifter will still feel like it is hooked to bungee cords.
Other mod to do is the CAGS eliminator. (1-4 shift)

Done and done. I hardly ever triggered the skip-shift, anyway, but for $20 it's nice to not have to worry about it.

[Mystical_Ice]

dang, how did you manage do that..... i ALWAYS trigger the skip-shift.

[Black Sunshine]

You have to rev it up enough in first for it to allow second if you don't have a CAGS eliminator or tuning.

[keithsm2]

any opinions on how the "BLACK CHROME" wheels would look on a stealth gray??

[cvettr/cts-v]

mystical here's your answer. shift before 14mph or after 23mph and it will let you go to 2nd. you get used to it or lastly let the shifter go to the right but don't pull down to fourth pull back to left and down to second takes longer but it tricks the computer and if 1-4 comes up shift time is not important as your not in it hard.