tommypenguin Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I took my legacy up to almost 14xxx feet at Mount Evans while we were up there, we ran into some interesting sights. One including the 2008 dodge viper srt10 that won't be out for another 3 months, enjoy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookslikeanevo Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 pics came out very well Current:MY05 SWP wagon - 253/290 UP, AEM CAI, Invidia Q300, tuned@yimisport OLD: MY06 GRP - 274/314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 Thanks man, its kind of hard not to take good pics when your in a place so beautiful. I had never been up there before, car definitely performs different at that altitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 I will post of up the last of my pics when I get home. Anyone think a legacy will ever take down a 600 hp viper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praedet Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Looks good... Yes, Boost Junkie's will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA81 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Anyone think a legacy will ever take down a 600 hp viper? [ame=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4556285176824796937]Yes.[/ame] just wait for a corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wukindada Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Hey.... Those roads were wet, you should have had no problems....in the twisties;) 600hp....what are the mods?? Toyota 6EATS .........SUCK!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 There were no mods to it, it was stock, its the redesigned 2008, i can't believe I didn't take a pic of the hood, so hot. The guy driving it works for dodge in Detroit. His current assignment was to drive the prototype viper for 5000 miles up in high altitude, he said colorado has the highest highway in the continuous U.S. He was datalogging and posting it to Detroit via satellite and they were tuning his car on the fly. Nevertheless he said the viper was struggling hard at altitude and it had just rained and hailed up there. I could have taken him on those twisties if there was room to pass him:lol:, but either way I had to give him props for having my dream job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I took my legacy up to almost 14xxx feet at Mount Evans while we were up there, we ran into some interesting sights. One including the 2008 dodge viper srt10 that won't be out for another 3 months, enjoy... And some GTO's I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 those gtos were running a lot better than they look, v8 and all but that one there needed a paint job. I was intimidated, I called to double check with my insurance to see if it covers mountain goat collision but I told them it was gto collision they said 'no problem', little do they no i'm not talking about the pontiac:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzysube Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 nice pics. I want wrx wheels on my leggy:rolleyes:, im jealous of you tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 It's pretty damn cool up there. Our family went camping last weekend and headed up to the summit of Mt. Evans. Mtn goats everywhere. I had decided to take my wife's '04 Accord EX since my rig is a little low with the S-techs and 40 series tires... damn glad we didn't take my car because of the road damage around Summit Lake. I would have had to crawl over some of those bumps and cracks to make sure I didn't bottom out on my exhaust. And no, despite the 240HP V6, the Accord was not near as much fun to drive (but it's a lot more comfortable, is a higher quality build, and a much nicer interior). My '05 LGT My '07 Supercharged Shelby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 nice pics. I want wrx wheels on my leggy:rolleyes:, im jealous of you tommy Thanks man, i love the 06 wrx wheels, not to mention I loved forged wheels even more for colorado and our crappy potholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 It's pretty damn cool up there. Our family went camping last weekend and headed up to the summit of Mt. Evans. Mtn goats everywhere. I had decided to take my wife's '04 Accord EX since my rig is a little low with the S-techs and 40 series tires... damn glad we didn't take my car because of the road damage around Summit Lake. I would have had to crawl over some of those bumps and cracks to make sure I didn't bottom out on my exhaust. And no, despite the 240HP V6, the Accord was not near as much fun to drive (but it's a lot more comfortable, is a higher quality build, and a much nicer interior). Its really pretty up there for sure, a lowered ride shouldn't be going up there, all the dips by the lake are brutal, I was going over them on stock suspension at just a couple mph. As for the accord, IMO if you are comparing stock cars, legacy vs accord. I think the accord is the better car out of the box even though the accord doesn't have the awd and lsd. My brother has an 04 6speed accord accord, off the line it spanked me stock, with his low end grunt of the v6. Top end power, the legacy is more fun. Handling goes to the legacy but not by much stock, the accord handles very comparable on it michelin pilots vs our crappy bridgestones. Obviously a stage 2 legacy compared to any accord really isn't fair. I bought the legacy not because it was faster out of the box than the accord, but because it had the potential to be much faster than that for no more than a couple grand. If I would have bought the legacy to stay stock, I never would have purchased it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bskey Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Great pics and excellent company! life in spin cycle..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobE Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Those WRX wheels look awesome on your car....especially in that color. http://newenglandsubarus.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayT Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Where is Mt. Evans? The car compliments the scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 If you take i-70 to idaho springs, there is an exit in town to go to mount evans, its east of the town, it about an hour drive to the top from there. Signs all over the place, can't really miss it, it cost like 5 or 10 bucks to drive on the road, but its worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA81 Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 ^ as long as your not stuck behind slow cars race to the TOP FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 ^ as long as your not stuck behind slow cars race to the TOP FTW! lol, those roads are a bit too tight for a race. My passengers were pretty squirmish looking off to the cliff side and noticing a few thousand foot drop off on the side of the road. I never really thought about getting on it, the car performed pretty terrible up there but I would expect nothing less seeing how there is no oxygen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtspecB Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Lookin' great tommy ... beautifully composed pics! my vBGarage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayT Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 If you take i-70 to idaho springs, there is an exit in town to go to mount evans, its east of the town, it about an hour drive to the top from there. Signs all over the place, can't really miss it, it cost like 5 or 10 bucks to drive on the road, but its worth it. Thanks, Tommy. Looks like I'll have to head up there next season. Their website says the season closed 2 days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommypenguin Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 I finally got back to mount evans this weekend after detailing my Accord. It was my second detail in my life since I got a porter cable and a variety of pads and products to use on the car. I'm very pleased with how the car came out. The process I went through is as follows... Exterior: -Started by cleaning both sets of my wheels with Meguiars All Wheel Cleaner, then scrubbed with microfiber brush, cleaned between spokes with microfiber spoke brush, then cleaned lug nut holes with lug nut brush -Rinsed wheels, dried them with microfiber then applied two layers of poorboy's wheel sealant and applied Stoner's tire shine dressing -Next I washed the car using Meguiar's gold class soap and two bucket method with grit guards -Clayed every inch of the car using Mother's clay and showtime instant detailer -Washed car again to remove dried detailer residue -Applied Stoner's Trim shine to gas tank vinyl and vinyl near fog lights -Taped car off -Polished the trunk top, rear bumper corners and the section of the hood that is not clear braed with my PC 7424XP using Meguiars 205 polish and an orange 5.5" pad -IPAed the areas I polished -Klasse AIO using 6.5" White pad -Klasse Sealant using 6.5" Gray pad -Hosed down exhaust with IPA and water mix -Scrubbed exhaust with 0000 steel wool -Polished exhaust with P21s Polishing Soap -Polished exhaust with Never Dull Interior: -Vacuumed whole interior and trunk -Cleaned leather inside of car using Lexol Leather Cleaner -Conidtioned leather with Lexol Conditioner -Applied Lexol Vinylex to dash and all plastics in the car -Cleaned windows with Stoner's Invisible Glass and Glass tool for crevices After putting in all this work I had to snap a few pics of the car the ones below are from mount evans... http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/2010-09-14-23-52-11-625.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/2010-09-14-23-53-16-370.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/2010-09-14-23-40-36-013.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/Mount%20Evans/2010-09-14-23-55-25-987.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/2010-09-15-21-49-43-488.jpg Here are the remaining pics I took after the detail, this was at lookout mountain where I last was up there with the Legacy guys splooging oil all over my engine from being a dipstick removing the o-ring on the dipstick http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/Accord/HTC%20Evo%20remastered%20pics/2010-09-07-23-05-53-776.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/Accord/HTC%20Evo%20remastered%20pics/2010-09-07-23-11-57-780.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/Accord/HTC%20Evo%20remastered%20pics/2010-09-07-23-14-00-590.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/Accord/HTC%20Evo%20remastered%20pics/2010-09-07-00-27-17-152.jpg http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af94/tommypenguin/Accord/HTC%20Evo%20remastered%20pics/2010-09-07-00-34-35-752.jpg All pics were taken with my phone and enhanced with an app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWD Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Here are the remaining pics I took after the detail, this was at lookout mountain where I last was up there with the Legacy guys splooging oil all over my engine from being a dipstick removing the o-ring on the dipstick . Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubieBlkOut Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Car looks sick buddy! How longs did this process take you? Pics remind me of Top Gear photos with the colored lens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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