I sold my 98 a4 a little over 4 years and finally rejoined the club a few weeks ago. I picked up an 02 SS with CME, SLP grille, and Blackwing intake. It's got a Founder's STB and drilled/ slotted rotors. I'm not sold on the stripes but they're vinyl so I can peel them off if I choose. It's my first t-top car after my last 2 were hardtop z28s. It's been so much more fun than the 328i and Explorer I've been driving since I sold my last LSx car. First mods are already bought and will be installed this weekend. The steering wheel is in great shape under the cover but I didn't remove it before the pics.

 

 

Congrats and welcome back to the family. It's hard to leave I know.

 

Nice ride. love CME. What all have you already ordered?

 

Export tails and amber side markers. Wanted a set for my last one but never bought a pair so I'm getting them for this one.

 

Hell yeah nice man, what are your performance plans?

 

Stainless steel headers and a y pipe in a few months then irk be a while before I do too much more.

 

Nice, you going with a name brand? Ive been thinking about picking up some speed engineering 1 7/8" Off of ebay they seem to run pretty cheap so just curious.

 

I was looking at the speed engineering headers too. I've seen positive reviews on here for them but I may get Kooks because I know they'll be perfect.

 

 

For sure yeah thats why I was thinking for saving up for a name brand as well. Looks good.

 

Are they the solid black SLP stripes or are the black checkered flag stripes? In a few years I might be getting back into an fbody, I'll try to find one with the same options as my 2000.

 

They're solid black. I'm not sure where the previous owner got them.

 

Like this?

 

 

Nope they're not quite the same.

 

Whoa! It looks like someone took a decal kit for a 1st gen and put it on your car I'm sorry to say that looks horrible when done right on these the stripes look amazing, the ones on my old car were pretty unique even though they were a SLP set of stripes. Berger used the style also except there stripes were painted on and had some minor changes to set them apart. I'd definitely pull those stripes off

 

Yeah I'm thinking about it. They're not terrible in person but I'm not a fan I'm just afraid the paint will look off.

 

True! Depending on how long they have been on and how much it was in the sun the paint might show where stripes were

 

It's sunny probably 350 days a year here so it wouldn't take long. From the inside all I can is the stripes at the edge of the scoop so it's not too bad to see everyday.