I've been thinking/dreaming about trying to put together a SuperTrapp exhaust system for my Hahn Turbo equipped Slingshot and was wondering if anyone has experimented with the SuperTrapp on either their Slingshot or other vehicle. I currently have the Hahn StreetRace exhaust (with baffles) and originally thought I'd switch to the Hahn Dual side exit exhaust, but that system appears to use an even shorter muffler than I have now. I typically ride after dark and would like a quieter system to avoid disturbing the neighbors too much and am concerned the shorter side muffler might be even louder than the StreetRace exhaust I've got.
I'm tempted to try building a side exit SuperTrapp exhaust and have it run back along the side of the body before exhausting near the swing-arm area. I think a blacked-out system would look good along the side of the Slingshot.
For those unfamiliar with the SuperTrapp system, here's a link to their website - SuperTrapp: Performance Exhuast
Posts by BKL
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No Slingshot tan for me! As a general rule, I rarely ride during the day to avoid the heat here, but when I do, I can get a trucker's tan on my left arm. I don't usually wear shorts (as in pants, I do wear underwear) because I can end up looking like a lobster! I've had sunburn to the point my legs were cracking! NOT fun!
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Also, you have a sharp eye there, @BKL. The quick release is one of the old mod but if you look a little bit closer, you’ll see some of the newest mod I’m working on...
It wasn't that obvious to me until I enlarged the pic, but those are definitely paddle-shifters and I assume a gear indicator, but it looks like I still see a clutch pedal.
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I really like the old style pick up truck. Do you guys still have it?
Dad passed away several years ago, but went thru 1 Chevy and several Ford pickups before he left. Worked them all into the ground.
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A short while later, my Dad did buy a pickup that he used to drive back and forth from Northern Virginia to the farm.
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But, you would still need to re-paint or re-powder the wheel too, right?
Depends on how much the weld appearance bothers me. Probably just some paint touch-up since I'm modding an existing stock rear wheel.
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Looks m ore like a quick-release hub for the steering wheel - NRG Gen 3.0 Quick Release for the Polaris Slingshot.
Just gotta figure out how to stuff 1000 of these bad boys in the SS!
When I was in my mid-teens, my Dad stopped at a farm near Winchester, VA where he bought a bull calf that we then loaded into the rear seat of our two-door '65 Chevy Impala to haul it to the family farm in Greenrier County, WV (about 240 miles from Winchester). (We had removed the rear seat and lined the inside of the car with plastic sheeting, just in case!) Along the way, we had to take old US 60 over the mountains between Lexington, VA and Clifton Forge, VA since I-64 hadn't then been completed. We stopped at a small restaurant/truck stop as we were coming back off the mountains and nearing Clifton Forge. As we parked, two drunks came out and stared at the calf in the rear seat of our Impala, when the calf mooed. One of the drunks said that was the ugliest dog he'd ever seen and the two of them got into a heated argument about whether it was a dog or a calf. The trip continued without a problem until the calf took a dump about 15 minutes from the farm. The plastic kept the upholstery protected. Too bad it didn't protect our noses as the smell in the car was pretty nasty!
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I do not recall my Mode button "clicking" on my 2015 Base Slingshot.
Going to go check to be sure.Update - Guess my memory is going... Turns out there is a slight click when the Mode button is pressed. I attached a ZIP file which should decompress to an MP4 video file with sound.ModeButton.zip
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Based on the number of cases where guys I see with Dunlop's disease, I'd say there's a lot of guys with a 44" waist wearing 34" waist jeans!
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I just emailed RimSpec (Texas) and requested cost info on widening my 18x9.5" rear wheel to 18x11". I assume I'll need a 3/4" spacer similar to this one - B07DWK6YM3. It uses 12x1.25 studs and has a 66.1 mm bore to match the stock wheel.
Quick response (just over 1 hr) - $300-350 per wheel.
I may just try this since it will cost (wheel mod + spacer) about the same as buying a single wheel while matching my stock front wheels. I want a wider 18" wheel so I can try an Achilles ATR Sport 2 305/30R18 tire at a cost of $102-150, but most sites currently have them out of stock. Catch 22 - Don't want to mod the wheel until I know the tire I want to try is available.
After some searching, I found one at Onlinetires for $133 including shipping and road hazard coverage. Guess once I get the tire, I'll have the wheel modded.
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After reading that @StickerDick had used a different company to widen his wheels, I Googled "Aluminum wheel widening" and I found these listings -
Michigan - Welcome to Weldcraft Wheels | Weldcraft Wheels
California - eric vaughn machine: aluminum wheel widening and narrowing
Texas - RimSpec - Wheel Repair & Rim Repair Specialist Bent | Damaged | Curb Rash | Cracked | Powder Coating | Classic Wheel Restoration (also list a Miami phone number)
I also found several sites that repair wheel damage, but none of them mentioned anything about widening.
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Correct, but Stickerdick has used another company to have his wheel done. Not usre of their name, but he's been happy with the results. As long as you get a wheel adapter that spaces the wheel back outward the same amount it came inward, you'll have the same offset as the stock wheel was.
Hopefully, he'll post the name.
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Don't remember the thread or which forum, but I'm pretty sure I posted this before -
Some Corvette folks use self-adhesive aluminum tape under the antenna mount (and inside the body where it can't be seen) and place strips of aluminum tape in a radial pattern to basically add a ground-plane for the antenna.
A similar idea could be used if mounting the Slingshot antenna to the rear deck and just make a ground-plane taped to the bottom of the rear deck. For extra grounding, you could probably also connect a wire form the antenna nut to the Slingshot''s frame.
If you buy one of @mytoy's metal tops, I'd assume you could also mount the antenna to the metal top and it would ground through the Top's frame to the Slingshot's frame. -
AFAIK, http://www.weldcraftwheels.com is the only national wheel widening company. There may be others, but these guys are usually considered the goto company for wheel mods.
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When I first saw the article, the term exo caused me to think of these other vehicles -
Exomotive - US Manufacturer of Exocars & Kit Cars | Exomotive - US Manufacturer of Exocars & Kit Cars - Miata-based vehicles
Exomotive - US Manufacturer of Exocars & Kit Cars | Eco-Exo Suzuki Burgman-based reverse trike
DOVE RACING | KIT CAR DEALER IN TEXAS | KIT CARS FOR SALE IN TEXAS | TRACK CARS - Yamaha 1K-based reverse trike as well as motorcycle-based or Ford-engined four-wheel vehicles.
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If you put a dress on a pig, is it legally still a PIG?
Your date?
Actually, the Base model (upgraded to SL accessories or not) is NOT any more of a Pig than any other stock Slingshot.
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The 3 seats appealed to me. I always liked the lines of the 1970s Matra-Simca Bagheera M550 which had 3-a-breast seating. I was stationed in West Berlin at the time and thought it was a pretty neat car, but I don't believe it ever made it to the USA. Just as well it never came here as it won the Sliver Lemon award in 1975 form the German Automobile Association for having the poorest quality!
Matra Bagheera - Wikipedia -
Just make a new VIN number using a Dymo label maker. No one will ever know!
If you go to sell it, just point out all of the upgrades you did to make it like an SL wannabe, except maybe for the color or did you repaint it?
