Posts by harleyujoe

  • The New Aero Slingshot body..

    Quote from Edward Neal

    one thing I discovered a long time ago when I used to do wood working and build furniture - when you are the person who builds spmething you see every single flaw and they will drive you nuts, but the reality is that 99% of the time no one else even sees them.

    Well said and yes you are correct.. I point out my flaws to much and should just keep my mouth shut..Will try on this build,,LOL

    My other body I had I used car headlights with blinkers built in and found it looked to bug eyed with this design..LOL

  • The New Aero Slingshot body..

    The headlights I purchased were from amazon and on cheaper side.. I wanted to purchase Denali lights but for price and kept reading

    they did not hold up for price....So took a chance on these and will be honest with you was more for looks ..

    But Sling has not left garage in over 2 1/2 yrs and being a 2016 with old Alpha Turbo with only 5,000 miles on it.

    And own a Vanderhall Carmel with roof and we will drive it more in hot summer than I would Sling..

    The Slingshot will be my hotrod driver for going out and having a blast without wife being tossed side to side...LOL


    And being 71 I will not be riding at night time but have lights just in case...I will let you know in a month how well they do light the road..

    I even thought about putting the old Center High beam lights in the grille opening and will see how these new lights work for my driving.



    And to those of you who say you wish you had my skills...LOL At times I wish I did not have it....And I was over my head at times

    with this build and just trying to get the lines close from side to side...I am very pleased with it but like any build you see faults

    and wish you would have done something different..Thank You again for your kind words

  • The New Aero Slingshot body..

    Well it has been over 2 years shaping and cutting apart and reshaping...

    And I was sick for the last 2 summers and could not work on Sling..

    And this summer is brutal with humidity and heat yikes this 71 yr old

    has had enough..

    Will finish interior in fall when cooler LOL...

    But wanted to share the new sling with some of you who

    did following my changes through the years..

    This will be my last body on the Sling.

  • 2016 SS rear lights wiring schematic

    Quote from BKL

    I know how that goes. Start a project and Life can easily get in the way. I put my Slingshot on blocks at the beginning of the Summer to replace my angle driveand still haven't gotten back to finishing up. Just need to to retension and align the belt. Had Family come visit and with the hot weather I didn't feel like working outside. had a ceiling leak that resulted in repiping the entire house and now I'm replacing all of the bathroom faucets. naturally, when dealing with plumbing there are a lot of trips to the hardware store for parts you don't know you needed. Things are now cooler, so I need to get back to the Slingshot.

    I redid the rear light wiring diagram as a PDF in hopes you could enlRearWiring.pdfarge it better to make it easier to read.

    I just ordered 2x 5 pole trailer wiring plug assembly to connect the Vanderhall lights to Slingshot wiring so should be good ..thank you

  • 2016 SS rear lights wiring schematic

    Thank You.. Been having few issues health wise for a while..

    But at 70 also slowing down some..LOL

    This will be my last rebody of Sling and getting tired of Fiberglas itch..

    Hopefully spring I will have it completed and show pictures of it.

    Was thinking Maggie Valley next year but not sure I will make it.

    Will See.. thanks again Joe

  • Exhaust systems the good and the bad

    I have the Welter Exhaust on my SS and I have the baffles cut at 1" off what is received and I do not

    feel like I am causing excessive noise nor do I go up my street first gear full throttle.

    And with turbo I like to see it warm up.The Vanderhall seem louder to me during startup probably

    because exhaust is right below me and I had stock exhaust and know others are putting on

    3" on them to be annoying...

    But I wake up every morning around 5am and I will tell you more and more trucks and SUV's have Nascar exhaust on

    them and more annoying than any SS or Vanderhall I own...

    And I live in a neighbor hood setting and they fly by with noisy exhaust and thumper sound systems louder than

    my TV with being hard of hearing..

    So the whole country as become look at me or hear me before you see me attitude..

    But I try everywhere I drive to be seen and not heard ..

    And the law should enforce noise laws for exhaust and sound systems.

  • Anyone buy a Slingshot sight unseen?

    I would rather buy new with warranty but I have bought 30 to 40 k cars from the west living in NJ..and yes pictures do not tell the story.

    3 of the 4 I was lucky and felt good ..but one I wanted so bad and bought it and when it arrived what a piece of shit..

    And all on pictures looked beautiful..

    Their are inspectors you can hire and go look at vehicles .. but everything you do to make it comfortable to purchase adds up and not including shipping.

    The one vehicle I should have gone to see would have cost me 2500 to go look at it and it cost 1500 to ship it so I took the chance and was sorry.

    But if you are patient and wait one will be closer to you..

    Or you just make your mind up and go put deposit down and have payments and warranty and piece of mind..

    Good Luck bitting those nails wondering..

  • F4 +5 Tinted or Clear

    I have my doubts. I will make it this year..

    I have at least 3 months of design and working fiberglas to getting it done.

    You may see me the following year.

    I have a cousin that lives near Maggie Valley and will try and time rally up with visit with cousin.


    Any more going to rallies I am not that happy .Been there twice and first year was special and second year really did not

    feel like being there and that happened to wife and I at Deadwood 3 Wheel rally like the first and the second one

    we went to we went off by ourselves .

    I guess getting order I do not like directions or control of what you should or shouldn't do...

    But I will post pictures of my progress.. I will tell you that I am sorry I tore front off and would have just

    rounded rear up .. But I got a saw out one day and friend was here and said shorten this cut this off and

    it was to late to glue it back together..Keep you posted.

    But it will not have a front spoiler any more.. And the dual exhaust will be a single exhaust trying

    to clean up the back end little more..

    Then will decide later in summer if rear wing stays or goes ..


    The other thing that I forget is that I have tinnitus ( ringing in ears really bad ) and I can not be around

    those high powered sound system SS at all.

    I just remembered last M V rally I was out at street and a white SS was back by vendors and I

    could not enter because it was so loud...That is what really is keeping me from these events.

  • F4 +5 Tinted or Clear

    I am sorry to say it is totally cut up and in redesign of last body I will make for this Slingshot.

    At 67 yrs old getting tired and my knees are shot...yikes getting old has good points not going to

    work but then you want to work for yourself now you can not..LOL

    Few preview pictures.. But even the nose picture has been redone and larger radius than shown..

    as soon as we get 60's temp here in NJ will go out and work on it..

    I sold my Vanderhall Venice for purchasing a Vanderhall Carmel ...

    But the sling 4yrs old still remains in garage...

  • Aftermarket Seats, Seat covers, and Seat recipes

    I to thought the stock seats were comfortable and held up well and never had to worry about them getting wet for the water just run off

    onto the floors and out the drain holes...LOL

    But to my eyes they were ugly and could not look at them any longer..

    But now having PRP clothe seats comfortable/nice to the eye but now have to carry bags to cover them

    even with hint of rain.

    Could not even think of them soaked a few times and mold and mildew growing inside them.

    But the price you pay for vanity..