Posts by Ice9812

Quote from roadog1aj

Sorry to see your Sling going Bye Bye @Ice9812!!

It was an honor to have met you at the Lake George event a couple years back. I never forget a friend, and you are on my list. I'm glad you're staying with us on the forum, and hope to meet up with you again some time down the road!!!
I have always been a fan of your mods, as I believe you were the first to introduce some of them to us!!!!

Congrats on the new Vette!!! It's a beauty for sure!! While Yellow does not look good on many vehicles, somehow the Vettes pull it off every time!!!!
I would take a yellow Vette any day of the week!!!

Enjoy the ride and don't be a stranger my friend!!!

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Thank you . I enjoyed meeting you guys up there too. I can say I met some great people up Lake George and I wish I could have made it to more events but it just never worked out. I hope to meet up with you guys again too in the future. I will definetly stick around my friend.

I still miss the Sling there's a few more popping up around here lately and the smiles it puts on people's faces especially kids was always enjoyable.

Thank you for the compliments Im enjoying the vette

Quote from dangerdarrell

Welter will have their side exhaust ready at Maggie Valley.

Thank you for the information I wasn't even aware they were making one. I'll definitely look into that.

Quote from MiM

That's beauty... Time for a wrap!

thank you ...I'm thinking about that but there's a few other things on the mod list for it before the wrap

@Ghost @airoutlaw @pricejh61 @dangerdarrell @lrobbi

Thanks everyone I appreciate it

I'll still be following the Slingshot and reading the forum. I still have to help my friend that bought the sling with a few things he wants to change/add. I'm also waiting for the side exhaust from Hahn to replace the Alpha one for him.

Hi everyone,

It's been about 3 years and I had a blast with the Slingshot but a friend of mine made me an offer that I couldn't past up and I sold the Slingshot. Even tho I didn't post a lot I was on the forum everyday. I would like to thank all the members on here for the advice that you ever gave me it was and will always be appreciated. I'm not left without any "toy" I decided to purchase a Corvette, yellow wasn't my first choice but this was a deal I couldn't pass up either. I'm sure one day I may get another Slingshot.

Here's the last picture of the Slingshot the day I sold it and the Corvette

Thank you everyone I will still be checking in on the forum

Be safe

Quote from Bill from Hahn RaceCraft

Here's a teaser shot of the pipe and its bezel. As mentioned, this is the same route as the Alpha side-exhaust, with the hole in the same location in the side body panel, so as to make refitting to our product straightforward and inexpensive, as one can re-use the same body panel.

I decided to do something snappy with the bezel this go, more in keeping with Slingshot's angular theme, so we went full Hex!

I added a square tip to the alpha. When you release your side exhaust will I be able to have this tip put on? Or do you not recommend it?

Thank you for any information you can provide

Quote from BKL

Thanks. I haven't been happy with the output of the Slingshot only Canadian Headlights as the Polaris aiming mechanism has the Canadian lights pointing down to the ground if the outer lights are properly aimed. Been thinking about either shimming the lights for better aim or maybe even trying to mount the center units on the outside.

all the factory projectors no matter what year don't have that good of light output. The only way to get great light output is with an aftermarket projector. Here's a pic I found of the light output from the projectors.

Quote from BKL

Do you remember what projectors you used to replace the outer headlights and what you had to do to make them fit?

Yes. I used FX-R projectors from the retrofit source.
Bi-Xenon: Morimoto FX-R 3.0 - HID Projectors from The Retrofit Source

I choose these because of the size and there's a chrome ring that holds the lens in so I didn't need to modify or use a shroud cover the projector. I believe the D2S 4.0 is a better projector but I was concerned about the finish look without a projector. The only thing is none of these projectors are meant to be mounted outside a headlight housing. That being said the projector lens could become damaged or cracked if hit with a rock over time. They're also not 100% water proof, but I'm not worried about that because I don't directly spray them when washing the slingshot and I don't drive in the rain.

As far as the installation it did take some cutting and modifying to the metal mounting piece on the slingshot. It was a lot of trial and fit and I had to make sure I left the areas for the mountains screws. Here's a pic, it's all I could find and I did clean it up and paint it before I installed it. if you have any other questions let me know

Quote from MiM

@Br4hm4, I remember a thread about that on the slingshotforums.com site... But I think it was a 2015.

The center lights of the 2016 or maybe 2017 did change and look like the outer lights so maybe that is possible, but not sure if there's a thread on it.

@gpcustoms might know more since I believe he's recently removed his center lights for the cold air intake he was working on...?

And so did @Ice9812!

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I have a 2015 so I removed the center lights and I retrofitted a set of projectors in and had the lenses etched with the slingshot logo. I did buy a set of 2016 center lights from Ebay but I never tried to see if they would fit the mounting bracket.

I'm looking forward to the side exhaust so I can replace the current one that is installed. I hope it's available sooner than later.

I had the same problem. I'm on my third replacement. When it breaks again I'll be moving on to a different exhaust

Quote from TheRock

No Sir, you will need to swap out the housings. If anyone is unsure about their ability to do this, we may be able to work something out where you send your mirrors to me and I do the swap for you and send them back out. No promises, but I'm sure we can figure something out.

Is there a thread on here that shows how to swap out the insides?

@TheRock

I received mine ther other day. I have a pioneer 8200 and wasn't sure if I was going to take the time to do the install.

Also I was thinking how big of a pain in the ass it's going to be if I ever have to replace the head unit.

Is it worth it?

The instructions that came with it are printed very poorly

Any information is appreciate

Quote from Neosolidus

@Bubblehead TRFS is the dealer I use for my purchases they have been in business for a long time, definitely not a fly by night operation like slingshotonly that will deny your warranty if you ever need it.

As far as the halos visually they look like everyone else as in that when they are on they look solid.

I am in the process of ordering their RGB halos and a set of switchback halos and their Bluetooth controller so when winter starts I will redo all my led/halos.

Hi I've been using the products from retrofit source for a number of years in many different vehicles.

The only thing I don't like about the Bluetooth controller is that is has 3 outputs to control 3 different items, halos, strips, etc. the problem is that each one needs a wire coming off the Bluetooth controller and it ends up becoming a large bunch of wires. Their products don't allow for any daisy chain type of installation

Here's a pic of the controller as you can see each halo will run from one of these wires. I tried them and ended up removing them only because the wireing is too large and takes up a lot of room. But if was just my personal preference, the product is the best in the business other than that.

I've had their led strips installed since summer of 15 and knock on wood still going strong

Yes please add me to the list

Thank you

I would be interested in a set if they get made

Thank you

Quote from airoutlaw

As @Goats_Hogs says... could have glitched... Electronic throttle, no cables or linkage direct. Sensors and actuators...

If it continues to occur, get it to the dealer.... a failure of the system will probably leave you with a "limp home" mode. (You could probably run home along side it)

Thank you for the replies and information

Limp mode happened almost instantly when the light came on but after I let it sit for a few minutes it seemed to run fine even though the light was still on

Thanks for the reply

Do you know if I should avoid driving and have it towed into the dealer... I let it sit for a few minutes and it drove home fine ... I took it easy tho

I was out for a ride and the check engine light came on and the slingshot started to sputter. I pulled over and now it's flashing and the code is

65615 with a 7 underneath.

I did a search but couldn't find anything

Anyone know or seen this code before

Thanks
Dan

Quote from supermoto292

I thought these kits were plug-and-play you just plug it into your wire harness and put the ballast somewhere and you're ready to go I didn't realize you had to run power wires back to the battery?? All the videos I've watched they just plug directly into the stock harness

They are plug and play from their own wire harness. You always want to use an independent wire harness with HID setups. The stock wiring will only act as a trigger for the HID kit.

If you don't want to use the wire harness with the HIDs then I would advise you not to get them and use the LED lights but you're not going to be happy with the leds