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Plexiglas vs mesh Here are some things I have picked up on the mesh design - for XLR's and other cars: - Expensive (and hard to find for XLR) - Sagging can happen - tradeoff between ease of install - Rearview mirror visibility can be an issue (it can also be an issue if you get a big logo...

Wind Blockers - my experiences Here is a repost I did about a year and a half ago: I have tried both the Windblox and the Windrestrictor. Here is a summary of my experiences with both: Windblox - Great deal for the money, easily removable (and can be stored in optional storage bag they...

09 Black Cherry Base - just came up - 3800 miles! Letting anyone who might be looking for a low mileage car, that one just popped up yesterday - in Phoenix, at Arrowhead Cadillac. It is similar to the one listed above, with only 3800 original miles. Since I have a 09 Dark Cherry V, this...

Unitrax Gear Swap I did use Unitrax to change out the gears in my swap. I dealt with a Devin King, who was very helpful. They can put new gears or used gears into that pumpkin. I had D3 install the pumpkin, after the swap - I needed it to be right and it requires dropping the everything from...

More wheel stuff Those are nice looking wheels, similar to Cray brand, only cheaper. You should be OK with a 9" wide rim, just watch the tire width - 275's may rub, depending on the actual tire brand you select. I would call the number listed on the eBay listing, just to know what the offset...

Aftermarket rims with a lip Regarding your search for aftermarket wheels with a lip - good luck! I had a hell of a time getting wheels with a lip for my XLR, short of going to a custom 3 piece design (big bucks). Our cars, like the corvettes, have "high offset" rims and you don't dare go with...

There is a "Cadillac only" performance shop out here in California that is known in the race circuit for producing some killer high performance cars called D3 Group. They are GM certified to modify Cadillacs and GM uses them to test out new ideas for future designs. Although they had pretty...

Homelink in visor The newer GM vehicles don't come with Homelink systems. I converted mine, so it would work with my "mild to wild" exhaust system, instead of the remotes that come with the kit (for the dual mode V systems). The mild to wild systems are not compatible with the newer GM...

Final chapter to the TPMS Saga Well, I thought I would let everyone know that after almost 6 weeks, I have resolved the TPMS situation, and have my new rims and tires all set up and programmed :thumbsup I had to purchase a new Michelin Super Sport on eBay, because Michelin (and Tire Rack) had...

Both of mine sweep at startup Just ran out to the garage to see what mine do at startup. Both headlights do a sweep to the right (only), and then return to center, at startup. The driver's side does not sweep much, only a few degrees. The passenger sweep is a lot more, maybe 15 degrees...

Rob, you should look at it - for yourself! Since your profile says you don't have one - this sounds like a good opportunity for a low mileage car :dunno: Unless, of course, this is not your color :lol: Thanks for letting us all know - especially for those that want to upgrade to a V! The...

More details about gear swap First, let me say this, to address your comment about "shoulda bought the "V" While the V does have more HP, and all the other upgrades, it is a ~$10K upgrade. Only you can decide if that is worth it. And, for what it's worth, the gear swap made my "little red"...

Did most of that... Everything Lextoy wrote is pretty accurate, including the costs for each of the modifications to improve the performance. I know, because I did them on my 05 Base (gone now, but lives forever in my "Garage"). Check out my write-up on the 3:42 gear swap. The only thing I...

I read a newspaper bleep about a Caddy car show up in Anaheim (near Disneyland). I thought, this could be fun, we might see some old and some new, maybe even a few XLR's that we have not had as part of our normal group. So, Dennis and I decide to head up there and "check it out". Upon...

Battery discharge - GM recall This may not be related to your situation, but it is worth posting, just in case. I was searching the GM Recall site to see if my car had the dreaded airbags installed. So far, nothing shows up about this, but they have two months to post all of the affected...

2009 Base - all "Platinum" editions All 2009 base models were considered "Platinum" editions. They are the ones that had the unique exhaust tailpipes - which I like. I tried to get the tips for mine, but found out that you have to buy the entire exhaust system. If there is a 2009 white car...

TPMS - Lessons Learned Thanks Gord, for the extra research - it helps us all! You are correct, the TPMS DO NOT charge anything. They do, however, go to "sleep" when they are not activated by rotation, to save battery life. They are potted in epoxy, with a one time use battery. Supposedly...

TPMS - What an ordeal! Thought I would check back, after a long and dusty trail to resolve this TPMS programming issue. First the beginning - I purchased a set of Orange brand TPMS on line. They are the same as Dorman brand - private label. They do list the part number as the factory part...

2009 VIN/Sequence is correct on my car The VIN on my car has the last digits as 00341, which I believe is correct (out of the 892 that were made). Production date was late August 2009.

The plot thickens Thanks again Cubby, I spent an hour and a half at the tire dealer, trying to get this figured out. His special tool could not find the new sensor (when he ran the test mode), but we did get one of the tires to "beep" during the programming. We even tried to get a new sensor...