2011 Jeep Wrangler vs 2006 Pontiac Solstice

[KMPrenger]

Those Solstice GXPs and Saturn Sky Redline are awesome little cars. They are quick too.

Just a little bit of extra information for you...if the wife ever gets bored, there is a GM factory backed tune that takes power up to 295HP and 320TQ...or something like that.

[scrming]

Originally Posted by KMPrenger

Those Solstice GXPs and Saturn Sky Redline are awesome little cars. They are quick too.

Just a little bit of extra information for you...if the wife ever gets bored, there is a GM factory backed tune that takes power up to 295HP and 320TQ...or something like that.

Yep, i remember looking at buying one of those before I bought the Camaro... and yeah, it was a nice bump in torque!! My only issue and what stopped me from buying one was that no matter how i sat or adjusted things I simply couldn't see the speedometer!!! LOL

[SIXJAK]

Originally Posted by KMPrenger

Those Solstice GXPs and Saturn Sky Redline are awesome little cars. They are quick too.

Just a little bit of extra information for you...if the wife ever gets bored, there is a GM factory backed tune that takes power up to 295HP and 320TQ...or something like that.

Fer reals? More info please.

[SIXJAK]

Originally Posted by scrming

Yep, i remember looking at buying one of those before I bought the Camaro... and yeah, it was a nice bump in torque!! My only issue and what stopped me from buying one was that no matter how i sat or adjusted things I simply couldn't see the speedometer!!! LOL

I have not had that issue. My gripes are I think the left arm rest is angled wrong and the window controls were designed for a T-Rex. Also the transmission hump should have been padded. It's too hard. But it gets up and goes pretty well and is a blast to carve curves with. It probably weighs almost 900 lbs less than my Camaro.

Was going to post some pics via Tapatalk but for some reason I cannot find this sub forum on there.

[scrming]

Originally Posted by SIXJAK

Fer reals? More info please.

Start here:

http://www.gmpartshouse.com/19212670...bo-upgrade-kit

[SIXJAK]

Originally Posted by scrming

Start here:

http://www.gmpartshouse.com/19212670...bo-upgrade-kit

Thank you. Found it.

[SIXJAK]

And wow. How sad nothing like this was ever offered for our LLT's. So many on this forum could have been spared getting screwed by Tracy Lewis and RX performance products aka RevExtreme.

[SlowSS]

This thread is me.....I swear lol

I bought my wife a 2012 about a year and a half ago and right now she has been looking at a solstice in fact this past weekend she test drove a white GXP.

Oh and on top of all this she is wishing that she had waited to see a Gecko Green in person. She has been wanting to have hers wrapped lol

Here is a pic of her Jeep.

[KMPrenger]

Originally Posted by SIXJAK

And wow. How sad nothing like this was ever offered for our LLT's. So many on this forum could have been spared getting screwed by Tracy Lewis and RX performance products aka RevExtreme.

You said the GXP was fun to drive now. Just imagine it with 30 more HP and up to 80 more TQ....she gonna be a whole lot more fun lol.

If you end up doing the tune sometime I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

[SIXJAK]

Originally Posted by KMPrenger

You said the GXP was fun to drive now. Just imagine it with 30 more HP and up to 80 more TQ....she gonna be a whole lot more fun lol.

If you end up doing the tune sometime I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

It's an auto, so I'm limited to 325TQ. The 5MT allows 340TQ but both versions get a bump in HP to 290. I think I'll pull the trigger on it here shortly.

[SIXJAK]

Originally Posted by SlowSS

This thread is me.....I swear lol

I bought my wife a 2012 about a year and a half ago and right now she has been looking at a solstice in fact this past weekend she test drove a white GXP.

Oh and on top of all this she is wishing that she had waited to see a Gecko Green in person. She has been wanting to have hers wrapped lol


Here is a pic of her Jeep.

Very nice. Love the wheels. I just bought new tires for the jeep. I couldn't decide on lift kits or wheels and tires and my dealer seems super hitler about warranty issues so I just left the ride stock for now. Pictures do not do the gecko justice at all. I shied away from doing the green top and fender option because I thought it would be too much. I've seen a couple all gecko greens. They look incredible IMO.

I'd like to do flats and maybe a 2" lift, bumpers an intake and an exhaust and I'll be done with the Jeep. IMO it's got plenty of power. I tow my 4500 lb boat with it. It's just 6 miles to the lake. I wouldn't tow it a long distance but it handles that just fine and in 4lo it walks that rig out of the lake with ease. 4 door wrangler is the Swiss Army knife of automobiles. If I could only keep one one of my cars, it would be the Jeep.

[SIXJAK]

Took some more pics of the Solstice.