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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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I just realized I never put up a picture thread for my car on here, so I figured I'd spread the love some.

A few months after I got it running:
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Why I hate would-be thieves:
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Only replacement at the local yard:
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JDM y0!!!11
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Cone filter mod:
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restored lights:
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amp wire, round 3:
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What a mess!
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my ugly temp sub box:
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GPGT buckets and Lumina console (which required dash cutting to fit, don't recommend it and I wouldn't do it again)
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Night shot, still cleared out:
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Tint, round one:
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Those were vandalized, so I switched to coupe tails.

Moar round one tint:
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Coupe tails:
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Moar tint:
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Oops!
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Ball joint failure, ripped the halfshaft out of the transmission
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Window tint (don't use the Gila film, it'* a b*tch to work with)
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Repainted hubcaps:
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My tint faded:
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Looks good...sorta.
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Painted dash and console, tasteful accents? Or Fisher-Price?
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Wheels I almost bought:
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My brother has them on his Jetta now. When he trades it in I may try and buy them off him, then save to put the right size tires for my car on them and rock them as summers.

All clean:
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Cutlass 'vert FSTB:
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Exhaust I didn't really like:
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Cleared back out:
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HID'*, round 1: 35w 8000k EBays
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Engine bay paint in progress:
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Oops again!
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Rust removal:
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Brake fire carnage
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HID'*, round 2: 55w 10000k from DDM:
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4-high mod:
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tint, round 3: Rustoleum tint on the front lights (much better than that niteshades CRAP)
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Moar engine bay goodies:
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big 3 wire ziptied to the FSTB:
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Moar rust repair:
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New camera pics:
Tint failness:
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Some better shots of the car as she sits now:
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Whats wrong in this picture? Let'* see if anyone can figure it out...
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 12:34 PM
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Car'* come a long way and looking really good. Not sure what'* wrong with your last picture, other then a lot of grim covering the crank sensor plug.
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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the belt also looks a little muffed up in that last pic

the painted dash and center counsle just isnt me though, however i do like the red door handles they make me laugh!
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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wow pretty cool car man i never cared for that headlight setup but yours looks pretty good...nice work
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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Last pic = Engine mount is trashed!

The car has come a long way! I'm glad to see that you have 2 buckets in the car now. And the center console actually looks really nice, I've never seen a Lumina center console in a Grand Prix.

I like!

EDIT: BTW, you should do a 96B4U front bumper swap like I did. I just plain cant stand those headlights!
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Thanks guys.

If you look really carefully towards the background of the pic, framed by the crank pulley and belt, you can see a strip of torn rubber from the lower engine mount.

I'm thinking about repainting the dash and console a different colour, but I can't decide what I want to do. I saw an '04-08 'Prix on another forum that had a cool light grey/dark grey theme in the interior that looked really upscale, but I can't find the thread again.
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonpro03
Last pic = Engine mount is trashed!

The car has come a long way! I'm glad to see that you have 2 buckets in the car now. And the center console actually looks really nice, I've never seen a Lumina center console in a Grand Prix.

I like!
I posted just as you were =P

That pic is unfortunately old. Pass bucket is still chilling on the driver'* side, and driver'* bucket is still at my friend'* house awaiting some more work.

I wonder if the passenger rail would fit on the driver'* seat...save me some welding (since I can't weld and my friend is insisting that I do the welding on the seat...)
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Why don't you just buy some seats out of a junkyard? I picked up a pair of leather buckets and back seat for like ~$35
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 01:34 PM
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A power driver'* seat would run me like $50.Plus I don't want to have to deal with another broken seat rail down the road.
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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Temporary location. I plan on building a dash kit to hold the radio and the volt meter in the near future.
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