that happened to me on the Z26 i had. was a blessing in disguise. that thing had more problems than a cat lady.. that's how i ended up with the first GA that i had for a month thanks to an old lady that rear ended it and that's how i ended up with the current GA.

mine cracked because some crap got on the threads.

I was thinking $20 plus shipping ($15-$20). I did tell sleepy he could have it awhile ago but he said he was going to hold off. If he still wants to pass up on it then it's available for you.

cool let me give my mechanic a call Monday to see how much the labor would be and ill pm you moday with a payment as well

labor will probably be similar to him doing a LIM job since he basically is.. might as well have him do that while he's got the thing off.

my lim gasket is maybe two years old but I think ill have him do the thermostat and probably the head gasket if I keep the car kinda on the fence.

He can have the LIM gudge.

Even if thr gasket was 2 hours old and on the car it would need replaced. So you need a new LIM gasket.

2 years doesn't matter. i had a plastic one fail after like 10k..first plastic set i did had the metal tabs they added.. that was the set that went and ate the bearings in the process.

i'd still replace them. do you want to pay to have this job done again. a new set of fel pro gaskets is like $60 for the metal version which you will probably never have to touch again.

you guys are right if im gonna go through the trouble of doing the job might as well do it all besides this is still cheaper than a car payment

Its 90 for the felpro.

where are you finding that price..i'm sitting here right now looking at rock auto like before and it say 57.99 for the perma dry plus ones..which are the metal ones

I work part time at oreillys so if its 57 itll be like 35 for me

90 at autozone.

You have to replace them, no matter what. They are like head gaskets... NOT reusable. If they've been on the engine for a while and been heat cycled, they will not seal up properly if you left them on and tried to reinstall them. LIM gaskets must be replaced every time you service that part of the engine. It's not worth the risk of trying to reuse them and having a coolant leak anyway.

went to cars n coffee, and the g8's got THE parking spots. seriously, those are prime real estate at the show! lol

http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/...ps481bd361.jpg

also, washed car friday night, drove 15 miles to the show saturday morning, rims were dusty already....
so i pulled the HPS pads off and put Hawk PC ceramics back on.

Looking good^
On a side note : I just dropped off the sct kit and bumper to have them painted, he's gonna take his sweet time tho so I wouldn't expect anything soon yet

Which bumper are you replacing?

Both , but I'm only painting the front bumper ATM.

Lol you are doing the same thing as me replacing both bumpers and getting the kit painted as well.

Assuming you've probably already bought the rear bumper. I got the rear bumper that has the "Pontiac" on the rear bumper shavin off, fit completely perfect too. Makes the rear look MUCH cleaner IMO and it really makes me want to shave off the trunk keyhole.

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps40410a60.jpg

Yup pretty much, I like that look as a matter of fact the guys who's painting it told me the same thing, but I think it's gonna look better if I leave the lettering black to match my black/red theme.
I'm also going to replace both fenders and paint them, along with hood, spoiler and trunk lid so might as well shave off the keyhole while I'm at it...just need time, and Money.

You sir need new license plate brackets.

Had it since I bought the car 3 years ago, don't really care tbh.

Cool, a solid black metal one would look great if you ever want to change it.

Try some of these for now, http://www.smoothlock.com/. I got a set and they can be painted to match for cheap and if your battery dies you can just peal it off and use your key. My covers actually stuck back down just fine after I had to use my key once.

This isn't a close up but it can give you an idea. Sam needs some for the T/A for sure.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0164_large.jpg
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0163_large.jpg

I got those years ago.. they work pretty good.

First thing i did when i bought my civic.

Which ones do I get? they only have some for camaros etc.

2 small ones and a large.

Would post pics but im stuck in our 2000 civic ex coupe :(

This ^^^^ GM only made 2 different sized key holes forever, I am not sure if they still do but they even work on other makes and models too.

Personally that looks a little tacky imo.

Don't see how it looks tacky but the only one I would probably get is the trunk one. I never notice my door handle key holes.

The trunk one sticks out more than the door ones, but I like how the door ones look. I took a marketing class when I was living in Detroit and the guy that makes those was in it too. We got talking about cars and that is how I found them. That was almost 10 years ago now, wow.

Idk its a sticker. Just tacky to me.

Do it right, shave it.

Luckily the alero has sunk in holes so not as noticable

No offence - but I am never going to shave/fill in the key holes. I needz thoze.

(My remote sometimes doesn't work)

Shaving the trunk hole isn't an issue, if your key fob button doesn't work, just use the button on the driver door and if both of those don't work THEN you're outta luck but the odds of both of those happening isn't common, not to mention that if the button on the door doesn't work you can just replace it. Not to mention he said when you do need to use the key holes you can just take the covers off easily and reapply easily as well.

#inb4dontinterruptmyuploading^^^ lol jk
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...smug7m4kr.jpeg just messing around with my camera. .. and resizing pictures, following pictures won't be as huge as these^

that is a beautiful twig i spot there

can we get more focus on the depth and contrast that twig contains. marvelous

I'm sorry but what twig are you talking about?