wanted to see what ya'll think - Page 4

boink · 02-10-2006, 05:02 PM

cant be picky when the car is given to you though, my dad went out said I am buying you a car and came back with just the stock SE, but I cant complain, its the first car ive ever worked on, it was liek the test car for any future car i do, all the body work was done by me and my dad in our driveway with no experience ever, like i said its been a test car basically. I love tampering with things, i cant help it, liek the body kit came and i messed around with it, ended up molding it to the car, imma fill in some of the holes like ya'll brought up, floormats will go, but not a main priority on my list cause it can be done anytime, exhaust will prolly get re-done real soon as a matter of fact, euros imma mess around with some and fogs i will also.

its something to be creative with and have fun with, its something i tried out to see if i liked and i love it, and i appreciate all the ideas guys, everything has been taken into account.

motor wont get re-done for a long time, but what im thinkin bout since i only have the 2.4 and ive been thinking bout this for a long time is bagging the car, ive seen gtgoddess grand am and looking at hers just made me want to bag it even more, i want to take out my back seats and fiberglass in the air tank and paint everything red to match the exterior, its an idea of what i want to do, but im not sure how it would come out

boink · 02-10-2006, 07:09 PM

well i went lookin found some pics, now u can see how bare my car is with nothing on the side which is why i have decals on the side, the rims before came with the car, the wonderful world of used cars, and this are cpl pics of the wreck which is why i only have one pipe right now

boink · 02-10-2006, 07:19 PM

some more pics of gettin painted and when i actually had 2 pipes what it looked like, im lookin for the pics of my old bass box when i had the 3 12s to show that i will prolly put up for sale on here, custom made just for grand am

when i find em ill put em up

GrandAmGT1996 · 02-10-2006, 09:56 PM

Just wondering, but those rims that were on the car when you got it...are those 15" or 16"?

Edit: hahah I love the "This Sucks!" in the window

boink · 02-10-2006, 10:04 PM

they were helo chrome 15s

and yea, it sucks when u get everything painted and the someone runs into the back of you, but the wrost part is you cant do nothing because come to find out, it was a family member......what are the odds of that s***

GrandAmGT1996 · 02-10-2006, 10:07 PM

Damn, that really sucks...I would have worked out a deal that they pay for half or something. Thanks for the rim size, because I know where a set of 16" 5-star rims are for my car, for $300 and I was debating on getting them, since they might look real small.

kse73 · 02-10-2006, 10:09 PM

16" = Stock rim sizes for most GA's

GrandAmGT1996 · 02-10-2006, 10:14 PM

Yeah I know, but I don't know how aftermarket 16s would look.

boink · 02-10-2006, 11:20 PM

yea, i was suprised they were only 15s as well, i looked at the rim size when i first got it and was like wtf....... only 15s, thats insane, so now i got me some nice 18s and lovin em

RAZE · 02-10-2006, 11:59 PM

Is that a cavalier hood? The wires in the trunk look sloppy and the body kit, graphics, tails and hood need to go.

Braves299 · 02-11-2006, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by RAZE

Is that a cavalier hood?

read like the first page.

boink · 02-11-2006, 01:11 AM

well the body kit is gettin re-done, i told you i was taking the trunk apart, thats why its so sloppy ryt now, the tails im goin to work with, i dont know if im keepin the hood though

caraudiodave · 02-11-2006, 09:06 AM

first i must congratulate on handeling all of the STUPID comments and questions. id be going insane right now.

i give you a 10 for originality for that hood.
rims are nice too.
not a fan of that body kit, but hey, its painted and its molded, so youve put work into it.

as far as suggestions...id bag it first of all. its a show car, not a race car. youd be surprised how bags will get you attention, once its on the ground.

then id just stick with intake, chip, and new exhaust. for chip i would have said ASE, but thats no longer available. check around, theres lots of sites that sell stuff. see what interests you. its your car, so take our feedback and use it for ideas.

BTW check out my sounddomain page in my sig to maybe get some ideas.

Ajaxus · 02-11-2006, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by boink

motor wont get re-done for a long time, but what im thinkin bout since i only have the 2.4 and ive been thinking bout this for a long time is bagging the car, ive seen gtgoddess grand am and looking at hers just made me want to bag it even more, i want to take out my back seats and fiberglass in the air tank and paint everything red to match the exterior, its an idea of what i want to do, but im not sure how it would come out

One thing to keep in mind is to not go too overboard with the red. It's great and all to coordinate colors, but if you put too much red into the interior, it might get to the point that people feel overwhelmed when viewing the vehicle. My suggestion is that you come up with a second color to incorporate into the vehicle when doing mods so that you can get a theme going.

Other than that, I personally think you've done a great deal of work for having no experience in doing it, and I applaud you for the work done. Some things arent to my taste, but some are. And as usual, its your car and you can do what you want with it.

Edit: As I was reading I saw you want suggestions for the sides so its not so plain. One thing you could do is put a small pinstripe down the side, its very simple and might sound almost too slight, but trust me it makes a NICE difference. Won't cost that much to do and it will give the car some taste without seeming too farfetched or out there.

boink · 02-11-2006, 12:40 PM

it wont cost me anything because me and my dad have a decal business, so everything with decals is also an experiment, we have never done that before, but he got really into glass etching, so he bout a decal machine and always used it backwards for decals, and then we got the bright idea to start makin decals and see how it would come out, so we experimented with that, and well it started doin good because we dont try to screw people, so after like after a year of doin decals we are in the process of making a site and trying to be as big as possible

i guess its just in the blood to have to f*** around with something and cant just leave it along

yea i kinda got that way after i painted the interior on like wow, this is a lot of red so yea, i kinda had that in my head as well

and caraudiodave, thats probably exactly what I was going to do. Im going to work offshore on an oilplatform, i work 2 weeks, get off 1 week, work 2 weeks get off 1 week, and that will be all summer, and i make boucou money, i think i will make 3500 after 2 weeks after taxes. But ur right, mine wasnt really made for the performance edge so im pretty much just gonna lay it on the ground, and the body kit will have some changes over the summer because the 1 week im off, im gonna be workin on that car nonstop.

xxbackhillxx · 02-12-2006, 04:16 PM

Haven't read the thread but I'll say nice rims and keep it at that.

AaronGTR · 02-13-2006, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by caraudiodave

i give you a 10 for originality for that hood.

Botlfed actually had a custom hood just like that a long time ago. It's still fairly rare on GA's though. Most have SC/T hoods.

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then id just stick with intake, chip, and new exhaust. for chip i would have said ASE, but thats no longer available. check around, theres lots of sites that sell stuff.

Even if it was still available, I'd never recommend ASE. Their pcm was such a hack job (about as good as the intense grand am pcm). If you aren't going to do your own tuning, then the only off the shelf pcm even worth considering is DHP. That along with intake/exhaust won't get you a lot of power, but it's a nice little boost. After that you start getting into more expensive and involved modds like heads, headers, cams, nitrous, etc.

ViperGTSR · 02-13-2006, 09:28 AM

oh my god! how did i miss this gem!?

caraudiodave · 02-13-2006, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronGTR

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Even if it was still available, I'd never recommend ASE. Their pcm was such a hack job (about as good as the intense grand am pcm). If you aren't going to do your own tuning, then the only off the shelf pcm even worth considering is DHP. That along with intake/exhaust won't get you a lot of power, but it's a nice little boost. After that you start getting into more expensive and involved modds like heads, headers, cams, nitrous, etc.

aaron, i value your opinion, but ill disagree with you in my case. i went to ASEs studio in orange, CA and i watched him do the soldering. im an electrical engineering student and i can tell when theres a hack job. he probably cheesed it when people sent in their PCMs, but not with them there waiting.

with that said, i have been thinking about scrapping it and getting DHP since ASE and their "lifetime warranty" no longer really exist.

coupe · 02-14-2006, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caraudiodave

aaron, i value your opinion, but ill disagree with you in my case. i went to ASEs studio in orange, CA and i watched him do the soldering. im an electrical engineering student and i can tell when theres a hack job. he probably cheesed it when people sent in their PCMs, but not with them there waiting.

with that said, i have been thinking about scrapping it and getting DHP since ASE and their "lifetime warranty" no longer really exist.

Since when do you solder a PCM to tune it?

02-10-2006, 05:02 PM	#61
boink HoTTneSS AKA: Stephen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: baton rouge, louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 48 Vehicle: 2000 grand am	cant be picky when the car is given to you though, my dad went out said I am buying you a car and came back with just the stock SE, but I cant complain, its the first car ive ever worked on, it was liek the test car for any future car i do, all the body work was done by me and my dad in our driveway with no experience ever, like i said its been a test car basically. I love tampering with things, i cant help it, liek the body kit came and i messed around with it, ended up molding it to the car, imma fill in some of the holes like ya'll brought up, floormats will go, but not a main priority on my list cause it can be done anytime, exhaust will prolly get re-done real soon as a matter of fact, euros imma mess around with some and fogs i will also. its something to be creative with and have fun with, its something i tried out to see if i liked and i love it, and i appreciate all the ideas guys, everything has been taken into account. motor wont get re-done for a long time, but what im thinkin bout since i only have the 2.4 and ive been thinking bout this for a long time is bagging the car, ive seen gtgoddess grand am and looking at hers just made me want to bag it even more, i want to take out my back seats and fiberglass in the air tank and paint everything red to match the exterior, its an idea of what i want to do, but im not sure how it would come out __________________ g3t y0 m!nd r!ght!

02-10-2006, 07:09 PM	#62
boink HoTTneSS AKA: Stephen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: baton rouge, louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 48 Vehicle: 2000 grand am	well i went lookin found some pics, now u can see how bare my car is with nothing on the side which is why i have decals on the side, the rims before came with the car, the wonderful world of used cars, and this are cpl pics of the wreck which is why i only have one pipe right now Attached Thumbnails __________________ g3t y0 m!nd r!ght!

02-10-2006, 07:19 PM	#63
boink HoTTneSS AKA: Stephen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: baton rouge, louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 48 Vehicle: 2000 grand am	some more pics of gettin painted and when i actually had 2 pipes what it looked like, im lookin for the pics of my old bass box when i had the 3 12s to show that i will prolly put up for sale on here, custom made just for grand am when i find em ill put em up Attached Thumbnails __________________ g3t y0 m!nd r!ght!

02-10-2006, 10:04 PM	#65
boink HoTTneSS AKA: Stephen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: baton rouge, louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 48 Vehicle: 2000 grand am	they were helo chrome 15s and yea, it sucks when u get everything painted and the someone runs into the back of you, but the wrost part is you cant do nothing because come to find out, it was a family member......what are the odds of that s*** __________________ g3t y0 m!nd r!ght!

02-10-2006, 10:09 PM	#67
kse73 AVL AKA: Joe Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,543 Vehicle: GTO/Audi A6	16" = Stock rim sizes for most GA's __________________ Procharged and cammed 2005 GTO A4 - Full Pedders Suspension 553 rwhp 479 rwtq 2012 Audi A6 3.0T Prestige

02-10-2006, 11:20 PM	#69
boink HoTTneSS AKA: Stephen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: baton rouge, louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 48 Vehicle: 2000 grand am	yea, i was suprised they were only 15s as well, i looked at the rim size when i first got it and was like wtf....... only 15s, thats insane, so now i got me some nice 18s and lovin em __________________ g3t y0 m!nd r!ght!

02-10-2006, 11:59 PM	#70
RAZE GAGT oldtimer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC - Manhattan Age: 39 Posts: 2,965 Vehicle: 2004 GTO	Is that a cavalier hood? The wires in the trunk look sloppy and the body kit, graphics, tails and hood need to go. __________________ Past: 2001 GT1 Coupe 75th Anniversary Edition 8/18/01 - 11/25/03 2000 Supercharged GA: 12/24/03-9/22/05 2004 Impulse Blue GTO 99 Grand Prix GT Coupe - 10/10/08-1/9/10 2010 Black Audi S5 Coupe Current: 2009 Corolla S - Commuter car 2013 Jetta Hybrid - Commuter Car 2005 Metallic Black Pontiac GTO 2014 BMW 650iX M Sport convertible 1987 Fox Body Mustang GT

02-11-2006, 01:11 AM	#72
boink HoTTneSS AKA: Stephen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: baton rouge, louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 48 Vehicle: 2000 grand am	well the body kit is gettin re-done, i told you i was taking the trunk apart, thats why its so sloppy ryt now, the tails im goin to work with, i dont know if im keepin the hood though __________________ g3t y0 m!nd r!ght!

02-11-2006, 09:06 AM	#73
caraudiodave Boring old man AKA: Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wood ranch, ca Age: 41 Posts: 2,172 Vehicle: '13 Camry hybrid	first i must congratulate on handeling all of the STUPID comments and questions. id be going insane right now. i give you a 10 for originality for that hood. rims are nice too. not a fan of that body kit, but hey, its painted and its molded, so youve put work into it. as far as suggestions...id bag it first of all. its a show car, not a race car. youd be surprised how bags will get you attention, once its on the ground. then id just stick with intake, chip, and new exhaust. for chip i would have said ASE, but thats no longer available. check around, theres lots of sites that sell stuff. see what interests you. its your car, so take our feedback and use it for ideas. BTW check out my sounddomain page in my sig to maybe get some ideas. __________________ 2013 Toyota Camry hybrid: Pioneer AVIC-8000NEX, Phoenix Gold ZPA0.3 (300 x 2), Phoenix Gold ZPA0.3 (300 x 2), Phoenix Gold ZPA0.5 (1000 x 1), Dynaudio MD100 (1" tweeters), Dynaudio MW160 (6.5" mids), Eclipse SW8812 (12" aluminum cone subwoofer)

02-11-2006, 12:40 PM	#75
boink HoTTneSS AKA: Stephen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: baton rouge, louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 48 Vehicle: 2000 grand am	it wont cost me anything because me and my dad have a decal business, so everything with decals is also an experiment, we have never done that before, but he got really into glass etching, so he bout a decal machine and always used it backwards for decals, and then we got the bright idea to start makin decals and see how it would come out, so we experimented with that, and well it started doin good because we dont try to screw people, so after like after a year of doin decals we are in the process of making a site and trying to be as big as possible i guess its just in the blood to have to f*** around with something and cant just leave it along yea i kinda got that way after i painted the interior on like wow, this is a lot of red so yea, i kinda had that in my head as well and caraudiodave, thats probably exactly what I was going to do. Im going to work offshore on an oilplatform, i work 2 weeks, get off 1 week, work 2 weeks get off 1 week, and that will be all summer, and i make boucou money, i think i will make 3500 after 2 weeks after taxes. But ur right, mine wasnt really made for the performance edge so im pretty much just gonna lay it on the ground, and the body kit will have some changes over the summer because the 1 week im off, im gonna be workin on that car nonstop. __________________ g3t y0 m!nd r!ght!

02-13-2006, 09:28 AM	#78
ViperGTSR i <3 my lanyard AKA: Alex Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: High Desert, SoCal Age: 35 Posts: 2,260 Vehicle: Turbo Biodiesel \| R1	oh my god! how did i miss this gem!? __________________ House mods are the new car mods