Post a pic of your car as it sits currently

[sleepyalero]

All I can say is... AEM. I have learned from my past experiences to not cheap out on gauges. My aem oil and a/f have been fantastic with no issues EVER. The a/f gauge I bought from here new around 3 years ago. And has not had one issue. The oil gauge is a little over a year now I think and has also been perfect.

So to others out there. Spend the extra money. It will be worth it in the long run.

I plan on upgrading to an aem volt from my current prosport. The volt gauge still works well. But I want all 3 gauges to match now. And im not sure how long it will last. I think my prosport oil was going on almost 1.5 years and was starting to have issues to I went with aem.

[gtsouth]

I'm curious. If the fire bird calipers and impala rotors are so much bigger than our stock ones, how do the calipers bolt up? Or am I missing something obvious? Thanks.

[TDavis]

Bolt pattern doesn't change with size of rotor

[gtsouth]

Originally Posted by TDavis

Bolt pattern doesn't change with size of rotor

I know that. I was just wondering about the caliper.

[TDavis]

Yeah I'm not willing to spend $180+ on a single gauge for a Grand Am that I don't plan on boosting so the fact that my $50 gauge is faulty I could care less tbh.

[AaronGTR]

Originally Posted by gtsouth

I'm curious. If the fire bird calipers and impala rotors are so much bigger than our stock ones, how do the calipers bolt up? Or am I missing something obvious? Thanks.

You have to use the camaro brackets too I believe. Along with corvette or camaro calipers. That moves the caliper out to position it correctly on the larger disc, compared to the grand am caliper and bracket.



As for all the gauge talk... of course the voltage gauges are still working. It's kind of hard to muck up a voltage gauge. It's not as complicated as the others. I've been perfectly happy with my Autometer SportComp gauges though. Only one that was really more expensive was the fuel pressure, but all electric fuel pressure gauges are expensive. The rest of them were $50 or less. They aren't as "spiffy looking" as some of the other Autometer gauge lines like the LED backlit ones, or some other brands, but they are affordable and reliable and still look good.

[gtsouth]

To be more clear do the camaro bracket mounting holes line up with our car even though they are bigger brackets?

[sleepyalero]

01 camaro brackets and caliper bolt up fine stock. And use a 04 impala rotor. You will re use your stock caliper bolts that keep it on the knuckle.

As for the volt gauge thing. My prosport would read 4-8 volts at time or shoot down from 13.5 to 8 and randomly go back up. And no my car wasnt losing power. It was strictly the gauge.

[gtsouth]

Thanks Sleepy

[sleepyalero]

Yup

[TDavis]

Random question about end links. If I where to want to say, get new poly urethane ones when I install my swaybars would I just tell them the year/make/model of my car to get stocks ones?

As in I'm assuming the end links stay the same even when putting in bigger sway bars.


Also plan on getting some SS brake lines to install while we do that.

[sleepyalero]

Tanner -

Refer to my thread here. It has part numbers for upgraded sway bar end links and what not.

update front end!

[tipnitty]

[sleepyalero]

Yum

[TDavis]

[03GT SilverGun]

How's that foam gun treating you? Just had our three year anniversary and the wife said I can buy something for my car!! Woohoo!! Thinking about getting a foam gun to help with washing.

[tipnitty]

Originally Posted by 03GT SilverGun

How's that foam gun treating you? Just had our three year anniversary and the wife said I can buy something for my car!! Woohoo!! Thinking about getting a foam gun to help with washing.

It's a trap! She's testing you to see which you love more, don't fall into the trap!

[TDavis]

Its the best $60 I spent. It produces much more foam then ever shown in my pictures. By the time I get my phone to take a picture its mostly all off by then.


Makes my washes much more safer and faster. Foam one side, wipe with water soaked mitt and then rinse. Beats bucket washing thats for sure.

[sleepyalero]

I hope you still use one bucket for water to rinse off the dirt filled mitt. If not then you are just doing damage.... slowly.... but surely.

[TDavis]

Originally Posted by sleepyalero

I hope you still use one bucket for water to rinse off the dirt filled mitt. If not then you are just doing damage.... slowly.... but surely.

Once again, I'm not that retarded as you and some others put me out to be.