1990lumina Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 Hey everyone, just wanted to say hi to everyone on the forums. My name is Jeff. I just got a W-Body for a birthday today, and as nice as it is, I'll probably need some help/advice from you guys later on regarding my car. The car is a white 1990 Chevy Lumina 3.1 Euro Coupe with 140,XXX kilometers (roughly 85600 miles) on it. Everything is in nice shape on it. I'll have some pictures hopefully tomorrow as I gotta clean it up a bit. Well I guess my first question is, what product would you suggest for use on the stock aluminum wheels? I've used "NO-TOUCH" wheel cleaner before and it shines Ford aluminum wheels nice, but anything special that may work better? Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself to the forum! Look forward to hearing from you guys! - Jeff L. Quote
conley3.1 Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 Welcome to the website, hope you have a good time Quote
z34_nut Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 welcome bud! unfortunatly if your stock wheels look like poo, you usually need to strip down the clear coat, and then respray them... alot of peole have asked about it, so use the search function. Quote
Euro Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 hey welcome to the board! for cleaning our stock rims, if they're in fairly nice shape, I use Meguiars Hot Shine All Wheel Cleaner. Man works like a charm. My wheels sometimes look high polished after i clean them. Quote
DiscoStudd Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 i Bienvenidos ! (that's "welcome" en español.) Quote
EurosportZ34 Posted September 5, 2004 Report Posted September 5, 2004 welkom! damn...that's a nice car, 1990 with only 85K miles! that'll last you like forever! 8) Quote
gp90se Posted September 5, 2004 Report Posted September 5, 2004 Sorry, we already have plenty of Jeff's on this site welcome man -Jeff Quote
Dannymik Posted September 5, 2004 Report Posted September 5, 2004 another Lumina guy ....naw I'm only kidding, welcome to a place that you'll never steer away from. I hope you enjoy you new w-body Quote
99RegalGS Posted September 5, 2004 Report Posted September 5, 2004 Welcome. Hope you enjoy your first W. Quote
1990 Lumina Euro Coupe Posted September 7, 2004 Report Posted September 7, 2004 Hey everyone, just wanted to say hi to everyone on the forums. My name is Jeff. I just got a W-Body for a birthday today, and as nice as it is, I'll probably need some help/advice from you guys later on regarding my car. The car is a white 1990 Chevy Lumina 3.1 Euro Coupe with 140,XXX kilometers (roughly 85600 miles) on it. Everything is in nice shape on it. I'll have some pictures hopefully tomorrow as I gotta clean it up a bit. Well I guess my first question is, what product would you suggest for use on the stock aluminum wheels? I've used "NO-TOUCH" wheel cleaner before and it shines Ford aluminum wheels nice, but anything special that may work better? Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself to the forum! Look forward to hearing from you guys! - Jeff L. Hi Jeff. Any 1990 Lumina Euro Coupe owner is a friend of mine. You will get ribbed for owning a Lumina a good bit, but take it all in stride. We are all W owners in the end. We have a great group of people here. It seems that Luminas are the read headed stepchild of the W-Body family. I love mine, though. That's awfully low miles for a 1990. Mine has 150,000 miles, and I thought that was low. :shock: Welcome to the obsession that is "W" You'll be here alot. Welcome aboard! Quote
White93z34 Posted September 7, 2004 Report Posted September 7, 2004 welecome to the obsession i've always had a soft spot for euro coupes! Quote
jeremy Posted September 7, 2004 Report Posted September 7, 2004 welcome....posting pics is a must.... Quote
topless94style Posted September 7, 2004 Report Posted September 7, 2004 welcome....posting pics is a must.... He has a hard time understanding what things look like....... j/k man welcome to the board....you will be obsessed. Quote
1990lumina Posted September 8, 2004 Author Report Posted September 8, 2004 As promised, I got some pictures of my car. Sorry about how long it took, and sorry that they aren't the "greatest" quality but I guess they're good enough to give everyone a look at my car. I got it out of the highway, it has fairly good power, but I wished it wouldn't rev all the way to 6000rpm as it seems there is neither horsepower or torque all the way up there. Anyway, here's the link! http://members.shaw.ca/oldman123/lumina/ Hope you like the car, thanks for all the replies! - Jeff[/url] Quote
Justin Posted September 8, 2004 Report Posted September 8, 2004 Wow that's a clean Euro, nice rarer grille too. Looks like the backseat is either in mint shape or really torn up? I've found that with my 2.8 there's no need to go above 4500. Lots easier to control that with the clutch though. Quote
midnight rider Posted September 8, 2004 Report Posted September 8, 2004 that looks cool. I'd lose the back seat cover... lol You have yourself a very nice car. Treat her with respect and don't race her to death and she'll last a long time. Quote
1990lumina Posted September 8, 2004 Author Report Posted September 8, 2004 Justin, that's just a really ugly seat cover, the seat under neath is in as good shape or better as it has barely been used. The reason I put that cover on there is because I have a few friends that don't really care to much and might spill something accidently or something else could happen, and that fabric looks like it may be a pain to clean if it was stained, so I was trying to prevent stains, but maybe ScotchGuard would be a better solution. Anyway, that seat cover is from the 1980s when my dad had a Chevy half ton truck but he never put that cover one so I tohught I'd give it a try. Look forward to hearing from you. - Jeff Quote
Euro Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 really clean car!! there's really no need though to get up to 6000 rpms, and your right, theres no hp or torque up that high either highest ive gone up is 5400, and i got scared and havent done it since good luck with it! Quote
digitaloutsider Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 Good looking Euro.. and there's no need to rev past the 5500 redline.. Nothing's up there on the 3.1. Quote
z34_nut Posted September 9, 2004 Report Posted September 9, 2004 just promis us that you don't race it...i mean it is a lumina, and we keep pride in keeping or cars clean and rice free. Quote
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