90TGP Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 It isn't my car, found it on cardomain. This SUCKS!!!! As you seen I had repainted all the yellow under the hood. I didn't want to torque the strut covers on and then in a couple of weeks replace the struts. So I did it now while they were off. AAWWWWWW MAAAAANNNN....this was not quite what I had pictured in my mind when I started. I read the book and did it the way the instructions instructed!!! Now it's a frickin mess 7/1/04 :shock: :shock: :shock: And an interesting way to pull the motor forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe2fast Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 nice compression tool, I wonder if that was the cause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 that is funny $hit....what is the link to the page....I want to see more pics... ...holy rusted rotor Batman... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I can't even tell what he was trying to accomplish in that 1st pic. 1. You don't take the wheel off or lift the car when changing the front struts. 2. You don't use spring compressors when changing the front struts. 3. When compressing the spring, you're supposed to use a PAIR of spring compressors, 1 on each side. What was he trying to do? Anyway, I had that same thing happen when I took a strut cartridge out with the car on the ground... the strut tube wouldn't align with the hole. I decided to be a dumbass and see if turning the steering wheel would help align the strut with the hole. Instead, it caused the spring to pop out just like that. It was a mess. Anyway, I learned that a PVC pipe works a lot better to straighten the strut tube and some chunks of wood works better to keep it in place once moved into position with the PVC pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90TGP Posted July 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 The owner is part of the Michigan GP Club. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/462320 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigEpCutlass Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 The owner is part of the Michigan GP Club. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/462320 lol yea that rotor should be thrown in the scrap pile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudefyet Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 that's horrendus red and yellow togehter wanna make me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 ....you need sunglasses for the interior..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigEpCutlass Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 ....you need sunglasses for the interior..... fo shizzle my nizzle bizzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 That is one ugly Grand Prix! It looked good on his first page, and then the 2nd page... I totally was not expecting the owner to be a white guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I totally was not expecting the owner to be a white guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broan Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 It was even hideous 'stock'... those fog lights, bleech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 God damn that guy has no taste at all! Who the hell paints the inside of their glove box? Fisher Price ^^ I think that's kinda cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I do like the painted miniquads surround... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKELABZ Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 cool steering wheel though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broan Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Well, the guy has done a hell of a lot of work on the thing, it's just too bad he didn't spend his time better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90TGP Posted July 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'll probably be painting the inside of my glove box shortly. There's a stain on it that won't come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Fisher Price Exactly. If Fisher Price built cars, this is what it would look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKELABZ Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 the hood scoops are ridiculous. they look like they were super glued to the hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe2fast Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 dude if I was that guy I would not have posted those pics, The W-body struts are the easiest struts to change and he made them so hard... good old Chilton manuals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supreme_style21 Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Looks more like a Ronald McDonald car to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOut Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Fisher Price Exactly. If Fisher Price built cars, this is what it would look like. No, if Fisher Price built cars it would have been a second gen Lumina that got victimized, not an otherwise decent GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 i must laugh at his ability to use the KRYLON touch so sparatically "hrm lets see, the inside of my glove-box which no-one sees, i think i'll paint it BRIGHT FREAK'N YELLOW" under the hood doesn't look so good either, it's kinda a waste of 12.99 a can for that spray paint you know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKELABZ Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 you would think he would at least get brake pedals that matched.. instead he goes for BLUE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 When I grow up I want to buy clearance spraypaint cans and do up my interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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