project: 2000 SSEi (green)

[SLEking]

when you guys all talk of the magic eraser, do you mean the mr clean stuff found down the household chemicals aisle at for example wal mart? or am way out of the ball park?

[00Beast]

Yup, the standard Mr. Clean magic eraser. Not the special ones. Any of the off brand ones will work too, as they're all made with the same material.

[L36Pontiac]

as always awesome work.

[labonnevillastrangiato]

Good Lord, Andrew. That swapped interior looks amazing.
I had to flip back to page one to refresh my memory.

With the projects on the go, how do you prioritize which car to work on? Whichever you think will be ready to hit the market first?

Can't wait to see the finished product!

Adam

[GoldenBullet]

Any idea when the car(s) will be ready for sale?

[Lanaue]

How long did it take you to swap the interior? Thats look like a lot of parts.

[00Beast]

I'm guessing it was 6 hours to gut and 6-7 to re-install everything. The longest part is dismantling the whole dash. The seats and stuff come out relatively quickly compared to the dash.

[harofreak00]

Any idea when the car(s) will be ready for sale?

hopefully by the end of the month.

I did a walk around yesterday of everything left that I need to do:
polish headlights
install arrowhead on bumper
replace broken foglight
de-pinstripe
remount passenger rocker molding
touchup paint
replace rear passenger wheelwell
install driver door molding
fix interior lights
clean engine and install cover
program remote

I'm guessing it was 6 hours to gut and 6-7 to re-install everything. The longest part is dismantling the whole dash. The seats and stuff come out relatively quickly compared to the dash.

Nah, cut that in half. Only 3 hours to remove, and 3 hours to reinstall. The dash isn't as bad as you'd think, about 30 minutes tops. On the reinstall, I spend more time cleaning up all the individual parts than actually installing them.

[WhiteArrow3800]

[Jim W]

I like that interior swap. I'm sure you don't get tired of hearing "job well done" ...so far

[SAMzGXP]

so i was wondering, do you even have your eyes open when you take a Bonne apart now?

how many have you done so far
?

[harofreak00]

Yes, eyes are still required. Sure makes it difficult when my fingers are frozen though.

A few.

I pulled off the headlights yesterday to polish them. I noticed that the driver side was full of condensation, and there was a large crack in the back of the house. I called up a local yard and they had a headlight in stock for $40 with a badly fogged lens. I bought it and restored it.

Here is the original light


This is the new light, after a polish. Before the polish, it was worse than the original. Turned out great.

[harofreak00]

Just dropped off the car to have the rear bumper resprayed for $200. While its in the warm shop, I'll install the driver door cladding, put on a new arrowhead on the front bumper cover, de-pinstripe it, and do some overall polishing.

[charged]

Andrew,(Im guessing your name is) Dude your amazing,My pc is slow as hell ,so hard to see the pics,but just by reading it...YOUR A BONNEVILLE GOD! ........So glad I joind this Club!!

[Lanaue]

Hay Haro what did you use to clean/polish em with?

[1oldman]

I believe you can find new carpet for about $100. I would love some of the interior pieces/parts, but yours is too new.

[harofreak00]

Hay Haro what did you use to clean/polish em with?

400, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 grit wet sandpaper and then a quick polish with some Menerza's.

I believe you can find new carpet for about $100. I would love some of the interior pieces/parts, but yours is too new.

$100? maybe someaftermarket carpet that doesn't fit right. New carpet from GM is crazy expensive.

Front section is $600+ and rear section is $300+.

http://www.compnine.com/index.php?u=1&y ... rouptype=B

[1oldman]

I followed your link to the web site. I went to 1992 HY.HZ LAMPS/REAR. The drawing shows the tail light lens to be a three piece assembly. Mine are cracked and delaminating (with the exception of the left rear quarter panel as it was broken in an accident & replaced). Can these lenses be disassembled repaired and re-assembled? If so how, as these are expensive and put a hole in my “budget”. (ha-ha) Thanks -BC

[harofreak00]

Try to stay on topic here. If you what to discuss this further, start a new topic please.

As far as getting replacement taillight lens for a 92 from the dealer... good luck. Your car is 18 years old. Parts are normally only stocked for 10 years or so.

JWikoff has some nice lights forsale though: http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... 1&start=20

[2000Silverbullet]

The grey interior with the green is very unique looking. I like it.

I'm so used to green with a tan interior I'm surprized it looks good in grey.

When I factory ordered my Firebird I custom ordered the tan interior with the marine blue exterior. I like it and that's all that matters to me.

I would never have ordered the Silver Bonne with a tan interior though.