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Cleared my tails...

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And what a pain! But totally worth doing and I would do it again...
What do you think?
Pardon the uncleanliness of the car, it rained a lot here last night :roll:
Votes for who thinks I should find and put on a GXP spoiler? :bhuh:
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Re: Cleared my tails...

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:banana: :banana: :banana:

looks ten times better than the amber..you werent kidding about taking off your caps at work were you? :roll: :lol:

hell yes you need a GXP spoiler..and i hear you about the rain..my trucks almost clean again..almost :banghead:

EDIT: the cleared tails really compliment that badge you put on the trunk lid :beerchug:
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center caps?
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Andrew: :poke:
wake wrote:you werent kidding about taking off your caps at work were you? :roll: :lol:
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The place I work at is kinda ghetto... And now with working midnights there's no lot security whatsoever... I do NOT want to try to find a perfect set of 01 center caps...lol
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Re: Cleared my tails...

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hahaha! That sucks though...


The tails look awesome! I was wondering if you had received the package fine since I didn't hear from you. But they look great! And you go rid of that red thing on the bumper cover too, nice!
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LOL that is awesome... I have never heard of anyone removing their center caps for security!
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WhiteArrow3800 wrote:And you go rid of that red thing on the bumper cover too, nice!
I got sick of that old man reflective strip on the bumper cover months ago... I was almost afraid to touch it, but I just went for it and it went very well...
harofreak00 wrote:LOL that is awesome... I have never heard of anyone removing their center caps for security!
My friend had an 03 Envoy (modded :twisted: ) and at school he lost his center caps one day after I told him to take them off so they don't grow legs... The envoy centers are cheap and plentiful at only 100 bucks for a set... I'm sure you guys know how hard these centers can be to find, especially the 01's...
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[quote="SSEiMan01"]
Votes for who thinks I should find and put on a GXP spoiler? :bhuh:
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Looking great!!

Idk about the GXP spoiler, it will resemble a certain car I'm not really a fan of...
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looks great, I personally like the the 01 spoiler over the GXP, so IMO keep it original...and I don't blame you for taking the caps off, they a pain to get and expensive.
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wdean wrote:looks great, I personally like the the 01 spoiler over the GXP, so IMO keep it original...
I kinda feel the same, but after seeing some pictures of an 02-04 SLE IIRC, with a GXP spoiler, I kinda think it would look cool, and I have grown tired of how the SSEi spoiler drips water onto everything in my trunk when it opens after a wash or rain... Does this still happen with a GXP? to the same extent or a little more/ less? :dontknow:
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The lens look great! How do you separate the housing, remove the amber and re-seal the housings? :dontknow:
I wasn’t sure what a GXP spoiler was until I looked it up, but now that I’ve seen it I say go for it. My question is what’s it off of or is it aftermarket?
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I've never seen sleared tails! That looks sharp! I'd love to see that on a black Bonnie! Bet that also looks killer!
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i often see cars on sale lots without center caps. They either don't want them stolen, and took them off, or they were stolen.
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locowbl wrote:The lens look great! How do you separate the housing, remove the amber and re-seal the housings? :dontknow:
I wasn’t sure what a GXP spoiler was until I looked it up, but now that I’ve seen it I say go for it. My question is what’s it off of or is it aftermarket?
This is how I cleared mine, http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... =42&t=9349
The GXP spoiler is just a different piece than an SE/SLE/SSEi would have had from 00-05, the GXP had some different parts on them in terms of cosmetics, and most of them are interchangeable with the SE/SLE/SSEi.
Here is a good pic of Ed's showing the difference between an SSEi and a GXP spoiler;
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll28 ... e9bfea.jpg
The GXP has a three piece spoiler whereas the Ei's, SLE's, and SE's had the one like in my pics and on Ed's car (Blue one)
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The GXP spoiler is off of the 2004-2005 Bonneville GXP...
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I guess I've never seen one down here.
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She looks amazing. I need to get around to clearing them as well. I too must vote nay on the GXP spoiler. Just don't see it working with the swoopies. Call me weird. And man we sure are getting rained on a lot lately eh?
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Which method did you use ti clear the tails? The bake em open in the oven or the cut them from the back
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