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Cleaned up the extra set of bent 5s I have laying around, they look perfect on this car! Going to do a full detail on it yet also, I haven't even cleaned up the interior at all yet, been way too cold
Purchased for $500, swapped in a used ICM and coils I had laying around to get it running, changed the oil and I have driven it ever since. Swapped the drivers side wheel bearing last weekend, it was really bad! Just noticed today the front ball joints are shot so looks like control arms are in the very near future. The more I drive it, the better the MPG that I get too. My Scangauge II only keeps average on a per trip basis, but last night on the way home from work, including warm up time and all, I averaged 32 MPG on that trip! No complaints there
Ryan 2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD! 2002 Bonneville SE - The MuttComplete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD 2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH 1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one
MattStrike wrote:It was the worst week of my life! *pause, drinks beer... smiles* But I'm better now!
Will
91 Riviera | S2 L67 Swap/4T60E | 127K mi | Antelope Met. w/ Tan Int. | Saved From Death By Crusher
92 Bonneville SSE | L67/4T60E | 77K mi | Med Slate Grey w/ Two-Tone Grey Int. | Low Miles Time Capsule
92 Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty In Odd Spots
99 Tahoe LT | L31/4L65E | 276k mi | Spiral Grey Metallic w/Grey Int. | Truck for Truck Things and Portable Concert Hall
02 Bonneville SSEi | 171k mi | Black w/Neutral Int. | Backup and road trip car
03 Park Avenue Ultra | 212K mi | White Diamond Met. w/ Shale Int. | Southern Time Capsule
05 Acura RL | 165K mi | Carbon Grey Pearl w/Ebony Int. | The Super-Hooptie Daily
Looks absolutely beautiful! I love the style of the dual exhaust and the tips too.
1999 Pontiac Bonneville SE- Stored -All stock, Sony CDX-GT570UP HU w/ Scosche HD 6.5"'s front/Alpine S 6x9 rear, 153,000 miles
1996 Pontiac Bonneville SE- Now a parts car - HAI, Muffler Delete, Summit Y-pipe, 250,000 miles
1997 Pontiac Firebird - DD - 3800 Series II, Cold air intake/FWI, Y87 Package, Sony DSX-S100 Digital Media Reciever, 180,000 miles
3800SERIESII wrote:Looks absolutely beautiful! I love the style of the dual exhaust and the tips too.
X2. Can't remember...was that already on there and was it already tinted? Looks really good, can't wait for it to undergo one of your spectacular details. Gotta love that MPG too....when you can have the power & comfort of that, who would want to drive a buzzy little compact 4 banger?
~Ben
2010 Chrysler 300 Touring Signature Series, Cool Vanilla - chrome 18's, MyGig touchsreen, all the toys. 2004 Chevy Avalanche LT 4x4, WBH, Arrival Blue Metallic - CAI, MBRP cat-back exhaust, lots of mods and all the options. 2004 Ford Mustang Premium convertible, Screaming Yellow - 18" staggered Bullitt wheels, 1.5" drop Eibach springs, CAI. 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 Brougham, Antigua Blue - 23 ft, 5200 lbs, and 472 cubes of luxo-barge goodness. 1998 Chevy Corvette convertible, Light Carmine Red Metallic
Thanks guys! I can't wait to get the paint cleaned up and no swirls in it, I didn't realize until yesterday that this is a metallic paint and how good it really looks when the light hits it just right. That will look so much better without any swirls in the way!
The tint and duals were already on the car, all I have done so far is fix the nasty hazed up passenger side headlight. I will be tinting the tails and GXP cloning the headlights soon too, also thinking about color matching the chrome around the grill as well as the chrome strips on the side to match the paint.
Yes, I still have the ssei too, we just took it to New York over Easter weekend, and now it sits at 245,000 miles. It also gets driven daily, Heather drives that, I drive the SE, the Z71, or the Cutlass when it's nice.
Ryan 2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD! 2002 Bonneville SE - The MuttComplete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD 2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH 1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one
MattStrike wrote:It was the worst week of my life! *pause, drinks beer... smiles* But I'm better now!
crash93ssei wrote:Thanks guys! I can't wait to get the paint cleaned up and no swirls in it, I didn't realize until yesterday that this is a metallic paint and how good it really looks when the light hits it just right. That will look so much better without any swirls in the way!
The tint and duals were already on the car, all I have done so far is fix the nasty hazed up passenger side headlight. I will be tinting the tails and GXP cloning the headlights soon too, also thinking about color matching the chrome around the grill as well as the chrome strips on the side to match the paint.
Yes, I still have the ssei too, we just took it to New York over Easter weekend, and now it sits at 245,000 miles. It also gets driven daily, Heather drives that, I drive the SE, the Z71, or the Cutlass when it's nice.
Whoa! I didn't realize it had that many miles on it! Still looks amazing (and what wouldn't with your detailing work).
Soon hopefully I too will be swapping between the SSEi and my Z71...as soon as the roads get washed off more. Rain coming tomorrow! Yay!
Matthew
1998 Chevy K1500 Silverado Z71 ECSB L31 -- project/toy
1998 Chevy S10 ZR2 ECSB L35 5spd -- winter truck
2002 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi -- stock (trying to keep it that way...we'll see...)
Yea, the SSEi and this SE both have a pile of miles on them, 245k on the SSEi and 242K on the SE. Unfortunately though, the SSEi is starting to rust really bad under the gas door :( I try to hide it as much as I can with touch up paint, but there is a fairly large area under the gas door that is completely rusted out and no original paint at all left Some of it has even completely rusted through the panel! What makes it even worse is that GM did such a crap job painting the car to begin with (you can literally see the primer under the base coat, that's how thin it is!) that the touch up paint looks nice and deep black while now the factory paint around it almost looks brown / gray.
The SE though, even with all those miles just shows absolutely zero signs of rust anywhere. Nothing around the gas door, nothing underneath, nothing under the hood and not even under the headlights on that frame section where I noticed that they all seem to start to rust out. I am thinking this was a southern car most of it's life.
Ryan 2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD! 2002 Bonneville SE - The MuttComplete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD 2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH 1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one
MattStrike wrote:It was the worst week of my life! *pause, drinks beer... smiles* But I'm better now!
Midnight0000 wrote:The chrome wheels are what that car needed. You might want to hide the keys from me hehehe
I had no idea who posted this at all and thought it was pretty weird for a first post... turns out it's my dad
Ryan 2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD! 2002 Bonneville SE - The MuttComplete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD 2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH 1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one
MattStrike wrote:It was the worst week of my life! *pause, drinks beer... smiles* But I'm better now!
Midnight0000 wrote:The chrome wheels are what that car needed. You might want to hide the keys from me hehehe
I had no idea who posted this at all and thought it was pretty weird for a first post... turns out it's my dad
In this case, I wish I was your dad. You should be glad I'm not - lmao! car looks absolutely fantastic - BC
In Memory of Brad - 1/21/1977 .. 10/23/2013 ...... Aaron - 1977 .. 2017 .....
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport ..... 1992 Bonneville SSE 1SB 170 HP L27 4T60E retired/sold to MattStrike ..... 2005 Bonneville SE 1SC 205 HP L36 4T65E - retired/salvage yard ..... PBCF user 2321
