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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:59 pm 
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Well I figured before we started doing too much to it I better get some pictures up of it. As most of you know yonkerse (Eric) is my brother and responsible for me getting this car. I did not give much attention to Bonnevilles or the 3800 until he got his a while back. After talking with him so much about his car, seeing it and riding in it I decided it was time to change my daily driver to one. The search then started, I wanted an '05 SLE, really liked the sporty look of this car but wanted the fuel mileage, ease of working on and dependability of the 3800. After this, I have never really been a fan of white vehicles (no offense to those with them), our SUV (Buick Rainier) is Silver, and my first truck was black. Black though awesome is so hard to keep looking that clean and shiny look. This basically left the Crimson Tintcoat and Graystone Metallic as colors I saw available off and on for sale. Of these I prefer the Greystone but Eric's car is this color and I preferred to be different if possible.

Well after looking for a while, we are able to located two '05 SLEs in the Crimson Tintcoat, the first we went and drove (was local about an hour away) and was a decent car but had the tan interior and a few mechanical issues. Could have repaired them but at the same time knew of the 2nd one. The 2nd one was about 4 1/2 hours away in Wisconsin, though at a dealership with all service records since new and 20k less miles.

After negotiating over the phone on price, Eric and I made the trip and bought that one.

Here is a shot from on the way home that Eric posted a while back:

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After owning the car for only a couple days, Eric pulled all the badges off as I was out of town and the modding bug started working....

How it sits right now, still mostly factory - just debadged and has GXP dash vents in place.

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I wanted to get these pictures up and start my car thread so I can keep track of how it progesses over time. Has just over 83k miles on it, was a hair under 80k when we bought it about 5 weeks ago.

Monday it goes in to have the windows tinted - 35% fronts, 20% rears. I have the GXP door bezels and handles to install yet.

In a couple weeks Eric and I are doing the LIM gasket change. When we have it apart to do this, we are also doing:

Intense Aluminum LIM
SureFix UIM
FWI that Eric had
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180 degree t-stat

If time allows that day we also will be dropping the tranny pan, changing the fluid and filter, installing a trans cooler, changing plugs, wires, front oxygen sensor and flushing the radiator to eliminate the dexcool.

Plenty of other mods are planned just need to see how / when I find the parts and get them here and ready to go on.

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That is one sweet looking color! Car looks great, hope to see it in person this summer :)

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:58 pm 
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I am sure I will be tagging along with Eric a bit this summer depending on schedules. Nothing else he will be helping me with some of the mods coming....

Funny thing, I prefer Eric's color and I think he prefers mine but both are very nice IMO.

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Car looks awesome Scott! Anxious to see the upcoming transformation! The tinted windows are going to look awesome on that color. Be sure to post pictures of it when its done!!

The mod bug is certainly easy to catch! :poke:

And at the pace your putting miles on it, you will beat me to 200K again! I just turned 110K! haha

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:37 pm 
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Thanks Eric! I will be sure to get up some pics of the tinting after the job is done on Monday.

The mod bug is even easier to catch when I see your car....

I have a pretty good idea what the final list of mods will include but won't let the cat out of the bag :)

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looks pretty good, always did love that color :banana:

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I LOVE it Scott! I'd have given my left kidney for an 05 SLE when I was shopping, this color is my favorite next to WGTC. Can't wait to see it!

For what it's worth, your brother trusted me behind the wheel of his last time... :poke:

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SO JEALOUS. Anyways. Car looks great, can't wait to see everything that you're going to do with it! Good luck on yours mods and I hope you'll make it down here and to meets with Eric!

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Thanks guys for all the compliments. I have been extremely happy with this purchase so far. I plan on it being here for a very long time!

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yonkerss wrote:
Thanks Eric! I will be sure to get up some pics of the tinting after the job is done on Monday.

The mod bug is even easier to catch when I see your car....

I have a pretty good idea what the final list of mods will include but won't let the cat out of the bag :)



Just a little heads up, the list of mods never gets shorter. Its kinda odd that as mods get completed, the list gets longer! haha. 10 days from today is when the car gets its first treatment with LIM gaskets, UIM, VC gaskets, trans pan drop and more!

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A very nice looking car indeed. Congrats!


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:03 am 
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Thanks guys! I should have more gxp stuff coming shortly for Eric's car and my car.... :)

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:15 pm 
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Windows got done on Monday, came out very nice and just what I wanted. 35% in the front, 20% for the rest. Here is a quick shot, did not get a chance to wash her before the pic.

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92 Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty In Odd Spots
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92 Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty In Odd Spots
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03 Park Avenue Ultra | 212K mi | White Diamond Met. w/ Shale Int. | Southern Time Capsule
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