Finally cleaned off all the winter grime with a nice deep cleaning. Also aimed my headlights up a touch. Still could probably use a re-do with FX-Rs though. Time will tell.
Need to replace my dash harness to regain my interior illumination, which means it'll be prime time to replace the ISS which is in real awful shape.
Gonna try and pound that dent out a little more. Andrew managed to get it out pretty decently on his Topaz Firemist flip a couple years back, which had a dent in the same spot. Still waiting on an answer for the GXP tails. Front end might get a respray sometime this summer if I can it done cheap through my work, which I should be able to. Brake calipers needs a repaint all around. Should probably do something about my gas door rust eventually. I guess that's up to how generous my boss will be.
Passenger seat is broken so I want to either find an 03+ heated one as a replacement or go get this one looked at somewhere. She will be getting a double DIN in the near future as well. Also got a whole bunch of Fatmat sound deadener and MLV sound insulation which will go in one of these boring weekends.
And a trans cooler. So many parts in my room. Should probably replace the fuel filter since it is original. The power steering system needs a flush too along with the brake system, since those are both still filled with original fluid. Trans will probably get a fluid change with a bottle of stopslip when the cooler goes in. Coolant needs flushing again too, didn't do a thorough enough job the first time. Could probably use an alignment after this awful winter and these craters Chicago calls streets.
Still really want to lower it, and find some GP GXP Alcoas. Unless some 18/20 inch TSW Nurburgrings fall into my lap with the right offset and tire. I peruse CL every day... Hahaha. My current tires probably won't be of any use next winter. Would be nice to have a dedicated winter and summer set up.
Other than that, just gotta keep wracking up the miles. Been climbing to 500+ a week recently. Hopefully nothing serious takes a dump anytime soon. Her 12th birthday is next month. Hard to believe almost. Sometime soon I'll break out my new Harbor Freight buffer and try to salvage this paint as best as I can. It did not have an easy winter, and I have deep scratches in some really random places that are through the paint down to bare metal. Oh well. DD status right? Here she is.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 241k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 96k miles

Looking good Carl! Sounds like you have good plans for Penny. What type headlight bulbs are you running?

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-Noah

Looks really good! Really hope to see you bring it to the MI meet!

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-Nick
'95 Grand Prix SE coupe 'Black Betty' gone but not forgotten- my 1st love
'99 Olds Alero GX Coupe the get me by beater- sold
'03 Bonneville SSEi 'Gina' Feb. '16 COTM | 35% tint | smoked tail lights | boat roller mount | carbon fiber accents | Silverline exhaust tips
Ziebart rust protection & undercoating | CompuStar Accustart | LED interior lighting
Intense shift kit | Intense FWI | 3" ZZP downpipe | RDI headers | 3.4 MPS | Autolite 104s | 180 deg t-stat | custom tune | ZZP high flow fuel filter | alum coolant elbows and LIM gaskets | much more to come…hopefully
'15 Buick Regal 2.0 Turbo AWD 259 HP | 10k miles | 2-way remote start | undercoating and window tint to come
'98 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 4x4 | 112k miles | S&B intake | garage ornament | more to come

I think I like this car more than my own somehow. It's reminding me how lazy I've gotten with mine.

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Will
05 Acura RL | 134k mi Grey/black | The Super-Hooptie
91 Buick Riviera | S2 L67 swap/4T60E | 124k mi | Antelope Beige Metallic w/Tan Int | Beat-up Beater / Cool Digital Dash
92 Pontiac Bonneville SSE | L67/4T60E | 75K mi | Med Slate Grey w/ Two-Tone Grey Int. | Low Miles Time Capsule / Storage Occupant
92 Chevy Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty Storage Occupant
03 Buick Park Avenue Ultra | L67/4T65E-HD | 197K | White Diamond Metallic w/Shale Int. | Rust Free Southern Sourced Storage Occupant
99 Chevy Tahoe LT | L31/4L65E | 246k mi | Spiral Grey Metallic w/Grey Int. | Daily Winter Rig / Tow Pig / Portable Concert Hall
04 Cadillac Seville STS | L37/4T80E | 216k mi | Red Jewel Tintcoat w/Shale Int. | Storage Occupant Too
05 Cadillac Deville | LD8/4T80E | 146k mi | Black w/Two Tone Tan Int. | Livery Pkg Daily

Thanks! Slowly but surely, getting it back up to par for myself. As for the headlights, I have a completely custom projector retrofit. First time for me so it's not perfect, but I may be able to get away without redoing these. Unless I can get a guaranteed buyer for them. But I won't deal with that till June or later.
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/comple ... 0KggihKZLQ




Don't see why not at this point. She should be coming this year.


This from the guy who just did a top end rebuild.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 241k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 96k miles

That silver looks so good! I'm with you on this harsh winter, as mine is looking almost as bad as when I first got it (the paint was almost grey). Looks like you have plans on getting her back in shape soon.

I know I was guilty of running the original fuel filter in my LeSabre, first changed it in '05!

And those headlights look so good too. Hoping to check yours and Will's out at the meet.

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- Greg | -- Project Prasinos -- |

1995 LeSabre Custom: 312K Miles | Custom K&N CAI | Edelbrock SDT Muffler | Camaro Tips | 180 T-stat | LED Interior
& Exterior | 20% Tint | PA Grill & Portholes | Limited Trim | GTP Rims | Ported LIM | Plus Many More Mods | Restoration Thread
2001 Bonneville SSEi: 225K Miles | Instense FWI | Intense MPS (3.4") | 180 T-stat | ZZP Plog | Ported Rear Manifold |
ZZP 3" Downpipe | Magnaflow Cat | Retrofitted HIDs | GenV M90 | GXP Brake Upgrade | 35% Tint | Plus Many More Mods |
2005 Bonneville GXP: 101K Miles | Custom FWI
2009 G8 GT: 89K Miles | 35% Tint | Roto-Fab CAI | SOLO Mach Exhaust | BMR Tunnel Brace | BMR Sub Frames | BMR STB |
Kooks Headers | QTP Electric Cutouts | BMR Sway Bars | Elite Engineering Catch Can | Innovative Dual Wideband Kit
1984 Caprice Classic Wagon: 86K Miles | Restoration Project

Yeah, my paint isn't super smooth to the touch and overall could probably be a lot more shiny! Seems a bit more matte than it should.

My dad didn't do anything to her when he was driving her short of oil changes. So sometimes I still find myself catching up on that. It would probably be wise to replace the fuel filter particularly since I like to run my tank down to absolute fumes. But combined with the recent cold weather and heavy work load in school, I've been operating heavily on "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 241k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 96k miles

I was referencing how insanely filthy my car is right now... I plan to wash it this week and do a thorough job of it and take some pictures showing how aged she actually is, along with the mods I've done, specifically interior stuff. But with rain and work we'll see how it works out. Also once I move we can work on my left headlight to where we're satisfied with it.

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Will
05 Acura RL | 134k mi Grey/black | The Super-Hooptie
91 Buick Riviera | S2 L67 swap/4T60E | 124k mi | Antelope Beige Metallic w/Tan Int | Beat-up Beater / Cool Digital Dash
92 Pontiac Bonneville SSE | L67/4T60E | 75K mi | Med Slate Grey w/ Two-Tone Grey Int. | Low Miles Time Capsule / Storage Occupant
92 Chevy Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty Storage Occupant
03 Buick Park Avenue Ultra | L67/4T65E-HD | 197K | White Diamond Metallic w/Shale Int. | Rust Free Southern Sourced Storage Occupant
99 Chevy Tahoe LT | L31/4L65E | 246k mi | Spiral Grey Metallic w/Grey Int. | Daily Winter Rig / Tow Pig / Portable Concert Hall
04 Cadillac Seville STS | L37/4T80E | 216k mi | Red Jewel Tintcoat w/Shale Int. | Storage Occupant Too
05 Cadillac Deville | LD8/4T80E | 146k mi | Black w/Two Tone Tan Int. | Livery Pkg Daily

Yeah, I really want to give my car a good cleaning, inside and out. I polished my hood yesterday, but that was more of a test. The floor on my driver side interior is a complete mess, mostly from this winter. Need to give the carpet and mats a good cleaning.

But I know the feeling with the paint. Mine has a very matte look and sandblasted feel. This winter has sucked.

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- Greg | -- Project Prasinos -- |

1995 LeSabre Custom: 312K Miles | Custom K&N CAI | Edelbrock SDT Muffler | Camaro Tips | 180 T-stat | LED Interior
& Exterior | 20% Tint | PA Grill & Portholes | Limited Trim | GTP Rims | Ported LIM | Plus Many More Mods | Restoration Thread
2001 Bonneville SSEi: 225K Miles | Instense FWI | Intense MPS (3.4") | 180 T-stat | ZZP Plog | Ported Rear Manifold |
ZZP 3" Downpipe | Magnaflow Cat | Retrofitted HIDs | GenV M90 | GXP Brake Upgrade | 35% Tint | Plus Many More Mods |
2005 Bonneville GXP: 101K Miles | Custom FWI
2009 G8 GT: 89K Miles | 35% Tint | Roto-Fab CAI | SOLO Mach Exhaust | BMR Tunnel Brace | BMR Sub Frames | BMR STB |
Kooks Headers | QTP Electric Cutouts | BMR Sway Bars | Elite Engineering Catch Can | Innovative Dual Wideband Kit
1984 Caprice Classic Wagon: 86K Miles | Restoration Project

We don't have a lot of work left with it. It's amazing how much easier it is to work on anything car related when it isn't 12 degrees.


I also have what looks like a 4th grade science experiment happening in the driver side carpet area. Lots of salt and stuff, crystalized into little mountains. The sheer amount of salt and grime this winter overwhelmed my winter mats. Looks like Penny is gonna get a Haro style clean up this summer.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 241k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 96k miles

That's like the drivers side of the 'Burb. It hardened and crystalized someway, somehow...

Anyway, glad to see the stitch marks are still on the front.

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Retired Bonneville Owner and former GM Tech:
2004 Pontiac Bonneville GXP: Black/Ebony *SOLD*

Summer Toys: Combined 827 RWHP / 877lb/ft RWTQ
2004 Pontiac GTO: Impulse Blue Metallic/Black/M6: lots 'o mods, 415 RWHP / 405lb/ft RWTQ!
2006 Cadillac STS-V: Light Platinum Metallic/Light Gray/A6 - Spectre CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Speed Inc. tune, 412 RWHP / 472lb/ft RWTQ

Daily Drivers:
2015 Chrysler Town & Country Limited Platinum: Mommy's NEW RGC
2007 Chrysler Town & Country Limited: Daddy's beater affectionately called the Rolling Garbage Can or "RGC" for short
2009 Pontiac G8 GT: L76, Sport Red Metallic
2009 Chevrolet Impala SS: LS4 V8, Victory Red
2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500: Doeskin Tan - 8.1L Big Block... new plow truck
1999 Chevrolet Suburban: Sunset Gold Metallic - Daddy's winter beater and plow truck

Yeah, I've got to gut my interior, again, so I'm giving the carpets another good cleaning. I need to find a way to get those mats looking black again.

I could imagine it being worse up there in Chicagoland.

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- Greg | -- Project Prasinos -- |

1995 LeSabre Custom: 312K Miles | Custom K&N CAI | Edelbrock SDT Muffler | Camaro Tips | 180 T-stat | LED Interior
& Exterior | 20% Tint | PA Grill & Portholes | Limited Trim | GTP Rims | Ported LIM | Plus Many More Mods | Restoration Thread
2001 Bonneville SSEi: 225K Miles | Instense FWI | Intense MPS (3.4") | 180 T-stat | ZZP Plog | Ported Rear Manifold |
ZZP 3" Downpipe | Magnaflow Cat | Retrofitted HIDs | GenV M90 | GXP Brake Upgrade | 35% Tint | Plus Many More Mods |
2005 Bonneville GXP: 101K Miles | Custom FWI
2009 G8 GT: 89K Miles | 35% Tint | Roto-Fab CAI | SOLO Mach Exhaust | BMR Tunnel Brace | BMR Sub Frames | BMR STB |
Kooks Headers | QTP Electric Cutouts | BMR Sway Bars | Elite Engineering Catch Can | Innovative Dual Wideband Kit
1984 Caprice Classic Wagon: 86K Miles | Restoration Project

Maybe I'll take a pic.

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Retired Bonneville Owner and former GM Tech:
2004 Pontiac Bonneville GXP: Black/Ebony *SOLD*

Summer Toys: Combined 827 RWHP / 877lb/ft RWTQ
2004 Pontiac GTO: Impulse Blue Metallic/Black/M6: lots 'o mods, 415 RWHP / 405lb/ft RWTQ!
2006 Cadillac STS-V: Light Platinum Metallic/Light Gray/A6 - Spectre CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Speed Inc. tune, 412 RWHP / 472lb/ft RWTQ

Daily Drivers:
2015 Chrysler Town & Country Limited Platinum: Mommy's NEW RGC
2007 Chrysler Town & Country Limited: Daddy's beater affectionately called the Rolling Garbage Can or "RGC" for short
2009 Pontiac G8 GT: L76, Sport Red Metallic
2009 Chevrolet Impala SS: LS4 V8, Victory Red
2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500: Doeskin Tan - 8.1L Big Block... new plow truck
1999 Chevrolet Suburban: Sunset Gold Metallic - Daddy's winter beater and plow truck

So bout those GXP Alcoas i have a friend with a full set of his 08 GXP. They even have decemt tires i believe.

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-Austin-
1988 LE, Intercooled L67 loading......

2000 SSEi R.I.P. Dead now :( INTENSE FWI, polished LIM, P&P supercharger, custom radiator, standalone trans cooler, trans-go shift kit (donating to the 88)

2002 2500HD Silverado with the 8.1 Vortec and Alison tranny. Likes to eat GT Mustangs and lots of tires, and all while stock!

Oh, Carl, I trust you stopped in and shopped while parked in the lot of the first picture. Your contribution will go towards the intercooler upgrade I wish to do to the Caddy.

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Retired Bonneville Owner and former GM Tech:
2004 Pontiac Bonneville GXP: Black/Ebony *SOLD*

Summer Toys: Combined 827 RWHP / 877lb/ft RWTQ
2004 Pontiac GTO: Impulse Blue Metallic/Black/M6: lots 'o mods, 415 RWHP / 405lb/ft RWTQ!
2006 Cadillac STS-V: Light Platinum Metallic/Light Gray/A6 - Spectre CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Speed Inc. tune, 412 RWHP / 472lb/ft RWTQ

Daily Drivers:
2015 Chrysler Town & Country Limited Platinum: Mommy's NEW RGC
2007 Chrysler Town & Country Limited: Daddy's beater affectionately called the Rolling Garbage Can or "RGC" for short
2009 Pontiac G8 GT: L76, Sport Red Metallic
2009 Chevrolet Impala SS: LS4 V8, Victory Red
2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500: Doeskin Tan - 8.1L Big Block... new plow truck
1999 Chevrolet Suburban: Sunset Gold Metallic - Daddy's winter beater and plow truck

If you bring it in June we may have to take a ride at night so I can check those bad boys out. Might take them off your hands if you like. How much are they worth to ya? We could just swap and you'd have a stock set to work with again.

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-Nick
'95 Grand Prix SE coupe 'Black Betty' gone but not forgotten- my 1st love
'99 Olds Alero GX Coupe the get me by beater- sold
'03 Bonneville SSEi 'Gina' Feb. '16 COTM | 35% tint | smoked tail lights | boat roller mount | carbon fiber accents | Silverline exhaust tips
Ziebart rust protection & undercoating | CompuStar Accustart | LED interior lighting
Intense shift kit | Intense FWI | 3" ZZP downpipe | RDI headers | 3.4 MPS | Autolite 104s | 180 deg t-stat | custom tune | ZZP high flow fuel filter | alum coolant elbows and LIM gaskets | much more to come…hopefully
'15 Buick Regal 2.0 Turbo AWD 259 HP | 10k miles | 2-way remote start | undercoating and window tint to come
'98 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 4x4 | 112k miles | S&B intake | garage ornament | more to come

Penny is still all goth chick and looks good...

Carl....Finish that hood.

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Boost addict


The Fleet:
'93 SSEi - Twincharged + manual Build thread
'97 Camaro - Top swap
'05 STS - V8, AWD, her DD
'92 Trofeo - Fair weather DD
'99 Montana - top swap 3800
'04 Sierra 2500HD - LLY Duramax

Current project:
Something cool, trust me.

Upcoming projects:
'92 Bonneville SSE
'87 LeSabre T-type
'67 LeSabre

Gone to greener pastures:
'84 Sierra Classic - Twin turbo 3800
'97 LeSabre - Top swap

RIP:
'86 LeSabre - pictures
'93 SE - L67

Looks good for a DD. Gas door rot is not that bad considering it sees Chicago winters.

Those zipties though..

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2009 Chevy Silverado 2500HD crew cab, 6.0, Z71. The project mover.
2002 Regal GS: 3.4 pulley, E85, and quicker than my old 99
1982 Pontiac Grand Prix L67, T56, GT45, T56, Holley EFI; It's pretty quick Mod list here

What gas door rot? Lmfao

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Will
05 Acura RL | 134k mi Grey/black | The Super-Hooptie
91 Buick Riviera | S2 L67 swap/4T60E | 124k mi | Antelope Beige Metallic w/Tan Int | Beat-up Beater / Cool Digital Dash
92 Pontiac Bonneville SSE | L67/4T60E | 75K mi | Med Slate Grey w/ Two-Tone Grey Int. | Low Miles Time Capsule / Storage Occupant
92 Chevy Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty Storage Occupant
03 Buick Park Avenue Ultra | L67/4T65E-HD | 197K | White Diamond Metallic w/Shale Int. | Rust Free Southern Sourced Storage Occupant
99 Chevy Tahoe LT | L31/4L65E | 246k mi | Spiral Grey Metallic w/Grey Int. | Daily Winter Rig / Tow Pig / Portable Concert Hall
04 Cadillac Seville STS | L37/4T80E | 216k mi | Red Jewel Tintcoat w/Shale Int. | Storage Occupant Too
05 Cadillac Deville | LD8/4T80E | 146k mi | Black w/Two Tone Tan Int. | Livery Pkg Daily