Here's some pictures of that '04 Bonneville I found the other month with 39k on it. 41k miles on it now. After getting the maintenance and mechanical side caught up, I decided to have some fun with it. Put on new wheels and tires, did some paint correction and a basic ceramic coat, put in a new sound system, and tinted the windows. It's a fun car, I'm really enjoying it. It looks really good all cleaned up!

Here's how I found it:


Here's how it's looking now!






Interior:




Even added a sub :D

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2004 Bonneville SE, 40k miles
2003 LeSabre Custom, 227k miles
2018 Challenger T/A 392, 18k miles
Gone:
91 Bonneville LE
88 Bonneville LE

Looks good!!

It also looks like it is time to put in a dual exhaust set-up.....

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'02 Pontiac Bonneville SE 108,539 miles, N/A, SSEi exhaust system, boat roller mount. Gone, but not forgotten.
'13 Buick Regal GS 102k miles, 270 hp, 295 lb/ft, ZZP intake.
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Now that's not a bad idea..... I actually did replace the muffler too with a Magnaflow. Definitely sounds louder, but I wonder how much you can actually do on a NA 3800 car. I'd love to hear ideas.

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2004 Bonneville SE, 40k miles
2003 LeSabre Custom, 227k miles
2018 Challenger T/A 392, 18k miles
Gone:
91 Bonneville LE
88 Bonneville LE

Crazy that you would expect these pics to have been taken 15 years ago from the condition.

Looks good.

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95 SLE... a keeper. 241k miles. Low and Slow.
97 BMW 528i
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07 Ducati Monster S2R 800 with DS1000 swap
83 Yamaha IT175K
72 Yamaha DS7: '74 RD250 swap, JL chambers

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Thanks! The paint correction and ceramic coat really helped, though the paint was definitely still pretty good when I got it. Everything in the interior I did some thorough detailing work to get it nice. I also replaced the back trunk reflector with one from a junk yard car because the original had some damage in it.

I've told people it feels like a 2 year old car, not a 17 year old car. I'm lucky to have found it. My local mechanics I've had look at the car say it looks to have sat in a garage a lot.

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2004 Bonneville SE, 40k miles
2003 LeSabre Custom, 227k miles
2018 Challenger T/A 392, 18k miles
Gone:
91 Bonneville LE
88 Bonneville LE

Buffing out the paint makes a huge difference, especially on black. I did mine several months ago and the ceramic coating has kept it nice. Your car looks great.

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Resident Tightwad

Screw you, Photobucket.

Wow, what a beautiful example. Probably one of the cleanest SEs left! Looks great.

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles