CUTLASS Project Upggrayed - With two Gs for a double dose of G body pimpin'

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2drx4

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More "most lamest build thread evaaaar" updates.

I bought a cupholder thing. And it sucks.

It was this thing from Amazon:
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Which clearly isn't of any use because it's meant to go on a headrest for somebody in the back seat. But trust me, I'm an engineer!

Hacksaw fixed that:
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Bolted it through the bottom of the ashtray, because I didn't want to modify anything that would be obvious later. This way if I take it off I can just leave the screws in to plug the holes.
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It had a funky angle though that wasn't going to work...
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Having not left myself any option to attach it elsewhere or shim it, I resorted to the big ol' electric heat gun thingy to warm it up and gently reshape it:
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Obviously this is a horrible way to do this. However, I was already not super impressed with the product, so I figured why not. This plastic melts at a low enough temperature the whole thing might just melt if you park the car in the sun on a hot day though. I put some screws through the hinge on it too, as that seemed to help make it more rigid. I could reinforce it with some aluminum or whatnot, but I'm not really digging it enough to want to bother.

Installed:
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I hate it. It does hold a soda can reasonably well though. Or my phone. Not sure about nuggets and dipping sauce, it might not be up to the task. It's quite flimsy.

I think I'll look at other options, but Amazon.ca really didn't seem to have much that was super ideal from all my searching. And wow does my carpet look dirty in the last picture.
 
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tkruger

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I purchased a cup holder for my Monte Carlo from Mikes Montes that slides into the tracks the ash tray uses. Works well and the material covering matches the interior color of the car. Bought mine 6+ years ago and it has held up. Only issue is that large drinks block the radio controls. But for the stable solid feel and decent look I am OK with that.

 
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2drx4

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I purchased a cup holder for my Monte Carlo from Mikes Montes that slides into the tracks the ash tray uses. Works well and the material covering matches the interior color of the car. Bought mine 6+ years ago and it has held up. Only issue is that large drinks block the radio controls. But for the stable solid feel and decent look I am OK with that.

Looks like it's discontinued? Or out of stock?
 

2drx4

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May 28, 2022
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More numpty updates. I got sick of having two CDs that are okay at best, and a bunch that I hate, since I actually threw away most of my CD collection only a month before buying this car, which I guess was a mistake. However, the Pioneer head unit that is in this is absolutely worn out and constantly goes dead unless you wiggle the faceplate. So I dug out a Bluetooth/no CD head unit I knew I had around.

Very reassuring box for the product. You can tell it will be high quality.
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I thought the last guy actually had done a reasonable job of splicing the harness in. They had bought the actual adapter plug and everything. These heat shrinked lumps I had assumed were twisted together and soldered AKA lazy linesman's splice.
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I cut one open out of curiosity...
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Nope! No solder. Just twisted together. :rofl: Honestly I'm impressed, who has heat shrink, knows how to use it, but then thinks just twisting wires together is totally okay?

New splice job done with Raychems.
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Installed and working.
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Sound quality is much better than before... Not sure how much of that is due to not having the wires just twisted together. I'd assumed the speakers were going bad, but there's no evidence of that now. This head unit is definitely not high quality though, the volume knob is horrible right out of the box, and the UI is pretty stupid. However, I think it will do the job for the time being. If I do upgrade to something else I'll ditch the bulged double to single DIN adapter, since these Bluetooth only units are only a couple inches deep anyway.
 
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2drx4

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Not sure if it's kosher to share, but I make really bad Youtube videos on my projects. This is the one for this so far. If you read the thread then there's nothing in it to learn or care about.

 
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2drx4

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I finally ran out of luck on this. Transmission cooler line developed a pinhole leak, caught it before it ran low on fluid and THOUGHT all was good. Two days later she started slipping real bad, which may well have been entirely unrelated. I figured it was over anyway so I dumped a bottle of that Lucas transmission fix snake oil in it this morning, and actually it got a lot better... If anything 1st gear is better than it ever was. 2nd and 3rd however, not so.

So she's doneski.

But something followed me home a couple weeks ago...

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Oh, I've done no research for this swap and that truck is 4wd. I didn't buy it for this, but apparently this is a sign from god.
 
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mclellan83

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I finally ran out of luck on this. Transmission cooler line developed a pinhole leak, caught it before it ran low on fluid and THOUGHT all was good. Two days later she started slipping real bad, which may well have been entirely unrelated. I figured it was over anyway so I dumped a bottle of that Lucas transmission fix snake oil in it this morning, and actually it got a lot better... If anything 1st gear is better than it ever was. 2nd and 3rd however, not so.

So she's doneski.

But something followed me home a couple weeks ago...

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Oh, I've done no research for this swap and that truck is 4wd. I didn't buy it for this, but apparently this is a sign from god.
AWD G Body swap!!!!!!!!!!
Excited Season 2 GIF by The Office
 
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2drx4

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May 28, 2022
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AWD G Body swap!!!!!!!!!!
Excited Season 2 GIF by The Office
While that would be interesting... I think I'm going to pass on the basis I want to be driving it again sometime soonerish. :rofl:
 
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