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  1. montecarlo-ts

    Sandpaper

    if you have real deep scratches you can use spot filler putty. its more fluid than regular body filler/bondo so you can fill the scratches and and not have a lot of filler to sand off
  2. montecarlo-ts

    Sandpaper

    400 may be too much for finish work. depending on what your spraying, metallic or anything like it, the deeper sand scratches will affect the metal flakes. 600/800 the lowest before paint. 600 wet is what i remember. its been a few years since i did body work but below that you might see the...
  3. montecarlo-ts

    Sandpaper

    what do you mean pattern of sandpaper? you want to sand in a X like pattern with a good sanding block. step up grit around 100 intervals, finish grit is 600/800 before paint if i remember correctly. body filler is sanded in 80 grit, if your just sanding old paint to respray you just need to...
  4. montecarlo-ts

    regal w/grand prix front end

    its pathetic to even argue the point. no ones going to change the other sides view so why keep going on about it or bringing up the term. i signed up for some knowledge about g bodies. i found some knowledge, tried to give some and was out. big rims arent the majority of this boards cup of tea...
  5. montecarlo-ts

    regal w/grand prix front end

    you all look pathetic bickering over rim size and the meaning of donk. i signed up on the board a year ago and you all were doing the same stuff, so i quit coming here till a week ago. the guy likes big rims, so what. i like big rims, but i like my car sitting on the ground. who really cares...
  6. montecarlo-ts

    regal w/grand prix front end

    you all look pathetic bickering over rim size and the meaning of donk. i signed up on the board a year ago and you all were doing the same stuff, so i quit coming here till a week ago. the guy likes big rims, so what. i like big rims, but i like my car sitting on the ground. who really cares...
  7. montecarlo-ts

    pro built automatics

    i was just looking for a time frame from order to door step. i ordered about a month ago and i havent heard anything other than the email of the invoice i got the day i ordered. called 3 times, emailed, no response. so i was in the dark thinking im getting ripped off, but ive only heard good...
  8. montecarlo-ts

    pro built automatics

    i ordered from pro built already and havent heard anything since i received the paid for invoice. emailed and called already so thats my problem. debating if i need to go though the credit card and get my money back
  9. montecarlo-ts

    pro built automatics

    no one? alright, anyone gone through bowtie overdrives or any of the online transmission dealers? how long from the date you ordered it to the day you recieved it? a week, 2 weeks, more than a month?
  10. montecarlo-ts

    pro built automatics

    anyone dealt with them? http://www.700r4l60e.com/
  11. montecarlo-ts

    85 monte ls Bumper covers

    plastic welding if they are made of it. harbor freight sells a plastic welder for cheap. you just have to clean up the area and v it out for the plastic weld to sit in, then finish sand it.
  12. montecarlo-ts

    Very frustrated with my stereo...

    ive never owned a pioneer to 2nd that but its probably the easiest solution and the problem
  13. montecarlo-ts

    Very frustrated with my stereo...

    it could be alot of things. are the new plug wires a resister type? id try the noise filter or a copper strap from the fire wall to hood. check here and try these steps if you havent already gone through them http://www.ccrane.com/library/car-radio ... 11.02.aspx
  14. montecarlo-ts

    DixieMonteCarlo - Good Vendor ???

    anyone know where to get the plastic trim clips for the chrome on the sides of monte carlo ls's? specifically passenger fender before and behind wheel openeing. ive only seen them at dixiemontecarlo but if ill never get them i dont want to place the order
  15. montecarlo-ts

    BIG subs in a geo!

    enter that in a db contest. i had 4 12's in a custom fiberglass box in my monte carlo. box was molded in and took up the whole trunk. it hit hard enough to shake the dash loose/broke my glove box. then i put the 350 engine in it and it doubled as 400 pound traction bars. ripped it all out...
  16. montecarlo-ts

    speedometer is off

    tire size would throw it off. i dont know what causes mine to be off but since i put in my last th350 the speedometer wont go over 45 even if im going 80. maybe something isnt hooked up right.
  17. montecarlo-ts

    finally got a few pics up..

    are they uploaded to a picture hosting site or did you just upload them from your camara to your computer and thats it? if the latter you need to upload them from your computer to this site or photobucket and get the link from the uploaded pics properties afterwards. should look like a web...
  18. montecarlo-ts

    Vehicles you kick yourself for getting rid of

    im lucky enough to still own every vehicle ive had,all 2 of them, but i could kick my brother for selling his regal. it was an 84 i think, bucket seats and console car. he never got it on the road because of title issues and sold it to a junk yard for 100 $'s after 3 months trying to
  19. montecarlo-ts

    Stupid Laws

    in daytona beach its illegal to sunbathe beside your car but legal to sunbathe infront of it
  20. montecarlo-ts

    L98 should i bother building it

    yeah ive heard the l98's are 2 bolt mains, i havent dropped the pan to check myself. 400 hp or near that is good enough. id like to build a lsx block but that wouldnt be an option for years. im just looking to step up what i have for cheap but with the right parts. i dont know alot about engines...

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