BETTY RUMBLE - '87 Cutlass

[GP403]

Oh yeah, I bit the bullet and ordered up wheels and tires (backordered but for the price I'll wait!) ... parts to do a front end (steering linkage/control arm bushings) rebuild, spare belts, window motors, I think all the LED's except for the headlights, and I have all the parts now to do a rally-gauge swap and fix the noisy speedo cable.....

 

[Injectedcutty]

Oh yeah, I bit the bullet and ordered up wheels and tires (backordered but for the price I'll wait!) ... parts to do a front end (steering linkage/control arm bushings) rebuild, spare belts, window motors, I think all the LED's except for the headlights, and I have all the parts now to do a rally-gauge swap and fix the noisy speedo cable.....

Sweet, moving along. What wheels did you end up going with?

 

[GP403]

Finished for now. If anyone comes across the proper set of hangers let me know. This will have to work in the meantime. It's not that bad of a jerry-rig anyway. I removed the original hangers and just used the holes to attach these universal types, held to the pipe with a regular muffler clamp.. The other side looks basically the same.

The pipes/mufflers fit up pretty well. There might be some contact with the control arms, I can't really tell. I didn't hear any clunking around when I drove it.

Sounds 100% better than that big ugly can and single pipe. I think my TV cable must not be set right since its hard to get it to downshift. Inside the car while driving the difference is barely noticable. At idle its definitely better, especially when you play with the gas a bit.

All said I'm probably in for less than $400 on this, including the better clamps and assortment of hangers I bought to make this work. Would have only taken a couple of hours if not for hacksawing the muffler out and head-scratching about the hangers.

I should have done the shocks while I was in there but time ran out on me....

They could maybe sit a bit higher, and the right sticks out a bit more than the left... eh, take what I can get at this point.

 

[GP403]

Sweet, moving along. What wheels did you end up going with?

I went with the Hursts. Assuming the backorder holds and everything goes my way, I got the wheels and a set of Firehawks that were on clearance. Those vn501's are pretty but the price won me over.

 

[Injectedcutty]

Cool, i like the Hurst wheels too, just wasn't sure they would fit the overall theme of my cutlass when finished. Where did you end up finding the firehawks at? I've been torn on a couple tire brands. Preciated in advance!

 

[GP403]

Cool, i like the Hurst wheels too, just wasn't sure they would fit the overall theme of my cutlass when finished. Where did you end up finding the firehawks at? I've been torn on a couple tire brands. Preciated in advance!

Tire Rack. The whole package, mounted, balanced and delivered to my door came in at almost exactly $900. Hopefully it doesn't get canceled.

 

[GP403]

Rather than continue with this "UNNAMED" crap I'm naming this "Project Blue Book" just because it was something I came up with and its blue. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Injectedcutty]

Rather than continue with this "UNNAMED" crap I'm naming this "Project Blue Book" just because it was something I came up with and its blue. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Been awesome if it was black....project black book....the ride with a bunch of dirty sleeper secrets!

 

[SoFloG]

Did you purchase that radio recently? Looks to be about 2000 era

 

[GP403]

Did you purchase that radio recently? Looks to be about 2000 era

Yup, more or less, about 2002-3 I think. eBay special. The factory unit had a blown left channel and it was literally the only upgrade I could find that was a) cheap, b) fit the 1.5DIN hole, and c) had an easy AUX cable hookup. I'll admit its a compromise, but if something better comes along its an easy swap.