What did you do to your G-Body today? [2011-2018]

[sixty7rs]

Those look good. Where did they come from?

Rock auto they even came with the ballstuds
https://www.rockauto.com/en/partsearch/?partnum=SG414012

 

[sixty7rs]

sixty7rs - got any other plans to complete the "sleeper" look?

Cheers - Gary

I was going for the rude awaking look....Here's my sleeper

 

[Injectedcutty]

Rock auto they even came with the ballstuds
https://www.rockauto.com/en/partsearch/?partnum=SG414012

Ha! I think those are the same as what I have on my cutlass with a glass hood.

 

[Injectedcutty]

I got my driver side headlight torn apart and everything cleaned up. It looks decent for being 30 years old! Now to decide whether to paint this or not.

 

[sixty7rs]

Ha! I think those are the same as what I have on my cutlass with a glass hood.

My hood is also fiberglass I think they'll only work with a fiberglass hood.... might be to weak for steal hood...

 

[Injectedcutty]

My hood is also fiberglass I think they'll only work with a fiberglass hood.... might be to weak for steal hood...

Agreed. When I converted mine I did a boatload of research on the force of struts, and what was adequate for a glass hood. My car is several miles away, but I believe mine are 80 or 100 ft lbs.

 

[oldsmobile joe]

Agreed. When I converted mine I did a boatload of research on the force of struts, and what was adequate for a glass hood. My car is several miles away, but I believe mine are 80 or 100 ft lbs.View attachment 71191

so would they work on a aluminum hood that weighs about 40lbs? would they be too strong? i know the factory lightened the springs for aluminum hoods.
joe

 

[Injectedcutty]

so would they work on a aluminum hood that weighs about 40lbs? would they be too strong? i know the factory lightened the springs for aluminum hoods.
joe

It's possible. I'm not sure the exact weight of my hood, but it has a steel frame in it. I'm sure it weighs 30lbs or more. I wanna say a steel hood requires 150+ lbs of force on the struts. I will check into the weight of my hood and follow up.

 

[Injectedcutty]

so would they work on a aluminum hood that weighs about 40lbs? would they be too strong? i know the factory lightened the springs for aluminum hoods.
joe

I looked my hood up....estimated weight is 30lbs. I would say the struts for glass hoods should work for aluminum hoods.

 

[motorheadmike]

Took it for a drive. It is slow and shitty - but, it feels good to drive it. Got lots of looks and comments.

Picked up 55L of gas just to find out the tank had rotted along the pinch seam. Cued to this by a puddle on the driveway as the tank was trying to lose $30 of my money on the ground. Punched a hole in the tank, got really high. Yanked the spare tank out of the other car, new sender, o-ring, and such. Boom. Done.

Now I just have to figure out why the engine sounds and is running like crap now.

I am so high.