What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2020]

[Local Hero]

The pictures are a day apart.

Rust bubbles..... lots of that was just where the paint is worn thin. I quick hit with the buffer and some Wizard heavy cut compound took it right away followed by a coat of cheap wax. Full disclosure: other spots required some touch up. But since it's only my beater (see pictures of my other, much nicer stuff) gloss white Rustoleum on a small brush makes it look good enough for pictures and 50 feet away. 😗

I suppose eventually I might take it all down, fix the hundreds of dents and blast a cheap Maaco type job on it at home.

 

[Marcel1971]

Installed a new door jamb switch. Unfortunally it didn’t fit so i had to tap new thread . Installed the switch but still didn’t work. After placing a ring behind the switch things worked fine. This supposed to be a plug and play switch 😬

 

[superbon54]

Got the carpet started finally after I got my Air Ride to link up with my phone, got the sides cut down and all but one of the front driver seat holes cut in it. I was also doing some painting on trim which turned into also finishing something for the bathroom at the same time since it was using the same color.
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What’s the story on the horn button? The pic is a little grainy but the emblem looks sweet!

 

[axisg]

broke down and bought a new battery for it today. Last one was dated 2014. Dropped it in today and it cranks good now. I checked the vitals and noticed the overflow was..... empty. Checked the rad and it's 6" down from the top. If it's not one thing......

I figure the intake gasket let go ( again ). It did this a couple years back when I did the cam swap too. It is so much happier when I DD it. The last 2 years with low miles seems to make it grumpy and break stuff 🙂

 

[fleming442]

I actually drove it today. This work from home crap has put a major damper on Pig fun in triple digits.

 

[Gonzo1970]

Pre-Posting this, because it will be done tomorrow morning, and I will be out of pocket, even more than I have been lately...

1986 Grand Prix LE - Stock was 14" Rims, Rally Tuned (Y99 Option Code - basically heavy duty springs, shocks, and stabilizer bars F and R - a whole $50 at the time)


Currently Running:

Front:
Cragar SS 15" 15x8 - 215-65-15 RWL Cooper Cobras

Rear:
Cragar SS 15" 15x10 - 255-60-15 RWL Cooper Cobras

That gave it a nice minimal stance, with no rubbing in the front, but the rear, on a good Dip, will hit the quarter.. but the springs are just wore out. 4 people in the car, the rear rubs badly... (enough to eject two passengers, but thats another story)

I originally put Regular Monroe shocks on it and didnt like them... still bouncy, but thats probably the springs having more to do with that than anything.


Installing in the morning:

Moog 5608 Front Springs
Monroe Load Adjusting Shocks 58270

Moog 6321 Rear Springs
Monroe Load Adjusting Shocks 58411


Hopefully, that makes things a little nicer.. we shall see.

-Gonz

 

[Ribbedroof]

Pretty sure Monroes are low pressure gas, Gabriel and KYB both have high pressure gas shocks. I like the KYB, inexpensive and work well.

 

[pontiacgp]

Pre-Posting this, because it will be done tomorrow morning, and I will be out of pocket, even more than I have been lately...

1986 Grand Prix LE - Stock was 14" Rims, Rally Tuned (Y99 Option Code - basically heavy duty springs, shocks, and stabilizer bars F and R - a whole $50 at the time)


Currently Running:

Front:
Cragar SS 15" 15x8 - 215-65-15 RWL Cooper Cobras

Rear:
Cragar SS 15" 15x10 - 255-60-15 RWL Cooper Cobras

That gave it a nice minimal stance, with no rubbing in the front, but the rear, on a good Dip, will hit the quarter.. but the springs are just wore out. 4 people in the car, the rear rubs badly... (enough to eject two passengers, but thats another story)

I originally put Regular Monroe shocks on it and didnt like them... still bouncy, but thats probably the springs having more to do with that than anything.


Installing in the morning:

Moog 5608 Front Springs
Monroe Load Adjusting Shocks 58270

Moog 6321 Rear Springs
Monroe Load Adjusting Shocks 58411


Hopefully, that makes things a little nicer.. we shall see.

-Gonz

there is no postdated winner smiley so I'll post it tomorrow....

 

[Rus]

Installed a new hood and started assembling a Pontiac,400 motor to replace the 301 in my buick.

 

[MrSony]

Attempted to do my rear 4 body bushings. Went about as terrible as I expected.
Also some sh*t showed up. All from rock auto, rear bumper, headlight bzels, marker light, driver bumper marker light. Bezel+marker fitment is meh at best. have a dremel at the ready. No hardware included, as expected.

Will make a separate thread about body bushing questions.