Restoration Pics

[hammerline81]

I just finished my car up yesterday. I'll show you guys what I've all done. I also wanna see who else resurrected thier Grand Prix. Takes a lot of work and money but I'm satisfied!

Before:













After:

[Nates94]

Holy crap that is a a lot of work. Looks like it turned out nice.

[hammerline81]

Thanks man. Took a long time since I have never ever done this kind of work before. Bought the wrecked car in November of last year lol.

[Bronco Boy]

Wow! Lotsa work there.

Was it even worth it $$ wise?

[hammerline81]

I should have clocked my hours in on the car lol. There's a lot of sentimental value... but the car is at 100,000KM. I've seen on kijiji for a stock Comp G with 160,000KM asking for $8,500. It was gone within a month. So if I sell it, it'll be worth it.

I also had my 04 GTP go up in flames so I had $4,400 to throw into this car.

[Bronco Boy]

There's a lot of sentimental value...

Say no more.

[hammerline81]

Lol to me it was all worth it. I still have some bumps and bruises on it to fix up but at least it's drivable now

[16MustangVet]

Say no more.

Wrecks are a tricky ordeal. If they are meant to be kept as a daily id be all over it because parts are stupid cheap and everywhere for the most part. Esp mechanical parts since they are very interchangeable off the crap ton of other w bodies in the yards.

Flipping them gets to be tough depending on state being titled. (some its easy to clear a wreck or salvage title vs others)

Also area makes a huge difference too average daily cars go for a lot more back at home in ND then the BMW Porsche Audi Benz infested metro area like Washington DC.

Personally the " I did that " does have a little pride to go with it. Ive been brought up in a family that's says if man built it I can fix it kinda mentality, however again cost is always a factor.

[hammerline81]

^^True that. The scary thing about where I buy my wrecks is that it's an Online Silent Auction. So you have to trust the pictures and the "cost list" that the adjuster took.

Like you said. The W body is a really good start in my opinion because there's millions of parts everywhere. This is my first build and I think I got lucky.

Both airbags and seat belts set me back $380...including the airbag control module in which from a dealer it would be over 2 grand.

I like that mentality your family has. I'm a farm boy so practically every thing is either salvageable or fixable lol.

[Bronco Boy]

Lol to me it was all worth it.

I hear ya.

I get way to attached to my rides; I had an '85 Bronco for 13 years and it ate $50K of my hard money. I parted it out a few years back and re-couped about $5000. Trying not to do that again. LOL

[16MustangVet]

^^True that. The scary thing about where I buy my wrecks is that it's an Online Silent Auction. So you have to trust the pictures and the "cost list" that the adjuster took.

I like that mentality your family has. I'm a farm boy so practically every thing is either salvageable or fixable lol.

Refusing to pay some other monkey to do a job I can do with my own 2 hands has saved me God knows how much in repairs over the years, no matter if were talking the stupid dryer not cranking out some heat, to the dash in my suv only blowing on defrost! (<<<<< That dash job is about a 600 dollar repair and the part only cost 40 bucks....)

A little google research goes along ways in todays world I mean cmon its 2014 information is everywhere........

[hammerline81]

It's totally unbelievable how so many people in this world are so oblivious to the fact that there's information at your very own finger tips onto "how to do" EVERYTHING!
There was some people that made comments in the past about the interior dash that I took out and installed. "I could never do that"... neither could I but I used common sense... and Google lol

[REDCRAPGP]

Yup I have the same mentality yea I can pay someone to do the work for me but I refuse to pay for something I can do myself I hate pissing money away. Now I do have some family members and friends hat have that mentality and would rather throw away a chunk of money replacing or having some do the work for them so they don't have to get their hands dirty then ***** about how much they're charged.


Can we get a estimate on how much you spent I'm kind of curious

[hammerline81]

$660 - windshield
$500 - bumper+impact absorber+impact bar
$150 - hood
$80 - passenger fender
$220 - rad plastics
$120 - light brace+hood latch brace
$100- passenger headlight
$120 - impact sensor
$200 - dash
$380 - airbags+all front seat belts+airbag control module
$200 - moog wheel bearing
$100 - valvecover gaskets
$20 - aluminum 90° elbows
$30 - oil+filter
$30 - green coolant

[REDCRAPGP]

Holy expensive windshield lol

[hammerline81]

Lol... I got a deal.. they only made $50 on it. They even showed me.

[hammerline81]

Question:
Doing the front wheel bearing.. the top bolt that hold the wheel bearing is in between the CV boot and the strut and is on a ****ed spot... how do I get that whore out?????

[Bronco Boy]

Question:
Doing the front wheel bearing.. the top bolt that hold the wheel bearing is in between the CV boot and the strut and is on a ****ed spot... how do I get that whore out?????

Crank the wheel. Let side go hard left, right side go hard right.

[16MustangVet]

unplug the wire from the harness by the control arm and the whole hub comes out the front wire included. Wire does not go out the back. Just pound the whole hub out the front once the 3 bolts are out.

[hammerline81]

I was retarded... phone died and I figured it out... ABS light is still on...