Thread: My Custom Grand Prix (Photos)

Originally Posted by matt5112

LMFAO.

You really don't know anything about electronics do you...

Judging from the first post, why bother?

I can tell U are new to modding so I'm not going to state the obvious ,but newbies have a need to do a lot of research before posting or asking dumb questions,I hate to see people that just sit waiting for this kind of post to jump U so get the facts on whats cool and whats rice ,and besides the burns most of these people are right about modding U can't just drop on a 3.4 with an oil change and expect good results dosome research,but we need to ease up on newbies a bit if we want the membership to grow of course there are a few that are whipped at home and the work place and feel the need to be internet bullies,U have a nice car to start with pick some tastefull mods (appearance) and find a friend with a tuner and some mechanical knowledge to start U in the right direction .

car isn't too bad if you are just starting out. I like the headlights,I'm on the fence with the tails... You mentioned about the HID's needing to be hooked up to the battery... The reason for that is the stock wiring for the headlights can melt in some cases due to the HID ballasts drawing a large amount of amperage when they are first turned on, There are kits out there that come plug and play... The really decent kits come with an extra relay harness that gets connected to the positive terminal on the battery and runs with your stock wiring harness. The relay is there to take the heat from amperage created from the ballasts when they first fire up and draws current from your battery. I've got 8000 K in my headlights... My kit also has the harness that attaches to the battery.
Just a question, did you disable your DRL's?

As for your car stereo its not a bad start but if you want to get into the car audio scene you can always upgrade. I personally steer away from sony electronics because I feel they aren't good like they were a few years ago. I usually stick with Alpine *I had a 7894 deck and a 9857* The only reason I don't have those anymore is because I sold them to pay bills a few years ago. I've also run pioneer and never had a bad time with those either. My current deck is a Kenwood and so far I've got no complaints.

100-250 Hz?

hmmm i thought rule of thumb was.....

bass=0-100
mid bass=100-250
midrange= 250-2500
treble= over 2500
not sayin ur wrong, but i was close if ur right

Originally Posted by gtpinsc

Thats yarn, not thread...

100% awesome. good play.

Hey man, thats a sick car. I hope mine will be even half of what that car is. Can you still use the steering wheel controls with the new radio? If so how and what did you use to do it?

Originally Posted by jetscrazy44

Hey man, thats a sick car. I hope mine will be even half of what that car is. Can you still use the steering wheel controls with the new radio? If so how and what did you use to do it?

u have to get one of these to keep steering wheel controls... not necessarily this one... theres several manufacturers. PAC Harness for OS-1 Bose Pontiac Grand Prix 00-Up. Compare Prices at Bizrate.

Originally Posted by gtpinsc

u have to get one of these to keep steering wheel controls... not necessarily this one... theres several manufacturers. PAC Harness for OS-1 Bose Pontiac Grand Prix 00-Up. Compare Prices at Bizrate.

do you just get that and a radio and the faceplate adapter thing and install it?

not sure... my steering wheel controls werent important to me.. i think its just plug and play though.