I'm the FNG here, name's Nick, and I'm the proud new owner of a '98 Grand Prix GTP. It's nothing special, really. Just a black sedan with 30% tint all around and factory polished aluminum wheels. All stock, tan leather, HUD, CD player w/ EQ, PW, PL, etc.
The car needs some work, the hood has paint issues, the clear peeled, then the paint beneath started fading, and now it looks like the hood has snow on it, even though it doesn't. lol The same thing has already started on the top of the spoiler, and it's got some rust beneath the gas door and on the lower back edge of the trunk lid. The front and rear bumpers look odd, like they are a dark grey, against the black of the car's body. I'm going to wash it tomorrow and take it to the body shop and get an estimate for rust repair, and repainting the LR quarter panel, trunk, spoiler, hood, and bumpers. Probably ridiculously high, enough so that I'll do it myself, but I want to know what I stand to save by doing the work on my own.
As far as parts, I really only need a handful of things. . . The trim on the bottom of the back door peeled up, and someone opened the door. The trim caught on the back of the front door, peeled it up more, and broke the front edge of it. I'm going to replace that trim piece, it needs new pads and rotors in front, and I need a remote for the keyless entry, since the car didn't come with one. I have a pair of keyless remotes for '01-'04 GM's (Grand Ams, Impalas, Cadillacs, Silverados, Sierras, etc.), but they aren't for the Grand Prix. I'm going to sell them on EBay to get some money to buy the correct units. lol
I will post up some pictures of the car to show the damage tomorrow, I'm going to get started kind of early getting her cleaned up, as well as getting plates and insurance on her. The hour and a half drive home from the seller's house was fun, I can't believe I averaged 30mpg in that car, I sold my Jeep to buy it, and I would have used more than twice as much gas for the trip. lol
