new guy with a new car

[oh2grandprix]

hey guys i just stumbled across this forum looking for ideas for my 2002 grand prix two door i just picked up iv had the car about a month needing a few repairs i bought it from a lady who brought it to our shop for a quote i paid 400 for it it has 150k iv replaced three wheel barrings,power steering pump a line on the rack and tie rod ends so far i love it i plan on adding hid's for head lights and fogs and finding an exhaust pics to come

[Hardonyomom]

First mod i would do is a full size intercooler! good luck with the car , they are fun to work on.

[oh2grandprix]

heres the only picture of it soo far dont mind the door molding thats peeling away that is now fixed

[bobc455]

Here's what I've done to my relatively new '04:
- Remote Starter
- Restore the headlights
- Upper & lower intake gaskets
- Flush the transmission fluid
- Flush the brake fluid
- flush the power steering fluid
- New Michelin tires (balanced to a fare-thee-well) (I prefer the 215-65-15 instead of the stock 225-60-16)
- New Raybestos brakes all around (turns out I needed a caliper too)
- New Quick Struts at each corner
- Latitude Wiper Blades
- Pioneer Stereo with a giant sub in the trunk
- New ProClips for my iPhone and Satellite Radio
- Stainless mufflers (I prefer quiet ones, but to each their own)
- Vacuum, vacuum, and vacuum - then clean some more
Now it rides like a dream, gets about 27MPG highway, and has "sufficient" power.

I tend to stay away from HID's because they can blind oncoming cars, and I can see fine with regular bulbs. Especially with headlight lenses as fogged up as yours, they will scatter light like crazy and annoy the crap out of other drivers.

BTW One other thing I love to do is take the wheels off the car and clean them. The outsides of your wheels look great, but cleaning the inside (where you can't reach while they are on the car) makes the car look showroom - especially with a car that looks as good as yours.

Are your wipers stuck up there? Or did you do that for the picture?

-Bob C.

[nos4blood70]

Welcome.

Yeah no HIDs please, unless you do it right with a retro.

Car looks clean.

[oh2grandprix]

ok well tonight i ordered new head lamps and door speakers for front and rear witch brings me to the next question id love to replace the head unit but id like to keep my steering wheel controls is there a way that you guys have found to do this? pretty soon i plan to tint the windows all the way around and paint the calipers. trying to decide if i want to go red or blue any kind of input is greatly appreciated

[oh2grandprix]

oh and no the wipers are not stuck in that position just left them on and turned the car off