Thread: Hippo's Car - Install List Added Pg.23

Parents? They have their own ways of thinking thats for sure. I spray painted my lug nut covers black and thought they looked so good so i showed them to my dad on the car and he was like wtf u do that for?! I might have to try the debage thing sounds good. Wont show my dad tho otherwise he will flip out. lol

Originally Posted by burgundybullet

Parents? They have their own ways of thinking thats for sure. I spray painted my lug nut covers black and thought they looked so good so i showed them to my dad on the car and he was like wtf u do that for?! I might have to try the debage thing sounds good. Wont show my dad tho otherwise he will flip out. lol

Haha so true. As for debadging, go for it. Do it how I did, took 15 minutes and cost nothing. If you don't have the tar and bug remover any rubbing polish or like windex might work.

So my parents don't think I should take off the "3800 V6" badges because it shows the engine off... and might lower the resell price... What do you guys think? Will it look too plain without them? Thanks

it shouldnt affect the value.. and if it would then just save them and put them back on before selling. the 3800 v6 badges are the ugliest things IMO, itll look much cleaner with out them

Originally Posted by SilvaMan61

it shouldnt affect the value.. and if it would then just save them and put them back on before selling. the 3800 v6 badges are the ugliest things IMO, itll look much cleaner with out them

K doing it tomorrow, along with painting the crossbars red cuz one is rusty, and I'm bored!

New headlight housings from amazon are like $75 shipped. totally worth it.

Originally Posted by Odi

New headlight housings from amazon are like $75 shipped. totally worth it.

got 'em

Originally Posted by Hippo Machine

So my parents don't think I should take off the "3800 V6" badges because it shows the engine off... and might lower the resell price... What do you guys think? Will it look too plain without them? Thanks

Its not supercharged so your showing off that it has the middle grade engine, not the better one... meh not worth keeping them for that.

They are 10-15 in any color you want on Ebay, if you need to sale and they HAVE to have those emblems to make more money, buy them later. Honestly, most consumers wouldn't notice the difference if there were 2 identical Grand Prix's sitting side by side and one was de-badged and the other was stock.

EDIT: btw given the burn, I would have ordered new ones too

Originally Posted by TLSheff

Its not supercharged so your showing off that it has the middle grade engine, not the better one... meh not worth keeping them for that.

They are 10-15 in any color you want on Ebay, if you need to sale and they HAVE to have those emblems to make more money, buy them later. Honestly, most consumers wouldn't notice the difference if there were 2 identical Grand Prix's sitting side by side and one was de-badged and the other was stock.

EDIT: btw given the burn, I would have ordered new ones too

I just took off the 380 emblems, it looks the same, maybe a little too plain, idk.

lol double-sided tape to reapply if you don't like them off

Originally Posted by TLSheff

lol double-sided tape to reapply if you don't like them off

Ok looks much better now one's hanging off the side but looks ok. haha jk its great without 'em..

I like my black headlights/corners...

Check out my daily driver here for some tips if your looking for them...it has inlays...totally debadged...tinted tails and such...I've seriously spent...maybe 300 bucks on the entire car...including the headlights, HID's, new fluids...and junk. Total budget car.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/raceb...a-4-46192.html

Originally Posted by Hippo Machine

So my parents don't think I should take off the "3800 V6" badges because it shows the engine off... and might lower the resell price... What do you guys think? Will it look too plain without them? Thanks

Your parent's are crazy. Most almost 85% of our cars have the 3800v6 if you don't know what motor is in it when you buy it your a re-re. It looks 10 times better with them off!

Glad your doing your own thing with it and not listening to the parents on that one.

Didnt they only come on the car for like 2 or 3 years like that and then they stopped putting them on for the remainder of that bodystyle?

Originally Posted by burgundybullet

Didnt they only come on the car for like 2 or 3 years like that and then they stopped putting them on for the remainder of that bodystyle?

Nope.

They came on every 3800 V6 car that wasn't supercharged.

Strange... my 2000 doesnt have them and i am pretty possitive that the previous 2 owners were like old people and i wouldnt think that they woulda removed them.

Wrecked?

Because I've never NOT seen them on an N/A car.

Pretty sure it hasnt been crashed before. I did take down the foam type deal sheet down from the hood one time and saw that someone had written something like " I luv my fu job" in perminant marker or somethin and im like who would have put that there?! So i guess it is possible that somebody like got some front end damage and they tried to hide it i guess.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

I like my black headlights/corners...

Check out my daily driver here for some tips if your looking for them...it has inlays...totally debadged...tinted tails and such...I've seriously spent...maybe 300 bucks on the entire car...including the headlights, HID's, new fluids...and junk. Total budget car.

LOL my appologies, in your Intro thread, I said they would cater to your needs and would build trust first... no 1st week and hes already throwing ideas at you... sheesh are you working on a commission basis???

the 3800 badge thing on the fender stopped in like 2000 i think, i see GT's all over town with them not on the front.