Thread: Hawaii 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix - LETS MAKE IT GREAT

So i have this 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 3800 and this is what it is now.. i am the second owner of the car and this is actually my first car. i want to keep it for sure and do nice things to it performance wise and looks as well. i believe everything on here is stock other than the water pump and oil sensor. my priority list is lights, tint and dent at the moment. i wanted to get the spec d lights but was wondering if they are good on these cars. should i be going stock lights or the spec d's. as for headlights wshat should i do. i feel like im going to get an hid kit and retrofit it but are there other options? (i could use some help with that) im not sure where to start so im looking for all of your help. as far as performance i know im going to follow (http://www.grandprixforums.net/safel...0-a-67580.html). and thats all i can think of at the moment. LETS MAKE IT GREAT

Those tail lights look amazing.

My list for you:

Tint
Roof Rails
New Headlights - Black housings
Retrofit or Hids
LED smoked tails
Black rims
Lower
SLP Gen 1 Spoiler

Getting an SD/GTX/F1 hood And/or Front Air Dam would cost a sh1t ton in shipping to get it out to Hawaii, wont even be worth it probably.

BUT I am very jealous you live in Hawaii...

Nice stock canvas for you to change up. Those de laminated tails gotta go, more of a safety thing, light output is bad, people might rear end you cause of them. As for headlights, can't help you there I have yet to address that section on my ride. Tint is a definite, especially in that tropical sun. Make sure you do all the regular maintenance also. Looking forward to the updates.

No worries bro, I'm on almost everyday.

97 03 Pontiac Grand Prix Red Clear Full LED Tail Lights Rear Brake Lamps | eBay (they look great with some tint)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/97-03-PONTIA...8f3d67&vxp=mtr (if you don't want to take the time to tint them)

Smoked 97 03 Pontiac Grand Prix Philips Lumileds LED Perform Tail Lights Lamps | eBay (if you don't like red)

They keep getting cheaper. I paid maybe $230 for mine when they were new.

Sub'd for greatness. Once this car has the sex mod going strong, it will have awesome photoshoots, I just know it. Plus I'm partial to silver sedans.

I really doubt it just because, but if you have an Junk Yards/Scrap Yard I would go look around for other GPs. The roof rails are popular on the Daytona's and 02 40ths (Purple, but can be painted), sedans or coupes, both are the same size. The wheels Tanker has are 92-96 GTP wheels with the PONTIAC engraved, possible find too in a JY.
I would suggest new tails, tint for the windows (really makes a difference in looks), fix the dent, headlights, then other mods.

If the headlights are just fogged over and you don't want to have to buy new ones, look at my Member's Ride thread (click the pic in my siggy) and mid point of page 1, I wet sanded my back to shiny, took a couple hours on a saturday, but well worth the time, I've gone 2 years and barely starting to fog back over, still clean. Otherwise you'd have to buy new ones.

Police package impalas? Some impalas run beefier suspension upgrades. Might look into that.

heres some updates on other things with my car and im slowly getting my wishlist together.

can these lights be wetsanded or do i need the new ones? plus the wetsand would be temp. im gonna get hid projectors


moisture getting inside bloth corner lens and headlights how do i stop that?


Deck.. hawaii people i know a guy thats good with sounds in kapolei just lmk







my current crappy light output..

some engine pics - neewd to clean bay out..




i need to learn how to paint and fix the minor cracks in the font bumper


possible wheels?

Debadge looks awesome on these cars, use some dental floss and some goo-gone or adhesive remover, then polish and buff and you should be good. Silver doesn't fade that badly so you should be ok there.

I think with your headlights, some wet-sanding would get you far, while you have them out I would run a solid bead of clear silicone across the seal to help seal them up, that's where the leak/condensation is coming from.
Click me - When I did mine, I started at 800, then went to 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 all wet the whole time and then used a buffer with a little wax and they were perfect.

@TLSheff also how do you scan your car o.o and how did you do that spoiler mod o.o

Originally Posted by PaintballZach

@TLSheff also how do you scan your car o.o and how did you do that spoiler mod o.o

I work at a dealership and have access to borrow one of our several thousand dollar scan tools. I want to get a good reader but if you have a android cell phone there are bluetooth ODBII plug-in readers. Amazon/Ebay sells the ELM327 and they work well, the Kiwi reader is one of the "better" ones but its kinda pricey.

Any way to scan for knock that is easy is ideal. Just gotta be able to make sure you're not gonna blow **** up.



...and if by spoiler mod you mean the drainage mod with it lifted up a little... easy. Click me (Pics on page 2)
I bought a pack of rubber washers for garden hoses at Lowes/Home Depot. But any good thick rubber o-rings will suffice.