Thread: Black 2000 GTP Sedan

Been on the site for a little while now and thought it was time to put some pictures up. I bought my GTP last fall and basically just used it to get around CMU and back home some weekends. Now that it's warm, and school is out (for the most part, damn summer classes) I wanted to get into making it look a little better and go a little faster.

It's got about 180k on the odometer but it runs and shifts great! Some rust on the rear fenders and trunk lid is starting to become a problem but nothing that can't be fixed with a little work. Rear strut mounts were crazy bad but I'll go over what I did there another time and you can all have a good laugh about it. I'm admittedly not the best at body work, but if I can stop most of the rust I'll be happy. Fortunately POR15 is black and so is the car..!

Here's some current pics though:

When I first bought it


Just washed (current)


Some hood chips


Trunk rust


Fender rust


Good news it it's got the metal LIM gasket!


We now have two GTP owners at Autozone


Also, anyone else on here from Traverse City Michigan or the area?

Almost forgot! I bought a set of polished torque star rims for $100 so I can see my painted calipers better and keep the cross lace for winter tires. If anyone's got any suggestions on cheap summer tires LMK!

Originally Posted by speed demon

I've been lookn for some of those for a while wish I could come across a steal like that,everyone who has those want 300+ and Thas just for wheels......nice lookn GP.

I'm so glad i have 5 pic and pull salvage yards within thirty miles of my residence. That i almost always eventually find what i'm looking for. I bought 2 torque star wheels about 3 weeks ago for $38 bucks a pop that were in immaculate condition..not a scratch on them. They're really $50 a pop with a $12 core charge.

Rust has disappeared (at least the stuff that's not under the car..) Took the wire wheel to it, naval jellied, than painted with Chasis Saver. Next will be Bondo to smooth it out then primed and painted.

Question though. Do these cars in black just use the universal black when matching with Duplicolor? And is there a clear coat on the original paint? I want to blend the repairs as well as I can just using rattlecan paint and am not the best at bodywork outside of rust removal, which everyone in Michigan gets a good amount of practice at...

Here's what it looks like right now:

Hopefully the last of the ugly pictures, these are the rear strut towers... They have a few pieces of square tubing welded between them and the rear dash (only one visible, others are covered by the foam). Got the welding done for free by a friends uncle who welds in construction and has for many years. Basically I ground as much rust as I could out before welding, slathering it with chasis saver, filling the big gaps with Great Stuff and seam sealer, then undercoated the outside. No water got in this winter and everything still looks like the day the job was done. May not be a pretty fix but it works!




Let the chastising begin! lol

Really no one has anything to say about that? lol Anyways....

I'd been planning to do a transgo kit with my fluid change. No codes or anything but shifts are a little sloppy and slow imo. However someone I work with who ownes a built gtp said not to unless you have a code or if the trans is having a hard time shifting into 4th. Now Idk what to do, should I do the shift kit or just a fluid and filter change?

Haven't updated in a while so I thought it was about time.

Projects all done now but here's the fender Bondo'd up and almost ready for paint:


AAAAAND, here it is all finished in some pics. I took these a week or so after paint, the day I polished and waxed the whole thing. I'd say it's looking pretty good!

You can tell the fender's not perfect at all, but it's much better than before






Biggest thing I don't like appearance wise now are the water filled head and tail lamps... Have to see about getting new ones.

Did my first drag racing ever! It's an 1/8 mile strip and I averaged 9.9 secs @ about 71mph. That about average for a stock GTP? I know most people run 1/4 mile but it's the only strip close to me.



The one race I won was against a V8 swapped S10 with drag radials! Was pretty proud of that. The losses were to a modified GTP, brand new STI, and a Camaro.

I get this noise and vibration when i give it decent throttle from a stand still, I've narrowed it down to the exhaust hitting somewhere when the engine twists a little too far from torque. The engine and trans mounts all look ok to me. I know shorter dogbones from a Montana will keep the engine from moving as much as it does, are those something that could fix my problem possibly? Is there any negative to using them besides more engine vibrations being felt?

Duplicolor perfect match universal black and clear coat. Very happy with how it turned out even with me being no expert in painting or using body filler.