Thread: 1999 Regal GS Turbo failure...

not bad at all. idrivejunk gonna ride you on the hood to fender gap lol

Its not 100% yet. It was just less dented than the other lol. Its just to get me through the winter or until i can find a better one. The reason its dented is because of the drivers door pins failing and causing it to move down and bend the fender. On an off note, have you ever heard of a 25th anniversary regal?

Originally Posted by BoostedPontiac

Im a little more focused on the regal at the moment.

That was my whole point in asking.i didnt want it for free,i was gonna pay you for it...but no worries i bought one brand new.

Cars coming along nicely!....keep up the good work

Originally Posted by BoostedPontiac

On an off note, have you ever heard of a 25th anniversary regal?

My Regal is a 25th, the only difference I can tell is the little "25th" badge on the rear light. Couldn't find any info online either about differences besides the badge, found one thread about it: http://www.regalgs.org/topic/52183-2...versary-regal/. I'm not really a Regal expert though, so there could be differences, lol.

Originally Posted by speed demon

That was my whole point in asking.i didnt want it for free,i was gonna pay you for it...but no worries i bought one brand new.

Cars coming along nicely!....keep up the good work

I was going to let you have it though...

Originally Posted by Kaiser Pontiac

My Regal is a 25th, the only difference I can tell is the little "25th" badge on the rear light. Couldn't find any info online either about differences besides the badge, found one thread about it: http://www.regalgs.org/topic/52183-2...versary-regal/. I'm not really a Regal expert though, so there could be differences, lol.

There really wasnt any differences other than the badge on the taillight.

Originally Posted by BoostedPontiac

I was going to let you have it though...

No worries...i figured buying it from you would have been better,that way you could've made some more money towards the regal is all.

That fender could be improved a little, sure. But great fix! The donor car was just right. Black is the smartest color for a W body that gets knocked around.

The fender dent might thumb out if you back it up with your other palm and start at the outside of the dent. The rear fender edge to front door edge is a pita on all these cars. Judicious bending of mount points and panel edge usually allows something passable and functional if enough fuss is applied. Hood might need to be scooted over at the rear if the fender gap is tight at the back on pass side. Just carefully shove it over if so.

Headlight aim and busted up splash shields have always been problematic for me, sourcing at the JY. Anyway, yeah Scotty painted his whole bumpers and I did spot repairs for top fade on mine so theres plenty of info about that on our threads if needed. What I see is a car just crying for some attention with a buffer. When you get your painting done, if you go ahead and spread some love over all the paint your car is gonna have a total looks upgrade! Take your time... its "fixed" for winter. Nice. Keep it between the ditches and shiny side up.

Originally Posted by speed demon

No worries...i figured buying it from you would have been better,that way you could've made some more money towards the regal is all.

The insurance company is taking care of the regal. I did buy these body pieces out of pocket. I got sick of people looking at my regal wondering why i wad driving it like that. Although they did get out of the way faster lol.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

That fender could be improved a little, sure. But great fix! The donor car was just right. Black is the smartest color for a W body that gets knocked around.

The fender dent might thumb out if you back it up with your other palm and start at the outside of the dent. The rear fender edge to front door edge is a pita on all these cars. Judicious bending of mount points and panel edge usually allows something passable and functional if enough fuss is applied. Hood might need to be scooted over at the rear if the fender gap is tight at the back on pass side. Just carefully shove it over if so.

Headlight aim and busted up splash shields have always been problematic for me, sourcing at the JY. Anyway, yeah Scotty painted his whole bumpers and I did spot repairs for top fade on mine so theres plenty of info about that on our threads if needed. What I see is a car just crying for some attention with a buffer. When you get your painting done, if you go ahead and spread some love over all the paint your car is gonna have a total looks upgrade! Take your time... its "fixed" for winter. Nice. Keep it between the ditches and shiny side up.

The junkyard did just give me that fender and i figured it would be better than the one that was already on it. The only problem i have now is the door pins on the new door. Ill have to swap over my old door hinges. Thanks for the advice.

you can buy new pins for the door. ithurtz did a how to/

Or i could be cheap and use the hinges from my scrap door. I have to pull it off again anyways.

cheap. sounds like a plan to me. my brother from another mother lol

This whole regal build has been cheap. Ive only sunk $1400 into the car, including the cost of the car. Its totaled now thought but the insurance gave me $2000 to play with so im not mad.

f ing score!!!

i remember when i was 1400 deep lol i only paid 800 for mine. but it needed like everything.

I paid 800 as well lol. I was also counting the body pieces, injectors, headers, pulleys, and tuner as well.

i got all that plus all new front end parts,(twice now) a engine a tranny, newer seats, now add the ic and and im not thinking about how i passed the cars value up now lol

I decided to give her a bath today because she hit a milestone. I also have to reseal the headlights after i re-black them, get a better rear bumper cover and drivers fender but overall im still happy with this car.

Needs a set of retro and black out the reflector


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