GT body "kit"

[Mad Monkey]

Hey, ive got an SE that im putting the GT body kit onto - skirts, door add-ons and bumpers.
on the door pieces they use double sided tape to go on, but they also have these lil plastic pegs that seeming go into holes in the door, that i dont have.
what im wondering is if anyone has done this conversion before and if thoes pegs are needed.

[Mad Monkey]

bumpy mc bumperson

[BwolfGT]

Not sure, but after you put the GT body on you should swap in a GT or GTP motor.
Unless you already have the 3800.

[Mad Monkey]

yeah i wish!
its a budget build, so to make things easier and less poser-ish im debadging the car.

[BwolfGT]

Oh ok, at least you're not gunna try and pretend its something its not.
If you ever decide to do the swap you can pick up a 3800 for a few hundred at a junkyard.

[onebadassgtp]

u mean there were no direction in 4 different languages that came with this kit?

[Mad Monkey]

this "kit" is actually body panels and bumper removed from a GT from the junkyard - i found out today that the skirts needed this metal ladder thingy to attach, so i spent a hr finding a pair in a yard that wasnt rusted to shiit and falling apart - 98% of them were.
i test fit part of the door panel pieces today and ive come to the conclusion that im not going to drill holes in my car. one thing i got today too were these brackets that hold on thoes too lol so im thinking a bunch of really strong 2 sided tape and it will be factory looking.

has anyone put a GT rear bumper on a SE? i will eventually go dual exaust but i wanna make sure it clears my current one first. If anyone knows it would be helpful, otherwise im going to the junkers and trying the swap out there first lol

[DDPeppa]

it should with the rear bumper, if you look you can see where you would mount the dual exhaust, but it should all work out, im in the slow process of doing the same

[Mad Monkey]

its definatly not easy as i thought it was gonna be - because the skirt mounts need to attach to the rockers, which is why im doing this, my rockers are rusted

[josemolina2008]

What are rockers? I wanna do this too but I don't know how I would put in the side skirts.

[Mad Monkey]

rockers are the body part below your doors.. on most GP they are rusty... mine are pretty bad, but i figure i can make something happen to attach these things..
ive started removing surface rust on the car, so in a week or so i will begin the skirts, will keep ya posted!

[josemolina2008]

oh ok then mine seem to be in pretty good shape haven't discovered any rust yet

[Mad Monkey]

take a look at my album, you will see what i mean by rusted rockers..
im going to have to come up with some creative solutions for mounting them... i dont want em falling of at the first bump i hit.

[josemolina2008]

Wow I see what you mean do you live in a place where it snows alot?

[Mad Monkey]

i live in Ontario canada.. we get a crap ton of snow sometimes.. and the person who had the car before me didnt do what i do which is wash the car weekly to remove salt etc.. so becuase of that.. rustola...

[josemolina2008]

Yeah that's why I'm glad I live in California, no snow where I live

[Mad Monkey]

yeah im not so fortunate.. thankfully im now learning how to fix rust LOL..
im probably going to fix up this SE then sell and buy a GTP and start all over agian lol but that wont be for a while..

[Mad Monkey]

UPDATE!!

SO ive fixed 90% of the visable rust on the car, self etch primed/paintable primed where need be.. bought new rockers which will be installed this weekend which means i can bolt on the skirts too.. I have also got the paint i need for the project $400 for all the paint. For that $400 i got paint, reducer, clear/hardener, epoxy primer ,misc measuring devices.. so im really stoked to get this going..

So the to-do list has now been significantly shortened down to:
1: mount rockers
2. Mount skirts
3 Prime rockers
4. get into the booth!!
5. enjoy the hard work

[SuperSport]

Pics when youre done! It will look sweet, because the SE appearance looks hideous in my opinion.

[Mad Monkey]

Mine too!!

plus nothing says lovin' like a fresh paint job, no scratches or swirls...

here is some progress pics

http://s693.photobucket.com/albums/v...ar%20Exterior/