Lil Blacky Thread,THE END OF LIL BLACKY SAD DAY...

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Well either way it wasnt on the original list of too dos. I have a GTP with an L67 its super charged! This weekend ill be doing some break work and painting the calipers (red) sorry for the lack of originality but im just boring like that!

[Odi]

i like the toy more

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Heh I hear ya Odi! Its all about rocking the cheap ash ride to have other toys!

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Please read this if you intend to do mods to that motor... http://www.grandprixforums.net/safel...car-17482.html

Other than that, nice car!

Thanks Ramair, ive been up and down that thread, still got alot to learn but im getting there. My big goal is to do a Gen V swap and do all the good stuff that does with that mod. So building up to do that. For now it will be easy bolt on stuff and cheap cosmetic stuff.

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Just went a lil nutty on Crutchfield, those guys know how to sell but stoked to set up my new audio system. Funny how that works, LF speakers goes out and I put my headers and cat back on hold and dump a G into the audio! Let me know your thoughts guys ill try to post up some build pics!

Head Unit
JVC KD-R80BT CD receiver at Crutchfield.com

Front Components
Polk Audio DXi 5250 5-1/4" component speaker system at Crutchfield.com

Rear 6x9
Polk Audio DXi690 6"x9" 3-way car speakers at Crutchfield.com

Rear 4
Polk Audio DXi400 4" 2-way speakers at Crutchfield.com

Amp for the component and 6x9s
Alpine MRP-F300 V-Power Series 4-channel car amplifier 50 watts RMS x 4 at Crutchfield.com

And magic steering wheel controller
Axxess ASWC Steering wheel control interface — connects your car's steering wheel audio controls to an aftermarket stereo at Crutchfield.com

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Thanks to all that helped me figure out how to do this brake job, already want GXPs but now it should be a simple job!

Lil Blacky all jacked up and wheels off

Out with the old in with the new

Cleaned up the Calipers for paint

Time for some paint

Mounted up

Wheels back on, liking the new look

Bad shot needs to be cleaned up

A lil better

And one of my toys, maybe I should sell em all and get one cool thing eh?

[sLpGPGT]

looks good, shoulda painted the back ones red too

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

looks good, shoulda painted the back ones red too

I did they just didnt show up to well in the pic I snapped, better ones to come!

[DanPrixGTP]

Love the rims.

Car looks great and clean.

[Kendra]

You make me miss my project coupe

Lookin' good so far!

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

You make me miss my project coupe

Lookin' good so far!

Kendra I basically want what you have but swap by 01 for a GXP! Im trying to keep the 97 clean, almost sleeper but once I drop her I think people will start poking at me to run off the line. Still not sure if I should go coilover or do a strut spring combo I dont want a huge drop.

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Finally got some time to put some work into the GP

Here is some night shots, really dig the Humount well worth the extra 90 bucks! It was a pain to hook everything up with the steering wheel control and all but got it all figured out, ill try to get to the speakers and amp in a few weeks maybe. Time never seems to be on my side!

And a close up

[chi_town]

Nice car man, thanks for the input on those headlamps , just placed an order for them a second ago . What brake upgrade did you do exactly? Going to do brakes in the coming weeks before the snow falls , and wanted to paint my calipers as well just blue or silver maybe .

Chi_Town

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Heh the red painted caliper upgrade! Honestly all I did was replace the rotors and pads and paint the calipers. But after the fact I really wish I would have gotten the GXP set up as I ended up replacing the front caliper as I was servicing the brakes cause both of the pistons were seized. If you got plenty of miles and are doin a bunch of go fast parts might be worth looking into FBody set up or GXP link below.

FBody
ZZPerformance - F-Body Dual Aluminum Piston Brake Kit #ZZ-FBDY-BRKT

GXP
ZZPerformance - 12.7 inch GXP Dual Piston Brake Kit #ZZ-12.7GXPBRK

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Got some new parts today, super happy camper. Still waiting on the headers. Now if only I could find someone to help me install the headers ill be good to go!

[97GPJJ]

dan vanheizun has lil weiner and hes a billy

[PioneerGTP]

Nice! Love this car. Looks nice and nice audio.

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Nice! Love this car. Looks nice and nice audio.

Thanks ill do my best to post up the before and after of the cat back, I can handle that but the headers might have to wait a while.

[h0wl0ngcanitbe]

Finally got the cat back bolted up!




Ill put up a clip of the sound when I can

[xxpappas13xx]

good looking car! how did you do the glowing grand prix gtp above the radio?