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1997 Black GTP - Soon To Be Thumping.

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dsmuts said:
That sucks on the seat man. I'll see if I can figure out the fix and possibly fix it next weekend.
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That would make me the happiest man in earth :)

It was 41 degrees this morning going to work, and when I sat down in the car without a seat warmer, I realized how much I already miss mine and need one again. Lol
 
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TexasTanker19kilo20 said:
41*, That sucks, I have been wearing flip flops and shorts for 2 months now.

Hope it's an easy fix.
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You also live across the country from me. I'm jealous of the continuous warm weather you have.

REDCOMPG said:
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Just move south Dan! No need for heated seats


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Let me weigh out mt options.

- Either fix my seat, or buy a new one
or
- Pack everything I have, move south to an unknown area, try and find a job, while still in school.

Hmmmm. Tough choice.
 


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Got my fog lights up and running. Ran them to the switch inside the car. I also wired everything for my new Hi-Beams, just waiting on another HID Kit to come in the mail that I ordered yesterday.

I also started working on the dual heated seat switch a little as well.







 
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Did some much needed work before the big meet coming up next weekend. Taking a summer class, where I'm basically a Mechanic full time but dont get paid, just credit. We were slow last Friday, so I decided to do some work on my car.

A/C has a leak somewhere, So I recovered all the R-134A, added some UV Dye, and Recharged:


Put the car up on the lift, to fix my Axle Boot Leak:


Gave the car an Alignment. Tie Rod Lock Nuts were so rusted on, I had to torch them with an Oxy-Acetylene Welder to literally melt them off the Tie Rod, as you can see in the picture:


Finished the Dual Heated Seat Bezel:


Plasti-Dip came out light gray, instead of dark gray. So I'll have to buy a new can and re-spray it:


Re-Painted all 4 Brake Calipers:




And then finally spent 8 hours buffing the car. Wash / Clay Bar / Cut / Polish / Wax. The paint needed some major work, and the results came out great:














 
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There is a lot of touch up paint on the hood the pictures don't show. Lol. But it's amazing the difference from before until now. The paint was in rough shape, from a long winter. Pleased with the outcome.

Now I don't want to drive it because it's so clean.
 
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Excellent job on the paint Dan.
What products did you use for the cut and polish?
 


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Lookin' good. Those tie rod ends were froze on mine too. Wasn't even a castle nut and pin, more lock a lock nut or something. Just another excuse to use the grinder and get new parts, no problems here. :)
 
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wow your car looks show ready man!! seats look good, bezel is well made, and paint is on point. Well done Dan
 
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spazzz said:
Excellent job on the paint Dan.
What products did you use for the cut and polish?
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Thanks man.

I used all meguiars products. Ultimate compound for the cut with a variety of buffer pads for the cut, polish, and wax.

wowitsfast said:
wow your car looks show ready man!! seats look good, bezel is well made, and paint is on point. Well done Dan
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Thanks man, I appreciate the compliments!
 


Re: 1997 Black GTP - Now With 04+ Seats.

The Products I used, encase anyone was wondering:

- Rain-X Car Wash
- Meguiars Clay Bar Kit
- Meguiars Ultimate Compound
- Meguiars Ultimate Polish
- Meguiars Ultimate Syn. Wax
- Harbor Freight Orbital Buffer w/ a variety of different pads
 
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Nice man, looks amazing. One question do you know the color that they use for the lower valance on the front and rear bumpers?

Also I am glad Eagle 077's are still around, man I loved them back in the early 2000's on the Nbodies, I might just have to get some, very nice detail work.
 
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LS1Adam84 said:
Nice man, looks amazing. One question do you know the color that they use for the lower valance on the front and rear bumpers?

Also I am glad Eagle 077's are still around, man I loved them back in the early 2000's on the Nbodies, I might just have to get some, very nice detail work.
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I believe its WA8945 for the Graphite Gray.

And just so you know, these aren't 077s. These rims are actually Mustang Saleen Rims. I did get the style of rims I wanted from the 077s but they didnt have a low enough offset, so I went with these.

smoke14 said:
Good work, well worth the time spent. Photoshoot before it gets dirty?
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Thank you sir.

No photoshoot, because the cars already dirty from driving it for one day. :(
 
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