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Transforming my SE

Jcal1120

Jcal1120

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I started with this:
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Grand Prix SE 3800. Single exhaust, gross front bumper and pretty ugly compared to most GP's.

PICS! (any troubles viewing pictures, just hold the ctrl key and scroll back with the mouse scroller a couple clicks to zoom out)

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Just finished front bumper replacement yesterday morning.

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Finishing the process of single to dual exhaust conversion.

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Finished product of back end. Rear bumper replacement and dual exhaust.

So basically, I have a GT lol

Next:
-Fresh wash and wax!
-Rear Bumper silver inlays for the Pontiac logo
-Halo Projectors
-New tails, still deciding on what kind...
-New sides to get rid of rust on the bottom...GROSS
-New audio set up
-Install a CAI
-New struts/springs and brakes

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
 
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im doing a visual conversion as wel... im doing a full SE to GT front back and sides...

same colour too...

looks nice!
 
without a spoiler the car just looks like it has a fat ass lol.. ive seen SE's without a spoiler and they look wrong
 
Yeah with out a spoiler it's gross.

I'm very happy with how this turned out lol. I thought it through for a couple weeks and found some good deals...and bam. 2 weeks and I finished this much.
 


yeah you're lucky, ive gotta fix rust first before i can make the 'sex' change

i cant wait to get rid of my catfish!
 
lol i get it. catfish.

I thought the old bumper looked more like a shark or something lol

This way looks so much better. hands down.
 
Wow catfish is a good comparison. I always said mine looked like a shark. I just started the SE to GT conversion with the front bumper. About to do the back bumper. But mine is still a hideous shade of gulf blue. It glows in the dark...
 
so far im doing front skirts
rear will come when im ready for dual exhaust/ have more cash to buy the rear lol
 
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The new front end of my SE. I just ordered blue HID bulbs for my fog lights and am in the process of attempting to clean up my headlights until I can afford the ones I want. Just like all the rest of the GPs my headlights get that milky, cloudy thing going on.
 


and easy way to clean em up temporaily is to wet sand em 400-2000, then polish em up.. some people have sugested skip the polish and go clear coat.. im gonna have to redo mine soon - i got a bit of primer overspray on em which just turned into a bad thing all around lol

i see you went with the New bumper.. only problem i saw with thoes are there is no arrowhead inlay.. thats why ive got a junkyard score.
 
Don't need an arrowhead. If she's going for a "clean" look it's better than filling in the arrowhead later. =]
 
Yeah I'm more a fan of the bumper being clean. I love it without anything on it.

I tried pretty much everything on those headlights. I tried toothpaste first on a friend's advice. Nada. Then wetsanded them. They fogged back up immediately. Tried drying them out with rubbing alcohol and a hairdryer. Zip.

The only upside is they're now sanitary and minty fresh.
 
mine had moisture, so i had to split em and reseal em.
they arnt crystal clear like new, but they arnt yellow and a saftey hazzard lol

Personally im gonna be debadging complely, so i wanna rock a lil Pontiac pride with my arrowhead.
 
I'm thinking of just designing a small vinyl to go near the door handles. It depends what I settle on. And since I'm a chick and all, I plan to detail the Pontiac on the back bumper in pink so that will stick out.

I plan on getting these since the car will be blue, almost black once it's painted.

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Wow. Crazy leprosy on your front hood. I have the same body rot on my rocker panels. I considered side skirts but the only ones I have been able to find look way too...meh.

I have a bad feeling we won't have ANY money after our wedding. We're getting married in a park but with all the cars coming I believe I'll be busy bailing people out and paying off EPA fines.
 
go to the junkers get some GT side skirts and the metal ladder assembly for it as well.. well the metal part isnt easy as most of them are rusty lol.. odds are if you took the skirt off most GP's out there youd see the same rocker rust

im having an interesting time considering HOW to mount them lol
 
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