Welp I'm no longer pulling a trailer daily so I sold the ol dmax about a month ago and picked this up. 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, 72k, L76, 6 speed auto, sun roof (always wanted one), loaded, etc. Sold the dmax for $1k more than I paid for it, and got this for $16k which is a pretty good price for this area. So far I like it a lot. The car is a blast to drive.
Car came with PaceSetter long tubes, mufflers, MSD wires, and an HP tuners tune by a local guy. It has FlowMaster 40s
and no cats/resonators. I was really surprised at how quiet and good sounding the exhaust is. There's no drone or rasp or anything and I'm actually pretty happy with the exhaust, except for the tips, dey ugly.
Pic when I got it. Car was dirty since it was trailered through the snow, had badges and stickers the PO put on it, had cheap ass tint that was extremely faded and basically clear.
Cleaned it up, de-badged it, peeled the tint and got it re-done. 5% all around, 35% shield. Also installed Morimoto 5500k reverse lights.
The stock 19" wheels were made by Enkei, they have black center caps which look poopy imo. I painted them silver, also got rid of amber corner markers and put in clear corners.
De-badged most of trunk, still debating on removing the center spear (would like to find a white pontiac logo). Also pic of ugly tips.
I have dual 3.5'' tips that will go on, also considering an x-pipe?
I don't have any huge plans for the car. I need to keep it reliable as possible since I drive 50 miles each way to work.
So far I've done tint, LEDs inside, LED reverse lights, painted center caps, de-badge, LED fog lights, and turned up the factory amp which made a difference.
Plans include
-Color matched shark fin antenna Done
-GXP rear diffuser Done
-3.5" exhaust tips
-1.5''-2'' drop (most likely H&R springs)
-V6 taillights (v6 tails are red) Done
-Morimoto 5500k HIDs in factory projectors Done
-vLEDs 5000k switchbacks (sitting in garage)
-vLEDs 5000k 194 bulbs for marker lights
-White hood vents Done
-Chrome lug covers
-I'd like to put on some VMR wheels and 285s but that will be quite a while, May have to settle for Camaro or CTS-V wheels
-Fix driver side front bumper that has a tiny bit of rash, and rear bumper has cracked clear coat
-2 door dings need pulled
-Drilled / slotted rotors, Hawk HPS pads, and painted calipers Done
-Solo Macho Shorty cat back Done
-RotoFab intake Done
-Rick Crawford "Little Lunati" low lift cam- 219/223 .612/.615 112+1 Done
-BTR Platinum Dual Valve Springs Done
-BTR trunion upgrade Done
-DOD delete Done
-7.425'' chromoly push rods Done
-LS7 lifters Done
-ARP Head bolts Done
-ARP Balancer bolt Done
-ARP cam bolts Done
-GM HD timing Chain Done
Car came with PaceSetter long tubes, mufflers, MSD wires, and an HP tuners tune by a local guy. It has FlowMaster 40s
and no cats/resonators. I was really surprised at how quiet and good sounding the exhaust is. There's no drone or rasp or anything and I'm actually pretty happy with the exhaust, except for the tips, dey ugly.Pic when I got it. Car was dirty since it was trailered through the snow, had badges and stickers the PO put on it, had cheap ass tint that was extremely faded and basically clear.
Cleaned it up, de-badged it, peeled the tint and got it re-done. 5% all around, 35% shield. Also installed Morimoto 5500k reverse lights.
The stock 19" wheels were made by Enkei, they have black center caps which look poopy imo. I painted them silver, also got rid of amber corner markers and put in clear corners.
De-badged most of trunk, still debating on removing the center spear (would like to find a white pontiac logo). Also pic of ugly tips.
I have dual 3.5'' tips that will go on, also considering an x-pipe?
I don't have any huge plans for the car. I need to keep it reliable as possible since I drive 50 miles each way to work.
So far I've done tint, LEDs inside, LED reverse lights, painted center caps, de-badge, LED fog lights, and turned up the factory amp which made a difference.
Plans include
-Color matched shark fin antenna Done
-GXP rear diffuser Done
-3.5" exhaust tips
-1.5''-2'' drop (most likely H&R springs)
-V6 taillights (v6 tails are red) Done
-Morimoto 5500k HIDs in factory projectors Done
-vLEDs 5000k switchbacks (sitting in garage)
-vLEDs 5000k 194 bulbs for marker lights
-White hood vents Done
-Chrome lug covers
-I'd like to put on some VMR wheels and 285s but that will be quite a while, May have to settle for Camaro or CTS-V wheels
-Fix driver side front bumper that has a tiny bit of rash, and rear bumper has cracked clear coat
-2 door dings need pulled
-Drilled / slotted rotors, Hawk HPS pads, and painted calipers Done
-Solo Macho Shorty cat back Done
-RotoFab intake Done
-Rick Crawford "Little Lunati" low lift cam- 219/223 .612/.615 112+1 Done
-BTR Platinum Dual Valve Springs Done
-BTR trunion upgrade Done
-DOD delete Done
-7.425'' chromoly push rods Done
-LS7 lifters Done
-ARP Head bolts Done
-ARP Balancer bolt Done
-ARP cam bolts Done
-GM HD timing Chain Done
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