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Old 03-11-2012, 08:12 AM
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Hey guys, I was on here a month or so getting your opinion on a couple 02 WS6's well.......I didn't end up with a WS6 after all. lol I test drove an 05 GTO and fell in love with it. I wanted a manual but this one was auto and after driving it it didn't bother me what so ever. I ended up getting it for $16500 from my local dealership (girlfriend's son works there) and it has 35k miles on it. The only upgrades that I can tell were done to it are a K&N cold air intake, ugly clear tail lights (which i'm ordering a dark "smoked" set on ebay today), and magnaflow exhuast w/crossover pipes. The interior is spotless and the only bad things are paint chips and a couple scratches that they touched up poorly. I had it one day and both of the driver side blinkers would stay on when i locked unlocked my doors. Its nice to have a hookup because i'm getting a new BCM and 2 new keys for $50. For my first mods I want to get rid of that 2 piece drive shaft and an upgraded cat back exhaust. Whatever magnaflow they put on there is super quiet and thats driving me nuts. LOL After that i'll go with the kooks long tube headers. What drive shaft do you guys recommend? I'm not building a drag racer but I do want to do minor bolt on's over time. Here are a couple pics of the new ride.





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Clean looking ride, get rid of those taillights ASAP
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Clean looking ride, get rid of those taillights ASAP
lol yep i agree. Gorgeous except for those lol.
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Do the the headers first, that Magnaflow will sound differnt
with long tubes
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Bye bye taillights, hello good looks...

Nice clean car otherwise.
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my tailights are smoked now. looks wayyyy better. i went with the Driveshaft Shop 1 peice shaft. been great so far
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Very nice ride. I was looking at one myself for a while; good combination or power, comfort and real-world usability.
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my tailights are smoked now. looks wayyyy better. i went with the Driveshaft Shop 1 peice shaft. been great so far
Did you go with the one on their website thats $679 and rated for 1000hp? Thats the one i'm looking at. T-minus 7 days before the tail lights are gone. LOL
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Yes that's the one
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Yes that's the one
Cool. I like that its a direct bolt on. I'll get it ordered on Friday.
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I'm proud to announce...................................the clear tail lights are gone!!!!!! LOL



Next up drive shaft and to get rid of the crappy K&N intake.
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much much better lol




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