ramblinman6567

Hi Everyone!

I am new to the GTO world. In fact, I will be going to look at an '04 Impulse Blue car this weekend. It has 36,000 miles on it.

I wanted to ask if there were any basic guidelines to follow when buying a GTO? Meaning, what specific quirks should I keep an eye out for with these cars? I already know about the seat splitting issue and have read some threads about the rear floor flooding because of blocked drain holes. Any other major flaws with these cars?

I am looking to make the car a daily driver. I am mechanically competent, so most repairs are not outside of my abilities. Is this a reliable and well-built enough car for daily use?

Any information or advice is appreciated. Thanks for the help!
(Sorry if this is a repeat post - I checked the threads and didn't see one related)

Robofuzz

Front radius rod bushings and strut top bushings will almost certainly need to be replaced.

Jeff 97 Formula

Check the fuel line near the fuel rail cover. Many (including myself) experienced the cover rubbing into the fuel line, and have replaced with a stainless steel piece.

Also check the BCM wire harness behind the glove box.

ramblinman6567

Ok. I looked into those - the radius rod bushings seem like a very straight forward install. Found ones made by Lovell. With the strut bushing, can that be replaced without changing out the strut? Or would it make more sense to do struts and bushings all at once?

Thanks!

SSGoat

iTrader: (2)

Good info here, I'm looking into getting a cheap gto for a daily driver beater, the ones I e been looking at are around 100k miles, do you guys suggest I look into another ls car for my intentions? Or is there anything extra I should look for or know about the ls2 with that high mileage? Thanks in advance

I've never looked into a vehicle with more then 35k miles so this is new to me being a high mileage car

Dr.Goat

Our whole steering rack has to be replaced if our inner tie rod ends go bad. Buut there is a site that has our tie rods in stock for 119$ and you have to tap the hole to a different size, deff a lot cheaper than buying a rem fac steering rack.