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Old Dec 24, 2010 | 12:00 PM
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Just ordered 2 poly dogbone mounts one round one and one square one. Both are red and ill have one extra round one if anyones interested in buying it throw me a pm. They are from zzperformance.
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also will be ordering a tranny cooler from an 08 e350 or 250 next week. thing must be 2inches thick. 91bux my cost
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Got the grills in finally along with both valve covers and my poly dog bone mounts. Took some pics and will post them tonight when i get home!
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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Pics!
Pontiac emblem will be black within a couple weeks, friend is tinting and clearcoating a bunch of emblems/all my lights
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 05:51 PM
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Ordered some DEI Exhaust wrap and ties today to wrap my manifolds and crossover and maby my dp if i have enough left. I hope a 2"x50' roll will be enough and ordered 12 14" ties.
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Did your Doug Thorley headers hook right up on the turbo? I was considering getting a set, but wasn't sure if they would fit.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 06:17 PM
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no went back to stock manifolds for turbo application.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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Where did you get those black grills from?
I wanna paint my Valve covers Old school Pontiac blue.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 06:59 PM
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ebay grills.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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Im about to black everthing out, so this good to know
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wrap, locking ties and my tranny cooler arrived today.
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painted the rims for my slicks.
Before and after pics.
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well, 50ft of exhaust wrap isnt enough lol was enough to do my front manifold and 90% of my turbo crossover. Still have to do my rear manifold and the turbo downpipe.
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Man,the engine bay is lookin clean.I also like the "MURDERED OUT" look,one of the best lookin GXP I've seen on this site.
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thanks! im nowhere near the murdered out look im goin for lol rims are gettin painted, debadged and tinting the front emblem, oh and black chrome tips lol
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got my tails back in today, freshly tinted and cleared. will take pics of the front today if i get them back in.
And a pic of my 275/40's goin on my new rims next week when they arrive.
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Ordered some DEI Exhaust wrap and ties today to wrap my manifolds and crossover and maby my dp if i have enough left. I hope a 2"x50' roll will be enough and ordered 12 14" ties.
2" x 15' covered my crossover. i assume 2 x 50 will do a hell of alot
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2x50 was enough to do my crossover and front manifold. pics later of what ive got done just gotta go home and plug in the bb.
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More pics, didnt put my pontiac emblem on, it was still a bit cold out for it. Also took a couple pics of my ongoing exhaust wrap job lol still not done
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