FusionGT

' date='Dec 13 2011, 08:42 AM' post='63231']

Five speed?

Negative.

It's got the Ecotec Chris.

I can has a third "Grand Am" of sorts?

Introducing, in its horrible picture form... our new 2003 Alero. It's not perfect, and has some imperfections, but the price was right.

Very much so. Everything has already been settled and I'm hoping to pick up a 2003 Alero tomorrow.

Rainy day picture when I first got it.

No more yellow... This is what happens when you hit black ice and have a head on collision. (My girlfriend was driving and struck a full size Chevy truck head on. She walked away with a sore knee...)

I haven't logged on this site in months.

Okay, so it was completely an impromptu photo shoot. Literally didn't even have the plates on it and I had little to no time to work on a place to actually snap shots. So, drove about a mile and called it good. Plus, this is my first time really playing around with RAW images now that I actually have Photoshop. So, that said... here.

Offtopic but do I see some rust on the trunk of your Fusion Orange GA?

Unfortunately. At least it's only right there. I'm looking slowly for a second trunk and just have it painted when I get some other stuff done as well.

' date='Aug 11 2011, 11:01 PM' post='58237']

The snowflake wheels need some luv.

I disagree. They need to find a junkyard.

Got a couple of day shots today. Still doesn't have any plates on it, so I just took some random shots in the driveway. They don't look all that great, but, you can see it a little more now.

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congrats!

looks clean for the miles.

It really does, and that's what attracted me to the deal. The thing is like, immaculate in and out.

' date='Aug 10 2011, 10:22 PM' post='58193']

I love the smooth SEs...L61 or LA1?

Just ditch the stickers, dual post mirrors, drop, black housing headlights, GT tails, done.

LA1. Stickers might be gone by the weekend. Dual posts, if I get a good deal, might as well, but it's not the end of the world if I don't. Doubt I'll drop this one, it's going to be my DD in winter as my gf is getting the Mazda. Headlights, similar to dual posts, if a good deal presents itself, sure why not. I would like the GT tails though... we'll see.

Nice.

Thanks.

Very nice! Would have been awesome if you could have gotten another Fusion Orange but this one doesn't look bad at all.

Any plans for it? or is it staying stock?

I actually had a lead another another orange one. Sedan, 30th Anniversary Edition, fully loaded. Long story short, the seller's an idiot and I didn't get it.

Plans are to probably upgrade the sound system soon. It's great for now, but I'd like to get a new CD player in there and some new speakers down the road. Doubt I'll go the route of a sub or anything, just a good speaker setup and nice head unit. Other than that, GT tails probably, needs a new driver headlight (this one is pretty hazy) at some point. All in all, if I find cheap stuff for the car that I like (GT conversion type) then I'll probably pick them up. But, the plan is to stay stock for now.

So, as some of you may know, on here, probably not many, I've been looking into a second car as a daily driver. I had a lead on a 2003 Fusion Orange sedan for a great price, only to drive 90 minutes one way and hear he doesn't have the title. After about a month of headache, I gave up. I wasn't dead set on a GA, but really wanted a second one for the right price. Well, tonight, the right car, and the right price met.

Pictures suck because it was pouring when I got home, and by the time it wasn't, it was 9:30 at night.

Introducing, Grand Am #2 a 2004 SE Sedan. 126,000+ miles and it's essentially mint.

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Nope and nope. I'd rather not buy a GA I'd put that $20k into a car that's worth it lol. No offense to the GA owners but $20k into the performance of any other car would gain much better benefits.

Let's not get crazy with "any other car" things now. I agree that the Grand Am platform isn't exactly a top tier for modifications, yes. But, it's not a bad platform either. It's kind of a crap deal. If there was more aftermarket support, there would probably be more people working on them. But there would probably be more people working on them if there were more aftermarket support. Group buys never work, to do anything, you've got to be custom for the most part. It's hard.

That said, some like to be different. I live in Vermont and modified Subarus are like *ahem*holes, everyone has one. There's a ton of Hondas, Mitsubishis, Nissans, etc... In two fairly large VT car clubs, I'm the only guy with a Pontiac that's actually being 'modified' I like that.

And performance isn't everything. There isn't a track within 3 hours of my house, so there's no reason to build a 400HP car that I step on the gas and have fun getting to 50 miles an hour. I enjoy cars that look good, speed is pretty awesome too, don't get me wrong, but it's all relative. If you want to go fast, go ahead, but I'll take a sharp looking car over a fast one any day of the week right now. Maybe I'm rambling, but I hate all the crap I hear all the time about "if you're going to spend $xxxxx money, why not do it on a car that's worth it?" Since when are "you" (you meaning any person that says it, not specifically you only) the judge of what is or isn't worth it? I mean, I can go out and say I don't think a Mercedes is worth it and you could of spent your money better, but why? I'm banking you like it, and that's truly the only thing that matters at the end of the day.

You should be able to build one cheaper. IIRC the SC/T used a Buick tranny, and a rather small Eaton blower.

Good luck finding a blower. IIRC, there's roughly 15 of them known. Plus the paint isn't the exact Fusion Orange, it's a ridiculously nice job.

I mean, I suppose if you skip the paint job and got lucky to find a Eaton kit, then yeah, you probably could do it. But, seriously, between buying a GT Coupe and Eaton kit you're looking at $10,000 anyway. Plus all the custom work, you'd be surprised.

lookin sharp! I surprisingly like the hood, it gives it a distinct feature, although I feel as thought something else on the car needs to be black to balance it.

The goal is to have some more black on it down the road, in fact, I'm working on a few things now. I'd like to switch up the rims in the future to a black/gun metal type look to keep everything together.

Dun dun dun... HE'S ALIVE!

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i love those wheels. nice ga

Wanna buy them? Haha. I'd like to find a set of gunmetal-esque 18s instead. The chrome doesn't really flow with the car now.

' date='May 25 2010, 10:56 AM' post='26757']

CF SC/T spoiler. Duh.

Unfortunately, no... I wanted it, and there was one for sale on GAOC recently, but alas, not this time.

' date='May 25 2010, 09:39 AM' post='26737']

See, now that depends on WHAT mod you're going with, Adam.

It cost me $152 and some change to have it shipped here. Does that help?

' date='May 25 2010, 09:00 AM' post='26728']

Well...NY has pretty strict tint laws too, but I've been rocking 20% all around for 2+ years now, soooooo...

So.... what? If I had to choose between tint and the next mod that goes on the car, hands down, the next mod wins, EVERY time... I'll tint it eventually, no worries, just have far more important things to do first.

i like it now tint tails and get exhaust

Exhaust is on the short list... but I've got bigger plans first... I'm still undecided on tails. I'm contemplating a tinted LED look in the future, but that's a 2011 plan.

Love the color. You should really tint the windows, it'll match up with the hood so well.

Windows will probably be next spring. Vermont is pretty anal about their tint laws, and you can't have any on your side windows. Now that I've got a DD (the Mazda) I don't mind tinting them. However, I've got a fix a problem with the driver window first, then I'll do the tint. Probably a next spring idea.

New pictures...

Nothing overly new on the car. Went back to the stock tails (ended up selling them for more than I paid for them... ) and got the black molding around the rear bumper as well.

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HDR! Not too fond of them overall, but now I know what I need to do to be better at it.

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Bad ass. I'm stealing the first one when I get home...

Just do the regular size for here, that'll work fine.