Well i traded in my beater grand am for a much newer, much nicer daily driver and spent 5 hours this morning detailing it up.

Trying to settle on a name for it and so far i am thinking either:

1) Angie
2) Ron

As for mods... I don't plan anything too excessive, maybe wheels (cheap), drop and a few small cosmetic tweaks like a spoiler and lip - definitely nothing like my G!

Attached are some pictures to show the progress as the car needed some love!

Old Beater:



New Daily!! Before:



After a wash:


Now time for the detailing:

Here are the products i used on the paint and headlights:


Here are the products used on the chrome and metal:


Wheels before:




After:



Exhaust tips before:




After - still needs some work, but considering they were completely black before washing, a definite improvement:



Headlights before - heavy hazing:



After:




As she sits now:

 

very nice DD. Great job cleaning the car up too.

 

looks new!!! i need something to polish my exhaust tips....mine are burnt tips but you cant even tell right now...looks black.

 

Nice upgrade! Good job working on cleaning it up as well!

 

The p21s is the best stuff i have used - worked great on my tips and i use it to keep my G's HKS looking new as well.

 

Damn!! Must be nice..

 

where did ya pick it up from?

 

Nice work!

 

Texas Direct Auto - They sell over 1000 cars a month - largest car dealer in terms of volume in the country. Pretty much run through ebay

Thanks!

Ha - you need to spend less time GTLing Frankie and start whoring yourself out like me! LOL

 

looks like Angie is in the lead 2-0...

 

Angie because...well...she too is hawt nice work btw...sooooo if I drive down...you gonna shine up Vader before I sell?

 

Just for you! you make the drive and i will shine it for you!! Hop you have a buyer in TX - bc by time it gets back to CO it will be trashed!

Photo shoot included

 

What a sick Is350 as a "beater" i really want one what year is it fully loaded as well?

 

Vip that bitch out!! I do need to get on the ball.. Gtl is my life!!

 

no way - the grand am was a "beater"... this will be my daily driver - lol! It's an 06 - it has navigation and heated/cooled seats - but missing the premium package which gives you HID's and a tilting/telescoping steering wheel and a few other things... I was surprised to find that out after i bought it, i honestly thought all IS's had HID's... oh well - should've found the forum before i bought it LOL!! (guess i'll just put that on the mod list!) and if you price them out, they really aren't that bad - people think they are way more expensive than they are. Plus, the place by me has some insane deals on cars - texasdirectauto.com - check them out

I thought about it - just gonna throw a lip kit on and a mild drop with some cheap knockoff wheels on it and be done - i want a car that i can drive without worrying about anything - unlike my G - LOL!

GTL homie - just living the dream!!