tenspeed's ride

[tenspeed]

I've dropped plenty of pictures of mods that I have done but nothing in the rides section. It's about time to put it together in one group.

It's a 2002 GA 2.2L with a 5 speed. I drive it year round so I can't really lower it or put on a kit. Most stuff I do is appearence and since I am an electrician, there's a lot of lighting mods.

Here we go.

[tenspeed]

Rear shot from Albany

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Pirate shot --- Aaaarrrgggg

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Interior shot, carbon fiber panel, two tone paint, billet cranks

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Polished valve cover, home made spun aluminum covers, white loom, etc, etc.

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RSM strut tower brace with home made fillers

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Custom hood props

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Wheelskins cover and two tone paint

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Air horns tucked under the bumper cover under the nostrils

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Headlight detail, glowing signature, silverstar bulbs and BMW angel eyes

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At night

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UV neons in the nose, red CCFL's underneath

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Clear nostril screens

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Behind the front air dam

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Painted UV neons in the trunk lid

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CCFL's in the third brake light and SC/T wing. They both come on with the brake pedal

[ga5speed02]

dayum they are sweet pics mmmmmmmmmmmm billet window cranks :drool: :lol:
car looks awesome

[tenspeed]

So that's what I have. There's some more stuff in the works for Albany '06!

[Chain]

holy cow that is some nice work......

those rims freaking rock... The purple blows me away...
and that engin bay omg you could eat off of it. VERY NICE.

[tenspeed]

Thanks Mike and Chain. I spent a lot of time picking those rims out. I didn't have a lot of money to play with but I couldn't keep the 15" steelies on for long either.

[Old Guy]

Damn!!!!! That's one opf the cleanest rides I've ever seen. IMO there's not one mod that isn't in good taste. :thumbup2:

[ManktheTank19]

Man thats one nice ride. I really like your engine work and I love those caps :) People can eat off that engine for how clean it is

Great work :)

[tenspeed]

Originally posted by ManktheTank19
I really like your engine work and I love those caps :) People can eat off that engine for how clean it is. Great work :)

Thank you, the kind people at Albany '05 thought so too. One of the two trophies that I have ever gotten.

[rabidpanda69]

Ooooo :drool: I LOVE that spoiler. And who couldnt love that engine? Very nice work tenspeed.

[born4drivn]

nice ride. White at that is hard to keep clean and polished, but you have it down pat!!! awesome...

[ManktheTank19]

Originally posted by tenspeed
Thank you, the kind people at Albany '05 thought so too. One of the two trophies that I have ever gotten.


Not only you won in my mind but you won at Albany 2005 :lol:


Do many people give you :shit: for all the lights you have (2 3rd brake lights and neons)? I personally love the lights, I was just wondering because I get some :shit: for having fog lights in my grill

[tenspeed]

Originally posted by ManktheTank19
Do many people give you :shit: for all the lights you have (2 3rd brake lights and neons)?

Not yet. Most of the time, they don't even know that the lights are there until I turn them on. I have things tucked out of sight.

I milled a flat area on the edge of my RSM strut tower bar so you can't see the light from the front. You can see it peeking out in the 6th shot. It glows out from underneath. The only lights that really show are in the interior. They are blue and have a electron "snake" that moves around inside when they are on.

[inferno]

jim the car is looking swwet as always. i still havnt seen the underglow in person but as i have CCFL in my car and can just imagine how bright it is

[shadesofnight]

Alright, I'll be the jerk.

First though, the engine bay is VERY nice. Love that, looks brand new and filled with little goodies. I also love the billet window crank, I'm just about sick of replacing window regulators, currently my drivers side is locked up with about an inch of it open. The angel eye headlights are also a very nice touch. The air horns are awesome too!

On the negative side, I dont like the tails, the tint, and the mulitple color neon scheme. The SC/T wing lights are a bit much as well.

Overall though, lookin' good.

[tenspeed]

Originally posted by shadesofnight
On the negative side, I dont like the tails, the tint, and the mulitple color neon scheme. The SC/T wing lights are a bit much as well.

Overall though, lookin' good.

I welcome your opinions. If everyone like the same things, we would all have the same car.

I gave it a lot of thought before buying the chrome tails. I got them because I like the look of the chrome headlights against the white. I have been recently trying to figure out how to get the open to add a little body color in there to tone them down.

The wing lights only come on with the brakes and sort of glow on the trunk lid.

As to the multiple color light schemes, well I'm sort of A.D.D. I started out with a bunch of UV neons then I found out about the red CCFL computer mod's. The blue is in the interior because I found electron snake lights that sounded cool.

I'm not done either. Have you heard about strobes and plasma balls?

[DontPassTheFence]

Haha, I love it other than the altezzas - but if you have to have altezzas they do look best on a whtie car. My favorite mod has to be the clean engine or the lights in the spoiler, that must throw people a bit when you hit the brakes, haha - I hope I get to Albany so I can see the car in person (since Grand Ams look sexier in real life than in pictures, as we all know)

GAOTW; need I say more? :D

[DontPassTheFence]

Like I said, a shoe in :D

Nice work on the GAOTW, Jim :thumbup:

[ga5speed02]

:woot: congrats on GAOTW :party2: :lots:


nice job Jim :D

[2001GAGT]

Looks GREAT Jim!!!

Congrates on GAOTW

[RedFireUFO]

wow that is a sweet looking GA.. congrats on GAOTW!!

[Bouchie11982]

awesome Jim!!! that interior is nice looking. that engine looks ****-span. i dont know about those hood props. not sure if you looked for clearance on the windshield (from what i can see it looks fine) overall...awesome job! :thumbup: congrats on GAOTW!

[Big Joe]

looking good jim!

[XoticGA]

:woot: :bigok:

[shadesofnight]

Originally posted by tenspeed
I welcome your opinions. If everyone like the same things, we would all have the same car.

FINALLY, someone with an open mind, even to criticism. I applaud you. I dont have a problem so much with the fact that the tails are chrome... I agree that chrome lights only look good on white cars, I just dont like that particular design. Then again, its not like there are an abundant amount of choices out there for tails on a GA.

[gicts]

congrats on GAOTW

[BQfromNY]

GJ Jimmy!!

[03grandam]

congrats on GAOTW,nice job.

[luczjasp]

Nice Ride man!! Gave me a lot of new ideas for mine! Congrats on GAOTW!!

[mrjoecanadian]

Congrats Jim, love the ride keep up the good work.

White GA's are the best :yourock: (at lease your car does)

Congrats on GAOTW!!

[inferno]

grats jim.

[tenspeed]

"March 6, 2006 - tenspeed's 2002 Grand Am SE

Congratulations to tenspeed for winning Grand Am of the Week!! Jim is a very loyal GAOC member but rarely posts pictures, so take the opportunity and have a look at an extremely nice example of what patience can do!!!" Kelly
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Thank you one and all. I really do appreciate the honor of GAOTW, a badge I will proudly display.

Kelly is right, I rarely post pictures. In the beginning the car was stock and everyone knows what that looks like. Along the way, I would post mods that I had done and at the suggestion of Trish and Mike in another thread, I put a lot of the pictures together. I never thought the car could compete with the GT's, the coupes, the V6's and the body kits. I added many things but I also grew used to them at the same time. Little did I know a couple of years ago that I could attain such an honor.

Thank you for the kind words bestowed upon my daily driver. I look foreword to defending my "Best Engine" title in Albany '06.

C ya there....

[PatGT]

Awesome Ride Tenspeed! as always daily drivers rock! espically when you can eat out of the engine bay!

[Lythium]

That is one sweeet white GA, and congrats on the GAOTW. I think if you were to take the ribs off the sides, or put a GT front/rear on it would be even better!! Maybe some twin-post mirrors too! I love the lighting, and that engine is amazing. Looks like it's never been driving, or even pulled out of the garage.

['96GAGT]

You've got one awesome ride. I'm very impressed. Keep up the good work on this thing. You can get carried away with modding your interior and the exterior of your car, but who cares! Yours looks great. How loud is the air horn set up you've got?

[redhotdj]

Originally posted by tenspeed
RSM strut tower brace with home made fillers
how did you make the strut tower fillers nice

[tenspeed]

I work for Kodak, those are 4" film tin lids. I used double sided tape to hold the spun aluminum center. If you check your supermarket, the Dinty Moore Beef Stew can is about the same size.

I look at everything in my search for new materials. I have a dozen aluminum Budweiser bottles that I'm going to do something with. Not sure what, maybe a strobe light cannon.

[03GT-SC/T]

Sweet ride man, congrats on GAOTW, one question though, where did you get the fuel door? I've been looking for one, but cant seem to find one.

[tenspeed]

It's a Mustang fuel door that I turned down on a lathe. Then I used stacks of washers to get it to sit "right" on the curved fender.

I have a couple more that I am planning to turn down and sell with hardware and instructions.

[inferno]

why didnt u tell me jim. ill take one of them off your hands

[Rennation]

i love your headlights and the light mods...not sure about the interior paint tho

if you have an extra fuel door that you can mod to fit like yours let me know via pm, i will compensate for your labor as well