I want your opinons!

[jjewellgt]

Hey,

So i have changed the trunk, here are some before and after pictures.....the first one is before, then the next 2 are now....I tinted the tails and change the trunk....

My question to everyone id, shouldi but the GT emblem back on the trunk? (not the "grand am" but just the GT)?????

Let me know what you think!:D


P.S As i was out taking pictures a came across this beautiful Hawk, thought i would post some pictures of him too:lol:

P.S.S yes i know i spelt opinion wrong hahahaha, i hit post before i could fix it! oh well:lol:

[04alyGT]

Yes, unless you debadge the rest of the car.

[curtisjade1]

:iagree:

[Exist2Inspire]

I think that the Grand Am's look really nice completely de-badged. And besides, who doesn't know what a Grand Am looks like?

[g4mbl3]

haha, your a funny one jewel, but what i suggest is like everyone else, i would say either debadge the whole car, or instead of popping the original gt back on, get one of those vinyl stickers so it has that flush look, and then debadge the rest of the car. haha but finally i get to see these infamous pics that uve had me waiting for for basically 2 days, haha jk jk. but i like it very much, and good job with the tails!!

[TA^Guy]

If you like the "GT" may I suggest debadging the whole car and using overlay decals from say GrafxWerks.com?

The badges are hard to clean around, towels snag on them, etc. Just using a decal give a smoother profile while keeping your logos, and you can have them in any color combination you wish. I think black reflective on a black car looks great. Had some black reflective decals on our black GT, also have purple on the black which IMO looked pretty good too.

Oh, and I love the spoilerless trunk lid!

BTW, black GTs are the best. :D

[Gagt518]

Debadge the whole car. Love the look with out the spoiler to ;)

[nicholas402]

no badges ftw!

[moore19ca]

I think if you do put the 'GT' back on place it underneath the trunk lock in the center of the trunk, might look ok

[IllizitGA]

flip a coin!!

[ManktheTank19]

Debadge the whole car - provides a nice cleaner look and will be easy to wash.

The hawk pictures are neat :lo: - How close were you to it :???:

:welcome:

The car looks nice and clean - do you have anymore plans for it :???:

[jjewellgt]

Debadge the whole car - provides a nice cleaner look and will be easy to wash.

The hawk pictures are neat :lo: - How close were you to it :???:

:welcome:

The car looks nice and clean - do you have anymore plans for it :???:

Good point about it being easy to wash....as for the hawk, i was about 4ft from it lol, he was having dinner on the side of the road.....:lol:

Yes i have more plans for it! Defiantly a paint job, haven’t quite decided what exact colour yet...i want to get the ram air hood, new exhaust, sound system....you know all that good stuff! :lol:

Any suggestions are welcome!

[Trudgn]

I'm with John on this one, if you want the badge just put the vinyl on by itself, much smoother. That was my plan when I got the car painted, but then I fell in love with the smooth look. It's very reasonably priced, and I see your from Ontario so shipping will be very fast.

[04alyGT]

If you like the "GT" may I suggest debadging the whole car and using overlay decals from say GrafxWerks.com?

The badges are hard to clean around, towels snag on them, etc. Just using a decal give a smoother profile while keeping your logos, and you can have them in any color combination you wish. I think black reflective on a black car looks great. Had some black reflective decals on our black GT, also have purple on the black which IMO looked pretty good too.

Oh, and I love the spoilerless trunk lid!

BTW, black GTs are the best. :D

I like this idea too, plus it supports our sponsors hint hint

[Sweet98GA]

de-badge the whole car... don't put just a GT anywhere on OR inside the car (as some people have de-badged the outside and they'll put it inside under the air bag, etc)... Cleaner looking w/ no badging, AND it's easier to clean & wax :)

[g4mbl3]

btw, she already has the whole car debadged, she is just contemplating putting the gt on the trunk or not. just figured id clear some things up :D

[fived]

yeah i like your trunk.... haha kidding
DEBADGE that...

[moore19ca]

ya i changed my mind, just debadge the whole thing

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Wow, reminds me of my GAGT when I first bought it. Just keep the GT on the trunk, and it's an 03, they don't come with the badging on the front doors! But get a set of dual post mirrors! They look so much better.
Black GAGT's FTFW!

[jjewellgt]

ya i changed my mind, just debadge the whole thing

:lol:

[jjewellgt]

;1155945']Wow, reminds me of my GAGT when I first bought it. Just keep the GT on the trunk, and it's an 03, they don't come with the badging on the front doors! But get a set of dual post mirrors! They look so much better.
Black GAGT's FTFW!

I agree about the mirriors! I think i am going to go with leaving the GT on the back...but i wont put it on ubtill after i get the paint job done....and i haven't exactly decided what i am going to do with that either haha:lol:

[[ChaosweaveR]]

I agree about the mirriors! I think i am going to go with leaving the GT on the back...but i wont put it on ubtill after i get the paint job done....and i haven't exactly decided what i am going to do with that either haha:lol:

Wait...paint? Why repaint it? The paint looks good from the pics you posted. Just have it waxed and compounded. Nothing a good detail job won't fix. Also, any engine mods done to your GT?

[jjewellgt]

;1155961']Wait...paint? Why repaint it? The paint looks good from the pics you posted. Just have it waxed and compounded. Nothing a good detail job won't fix. Also, any engine mods done to your GT?

I could do that, I was thinking about painting it a really deep deep green so that you could only tell in the light but it you weren't looking for it, it would look black....or i just might keep it black lol....no no engine mods yet...i need to look into that a little bit further...I dont have to much to spend at one time so thats why i hgave been doing things gradualy...i just baught headlights to...i'll have pics of those soon...any suggestions for the engine mods??:lol:

[[ChaosweaveR]]

I could do that, I was thinking about painting it a really deep deep green so that you could only tell in the light but it you weren't looking for it, it would look black....or i just might keep it black lol....no no engine mods yet...i need to look into that a little bit further...I dont have to much to spend at one time so thats why i hgave been doing things gradualy...i just baught headlights to...i'll have pics of those soon...any suggestions for the engine mods??:lol:

Save yourself the hassle, and just keep the paint the way it is. As for engine mods, start with an intake and exhaust system. CAI's are easy to make yourself, but you'll have to get the stock ram air box out of the way. Exhausts, they make bolt on system for the GAGT, but they tend to be around $400-600. I recommend you do what I did, go with a muffler or glasspack, and get some exhaust tips and have a shop weld up a system for you. Mine only cost me $180, I used a Cherry Bomb glasspack, with squared off single outlet dual exhaust setup. They also sound good with Flowmaster 40 and 80 series mufflers.

[jjewellgt]

;1155974']Save yourself the hassle, and just keep the paint the way it is. As for engine mods, start with an intake and exhaust system. CAI's are easy to make yourself, but you'll have to get the stock ram air box out of the way. Exhausts, they make bolt on system for the GAGT, but they tend to be around $400-600. I recommend you do what I did, go with a muffler or glasspack, and get some exhaust tips and have a shop weld up a system for you. Mine only cost me $180, I used a Cherry Bomb glasspack, with squared off single outlet dual exhaust setup. They also sound good with Flowmaster 40 and 80 series mufflers.


Ya i want to do the Flowmasters for sure...i need to save up some more money before that gets done tho...:lol:

[jjewellgt]

Well I put the new headlights on!

Here they are....



maybe this pic will get me GAOTW :lol: ....

[Trudgn]

Great picture! I see you guys have some flooding over there too. Oh, and the headlights look awesome!

[jjewellgt]

Great picture! I see you guys have some flooding over there too. Oh, and the headlights look awesome!

We sure do! :lol: and thanks:)

[ManktheTank19]

That is a very nice picture there with the water :)

[woodplock7]

nice car :D idk i personally would rather have the stock spoiler or sc/t one then no spoiler but thats just my opinion :D looking good otherwise... makes me kind of wish my GAGT was black... but then again i love my red :D

[g4mbl3]

We sure do! :lol: and thanks:)

so i see your copying me? haha jk, but amazing pic! love the water, but what is up w/ the flooding, i havent heard anything. anything else your going to do soon?

[jjewellgt]

so i see your copying me? haha jk, but amazing pic! love the water, but what is up w/ the flooding, i havent heard anything. anything else your going to do soon?


:lol: you would like it to much if i was copying you:P j/k i just didn't like the orange corner markers...and someone offered me these headlights for a great price so i had to :P....the flooding isn't as bad as it looks lol:lol: its just one spot that fluds every year.:lol:

[jjewellgt]

UPDATE!

Well I just got my car back from the shop and it is now complete with Cat Back Magnaflow! Sounds great! I'll post pictures and a sound clip a little later!:D:D:D:D

[Bouchie11982]

just debadge it all. it'll look alot better

[GtAudioFreak]

I know Im a little late but as John mentioned about the vinyl instead of badges. Here are some examples on my car. You still represent what you have and keep a nice clean look.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g253/grandamgtblk99/After%20Detail/Picture026.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g253/grandamgtblk99/After%20Detail/Picture028.jpg

You can get them in any color combination and in reflective.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g253/grandamgtblk99/After%20Detail/Picture117.jpg

[jjewellgt]

Thanks for the pics! It looks really good, as of right now i have debadged the whole thing:) i think im going to leave it at that for now...:lol:

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Wow! Very nice with the new headlights. Also, get some pics up of the new exhaust! I'd love to see how it looks.

[g_am99]

leave it off... it looks a hell of alot cleaner

[Shadow-D]

Ok I like the look of the badges but they are a PITA to clean around. I would try something different, get reflective Black Grand Am's and Reflective Red GT's then put an accent color behind them like silver or white, something to make them stand out a little bit so it's not just black on black.

[jjewellgt]

Ok I like the look of the badges but they are a PITA to clean around. I would try something different, get reflective Black Grand Am's and Reflective Red GT's then put an accent color behind them like silver or white, something to make them stand out a little bit so it's not just black on black.


Thats a great idea! I was thinking something like that ... or i was thinking just and outline of the GT so it looks filled in black with an outline. :lol:

[Shadow-D]

The hard part is going to be getting the background vinyl. Customgrandam can sell you the overlays but you are going to have to go to a "sign shop" to get the outline. Don't forget to bring the new vinyl with you to the shop so they can measure it correctly.

[Trudgn]

If you do want to go the above mentioned route with the bigger vinyl behind, and you're ever in the London area, send me a message. I work at a 'sign shop' and can probably get you a pretty good price.

[jjewellgt]

Im going to look in to it! And dan, i will definitely let you know if im in the area! thanks again!

[Housor]

i think you should put the GT right under the trunk keyhole my grand am has only the GT badge on both doors and i like how it
see!
looks!http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj258/Housor/Picture012.jpg

[blackgt2k]

ill throw in this idea, get the grafxwerks bordered decals. i had them on my black sc/t. silver border with reflective black insert. so during the day, there you will only see the silver border and at night, when light reflects off it, youll see the lettering. heres the closest pic i have of them
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/blackgt2k/Scranton%20PA%202006/sc_t_driving_1.jpg

[jjewellgt]

Thanks for the pics guys! so many choices, I'm thinkin I might do a grey outline with black reflective .... hmmmmmmmmm :lol:

[Trigga-T]

hey instead of getting a whole paint job, you can keep your black and just have them reclear it with green pearl. that way if u see it in the sun or light you'll see the green but out of the sun youll see black. if you were in my area id hook you up lol. all they have to do is wetsand the car throw some pearl in the 1st coat of clear then 1-2 more regular coats of clear after. shouldnt cost to much and still get the look that you wanted with out a whole new paint job. as far as badge wise the grey outline with reflective black would be hot

[GrandAmGTTT]

I have just the GT on the back of mine, i like it better with just GT. So i agree, and the tails look so good blacked out

[jjewellgt]

hey instead of getting a whole paint job, you can keep your black and just have them reclear it with green pearl. that way if u see it in the sun or light you'll see the green but out of the sun youll see black. if you were in my area id hook you up lol. all they have to do is wetsand the car throw some pearl in the 1st coat of clear then 1-2 more regular coats of clear after. shouldnt cost to much and still get the look that you wanted with out a whole new paint job. as far as badge wise the grey outline with reflective black would be hot

Thats a great idea!!! Im going to look into how much that would cost me out here ...


I have just the GT on the back of mine, i like it better with just GT. So i agree, and the tails look so good blacked out

Thanks! :)

[jjewellgt]

I am also looking at purchasing a Black Carbon Fibre Hood....not quite sure how well that would go with the green pearl paint? Thoughts anyone? :lol:

[blackgt2k]

get a ram air hood...... a cf hood is nice, though it doesnt stand out as much as a ram air hood would. i had a cf hood and ended up selling it. but its your opinion that counts.

[GinoGrandAm]

I had the same problem when i de-badged my GT,, i was thinking of putting it centered under the lock just the GT,,, but ended up leaving it all off,,,, who knows whatever you think looks best!!!

[jjewellgt]

get a ram air hood...... a cf hood is nice, though it doesnt stand out as much as a ram air hood would. i had a cf hood and ended up selling it. but its your opinion that counts.

Oh really? Why did you end up selling it?

[Trigga-T]

glad i could help. look into that pearl. just tell them u want ur car recleared with green pearl in it

[blackgt2k]

if your going for performance, then yes, it is literally 11 pounds. though for look, youd never know unless you got up close. thats why i say if your looking for a bold statement, get a scooped hood. heres a cf hood on a black gt
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/blackgt2k/carbon_fiber_hood2.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/blackgt2k/cfhood2.jpg

[blackgt2k]

would you want to see this coming at you
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/blackgt2k/sct_chin_spoiler5.jpg
or this???
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c219/blackgt2k/Scranton%20PA%202006/sc_t_front.jpg

its all personal choice.

[jjewellgt]

The one I am looking at has one scoop onthe driver side .... it different, lots of poeple have the ram air hood lol. I don't know what I think yet haha:lol:

[blackgt2k]

they do not make the scooped cf hood anymore. they stopped making a year ago. plus then youd only benefit from a WAI. though like i said before, its personal preference.

[redhotdj]

put the rear spoiler back on looks better with it on

[jjewellgt]

put the rear spoiler back on looks better with it on

lol :lol: ... i like it better this way for now:) thanks tho

[Grims01GT]

Put the spoiler back on lol

[jjewellgt]

Put the spoiler back on lol


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