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This year I had the whole thing painted and it looks great.
Now, you just need the dynoMax SuperTurbos and the chrome exhaust tips like mine to round her out :-)
BTW, only the rear shot displays, apparently there is something wrong with the other picture.
larryfl...I've been holding out on the new exhaust. I'd like to get a new Aurora (2001 or better) in the next year and am thinking about getting the CORSA when that happens. We'll see...
Gotta Love Those Beefy tires!
Peace.
Loving that low profile look!
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Even the nipple is chrome!
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Let's get the oil change out of the way. Nothing but Mobil 1 for the old girl....
That's my brother doing the oil change while I prep the calipers for paint
This is me...using the wire brush to clean the surface for painting. Don't ask me why I'm wearing the engineering shirt, I'm a law student, my brother is the engineer.
In the pic above, you can see my brother laying on the primer. The green you see is just some 3M tape to keep from painting the rotor as well.
Even Jeremy's 5.0 gets into the celebration....but his gets 15W50...yeesh, that's thick stuff.
Anyone else use this space in the nose of the vehicle to store oil? I always keep an extra quart there for when I need it. Never had one leak on me and it's a lot easier than getting into the trunk.
And one last pic. This is my freshly-detailed engine bay. Just had to throw it in there...:-)
All in all it was a good birthday. Hopefully, I'll be posting about the 200,000 mark in a couple of years...let's just cross our fingers.
For 9 years and 150k miles, she's certainly well preserved! I gotta ask, what color did you paint the calipers?
While our cars are the same age (6/94 build date - but only 101k miles), looks like I got a few years on you (I'm 46, and not NEARLY as well preserved). One day I'll get around to posting some pics of my car with the dynoMax mufflers & chrome tips. BTW, I use standard, premium dyno oil but change it every 3 to 3.5k miles - usually twice for every time the DIC tells me to. So far, so good.
I found these place that sells the paint and other stuff included, the process seems kind of easy to do, I'm going to look into it, now more than ever since I have the chrome wheels and you can see now more behind the wheels, and I don't like the rust look in there.
Here is the link for the product that I found, http://www.street-beat.com/brakcalpain.html
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. . . . . . REALLY.
I just used a rustoleum primer and black hi-temp paint (1200+ degree) from Autozone. If I had a black classic like yours, that might convince me to go with red or silver...probably a real bright silver. But I don't think any color goes too well with my "Light Antelope" classic.
everyone else, thanks for the kind words...just let me know when you've seen enough pictures of my car :-) When my girlfriend saw the pics she said that we should have been wearing birthday hats...man, that would have been great!
-Brian
I think I'm going to do the same for my Aurora.
Oh, and hey congrats to your Aurora turning 150.
Peace.
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with the flying A in silver artwo years old nad have held up well. I used some left over ppg black epoxy paint for the base and silver babeque paint for the A.
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Get some pictures up so we can see how your project came out.
I'm planning on doing my calipers soon.
Peace.
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I was going to buy one, but I heard it will void out my GM Warranty.
No plans for that now,
Instead I'm looking into a High Intensity Discharge Kit for now.
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Javi- The air intake is good for the high end speed, but I think it takes away torque at lower speeds. Also the engine runs a bit hot with it. It does sound really tough though.
stickking1- Yes that badge is from a 97 STS. I ordered it from the CAddie dealer. If you remember I had to replace my rear reflector piece. I got one from the junkyard for $95 (dealer wanted $618). Someone had scratched off the AURORA badge and left deep gouges in the plastic. I needed something bigger than just the AURORA badge to cover it up. So I thought the 32 V Northstar would look best. It was all scratched up pretty bad , but I used Meguiars Scratch X and Meguiars plastic polish and it made it useable. At least worth saving over $500.
For several months I have noticed that the index for Aurora discussions is not accurate. Sometimes the "last post" and "date" are not up-to-date. I realize this could be a problem with my brouser. Could you check it out and let us know what is neede to get the see a listing of most recent posts, in chronilogical order?
It's not your browser. The Owners Clubs discussions are set in a certain order. Some of the other clubs have long lists of linked discussions from other boards. This way the "Owners" discussions stay at the top of the list order. Sorry for the confusion!
If you look closely, my car is waving in the reflection...at least I'd like to think she is.
The dealer had about a dozen '01 or newer in stock, I was really surprised. You can see mine hiding out in the back..."One of these is not like the others...."
Here is the one I was there to look at....drool.
I was really stunned by how dark the color of the Final's were....almost plum to my eye. I'd love to have one of them, but I like the original wheels and the color was not my favorite, still beautiful...but I am a sucker for black.
Maybe we need to start an Aurora Owner's club so that we can see Aurora's lined up like that...
They all look so much better without the front plate. My state requires them, but I've yet to have any problems with not mounting it.
Thanks for sharing those photos! What awesome cars... I'd want to sit in each one... Hey, did they have any that weren't neutral/light neutral interiors? I've seen it gray once, but that's it. It was nice, but not nearly as welcoming as the lighter colors. Plus, it wasn't two-toned. Never saw the sage or mocha two-toned interiors.
I still like the looks of the Classic best - and the comparison just validates it! ....of course, I'm not biased or anything....
I see I am not alone.
Once you drive Aurora theres no going back. (not without a fight)
Henri
The Antares:
My car:
P.S. Greg, you've got mail.
It's really a cool picture that'll go on the office wall with the other Aurora stuff.
Someone should make the car critics do a blindfold test of the "feel" of plastic to see if they can tell any difference. You could do the same with material samples to test the "look" part too. The results would be hilarious for sure. My bet the only thing looking and feeling bad would be the stupid car critic.
Thanks again.
Well, there you go...must have just changed the index and broke all of the links...I'll have to update my old posts sometime soon.
I always told myself I would get black for the next one...but I'm really starting to love this color. I am a detailing fanatic, so it doesn't give me quite as much satisfaction as black or even a nice dark green, but there is something about this color at dusk. I don't get the feeling that the car is reflecting the color of the sunset, it really takes on the color of the sky...good stuff. If I got a 99 or older, I would go with this color or black, but if I got a 01 or newer then I would also consider that Bordeaux Red that RJS has...I love that color!
It was actually the color that got my wife and I looking at the Aurora. We were checking out Intrigues and wanted red, but the Intrigue red was leaving us just a tad cold. Then my wife said "Can't we get it in that red?" as she pointed at a Cherry Red Metallic 2001 Aurora. Then we made the fateful mistake of going over and sitting in it. That was it. She was sold totally on the interior, and of course I was duly impressed. What impressed me more was the V8, increased level of luxury and features, the IIHS "best-pick" rating, the V8, the fact that it really wasn't a whole lot more expensive than a loaded GLS, the V8, and mainly the fact that it had a V8.
I was aware of Auroras at the time, and always thought they were neat cars, but it never really dawned on me to check one out when we were looking for a new car. Thank God the dealership had a red one in stock or I'd be over on the Intrigue board!