Options
Oldsmobile Aurora Owners: Photo Gallery
This discussion has been closed.
Popular New Cars
Popular Used Sedans
Popular Used SUVs
Popular Used Pickup Trucks
Popular Used Hatchbacks
Popular Used Minivans
Popular Used Coupes
Popular Used Wagons
Comments
I'm chiming in to interject my comments on the color discussion currently taking place.
I have seen all the 2003 colors for the Aurora in person and the 2002 Cherry Metallic also. My thoughts about some of the colors are:
My selling dealer had a Bordeaux Red Aurora on the lot and I compared it to the Dark Cherry Metallic of the Collector's Edition that I have. The Bordeaux Red looked more like a dark plum metallic color. It was slightly brighter than the Dark Cherry and you have to be in bright sunlight to get the angle of the sun reflecting just right to see the metallic sparklies in the paint. The Dark Cherry is like that too. I obviously preferred the Dark Cherry more. I think that it is prettier and the more dramatic of the two.
The Steel Blue Metallic looks like a baby blue metallic as best as I can describe it. The picture in the 2003 Oldsmobile brochure for the Aurora is pretty true to the actual color. I thought that it was the only one that was of all the colors in the brochure samples. This same color was also available on the Bonneville for 2003.
My selling dealer had one last 2002 model on the lot for a long time and it was a Cherry Metallic 3.5. The Cherry Metallic is definitely brighter than the Dark Cherry and can be a little dark looking too when not in direct sunlight. The sunlight brings out the color and the sparklies in it as well. It liked it better than the Bordeaux Red, but still am hooked on the Dark Cherry.
If I had not bought a Final 500, I would have bought a White Diamond as a regular model. It is my all-time favorite for the Aurora. It seems to be such as thick paint color.
I think that the Aurora was the best value Luxury car that GM offered for 2003 in terms of luxury, performance, features, warranty, and price. A Park Avenue Ultra costing over $42,000 fully loaded and FAUX (fake plastic) wood trim instead of REAL wood trim like the Aurora and NO BOSE radio option like the Aurora is an IMMEDIATELY turnoff to me. What is Buick thinking? I thought that they were supposed to be the Cadillac wannabee division. Looks like Oldsmobile beat them every time with the Aurora.
O.K. My 2 cents is over(probably not worth one). Continue the discussions! ;-)
Bryant
Here you can see the HELLA ballast on the far lower right corner of the engine area.
Here is a front shot, lights on.
Side shot.
http://www.cardomain.com/id/javidogg
Peace.
It was a neat shot, but I can do it too with the Aurora. Unfortunately I can't capture the picture as well since my garage is small (and the photo never seems to show it lifted as well). The back tire doesn't come off the ground, but that's mainly because my car has substantially more suspension travel than a 911, and the rear seems to have more than the front. The tire is barely touching, though. If the front jack had like an inch more travel, both tires would be off the ground (the front gets raised just enough to pull the wheel off, but it isn't much further off the pavement than that.
Just thought you guys might find it cool. In this shot, my car is jacked up from the front driver's side jacking point:
Hey do you have your Aurora also listed on cardomain.com?
Peace.
Http://www.cardomain.com/id/javidogg
I come from the school of thought that says the Classic needs no body mods to look good.
I do like your wheels.
LOL to rjs200240
Henri
I really dont the wheels, (way to busy for me)
And the body kit is nice, but you should have a shop make it smoother. Get the area where the kit meets the orginal body shaved. (The area that looks like a rope going across.)
The whole car:
This was a rather quick job..maybe about 2 hours for the whole car, just an exterior detail done with Meguiar's Swirl-Free Polish and 1 coat of Souveran (which is what is sitting on the hood in the first pic). Sorry to go off-topic and thanks for indulging me guys!
You can buy it from Autogeek or from I think premiumautocare.com? So far it seems like an easier-to-apply Blackfire. But we'll see.
I love the new house! I still have to get some lights up in the garage. I ordered a ladder from Amazon.com because it collapses down to a 5' A-frame but can be stretched up to a 9' A-frame. We have about 9' ceilings, but this way I don't have to store a 9' ladder... Should be in the next week or so it arrives.
I am really ticked at myself for forgetting the camera. I worked on a 2003 Yukon for a friend of my parents the other day. Seems the wife had tried to take down the garage with the front bumper, so I spent an hour removing the paint trade with the house and taking care of the scratches that the brick caused...then spent another 2 hours working the entire thing over. They were so excited about how it looked that I'll be stopping by to chat with them about a regular maintenance schedule for their two SUV's (a Lexus too). Should be very interesting.
P.S. 303 Rocks! It's my preferred tire dressing now, even if it is a bit pricey.
Brian, I haven't tried the 303 yet, but I'll probably use it on the interior first. I really like Endurance (non high-gloss) on tires and it lasts very well. I'm really liking #38 on exterior trim too. It has a nice clean look (a tad shiny but I think it could be buffed to less shine) and seems to last very well. Doing exterior trim is a pain and it's hard to keep it off glass and such, so the longer it lasts the better...
Anyway, on to the pictures:
Now where can I pick up a cutting edge vacuum tube computer.
Mike98, that's about as shiny as I like the tires to get. Sometimes I go with the more matte #40, but it's just that Endurance lasts so well. I could probably buff them to be a bit more matte than that, though. I don't usually buff tires because it ruins the towel.
Question: I've never noticed this before, but is that textured plastic trim at the bottom of the doors? My car is painted bodywork all the way to the unibody seam.
To answer Bob's question....you talking about the classics, right? Yep, they have a thin strip of plastic trim right at the bottom. Perhaps 2 inches wide.
Ha ha ha!! The exhaust broke on the Nissan several weeks back, as you may recall... It was incredibly loud. This exhaust from Pacesetter was the cheapest cat-back I could find. It's actually a nice piece with mandrel-bending and all the hardware included. It's funny, it seemed so quiet since the exhaust was so loud before. I haven't really heard it under heavy gas (like when trying to pass commuter buses, cement mixers, or other 3 or 4-banger rolling coffins).
I'm having sort of a dilema in that the yellow stripe around the outside of the tip can be removed, and the inner yellow could probably be turned black from exhaust if I don't clean it. But then, I kind of think I should go all out and attach this sticker that came with it to the passenger side of the tip (that's my Palm for size reference):
I'm not sure which to do... I guess if I put the sticker on, maybe I should pick up a roll of puffy chrome pinstriping at the local AdvanceAuto and roll it down all the seams in the body... But then I'd have to listen to music loud with the windows down and stuff... I rarely use the radio when driving. I also have a K&N sticker, maybe I should put that on the other side of the exhaust tip just to even the stickers out?
I don't know why the exhaust tip sticks out like an inch past the bumper. It's made specifically for this car, not some big-mouthed universal muffler. I think that it might actually look attractive on a black 200SX, or maybe if they made a yellow one (they didn't to my knowledge, but it wouldn't be a stretch from the jelly-bean green they painted this car).
That was priceless! LOL
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
How did the removal process go? What'd you use to take it off and clean up the gunk?
Here's the line up, minus the Alero...she is under the tent behind me. Each of the cars is the final build of their particular model and have the decal on the bottom-left of the windshield to reflect that.
Here is the underside of the Alero's hood. You can see the signatures of the line workers coating the entire surface. The same goes for the trunk lid in the next picture.
Here you can see the window decal. All of the cars got the "last built" for each of their models, but only the Alero got the "Final Oldsmobile" tag.
Beauty shot of the best looking car there. Hands down. After looking at it, my brother calmly informed me that the next Aurora I get has to be a Final 500.
Now we know where the 2001+ Aurora wheels are going! This was the first time I had seen a Final Intrigue, and I think the wheels look awesome. Another great looking car with really sharp lines to her.
There's my girl. The sign you see next to the car is some info on the build...you see, this is the first Aurora ever built. This one has a permanent home inside the museum. Right next to this!
The flash on my camera made the chrome look funny...not sure why, but it was in pristine shape, even though the camera would have you believe otherwise.
And what would Olds be without a 442? What a sweet car!
I did get to make a stop into the Gift shop and got some great deals. Posters for $1, booklets for $1, patches for $1...it was a steal!
I hear you on buying a Final 500 4.0. I really thought it would be cool, but I just love my color so much better. And I wish they had left the Aurora "A" on the trunk instead of the heritage badge. I'm curious as to what my car would look like with those STS wheels, but I think the Aurora wheel is a bit more stylish.
Is that an IMSA Aurora V8? It's definitely not the IRL Aurora V8, and I don't think individual intake trumpets was an option on the classic... The Aurora GTS-1 had a 4.5L version of the motor, while the R&S Aurora-powered WSC car had a 4.0L motor. I wonder which one that is?
Thank you for the memories OLDs.
and thank you for the photos Brian, I live in the Chicagoland Area and would have never been able to see a beautiful display like that.
Javi.
Howard
what do the poster show, Auroras, Oldsmobile cars?
I'll reimburse you, do they have any Olds/Aurora badges of some sort?
Let me know.
Peace
Javi.
-Brian
I used Meguiar's Gold Class Rubber/Trim Protectant on the tires after cleaning with APC+ and a stiff brush.
You can see a few chips in the hood, but the rock chips for the most part aren't bad on the front.
I had a better shot of this from sort of high-up, but I stupidly focused on the space between them... My car was pretty polleny and had some bugs, but you can't tell in the photo. I just Souveran'd it last weekend.
...not to mention throwing out the U of M plate :-P
GO GREEN!!
I do think the chrome looks sharp on blue. I kind of wonder if it would look better with non-gold badges, but maybe not (they'd match the wheels then, though). I still like the look of aluminum on my car better, though. I just think red is awesome, and I love seeing aluminum... I dunno, I guess I'm weird.