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Comments
About the overlays, I'm sending them to the same place that is going to set my odometer to match my old odometer reading. They are going to charge 125.00 to reset the odometer and to put on the overlay then recalibrate the needles back to factory specs.
The reason I didn't want to do it myself is that I'm sure I'd have the needles all messed up then end up having to get the cluster fixed anyway.
Anyway I'll post pics and stuff when I get this thing finished.
And the place you are going to have it calibrated at will do the white face thing (you provide the face)? then the recalibrate it and do the mileage? specmo.com?
Ok, just went and tried the DIC thing, man do i feel stupid. Well then i guess get the mileage redone and do the whiteface thing and i'm in business. Woo hoo
Keep us up to date on your progress too. I'll have pics put up at http://ghostwolf.xaper.com/ (use a popup blocker) once mine is finished.
Have a great weekend
gw
I think i might forego the white face and just go metric all the way. That way i will never get busted for doing 90 in a 65
Oh, i got to thinking about the carbon fiber thing... i'm just going to scavenge the local junk yards and see if they have what i am looking for. If the cluster bolts right in i would imagine the door panels will too. I've also considered taking the wood off and painting it black(my exterior color)then remounting it. Not too many Impala's making it to the scrap heap though so my search may be fruitless. i guess that is a good sign.
How hard was it to install the bumper extension too? i would love to do that. the '01 LS looks cheesy without it. And i simply refuse to lose any ground clearance with the ricer look ground effects kits i have found.
One last thing, Is anyone having any troubles with the rear deck impala logo? mine seems to be corroding.
#2 - I'm not sure I follow you on your milage situation.. my cluster is at 0 miles so what I'm going to do is write down the miles from my old cluster, pull it and not drive it until they send back the new cluster with the updated miles. That way there will be no discrepancy in the odometer reading. But not sure why you would need to lower your miles if you have a cluster you need to match?
#3 - getting the faceplate from pfyc.com I ordered it and am waiting for UPS to get it here.
#4 - good luck at the junk yards, around here its like you said, they are hard to come by especially an interior with carbon fiber.. then they really don't want to sell you just the door trim they would rather sell the whole door if its undamaged. So getting all 4 doors would be a miracle. So I havent decided what to do for the trim yet. But I hope you find parts.. anything is possible with enough persistance
#5 The bumper extension thing I did was kind of a disaster, if I had it to do over again I would have deffinately ordered the bumper with the holes already in it and the extension. I had to pay as much in labor to get that extension put on as if I had bought the part. If I had bought the part I could have sold my old bumper on ebay or kept it as a spare and came out ahead. But I do like the look of it and I do agree with you that the ground effects packages I have seen are over the top. Don't know if there are any out there that are closer to GM's.
and lastly the logo corroding.. no I haven't had that problem yet.. I wonder if you live in a place with lots of road salt? I dont know what to say except check junk yards for a good one or your parts department and order a new one.. youre talkign about the leaping impala at the keyhole for the trunk?
Have a good one
gw
Then thanks to the Canadian Cluster, Specmo asked the dealer to have me give them a call. They were confused why i wanted miles on a metric cluster. They said all they could do was, do the conversion and put on that much on in Kilometers. Otherwise they would have to convert it over to an imperial measurement cluster. No thanks, that would add about another $100 to the price of the mileage change. Besides, i can change the miles/Kilometers in the car via the DIC. Something they had no knowledge of and something you may be questioned on GW. Just tell them to do the conversion and give it to you in Kilometers. Worst that could happen, you have a kilometer reading instead of miles. It's still the same distance.
So, while on the phone with specmo, i asked if i could add about 250 miles to the total to bring the new cluster up to the proper miles. their answer:
"Sure can, and is that all the miles you want?"
"Yessir, and do you deal with the public? or just with dealers?"
"Dealers and the public"
Something my dealer was quick to deny. "Oh No," They said "These guys only deal with certified dealers."
So on the good side i will have the PROPER amount of miles, and i should have my cluster by Friday.
When i go in the pick up my new cluster i will talk to the parts lady about the door panels. try to get a part number out of her.
As for the Impala Logo. I live in Wisconsin. Salt Central. and this may be the last winter this Impala sees. It's killing the weak paint GM put on.
One last thing, when you get the whiteface plate can you tell me if it is in three pieces? The new cluster has three face plates because the Speedo is offset from the tack and the other gauges. The email i recieved from PFYC.com said that it IS an OEM replacement. so it should be in three pieces. I don't know if you took your cluster apart or not. I did.
N2
I just got the white faces today. They are in 3 seperate pieces. I will be sure to write down the km and the miles before I send them the cluster then they can take their pick on how they want to set it I guess.
Hey I know what you mean about that road salt. I grew up in Michigan and it just kills the cars there. I'm in Arkansas now and its pretty common to see very nice looking 66 Chevy Impalas on the road with no rust.
I bet the price for the 4 door panels (Sport Appearance ones) are pretty high. Will be interesting to see what you find out.
take care
gw
They did do the conversion and set it anyways but it reads correct. All works and after a small test i found that it is reading almost dead on. We have one of those radar things here in WI that tells you the MPH on a huge readout.
Sounds like good news on the white face plates. Can't wait to get one of those. Just have to wait for the money. I have a friend that just did it to his car('86 Beretta Z26) and only paid about $80 for his. While it looks nice and can change colors he said he is having troubles with some of his needles sticking. This is due primarily because it is an OVERLAY and not a factory replacement of the plate itself. i guess you get what you pay for.
I did ask the dealer when i was there about the carbon fiber door panels. I got a part number for one of them and the price was around $560 for one of the panels. This was the entire door panel. not including some of the odds and ends that go into the entire assembly. once i saw the price i thought it was a bad idea to go on with the P/N lookup. oh well, i guess i will just keep scouring the local junkyards till an Impala LS Sport comes in.
N²
I mailed everything off to specmo and am waiting so I'll let you know.
I thought the door panels would be high but I'm suprised its that high.
Talk to you later
gw
Chevrolet does this, i think, to make a ton of cash when a vehicle is wrecked and the owner opts to repair the vehicle. Greedy, real greedy. Is the LS Sport package priced about $3000 over the price of a LS brand new?
N²
Did you did get the part from?
How much did it cost?
Who did the replacing?
How much did it cost?
How does the car respond now?
Any problems?
Same questions for opening up the Air Filter Box.
Now somewhow I have managed to lose my Trac-Off Button/Switch, so I'm trying to figure out what the part number for that is.
On the good side though i have had no troubles with the hi-beams or low beams.
I plan to contact Sylvania about this. I just wanted you guys to know the foglamps, up to this point, have been nothing but trouble for me. And at $20 a bulb they are not cheap to replace. Thank god i know everyone at the local Advanced Auto Parts and they exchanged them for me at no cost.
The part number is 893 and NOT 896. 896 is for models newer than the 2001 i think. The dealer i go to sold me an 896 OEM replacement and the socket is all wrong.
I switched to 885's which is the same shape as the 893 except it is 55w instead of 37.5
I have not had any problems at all since then but I'm not sure if its because of the change in bulb or if its just the brand I bought this time.
I've got my dash put back together, so now I have the nice cluster and a LS Sport Dashboard and the car looks wierd because the doors still have the fake wood yet the front has the cabon fiber. I am going to try some shops in town and see if there is anything I can have done with those sections to make it look better. Maybe just paint them gloss black.
talk to you later
gw
As for the carbon fiber thing. I went to a few decal shops around my small town and none of them had any carbon fiber vinyl. What they did have was a gloss black vinyl. I wonder if they would be willing to cover my wood trim with it... I would imagine it would stretch to get around the corners.
see ya
N²
Any tricks or potential 'gotchas' in replacing the foglamps?
I think the silverstars look great on the Impala.
N²
HOwever, found one of the foglamp housings was shattered, had to duct tape it back into place. Any one know a good place to order used GM parts on-line?
The only problem with gmpartsdirect.com is you need the part number.If You don't have it, try calling your dealer, you should be able get it from your dealer without buying the part.
Or just go to Impalahq.com and check out the Accessories section. Very imformative page.
N²
The cat-back exhaust i hear is bolt in. another thing you may consider doing yourself. but if you cannot, just buy the parts and have a shop do it. make sure you trust them and they should have it installed in under an hour. i would imagine that wouldn't be too costly.
N²
I'm pulling out parts of the underside of my dash to run cables and what not for a console I'm putting in. I'm mounting various communications radios, VHF/UHF/HAM/etc, but have a quick question.
The driver's side panel under the dash comes out real easy. However, when I go to unclip the passenger side, there is a 'screw' towards the back left. How does this screw come out? It's plastic. I don't want to break it!
Thanks!
i have a year left on my (exteded) warranty so i might just wait till it runs out to do this mod, but having the info now never hurts.
thanks for the help
thanks
As far as the volt meter goes, i was looking at some pics of the before and after and noticed the after (which i haven't changed yet) is about one tick off of the before pic. Looks like it is going to be a nice one this weekend in WI so i will try to get under there and change that and get some pics for you NYscuba.
As for the gauges at speed hut. as far as i know it is an overlay and not a OEM replacement like the ones at PFYC.com. Now overlays can be nice but at the same time they may interfere with the movement of the needles. The Face plates at PFYC.com are replacements. You have to remove the whole original faceplate. but it's worth it.
Oh, as far as tires go, go back a few pages, there is a string of messages about them. biggest you can go and suggestions as to which brand to buy.
FYI, i had my local dealer look up some part numbers for me (they are so patient with me, i'm such a pain to them). The indy grille is only $130 black p/n 10341973 and i think the same for the primer one. And there is a Major difference in price between SS parts and LS Sport parts. no idea why, they should be about the same. Greedy, real greedy.
N²
QUESTION: is there anyone specific to deal with.contact at specmo for this stuff? i'd want them to adjust the mileage AND install the new face plate. anyone with this info, please post. thank you much.
i painted my grille to match the car the other day. i left the blue in the bow tie and a little bit of a chrome outline. it was very easy to remove the grille. i'll post a pic if anyone is interested.
If you have, can you drop me a email? emt20@earthlink.net.
Thanks!
Good luck!
i called specmo today and they quoted me at $172.00 plus shipping to do the same cluster mileage adjustment and to have the pfyc white face gauge overlays installed.
who did you guys deal with over there and do you have a receipt or any invoice that i coudl show them?
let me know
thanks
I paid $100 for the mileage adjustment through my local Chevy Dealer. The faces i paid $120 for and the installation cost me an afternoon of my time. And it was worth every penny.
Considering they Re-calibrate the gauges after they install the whitefaces, i think $175 sounds reasonable.
N²
I've done this all with a second dash that I need to boost the mileage up on. I found some posts that say I can boost my mileage by placing a 1khz sine wave on the PCM line into the cluster. Can anyone tell me what the wire definitions are into my instrument cluster? Thanks.
Thanks
Just wondering if adding such a cooler to the Impala would be beneficial enough in regular driving to warrant the purchase?
"look good, feel good, do good!"
about the paint. check the PRO paint code in your trunk and check the www for any paint mfg/suppliers in your area. there are some in the lower 48, but you may want to find someone local. ive got some touchup paint from paintscratch and automotivetouchup for my dark bronzemist impala and it matches real great. the paintscratch paint had larger metalflake particles to match the original. they also sell spray paint too.
fyi...there is another site that has alot of mods to the impala where someone actually painted the taillight assy. the only problem, if memory serves, was that the paint flaked off after a while. i dont know what color you imp is, but there is a link on the site that has vynal decals that supposely looks great, but the colors are limited to white, black, and i think blue. the only issue with the decals is that the corner ones take some trial and error to form around the corners.
I've been trying to source some black steel wheels for the snow tires. The OEM are really expensive, about $100 each, - and the parts yards say that they are really very rare items. CTC say that they can supply an OE but that it does not in any way take any wheel covers, but they're a about $50 each ... much better. Now it'll real look like a cop car, - especially with that big CB antenna on the trunk.
Regards,
Mike
I just finished taking all the wheels off and then the wheel well liners and soaking all the bushings with silcone. It helps keep things from drying out in the harsh winter and it does make things quieter and smoother. While I had everything open I sprayed undercoating on all the surfaces ... what a nice difference for a quiet ride. Next is some Sylvannia bright lights.. etc, etc ... always something to play with, eh? The painted splash guards turned out really great too.
I am also working on applying a new rubber seal around the doors to supplement the seals already there. I'm using the foam tape and experimenting. Let's see what happens .....
The fender liners are easy to get out ... just look for the fasteners and keep your eyes open as to reinstalling...
"look good, feel good, do good !!"