yep, he is... one of the things i made sure to adamantly express. He's also touching up a few minor things he found along the way.... One of them is my brake lines, they had been completely re-done last summer by Monroe Muffler, and Brake, who used to be my go to shop, usually treated me well and ...

just to update, car is in shop now, old engine being pulled, new engine arrives friday, and i should be driving again by sunday, spent more money than i probably should have, but it's worth it to me. $2200 for a 50k engine, all new belts, hoses, UIM/ LIM gaskets (felpro i think, maybe dorman though ...

hmm, so sounds like thats a maybe... I wish i had a photo of a 96 or similar with some different colors inside. Maybe i should finally get photoshop. There's plenty of other things i need to do first, but thought i'd throw it out there and see if they were worth getting or not (in the future) My car ...

Has anyone tried these? http://www.carid.com/1996-pontiac-bonneville-wood-grain-dash-kits/

They look interesting, but it's hard to tell if they would look good in my car or not. I need a photoshop wizard to put some of these in a tan 96 SE.

I'm referring to the B&I interior dash kits by the way ...

Would alcohol be the best thing to clean them before painting? or is there something better, or is that not even necessary to use.

actually, car-part.com was where we found the two series 2 engines. thanks for the links... some very helpful info in that thread. I'll check out LKQ as well.

I must say, this has been one of the most helpful and friendly forums i have been on. I'm not even a huge car guy honestly, but ever since i ...

sweet, thanks! I'll make sure to post whenever i decide to do mine (probably not til this summer) Now, i just have to decide what color so many to choose from.

Great inspiration here

can't wait to see this finished... gonna look awesome, i love the 2 tone, white on black look. what kind of paint do you guys use for painting interior pieces like that? just plastic safe spray paint? or is it something more specific? Been thinking of doing something like this on my 96. After i get ...

thanks for the info guys... i'm gonna talk to my mechanic and see what we can come up with. got price qoutes from him and if i go with a 50k series 2 it will cost about $1800. Thats engine, parts, labor, taxes, everything. I'm gonna check on the series 3 though. Part of the debate is just time. If ...

will a series 3 be a direct swap... or at least close enough to where it won't be any harder? As long as there's no custom parts to make (at least nothing difficult) i may do that.

What type of things will i have to do differently if i go with a series 3?

looked up some prices real quick and it ...

it's funny you mentioned your thread on the BMW because i just looked at that earlier before checking this post again.

I really wish i knew more about working on cars so i could do more stuff myself and know what to look for when buying cars, I've had extremely bad luck with cars, blown 3 motors ...

that's my guess... i only had the car for maybe 6 months and never checked the uim ( didn't know much about the engine at the time)

I'm definitely going to do it right this time. Luckily I know a guy that is very knowledgeable with the 3800. He's gonna do the work for me (i'm gonna help/watch when ...

thanks for the quick response. i assume that the GM/ Felpro gaskets are something i can get at most major parts stores (autozone, advanced auto parts)

Hi everybody, I've been lurking on here for a while now, and finally decided to join and post. First let me say i know very little about cars in general. I've replaced several starters (on different cars), alternators, simpler things like that, but no real engine work.

I have a 1996 bonneville SE ...