95 Pontiac Bonneville SSE almost 300k, mostly stock

[BFF_Larry]

almost 300k miles!
OE Engine, Transmission, brake and fuel lines,front calipers
almost everything up front is stock beside outer tie rods , intake manifold, and alt.

and everything in back besides rear struts.
air-ride fuse taken out so back sit low... got almost 400Lbs in trunk

this car has been awesome and reliable.
it is a hand-me-down from my parents., but hasnt failed once :]

I've done alot to the car, audio wise.
got into two accidents.
but the car has barely any signs of cosmetic damages!
i did a backside 180 on the highway goin around 70 and hit the right outer side wall, bumpers took the impact and just popped back :]
im lucky and im gonna treat this car good!

ill post some pics of the car tomoro but heres sum pics of some mods inside the car.
thses are jus pic of them i took a month or 2 ago.
ive completely re did everything in the car.



not finished, made a custom cover but havent taken a pic yet.

[willwren]

It would have been nice to run the stock sub control for a cleaner look. You can run the output of the factory amp to the input of your sub amp, and vary the input level using the stock slider. You could go back to that and keep that cover clean. Is there something wrong with your factory battery meter in the cluster?

[BFF_Larry]

no, its just a meter for my other batteries in the trunk

[BFF_Larry]

pic of my trunk before i built the custom box and removed the seats

[BFF_Larry]

heres sum pics i took awhile back wen i was drivin my gf's eclipse and she was drivin my car

[99bonnieSE]

Nice! looks as if it is coming along good! i'm guessing this is one of them projects where it is never done... always finding something to do... right? LOL that's where i'm at now.

I'm assuming you run SPL Comps?

[BonneMe]

That trunk gear isn't secured at all, what's the new stuff like?

[BFF_Larry]

i had them strapped from back to front and it didnt move, you could pull and pushe the box and the car would move wit it ha.

and i just got done with building the amp and battery rack with the left over mdf wood

[tar6569]

Great story. I hope mine lasts that long. Interesting yours has the traction control. I believe it was only offered on the SSEI in 92/93 and maybe 94? Guess they started offering it for the SSE in 95.

[BFF_Larry]

Great story. I hope mine lasts that long. Interesting yours has the traction control. I believe it was only offered on the SSEI in 92/93 and maybe 94? Guess they started offering it for the SSE in 95.

i think it was ordered with every option available besides the supercharger

[BFF_Larry]

Ive finally got 2 more L7 15's.

bought 4, 3/4 mdf sheets for $36 a piece.

a 320 amp Irragi HO alt.

now im in the process of upgrading wires and such

and also removing the back seats as well.

but the bad thing is, the car had alittle leaking issue but it recently gotten worse because of the vibrations.

with my old setup, i was able to make the sunroof lift about 1/2 inch and i got the trunk to flex about an inch near the window. the rear lights were flexin so hard 1 of the 3 plastic stems broke on the left one.

im gonna fix alot of those issues now before the alternato i got from a member arrives this week.

[BFF_Larry]

The backseats were dirty and soaked. The cars flooringand trnk is always soaked for a couple of days after it rains


I built an amp/battery rack with left over mdf wood i had after building half of the new box for the 15s











Herres a puddle of water from rain a week and a half ago.










Insulation is rotted away by water












--- all power and grounds are being replaced with audiopipe 0/1 gauge.







Backboard is all rotted too from where it was sat on by a battery.



tomoro im picking up 25ft of 0/1 power wire
and hopefully running through the car.
Im still waiting on the terminal ends to show up.
the alt should be here soon too

[99bonnieSE]

Interesting project...... Looks like you need to do some cleaning up with those wires

[BFF_Larry]

Interesting project...... Looks like you need to do some cleaning up with those wires

haha yea, i need too asap, spaghetti wiring.

i just got home and i got the 0 gauge wire with me.
im gonna skate alittle up at the park and tonite imma start running it through the car

[Bing]

No battery boxes in there?
If you haven't already done so, you should think about doing it asap!

[00Beast]

If you were to blow one, you could injure or kill yourself, especially from the sulphuric gas emitted. You'd also ruin your entire setup, and be back to square one.

[BFF_Larry]

there all agm, and i need to get a buss bar first

[00Beast]

AGM's can still blow up. willwren had an optima go a few years ago.

[BFF_Larry]

how long did he have the battery?

[00Beast]

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=17621&p=187696

Looks like about 2.5 years...