CTS aka Britney Spears

[SuperBuickGuy]

$18 coolant seal... yeah 18...with that said, all the auto part stores have that middle seal - and claim its for the 3.6, it's not, it's for the 2.8... so the only option was GM

installed back there

that's the end of the motor replacement


Need to align it then start figuring out its issues.... like the windows not going down.... it needs wheels/tires. One of the wheels is different then the rest and not one tire is the same manufacturer.
That said, a/c works and it should clean up nicely.... then drive the wheels off it.

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to strip the junk motor


I'm not sure why I'm doing this as new ones are 77 dollars...but gluing back tabs on (probably because I think it'd stay without fixing the tabs

the hard part was getting the bathroom sealant off... why Mr. Lopez, why?
glued


if they'd just bought $5 worth of new clips it would have been fine... ah well, why do that when you can use bathroom adhesive and drywall screws?

I then spent some time trying to figure the window and radio issues..no joy, need a scanner

[SuperBuickGuy]

Wheels, what say you two or three people who's watching this?

It's an oddball pattern (5x115) HOWEVER, you can put 5x114.3 (mustang) - which opens a world of options. I'd kind of like to go a staggered but the rumor is 8.5 inches is it for rear width and 8 inches is pushing it for the front.

​​​​​​​Soooo.... suggestions?

and yes, the C3 in the background is going to get some love too... custom splitter, defuser and spoiler patterns...