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Old Oct 26, 2012 | 09:56 AM
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I haven't posted anything about my Monte in a while, so I figured why not.

The paint on the hood came out very good, not perfect though. I need to buff it one more time and polish it to really bring out the shine. The bumper came out pretty good, but I'd honestly like to sand that down and do it again... Didn't put enough paint on it, so when I went to sand with the 1200 grit a few spots started to show. It's shiny as sh*t though!







Ended up putting the stock headlights back in, because the ebay lights SUCK (ha) and I wanted to do something nice.



I had been daily driving the car for a month or two, everything was wonderful. Then one night, it just died on me. Fired right back up, and I drove the rest of the way home. Checked a few things, and everything seemed normal, drove it around the neighborhood cold, hot, every which way. No problem. Went to work later that day and she stalled out for the last time, ended up getting it towed back to the house. I wish I had a picture of it, it would be awesome to insert here lol.

Unfortunately, I was too distraught to take picture but I have one from afterwards.



That is how she sits for now. But I just ordered the last thing I need to get the car running. A PCM. The old one quit sending a signal to the fuel pump.

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Old Oct 26, 2012 | 09:59 AM
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Yes!!! looks great!! Glad to see the update!
 
Old Oct 26, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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A favorite 5th gen, glad to hear you were actually getting SOME use out of it haha
 
Old Oct 26, 2012 | 10:51 AM
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Thanks fellas. Mike, I'm glad it actually ran consistently for more than a couple of days lol. But now it won't fire at all, but I have a spare PCM that's not for my car - and it started up with that one (granted it ran like crap, but it still started).

Oh, and I ran a 8.91@79 before she pooped out on me again
 
Old Oct 26, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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Looks Great
 
Old Oct 26, 2012 | 01:12 PM
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YES!! PROJECTORS!! WOOOO haha .. how are they coming?

Also.. I want your hood
 
Old Oct 26, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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looking good
 
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Originally Posted by zzapultimate
YES!! PROJECTORS!! WOOOO haha .. how are they coming?

Also.. I want your hood
You are in my good graces, but you ain't gettin my hood

The projectors though, I have them mounted, working on "un-yellowing" the lenses presently.
 
Old Oct 26, 2012 | 10:21 PM
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Cool idea with the projectors- I'm interested to see how they turn out!

Glad to see you've still got her too
 
Old Oct 26, 2012 | 11:36 PM
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Hey man zzapultimate did the projectors first, he's helped me quite a bit. And no worries, I don't plan on getting rid of the Monte (if I do for some strange reason, I'm getting a black 98-99 Z34)

I wish I could find a full size IC on the cheap...
 



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