My birthday present TO MYSELF, a 2000 DIABLO RED Monte LS!
#1
My birthday present TO MYSELF, a 2000 DIABLO RED Monte LS!
Everybody check out my photo album...Pictures of Cherry are online AS WE SPEAK... she's a little... uh... rough for wear... but at least she's all one color.... unlike my white one... Anyway... I'm glad I'm in a 6th gen... the dude misrepresented the car TOTALLY and I'm like yea that's not a softball sized dent it's more like a BUMPER sized dent, why the hell you would let your 16 year old daughter drive a car like that, then side swipe it, then do nothing about it is beyond me... I told him with the rust it's been sitting there like that for at least a year and he either takes the money I'm going to give him or he can take the car and shove it up his ***..
Guess what he did? LOL!!!!
Guess what he did? LOL!!!!
#5
Congrats!! Looks like your off to a good start. That big dent can somewhat be knocked out If you take the inside panel off and push it back out. It wont be straight, but its a start.
Good luck and have fun.
Good luck and have fun.
#7
Thanks guys! Please, if you see ANYTHING that looks amiss in these pictures.... tell me! Do NOT BS ME... tell it to me straight!!
JJ.. thanks for the tip about the dent. My dad has a dent puller that basically works on strong magnets. He was a body guy for 20 years... I'm sure he can pull it out to the point where it looks at least decent... the thing keeps pulling and pulling (it works on a laser system) until it is as straight as it can be given if the body is pushed. The door crease is a little tight near the front fender so i wonder it its been pushed before??
Taking off the inner panel should be easy enough, no?
Monte driver, I don't think it's melted plastic, i think the collar itself is just MISSING and that's the flange to hold it on!! The car was broken into, the guy's 16 year old daughter had it and he basically sold it out from underneath her, saying that she is doing poorly in school, doesn't deserve the car, etc etc. She OBVIOUSLY abused it... probably never gave it an oil change in its life.
God... this is the car that needs the trans... I put it into any gear and it DOES NOT MOVE. It sounds like CRAP when I start it, and it's NOT coming from the exhaust either. I'm hoping it's minimal stupid crap, because if it's major.......I'm running out of cash.
JJ.. thanks for the tip about the dent. My dad has a dent puller that basically works on strong magnets. He was a body guy for 20 years... I'm sure he can pull it out to the point where it looks at least decent... the thing keeps pulling and pulling (it works on a laser system) until it is as straight as it can be given if the body is pushed. The door crease is a little tight near the front fender so i wonder it its been pushed before??
Taking off the inner panel should be easy enough, no?
Monte driver, I don't think it's melted plastic, i think the collar itself is just MISSING and that's the flange to hold it on!! The car was broken into, the guy's 16 year old daughter had it and he basically sold it out from underneath her, saying that she is doing poorly in school, doesn't deserve the car, etc etc. She OBVIOUSLY abused it... probably never gave it an oil change in its life.
God... this is the car that needs the trans... I put it into any gear and it DOES NOT MOVE. It sounds like CRAP when I start it, and it's NOT coming from the exhaust either. I'm hoping it's minimal stupid crap, because if it's major.......I'm running out of cash.
#8
I'd work on EVERY mechanical thing before even thinking about anything cosmetic.
Make a list of everything that is wrong, and start with the things hurting performance.
And post that list here too, maybe we can help with some easy tips for certain problems.
Make a list of everything that is wrong, and start with the things hurting performance.
And post that list here too, maybe we can help with some easy tips for certain problems.
#9
ok MCF members .... the thing that sticks out the most about my ride is that when I start it up, it sounds....AWFUL. Like, not quiet. Could be spark plugs? could be ignition coil (god i sure hope not.) Sounds like it's bad exhaust it's real loud, but it's coming from under the hood. Fan runs though.
Are those rims even the right rims for that car??? I don't remember any montes coming with anything but either hubcaps or 5 spokes... those look like they were ripped off an impala or lumina... some other inferior car....
The transmission doesn't go in gear (obviously!) it could be a new trans (OUCH!!), a PCS module (semi ouch) or something minor (like the ID10T ran it out of fluid) either way that's costing me a lot of money.
on top of the sales tax, title transfer BS and the new plate I HAVE to buy because mine was torn in half down the middle (thanks *******!), I'm out another.....boatload of money.
My problem is why the heck can't I ever get ahead?? I work too hard, and I get nothing out of it.
Are those rims even the right rims for that car??? I don't remember any montes coming with anything but either hubcaps or 5 spokes... those look like they were ripped off an impala or lumina... some other inferior car....
The transmission doesn't go in gear (obviously!) it could be a new trans (OUCH!!), a PCS module (semi ouch) or something minor (like the ID10T ran it out of fluid) either way that's costing me a lot of money.
on top of the sales tax, title transfer BS and the new plate I HAVE to buy because mine was torn in half down the middle (thanks *******!), I'm out another.....boatload of money.
My problem is why the heck can't I ever get ahead?? I work too hard, and I get nothing out of it.
#10
ok MCF members .... the thing that sticks out the most about my ride is that when I start it up, it sounds....AWFUL. Like, not quiet. Could be spark plugs? could be ignition coil (god i sure hope not.) Sounds like it's bad exhaust it's real loud, but it's coming from under the hood. Fan runs though.
I've so far put in ~$6000 repairing and restoring my Monte Carlo. Nothing was really wrong with it besides age and the harsh winters where I live. But I'd rather do this then have to deal with another car! I love my Monte too much to not give it the TLC it deserves. It's hard, but it's a lot of saving up and doing all you can.
Last edited by ChibiBlackSheep; 07-27-2009 at 10:53 AM.