SPARTAN VI

My pleasure! I seem to ask more question than I can answer, so I try to give back to this wonderful community. Special thanks to my father for thinking about taking photos though!

Thanks!

You brought up a good point. My exhaust lined up, but not perfectly. The left exhaust tip is too low. I have the muffler shop to thank for that, so I'm sure they have another visit on the way.

Thanks! I sure hope so!


Good thing you brought this up! I went down the ramp too quickly and the left lip caught the ramp. I now have this huge red gash on the bottom of the bumper that I'll have to purchase touch up paint for. [:@]

I'll revise my first post for that.. I do however recommend the use of some sort of jack/lift/ramp to install the radiator support on the bottom. No way to do that without getting her off the ground. Just be careful when you're getting her down.

whatdaproblemis0

Yeah must have been hard getting that car up the ramp without scratching. My driveway has a little incline smaller than the ramps in your pic and I barely clear it by a 1 inch or so, because of the lowering kit. Nice job on the install.

SPARTAN VI

Dad just emailed me with his thoughts on the tutorial. I'll edit appropriately:

- The tool is called front-faced wire clippers (as opposed to side-faced).

- The (5) screws are actually flanged nuts.

- The rivets didn't actually give to the drill, but the old bumper
melted away from the heat. The rivets were then accessible with the
magic wire clippers.

- There was a difference between the foam pieces: the GT was a tad
higher, raising or tightening the grill upwards.

- The radiator mount I think also has an air-scoop function to direct
air up to the radiator. Actually, I'm pretty sure it does.

- Another must-have tool is the stubby phillips screwdriver and the
L-screwdriver (that's the one I used on the rear bumper fender wells,
it's impossible to use any other tool).

- Thanks for crediting me, but not necessary. Don't forget to thanky
Franky for offering parts and lights!

cstigger04

SPARTAN VI...Thank you sooooooooooooo much for this great Info and Pictures. Mine are going on in about two weeks, and I, like you, am doing it myself. This should save me so many head-aches and I greatly apreciate it.[sm=happy046.gif]

fairlane292

Here's a question for you: I'd like to put a V6 grill (sans pony) in my GT. Now I'm hearing that there are dimensional differences in the two grills. Are these differences on the actual outer profile perimeter of the two grills or only inside where they cannot be seen? If it's just on the inside I could fabricate to handle the small differences; but if a V6 only fits in a V6 bumper opening then that idea is out (ain't going with a V6 bumper). ...thanks, Jim

cstigger04

Thanks SPARTAN IV after doing more looking through my filling cabinet I found where I printed it out from the first time you posted this...

fairlane292

Anyone want to sell their takeoff V6 grill cheap, let me know; need to experiment. ...Jim

P.S. I have a GT lower grill for ya if that's worth anything to you.

chrisc

haha $100 and a day at the shop is bad for you?!


places here would charge me like $500 and keep it for a week for something like that!


thanks for the pics, i plan to do this too

SPARTAN VI

Wish I could answer your question, but I can help you with your experiment.

I still have the spare V6 grille from the swap and was trying to figure out what to do with it. I'll need to find a big enough box for it first, or maybe I'll just wrap it up in bubble wrap and ship it out that way. Anyway, PM me your address and I'll see what I can do about shipping it out to you. I'll be making a couple of visits to the post office anyway as I have some PC components to ship out, so might as well. When I've shipped it out, all I ask is that you cover the cost of shipping and supplies(maybe $15-$20) and then another $5-$10 for my time. My paypal add

Thanks!

quagmire

Great job on the install! Now how about showing pictures of installing the fog light wires lol