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LS1 4Good
02-17-2009, 08:26 AM
I finally bought an LS1 car on valentines day!

Here it is........


04 GTO 6spd! 58k on the clock :twisted:
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb234/ta350/0034303.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb234/ta350/0034307.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb234/ta350/0034308.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb234/ta350/0034309.jpg

I'm in love with it and so is my girlfriend! :nod:

Volume up is missing i know.. I have the dealer ordering me a new one.. and I'm not sure what that zip tie was there for.. but it isn't there now.

The car has dual exhaust dumped under the car.. I'm not quite sure what mufflers but it's only a little louder than stock.

I will take some pics as soon as I get a chance but those are from the dealer if you can't tell haha
camaro2you
02-17-2009, 08:32 AM
All i have to say is watch yourself.....that dealer is not a good place to deal with. Most of there cars end up coming back with big problems....I worked at little ants customs for a couple years and have delt with bob at b&d and ray at dynamic tint, my ex gf's grandpa owns all those shops including the car dealer so i know all the secrets around that place.


Also nice car man and enjoy!
LS1 4Good
02-17-2009, 08:37 AM
All i have to say is watch yourself.....that dealer is not a good place to deal with. Most of there cars end up coming back with big problems....I worked at little ants customs for a couple years and have delt with bob at b&d and ray at dynamic tint, my ex gf's grandpa owns all those shops including the car dealer so i know all the secrets around that place.

Hmmm what should I look for? Everything seems to be running great.. I need brakes but they are taking care of that for me.
bandit88
02-17-2009, 09:51 AM
nice ride
when nick said to me red interior i was like no.... but its not bad like i thought it would be
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
02-17-2009, 10:05 AM
Nice whip. Congrats!
alamantia
02-17-2009, 10:32 AM
All i have to say is watch yourself.....that dealer is not a good place to deal with. Most of there cars end up coming back with big problems....I worked at little ants customs for a couple years and have delt with bob at b&d and ray at dynamic tint, my ex gf's grandpa owns all those shops including the car dealer so i know all the secrets around that place.


Nice positive reasurance there...

Nice goat, enjoy it.
camaro2you
02-17-2009, 11:03 AM
Hmmm what should I look for? Everything seems to be running great.. I need brakes but they are taking care of that for me.


I would make sure they actually do what they say when they do the brakes and if you think anything else might be wrong get it done before there one month warranty or whatever they have runs out. It will most likely be going across the street to integrity automotive to have the work done.
CJDZ24_Z28
02-17-2009, 11:14 AM
Congrats!! LS1GTO has plenty of write ups and good dealerships to use for part ordering and such!
mc73nova
02-17-2009, 12:10 PM
very nice. congrats and good luck with it.
B4C
02-17-2009, 12:59 PM
Nice. I actually test drove that car. Does it have cats on it cuz I know it just has mufflers with turn downs right under the trans.
KirkEvil
02-17-2009, 04:04 PM
Good looking car!
baddest434
02-17-2009, 04:13 PM
nice, best of luck with it.
emolineaux
02-17-2009, 04:43 PM
nice ride dave. ill have to check it out some day soon. ill have the z out come spring time.
Kat
02-17-2009, 04:46 PM
Good luck with it! I love mine. Do yourself a favor and pop off the drivers side fuel rail cover. A few GTO's burned up cause of the FRC cutting into the fuel line.
Anti_Rice_Guy
02-17-2009, 05:25 PM
Make sure to check out tire wear and see if they changed the front suspension as recommended.
maroman88
02-17-2009, 05:48 PM
congrats! i just got my first LS1 also a black pontiac lol
MonmouthCtyAntz
02-17-2009, 05:55 PM
Should have got the LS2...lol j/k nice goat
band77one
02-17-2009, 06:29 PM
that place beats the hell out of their cars and they jack prices on almost all their cars, notice i say almost.
band77one
02-17-2009, 06:30 PM
but good luck with the car it looks mighty nice
69BirdX
02-17-2009, 06:31 PM
I like it im trying to talk my gf into buying one
7998
02-17-2009, 06:49 PM
Damn a lot of you sure know how to piss on the guys parade. He already bought it, whats he gonna do now, take it back? "Hey I heard you guys suck and over charge".
Anyway good luck with the car it looks nice.
ta350
02-17-2009, 07:48 PM
Welcome to the board buddy :D
Tsar
02-17-2009, 07:54 PM
Thank you for stimulating the economy!
87GTA
02-17-2009, 08:43 PM
i have herd bad things about this place too i allmost got a 97'T/A from there! but didn't but good luck with your GTO!! oh they still have it on autotrader http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=240020848&dealer_id=100007046&car_year=2004&rdm=1234924203137&model=GTO&num_records=25&systime=&make2=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&start_year=2004&keywordsfyc=&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&keywordsrep=&engine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&awsp=false&search_type=both&distance=75&marketZipError=false&search_lang=en&showZipError=n&first_record=1&make=PONT&keywords_display=&color=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&seller_type=b&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sort_type=priceDESC&address=08098&advanced=&end_year=2005&pager.offset=0&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=17&standard=false
bad64chevelle
02-17-2009, 09:16 PM
:lol: that GTO came through the auto auction I work at I believe. The ties keep the keys in the car, and make it a little tougher to steal the keys.
Tru2Chevy
02-17-2009, 09:29 PM
Nice car man....I love those GTOs.

Did they sell it to you "As-Is", or give you a short warranty?

That exhaust won't pass NJ State Inspection, so if they gave you any kind of short warranty I believe they are obligated by state law to fix anything keeping the car from passing a state inspection.

- Justin
BlackBADaSS02
02-18-2009, 08:46 AM
Signature Motor Cars, Was that place formerly called the Performance Car Store a few years ago? If it's the same place, I had a bad experience with them. Good luck with the car, just make sure they do everything they say they are going to do.
camaro2you
02-18-2009, 11:17 AM
Signature Motor Cars, Was that place formerly called the Performance Car Store a few years ago? If it's the same place, I had a bad experience with them. Good luck with the car, just make sure they do everything they say they are going to do.


This is a completely different place and ownership but same type of dealership and A-holes that were at performance car store.
LS1 4Good
02-18-2009, 01:22 PM
Thank you for all the congrats! 8-) I love the car, it's a blast to drive down 295 everyday to work.. beats the hell out of driving a lifted truck at 80 everyday. haha

nice ride dave. ill have to check it out some day soon. ill have the z out come spring time.
Thanks man.. I can't wait to see your camaro!

Good luck with it! I love mine. Do yourself a favor and pop off the drivers side fuel rail cover. A few GTO's burned up cause of the FRC cutting into the fuel line.
I checked it and it looks ok lol

Welcome to the board buddy :D
I've been on here for a few months you jerk LOL when are you picking up your new car??

:lol: that GTO came through the auto auction I work at I believe. The ties keep the keys in the car, and make it a little tougher to steal the keys.
Oh I was wondering haha.. I carfaxed it and said it went through a Philly auto auction.

Nice car man....I love those GTOs.

Did they sell it to you "As-Is", or give you a short warranty?

That exhaust won't pass NJ State Inspection, so if they gave you any kind of short warranty I believe they are obligated by state law to fix anything keeping the car from passing a state inspection.

- Justin
They sold it to me with a 1 month BS warranty LOL.. so I immediately told them about the brakes.. I will make sure to mention something about the inspection with that exhaust.. why won't that exhaust pass inspection though? I will take some pics of it and see if there are cats.
Anti_Rice_Guy
02-18-2009, 01:57 PM
Thank you for all the congrats! 8-) I love the car, it's a blast to drive down 295 everyday to work.. beats the hell out of driving a lifted truck at 80 everyday. haha


Thanks man.. I can't wait to see your camaro!


I checked it and it looks ok lol


I've been on here for a few months you jerk LOL when are you picking up your new car??


Oh I was wondering haha.. I carfaxed it and said it went through a Philly auto auction.


They sold it to me with a 1 month BS warranty LOL.. so I immediately told them about the brakes.. I will make sure to mention something about the inspection with that exhaust.. why won't that exhaust pass inspection though? I will take some pics of it and see if there are cats.

Needs to exit 6" or more past last opening window, maybe that
LS1 4Good
02-19-2009, 10:21 PM
Needs to exit 6" or more past last opening window, maybe that

Oh I didn't know that.. I'll have to check to see if it's at least 6" past
ta350
02-21-2009, 11:41 AM
Needs to exit 6" or more past last opening window, maybe that


exhaust is fine exits at the rear tires. -ls1 4good
LS1 4Good
02-21-2009, 04:10 PM
exhaust is fine exits at the rear tires. -ls1 4good

This is true. I checked it in ta350's driveway haha :w00t:
Tru2Chevy
02-22-2009, 05:04 PM
exhaust is fine exits at the rear tires. -ls1 4good

It actually comes out to the side of the body just in front of the rear tires? If that's the case, then you should be fine. I only mentioned it because you mentioned dumps before the rear axle in the first post and I didn't see the tips in the side shot you posted.

And the exhaust has to exit 4" behind the last window you can put down, not 6".

- Justin
LS1 4Good
02-22-2009, 10:40 PM
Well it has mufflers with turn downs that dump under the middle of the car as far back as the rear tires. I will take a pic when it's light out so you can see what I mean.
Kat
02-23-2009, 08:07 AM
Oh and the other thing with GTO's the slave cylinder will leak on you eventually. You can get a F-body one for about 75 dollars. Swap the fittings and you'll be good to go..

Ask me how I know.. lol
ta350
02-23-2009, 09:53 AM
Oh and the other thing with GTO's the slave cylinder will leak on you eventually. You can get a F-body one for about 75 dollars. Swap the fittings and you'll be good to go..

Ask me how I know.. lol


He already knows all the maintance problems that entail the car. From cradle alignments to strut mounts, and spring sag etc. No need to make a list on here. Im sure we'll be tearing it down in no time lol
Tru2Chevy
02-25-2009, 09:32 PM
Well it has mufflers with turn downs that dump under the middle of the car as far back as the rear tires. I will take a pic when it's light out so you can see what I mean.

If the tips don't come out to the side of the car it *should* fail inspection. If you don't wanna fight with it later, get it fixed on their dime if possible.....

- Justin
Kat
02-26-2009, 08:00 AM
He already knows all the maintance problems that entail the car. From cradle alignments to strut mounts, and spring sag etc. No need to make a list on here. Im sure we'll be tearing it down in no time lol

Sorry for trying to be helpful. Go **** yourself... :D
ta350
02-26-2009, 11:36 AM
Sorry for trying to be helpful. Go **** yourself... :D


DeadTrend does that for me :D Im too lazy to star star star star myself :moon:
LS1 4Good
03-08-2009, 02:28 PM
Finally took a picture of the exhaust.. it has dual chokemaster mufflers (not loud at all tho)

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb234/ta350/IMG_0247.jpg

Also.. the tips scrape on the ground a lot. I think I might get drag bags to raise the rear suspension temporarily until I can afford new springs.
Tru2Chevy
03-08-2009, 05:53 PM
Yea, that exhaust is definitely not legal....you might get lucky, but chances are very good that you will fail NJ inspection with that setup.

- Justin
LS1 4Good
03-12-2009, 10:21 AM
Well that's not good because I just spent literally all of my money for brakes. Now if I have to deal with that I'm going to have words with the dealership for sure.
Frosty
03-12-2009, 10:35 AM
Yea, that exhaust is definitely not legal....you might get lucky, but chances are very good that you will fail NJ inspection with that setup.

- Justin

Absolutely. Hopefully luck is on his side.
LS1 4Good
03-12-2009, 11:06 AM
If it comes down to it, I could always pay and be able to do what I want with the exhaust haha
bandit88
03-12-2009, 12:45 PM
DeadTrend does that for me :D Im too lazy to star star star star myself :moon:

back of girl he's mine ;)
MonmouthCtyAntz
03-12-2009, 12:51 PM
I wasnt aware dealers could sell "illegal" cars...From what I understood they had to beable to pass inspection.
LS1 4Good
03-25-2009, 11:26 AM
Yea, that exhaust is definitely not legal....you might get lucky, but chances are very good that you will fail NJ inspection with that setup.

- Justin

Passed NJ state inspection with that exhaust yesterday! :nod:
Anti_Rice_Guy
03-25-2009, 11:34 AM
Passed NJ state inspection with that exhaust yesterday! :nod:

What muffler do you have? It sounded pretty quiet when you left the meet on Sunday.
Dilley
03-25-2009, 12:20 PM
Passed NJ state inspection with that exhaust yesterday! :nod:

im pretty sure as long as there is cats, no check engine light, and passes emissions its good
LS1 4Good
03-25-2009, 12:22 PM
What muffler do you have? It sounded pretty quiet when you left the meet on Sunday.

It has dual Flowmaster mufflers.. I'm not sure what series. :shrug:
LS1 4Good
03-25-2009, 12:25 PM
im pretty sure as long as there is cats, no check engine light, and passes emissions its good

There is a ton of other things they check for.. I've failed for suspension and brakes in the past.. If your gas cap doesn't hold pressure they can even fail you for that! :rofl:

Oh and obviously your lights/wipers/horn need to all be in working order.. That's one of the first things they check.
Dilley
03-25-2009, 12:36 PM
There is a ton of other things they check for.. I've failed for suspension and brakes in the past.. If your gas cap doesn't hold pressure they can even fail you for that! :rofl:

Oh and obviously your lights/wipers/horn need to all be in working order.. That's one of the first things they check.

oh i know that i meant exhaust wise