What did you do to your Caprice today?

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Chef
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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got around to replacing the h11's. Man, the passenger side was such a pain. Next up will be the h7s and maybe some LEDs for the 'brow' lights
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11' Stock 9c1 with a red wrap that's starting to grow on me
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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I did my spark plugs and now my car idles much much better! Glad I finally did it, the easiest set of plugs I've ever done on something that has more than 4 cylinders.
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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I got the rear Tein springs installed on new Monroe shocks/struts. The car looks much better now lowered all around.
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Stingroo
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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More over the past couple of days but...

Bought the car, brought it home and immediately put it on ramps:

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It's too quiet.

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Honestly just removing those two massive monsters was enough. The sound is nice. Going to take it to a local shop soon and get tips made up. Likely cut the flange off those mufflers, extend them to reach the end, and put a pair of nice dual tips on. Sounds much better without being obnoxious.

Then restored the headlights with a Meguiar's kit - did a fairly decent job I felt:

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And then gave it a nice bath today after installing the 5th gen V6 Camaro wheels:

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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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Couldn't stand the rear trim being rhino lined... so I found this from one of the sellers in a facebook group:


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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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I've always liked the Stateman look. Quick question, did you cover up the trunk keyhole? I'm just asking as I put a factory backup camera in place of my trunk lock, but, I have fold down rear seats to pull the emergency latch open in case of a power fail...

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Maurice
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Stingroo
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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Pursuit wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:01 am I've always liked the Stateman look. Quick question, did you cover up the trunk keyhole? I'm just asking as I put a factory backup camera in place of my trunk lock, but, I have fold down rear seats to pull the emergency latch open in case of a power fail...

Regards,

Maurice
Yeah, I pulled the lock. Not too concerned about it really - I almost never use the trunk. Not sure if my rear seat folds... should look into that, I suppose lol
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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Bought two key fobs with remote start and the hood latch. Installed it and programmed the fobs. Now I just need to get the BCM programmed to have the remote start option.
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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Figured out that the BCM part number for the '11 PPV cross-references to a few GM SUVs. Ordered one on eBay for $45 shipped to my door, used, and will send that to White Audio and Media to enable remote start!
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Re: What did you do to your Caprice today?

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Stingroo wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:08 pm Figured out that the BCM part number for the '11 PPV cross-references to a few GM SUVs. Ordered one on eBay for $45 shipped to my door, used, and will send that to White Audio and Media to enable remote start!
Which SUVs are the same??
2012 Alto Gray 9C1
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