Trigger Jack
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 18, 2004
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Alpharetta,
Georgia
It is my great fortune that I live 8 miles from a Pull A Part. I went previously, to get a center console from an Avenger, and looked for a few parts to fix my GST. I know, nothing original about swapping to an Avenger dash, but I like the look, so who cares?
Went back today, to get the remainder of the pieces I needed, and had a stoke of luck. I used their car finder to search for Eclipses, just for giggles...when I went a week ago, there were two of them, and pretty much stripped.
Turns out, they had a 1997 that they added to the lot, yesterday.
Ran over there, and as my luck held out, it had a pair of headlights. Foggy/scratched, but in tact.
My luck immediately abandoned me, as I realized I had lost my 10mm socket, and had no way to get them. I need to invest in a set of a dozen of them, or something.
Found another guy working on a car, who kindly let me borrow his 10mm, and they were mine.
I'll have pictures of the 97+ conversion when I do that tomorrow, or the next day.
Total expenses for center console, ashtray, side panels, door inserts, ac bezel, gauge bezel, cruise control, side mirrors, headlights, and misc trim?
$80. Gotta love it.
Oh, and some of you may go "Hey, dumbass! Didn't you have a transmission problem, and suspension to deal with?"
Why, yes, yes I do. But I don't have $500+ for struts and the rest right now. And if my car has to ride crappy until I can fix it properly, I might as well enjoy the ride as best I can. Cleaning up some of the ricer feel... definitely improves my mood. (yes, the airbag is still silly...gotta repaint it)
And, here's the interior update, before and after obviously.
Went back today, to get the remainder of the pieces I needed, and had a stoke of luck. I used their car finder to search for Eclipses, just for giggles...when I went a week ago, there were two of them, and pretty much stripped.
Turns out, they had a 1997 that they added to the lot, yesterday.
Ran over there, and as my luck held out, it had a pair of headlights. Foggy/scratched, but in tact.
My luck immediately abandoned me, as I realized I had lost my 10mm socket, and had no way to get them. I need to invest in a set of a dozen of them, or something.
Found another guy working on a car, who kindly let me borrow his 10mm, and they were mine.
I'll have pictures of the 97+ conversion when I do that tomorrow, or the next day.
Total expenses for center console, ashtray, side panels, door inserts, ac bezel, gauge bezel, cruise control, side mirrors, headlights, and misc trim?
$80. Gotta love it.
Oh, and some of you may go "Hey, dumbass! Didn't you have a transmission problem, and suspension to deal with?"
Why, yes, yes I do. But I don't have $500+ for struts and the rest right now. And if my car has to ride crappy until I can fix it properly, I might as well enjoy the ride as best I can. Cleaning up some of the ricer feel... definitely improves my mood. (yes, the airbag is still silly...gotta repaint it)
And, here's the interior update, before and after obviously.
