Hey guys. I've been lurking on the forum for years now and decided to finally make an account. I wanted to start a build thread on my 2001 Gt that I've owned for a little over four years now. I'd like to be able to go through all I've done to it over the years so I can see how far the car has come. It was my first car and needed a lot of love when I first got it. My dad and I have worked on it over the years together and I've learned a lot along the way. I couldn't be more grateful to him for all the help. Here's how she sat when I first got her.
IMG_0948 by Caleb Clayton, on Flickr
Within three days of buying her she refused to crank over and we discovered she had a battery drain somewhere. My dad's somewhat of a technical genius and helped me narrow it down to the amp for the stereo system. After I replaced that everything was golden.
So far we've replaced the header panel, radiator, carpet, seats, radio and most of the interior knobs and bezels. The previous owner had pretty awful taste and painted several panels inside the car silver. They had broken most of the panels during their attempt and decided the appropriate fix was sheet metal screws. Needless to say silver didn't look great with tan, and screws didn't look good period. We've replaced all of the painted panels with panels we painted ourselves and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out. The original seat was more duct tape than seat so I found some tan racing seats on Summit that lasted about a year (buy cheap things and you get what you pay for.) I replaced them later with a pair that is higher quality and they've held up great.
So far I've added a cold air intake, Mac longtubes and prochamber h-pipe, 3.73 gears, lowering springs, caster/camber plates, a Hust short throw shifter, BBK throttle body and a Steeda strut tower brace. I'm really excited to be adding performance parts now since the first year or so was mostly spent fixing things the previous owner had messed up.
There's a ton of stuff I'm forgetting but I want to at least get the thread started and go back and fill in the gaps later.
Here's how she sits now aside from the lowering springs. I need to get out and take some more updated pictures lol.
IMG_0129 by Caleb Clayton, on Flickr
IMG_0948 by Caleb Clayton, on FlickrWithin three days of buying her she refused to crank over and we discovered she had a battery drain somewhere. My dad's somewhat of a technical genius and helped me narrow it down to the amp for the stereo system. After I replaced that everything was golden.
So far we've replaced the header panel, radiator, carpet, seats, radio and most of the interior knobs and bezels. The previous owner had pretty awful taste and painted several panels inside the car silver. They had broken most of the panels during their attempt and decided the appropriate fix was sheet metal screws. Needless to say silver didn't look great with tan, and screws didn't look good period. We've replaced all of the painted panels with panels we painted ourselves and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out. The original seat was more duct tape than seat so I found some tan racing seats on Summit that lasted about a year (buy cheap things and you get what you pay for.) I replaced them later with a pair that is higher quality and they've held up great.
So far I've added a cold air intake, Mac longtubes and prochamber h-pipe, 3.73 gears, lowering springs, caster/camber plates, a Hust short throw shifter, BBK throttle body and a Steeda strut tower brace. I'm really excited to be adding performance parts now since the first year or so was mostly spent fixing things the previous owner had messed up.
There's a ton of stuff I'm forgetting but I want to at least get the thread started and go back and fill in the gaps later.
Here's how she sits now aside from the lowering springs. I need to get out and take some more updated pictures lol.
IMG_0129 by Caleb Clayton, on Flickr
