straight outta mass

I'm new to the riv game. So far I have 180 t-stat, WAI that will soon be a FWI, custom grill, de-badged but the "R" on the trunk, and boost/vacuum gauge with 140k
I love when people ask what kind of car is that, and there jaw drops when i tell them its a Buick

my future mods are to get the car around 300hp
have someone custom me bumpers for front and rear with black deep dished 18s with a white lip

WELCOME ABOARD !!!

welcome Johnny5.

Welcome! I'd be interested to see more pictures of your grill!

thanks ill post better pic tommorrow

Nice grille, I'm thinking about modding an extra grille I have lying around.

I hope I see you driving around. I'm also from Mass.

If your friends find themselves loving your car, I will eventually be looking for a new home for my 78k Riv.

Welcome!

Hello And Welcome!

dirty picks of the car, put black carbon fiber over the door handles and gas door, and a shorty antenna on the roof
im trying to find the molding trim for the lower part of the door thats missing

decided to smoke my headlights, while im waiting for my 3.5 pulley, slotted & drilled rotors, sway bar links to come in. Wasn't sure if i should do the whole light or just the center part.

Welcome!

Welcome Johnny5 good luck with your mods.

About a month late- welcome. So you are going to run the 3.5 on tstat and a FWI. What plugs will you be running? Any exhaust mods in the future? Car looks good. I love white.

already have the autolites104, fwi, and 180 tstat installed
im lookin into a side exit that comes out rite in front of the rear tires

Had this installed the new crank position sensor and brakes upgrade. need to put the rear links in and strut brace. love the handling difference the links made. highly recommended and don't hurt the wallet

Yeah those poly endlinks and sway bar bushings are fantastic. Definitely one of the best handling mods for the $$.

Went out and brought some rims that came off a 02 monte carlo for $150. the guy said they were 5x115, but there not in the best condition. chrome peeling off and very dirty.

before shot


drying just before the clear coat

finish shot of the rims


new shoes on the coupe

Did you sell the chrome factory wheels? How much would you take for them?

those look nice

no i still have the factory chromes, im going to hold on to them for a little while for spares

My lazy man FWI, i couldn't get the 4" coupler over the the pvc to the throttle body so i left the stock half and attached the pvc from there. works and love it none the less. throttle response is much sharper.
(little dirty i might clean it this week)

a couple more pics
a real head turner and chick magnet

i need to get a down pipe, so i can drop a pulley size. plus i hate how quite the exhaust is, sometimes i don't realize the car is on lol. But haven't heard a sound i like for the car yet

finally got tired of how quite the cars exhaust was. So i went to road runner and the installed 2 thrush turbo muffler in the place of my stock ones for $100. It pops a little bit but isn't loud or raspy at all (just the cellphone quality makes it seem raspy), just enough rumble to let u know this car has nutz lol.

while it was in the air discovered there is no u bend just downpipe into cat. so that one less thing i have to worry about.