Vehicle Owner

Member ID: riceburner2006

Location: Chebanse, IL

Vehicle Info

2003 Pontiac Grand Am

Bought: Jun, 2008

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile15.8 sec @ 80 mph
  • 0-607.3sec
  • Top Speed126mph
  • HP190
  • Weight3166lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • K&N Intake 
  • Borla Exhaust 
  • Custom Strut Bars 
  • Hawk Brakes 
  • Eibach Springs 
  • KYB Shocks 

Exterior Styling

  • StreetGlow Lighting 
  • Custom Tires 
  • Custom Wheels 

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Oct 19, 2009

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alex’s Pontiac Grand Am
“Darth Vader”

  • Currently 3.9311475409836 /5 Stars.
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page one: exterior

page two: interior

page three: under hood

page four: the sounds

page five: list of all mods (will keep updated)

And here it is......................my 03 GA SC/T

***18" Evoke Wheels and tires for sale***

they like brand new only 1500miles on em

600obo picked up. (hour south chicago)

i dont have ne pics of what my car looked like when i got it but is was all stock except for some black 16" chromtechs...these pics are when i first got my digital camera for christmas from the parents lol.

pics go from old to new. (newest on the bottom) ENJOY!!! and dont forget to rate :)

 

JANUARY 2009

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

a lil mishap i had in my driveway. u see that house waaaay up there...thats mine lolz

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

no damage was caused thank god

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i had my CAI on when this happened so i was scared to start my car

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

gotta love the snow tires. they so big makes the car look lowered when it wasnt at the time

 

MARCH 2009

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facial, loving the tucked front plate haha

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

showing the tinted windows and tails and the new 18's

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side view w the rims

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tinted the tails and borla exhaust

 riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

black background headlights (wish i still had them :(, blue led corners and signals

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can see the signal leds better

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

representing customgrandam.com on the side window

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

then new glass fog lights (HIDs melted the stock ones)

 

APRIL 2009

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

gabriel strut mounts

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

eibach lowering springs

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

eibach lowering springs, kyb gr-2, and gabriel strut mounts

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

after the lowering setup was installed

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

my ccfl projector headlights

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

my new led tails...i dont think i like them

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

headlights at night

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

led tails at night not lit up

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

led taillight, led 3rd brake light, and led license plate light

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

wireless led underbody kit

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

the underbodies and my leds and my led in the ram air ducts and in the front bumper opening

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

again with the grill lighting

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

the new brake rotors, THEY HELPED ALOT!!!!

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

painted the calipers red

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

after the new rotors and painted calipers installed

 

MAY 09 (where the fun begins!!!)

decided to start on the bodywork i always wanted to do!!

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

shaved trunk keyhole and antenna

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

another pic of the shaved keyhole

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

and again...

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

not too many if anyone has done this...molded the front license plate filler to the front bumper

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

molded front filler and front sct lip (sold the lip, decided i wanted the whole kit instead)

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

filler after primer

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

filler after paint, no clear, still has alot of work to go.

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

a couple dents that i had that i needed to fix

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

Molded filler after paint....i thought i could trust a friend in painting my car and it didnt work out...it looks good in pics but like shit in person :(

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

shaved keyhole after paint

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

remember my led tails?? well i decided there was too much chrome to them so i tinted the tops of them to blend in a lil better.

 

JULY 09

After getting sick of looking at my car w the jacked up paint job i decided to take matters in my own hands....

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soooo i shaved the door handles

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

removed the front bumper to fix the molding on the front filler

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

the bumper removed

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

removed the rear bumper to paint it right

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

started to sand down all the old paint and i removed the side moldings also

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

removed side moldings, you can see the cable to open my door since i hadnt got around to installing the poppers yet lol

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

and again

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front end sanded down before removing the bumper

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looks like white camo lol

AND i decided to do a lil purchasing of some new gear :)

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

my XL grill kit from customcargrills.com

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

hella halo fog lights from pfyc.com

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

front and rear air struts and the 1/2" air lines

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

5 gallon tank

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

200psi compressor (will be purchasing another one before i install)

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

the heart of the kit...the digital controller, the ecu, and and all my fitting. this will tell me the psi in the tank, detect leaks, and has a volt meter all on that screen, AND it has a complete deflate button, complete inflate button, and an aligned height button. not too mention the front back side side controls all the other kits have. CANT WAIT FOR THE INSTALL!!!!

 

SEPTEMBER 2009

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

getting primed front

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

passenger side...loving the shaved door handles

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rear

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

little better lighting

riceburner2006's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am

front after being primed

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and again

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where the door handles go??

 

***Thats all for now. sorry im such a pic whore :)

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sikvik02  

Posted by: sikvik02

11/27/2009 12:58PM

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mn_grand_am2000  

Posted by: mn_grand_am2000

11/19/2009 02:21PM

yo what is the tires size? i am buying the same rims

eckoxl  

Posted by: eckoxl

11/16/2009 08:05PM

the kybs and eibachs. well if you do... i call dibbs. ;)

HOTNRED  

Posted by: HOTNRED

11/09/2009 10:28PM

Nice moods!!! 5***** let me see the new upgrades... :)

amstutz60  

Posted by: amstutz60

11/03/2009 04:17PM

awesome car. love the black and red. check out my GT and let me know what you think. 5*

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Member ID: riceburner2006

Location: Chebanse, IL