OFFICIAL: What did you do to your Alero today?

[bdyman]

OMFG
i cant believe what im seeing

[tw0123]

Then don't look.... i don't have 10 grand to have someone do my work... I'm sure your first job wasn't perfect either.... i haven't been doing this for 20 years.... oh yeah btw I'm not done.... no reason to be so bloody cynical... i thought this forum was to help each other and offer advice not just make rude comments because we all aren't doing things your way or just taking it to a body shop to pay someone....

[03glgold]

Originally Posted by tw0123

Then don't look.... i don't have 10 grand to have someone do my work... I'm sure your first job wasn't perfect either.... i haven't been doing this for 20 years.... oh yeah btw I'm not done.... no reason to be so bloody cynical... i thought this forum was to help each other and offer advice not just make rude comments because we all aren't doing things your way or just taking it to a body shop to pay someone....

He is kinda pissing me off. We have low numbers on the forum anyways and then he comes and treats everyone like crap and then nobody will want to be on the forum. Everybody knows that bdyman hates people to do stuff themself, but he used to make useful comments instead of only using derogatory statements. I dont know what is going wrong in his life that he is so pissed off about, but he should find another outlet for his anger.

[03Alerosil]

Yea bdyman is an ass. Not everyone is a body guy and we do the best we can. I would match rather see someone with a project they put the time into rather than being raped at the body shop. This forum is to help people not be rude and criticize.

[AleroB888]

You'd be an ass too, after 20 years of paint fumes

[Papa Rad17]

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Originally Posted by 03Alerosil

Yea bdyman is an ass. Not everyone is a body guy and we do the best we can. I would match rather see someone with a project they put the time into rather than being raped at the body shop. This forum is to help people not be rude and criticize.

X2. When I get a new dd and the alero is put aside (hopefully later this year) I'll have post a bunch of pictures of my body work. Molding on the razzi spoiler and rust repair in the garage with mid-grade materials and nearly 0 experience. He'll have a stoke! But hey, how the heck else am I supposed to learn? Like everyone else I'd rather save the money and have the enjoyment and learning experience of doing it myself. We know it won't be perfect. There are only a few aleros on here that are really worth shelling out the thousands for professional body work anyway. Like Tim I'm pretty confident I can turn out something pretty decent myself.
Glad to see it coming along Tim!

[bdyman]

lmao!!!!!
effin kids these days
why should i give my advice
its pointless really
doing what i do for a living cant be taught online cant be taught in a effing youtube video
and btw my life is effing awesome so suck a fat rooster

ya i see one huge mistake you made in bonding tje wings to your car
mistake is
you should have shaved them down bevel the edges down your gonna have so much filler work that its gonna shrink and die,back on ya
but hey what do i know right

[03glgold]

See your last bit was useful. My 65' tbird which I care about being done proper is at a professional shop. My alero should roll over 200k next week, so there is no real point spending the big bucks to make it perfect. In perfect condition my car is worth less than $2k. That leave the two feasible options being to leave it looking like total shit, which it does from quite a distance.The other option is to fix it myself so the normal every day person likely doesnt notice anything at all or if they do they have to be looking close.

[Papa Rad17]

I don't think a single person has questioned the fact that you know what your talking about bdyman. Enough valid points have been made, everyone gets the picture on both sides of this //////////////////////////////

I can't help but feel we've gotten off topic... What I do to my alero today?
I drove it, check fluids, put gas in it, about to go drive it again. Getting ready to roll over 208xxx miles on my to my interview this evening. If I get the job I will hopefully be bringing home a new car next week so the alero can finally go rest on some jack stands while some much needed work gets done, if not until after homecoming. poor thing is showing it's age...

[number53alero]

I finally got my recall done! Least I got a free car wash out of it..

[ffs]

What did I do to my alero today? I took my plates off of it and got it ready for the tow truck. Took all of my aftermarket off of it to use for the future (or sell)

Why? I got slammed in the rear on the highway. Not at fault. Damage to the unibody and wrinkled lots of the lower trunk frame. Wasn't worth putting the money into it to get it drivable again. Even though I loved my alero to death, I could move on to something a bit bigger and better with the money the insurance gave. I'm now an owner of a beautiful 2000 mustang. I'll get pics of both cars to you guys as soon as I can

[03glgold]

I thought you said bigger and better. A mustang is definately not bigger. Good luck with the new ride though and sorry about your alero.

[Papa Rad17]

Originally Posted by ffs

What did I do to my alero today? I took my plates off of it and got it ready for the tow truck. Took all of my aftermarket off of it to use for the future (or sell)

Why? I got slammed in the rear on the highway. Not at fault. Damage to the unibody and wrinkled lots of the lower trunk frame. Wasn't worth putting the money into it to get it drivable again. Even though I loved my alero to death, I could move on to something a bit bigger and better with the money the insurance gave. I'm now an owner of a beautiful 2000 mustang. I'll get pics of both cars to you guys as soon as I can

Ha! I thought you said you wanted something better? Sorry to hear about the alero. I went mustang once... never again. Those things are sluggish pos's.

[ffs]

I've actually been pleased with driving it despite what you guys are saying. I've driven a few different types of cars and I've enjoyed all of them so I guess I just like driving lol

[tw0123]

I took mine all all part again Wednesday, fixed my fog lights, and figured out my gauges wiring glitches :-)

[xXManwhoreXx]

Not today, but my ex let her get towed to an impound lot and by the time they got a hold of me they wanted 3k for it... I got my stuff out of her and signed the title over... still really upset about it. They think the car was worth that much though.. so jokes on them

[S8track16]

I went to the autoparts store this morning at 10-11am, ordered a vent valve solenoid to hopefully fix my engine light, and a walker resonator pipe that connects the muffler and the cat since mine had holes.

The parts arrived at the store at 330pm, drove to my mechanics and got in right away, an hour later everything was done, engine light removed, and my exhaust is silent for the first time in 3 years.

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by xXManwhoreXx

Not today, but my ex let her get towed to an impound lot and by the time they got a hold of me they wanted 3k for it... I got my stuff out of her and signed the title over... still really upset about it. They think the car was worth that much though.. so jokes on them

Whatever you scraped the car. Dont try to please everyone here!

[xXManwhoreXx]

Nope Nate, the crazy ex let it get towed from my old apartment (which I was still paying for) she told them I abandoned the car, I just didn't have room for two cars at my new place and was llanning to get the car that weekend to get all my parts off it so I could send them to everyone. I was going to just give you my wheels and motor, and sell the exhaust and stuff..

[aleros_eat_rice]

Tune up. Ac Delco wires, NGK IX Iridium plugs. First tune up in almost 70k miles. Going to change the oil tomorrow.