81turbota

Hey all,
Long post but I thought I'd show you what I've done to the 93 since my last post.
Short and simple:
-new sound system- ken wood head unit, Rockford fosgate 6x9 and ke wood 4x10 + door and speaker box dynamat (total $170)
-glowshift gauges I got for free
-red gauge cluster lights from superbrightleds, repainted needles with red model paint and polished lens
-painted bed rails with spray on bed liner
-20% tint all around
-mounted stock 1st gen center console and factory recaro seats from an Opel omega 3000gsi. Best $30 junk yard find ever. The pass seat is still awaiting mods. If you've ever sat in an SRT8 charger, challenger or 300, these are nearly identical in comfort.
-fixed KDP and loctite on the gear case bolts. Flushed cooling system and replaced water pump.
-rotated fuel pin and turned fuel screw in 1 turn. Hits 22 PSI and 1000 max EGT.
HUGE difference.

Unfortunately the omega 3000gsi is a European market car, I snagged these seats during my tour in Germany. Was going to recover them and put them in my Lemans, but I was looking at them and thought about how much I hate that bench seat....

I mounted them on factory 1st gen bucket brackets and rails. Only had to drill new holes in the seat frame and slide the whole seat 1" to the passenger side.

I learned ALOT by searching the forum. It saved me multiple times....had a fuel leak on the fuel heater....voila an oil filter o ring fixed that. Alt and AC not working after KDP....I was losing my mind...voila forums = mis adjusted crank sensor. Love it!

I also met 2 awesome forum members at the Hesperia, CA pick and pull. Joe, with his ultimate survivalist W250, and another (can't remember the name ) with an awesome cummins ram charger.

And some pics of her towing some of my other cars.

mknittle

Love the truck and the old Pontiacs.

sooty

this forum is the key to all that troubles and pleases us, make sure you get a good look at the stickies, like the ac blower upgrade I told you about, im liking your goat, it didn't take long to change that seat, I was looking at your bench seat last midweek, at pick a part, good job james!

james1

Speakers in size 4x10 are uncommon. Did the Kenwood units bolt right into the OEM mounts? Can you provide more detail? TIA

JPSW250

Where did you find that 1st gen center console??
I really need one of those so i can get rid of my bench
seat..
Those seats looks great in your rig!!

81turbota

Thanks everyone.
Joe, I plan on doing the 10 ga fan upgrade in the next few weeks, I'll give you a call about those turbo parts too.

JPSW250- I got the stock 1st gen buckets, console and hardware from someone parting out a cab/chassis W250 locally. However, the same setup came in Ramchargers. There is a Ramcharger at the pick and pull near me with red seats and console.

James1- the rear speaker boxes needed new mounting holes. The stock speaker uses two bolts on each end to secure the speaker. I drilled the 4 new holes and used the supplied hardware that came with the speaker. The small heads on them don't stick out much. The stock boxes are not sealed and are flimsy, so I double layered peel and seal (budget sound insulation- Home Depot) on the interior of the speaker box and used some universal weather stripping I had laying around to provide a box to cab seal. The speakers have a built in 7/16" spacer so they can be mounted flush behind the speaker grille without risk of woofer contact. The sound is incredible, and all done with low budget parts. The kenwood speakers provide excellent mids and highs, with decent lows. I am very satisfied. The part number I used was KFC-415C, $54.99 shipped from the auction site new.

thrashingcows

Your truck looks great...congrats on getting all that work done!

81turbota

Today I finished my seat swap and installed my fresh wheel moldings.

For the moldings, I prepped them and sprayed them with flexible bed liner. Looks great and matches my bed rails.