Should I do this?

[lolife99]

Sell the GTO and buy the Porterbuilt stuff.
Or wait and buy the Porterbuilt stuff.
I don't consider it expensive, for what your are getting.
At least get the Dropmember up front to fix all the flaws of the GM suspension, when you are bagging one of these trucks.
Then you can go cheaper on the back half, if you want.

Deals always go south when you trade for labor.
(especially with friends)
Usually the value of his labor and the value of your parts is never agreed upon by both parties.

[muthstryker]

Ok, I read all of your posts and you are all right, its not worth it I think I will hold onto it for a few more years.

Originally Posted by lolife99

Sell the GTO and buy the Porterbuilt stuff.
Or wait and buy the Porterbuilt stuff.
I don't consider it expensive, for what your are getting.
At least get the Dropmember up front to fix all the flaws of the GM suspension, when you are bagging one of these trucks.
Then you can go cheaper on the back half, if you want.

Deals always go south when you trade for labor.
(especially with friends)
Usually the value of his labor and the value of your parts is never agreed upon by both parties.

I dont really consider the porterbuilt stuff expensive either, my mind set was, I could have the truck bagged and body dropped for $4500 through the guy complete including parts. Or I could spend almost 6k on the porterbuilt and air management setup. And the reason the price is so high is, if I get the porterbuilt drop members might as well go all out and get their control arms and any other stuff they make that replaces stock stuff so it all matches.

With the porterbuilt I would also run a Ride Tech Airpod.

It would just take alot longer to finish the truck that way, another thing is if I do decide to go with porterbuilt im going to buy top of the line everything even if it takes longer.

As the old saying goes "Build it right the first time".

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by lolife99

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Deals always go south when you trade for labor.
(especially with friends)
Usually the value of his labor and the value of your parts is never agreed upon by both parties.

VERY good advice. You will regret the trade in the end.

[muthstryker]

Originally Posted by 79gmcc15

Surprised no one said

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Heres a cardomain I made a few years back

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2300009/1967-pontiac-gto

Originally Posted by Leedogg

I agree- pics of said GTO.

a 67 GTO is my dream car. I think I found a 66/67 tempest today(pretty sure a 67)...sitting in someones back yard, it was half covered by a tarp- it may be a 4-door. But the wife said to go check ot out- so I plan to. I want to do a clone- so I don't feel guilty for modding the crap out of a real Goat.

I agree about the keep the car, buy the porterbuilt route- this is my plan. The porterbuilt front end is 95% bolt in. Unless the car is trully worth less than the cost to do it right, I can't see any GTO in even decent shape is worth an air ride suspension. You'll NEVER get the money back out of the truck. But the GTO's value will never go down.

Ya I agree with you, doesnt matter what I do to the truck the value will always be the same, as the value of the gto will continue to slowly rise.

Originally Posted by lilpoindexter

Sell the gto...the truck is more fun to drive...even though it drives like a truck...when was the last time you were on a GTO forum??? MMMHMMMM

Haha, you make a point, but the reason im not on any GTO forums is they are all hardcore about being numbers matching, if I want to put an LSX motor in the GTO then so be it, but these guys come at you with pitch forks and torches. When in the end Pontiac Designed the LSX

Originally Posted by jitteryguy

you didnt mention what the goat means to you, sentamental value ? personaly I dont care for them car's, but if there is personal or family history behind the car that change's every thing. if it were me I would clean the goat up and see if I could get enough outta it to cover the PorterBuilt stuff .
just a thought !

As it is now, If I was to get rid of it I could get enough to buy the front and rear drop member and still have some left over. The only value it has, is its the first car I bought with my own money, no help from mom and dad did it all by myself. People have always told me I should just get rid of it and I wont ever finish it, I think thats the reason why I hold onto it. So I can prove them wrong.

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

VERY good advice. You will regret the trade in the end.

Ya I think your right, I sold a car a few years back that I shouldnt of ever sold. I still kick myself in the ass for that one. And it was just a buick regal that I was going to be turning into a GNX clone.