Need the A-Pillar
01-21-2018, 06:18 PM
#12
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Love my RPD, but I would prefer a dedicated boost gauge too.
03-19-2018, 11:35 AM
#13
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Join Date: 03-17-2018
Location: tn
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Here you go man
Hello again:) I have a situation. This is about my 09 HHR SS. I read on here the you can easily swap out the A-Pillar and replace it with a different one the has the analog boost gauge(my SS has the RPD). Believe me I love the RPD but I want to add the analog gauge as well. I also saw the pictures on here that show that the wiring connector is there waiting to be used! So this should be easy to install. Not to my surprise I went to GM parts direct and P/N 25799244 has been discontinued
This is the A pillar trim with the boost gauge. Very cool stuff. I really don't want to go to the junkyard and find an HHR there and take the a pillar out and bring it home and cut one up and rig a boost gauge in my beautiful SS. Can somebody please send me a link or links as to where I can go to find this particular part?
This is the A pillar trim with the boost gauge. Very cool stuff. I really don't want to go to the junkyard and find an HHR there and take the a pillar out and bring it home and cut one up and rig a boost gauge in my beautiful SS. Can somebody please send me a link or links as to where I can go to find this particular part?
03-19-2018, 02:07 PM
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Location: Elmira, New York
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Hi there:) thank you for your reply. Yes I did in fact find and A pillar. One of those GM parts direct sites. I paid $180.00 dollars for it though but it was worth it. Yes it is a beautiful car and I cannot wait to get it out this Spring. I would highly recommend getting one
03-19-2018, 08:52 PM
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Yeah I had to get one
Hi there:) thank you for your reply. Yes I did in fact find and A pillar. One of those GM parts direct sites. I paid $180.00 dollars for it though but it was worth it. Yes it is a beautiful car and I cannot wait to get it out this Spring. I would highly recommend getting one
03-19-2018, 09:15 PM
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1800...meaing $1800.00 dollars?? Wow if that's right that is a bargain. I paid $10,500.00 for mine in 2016 with 120,000 miles on it. Had it one year and I had to replace the whole engine because it was bad. That cost me $4189 dollars by the time the job waa done, so my SS owes me about 20 years of no vehicle maintenance lol. But I will never get rid of it because I love the car
03-19-2018, 09:37 PM
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Yeah they're good cars
1800...meaing $1800.00 dollars?? Wow if that's right that is a bargain. I paid $10,500.00 for mine in 2016 with 120,000 miles on it. Had it one year and I had to replace the whole engine because it was bad. That cost me $4189 dollars by the time the job waa done, so my SS owes me about 20 years of no vehicle maintenance lol. But I will never get rid of it because I love the car
03-19-2018, 09:44 PM
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Wow that is really good :-) the engine in my 2009 was defective right from the beginning. I had microscopic holes in the block causing the coolant to mix with oil. Then the head gasket went bad. All of this happened before I even owned the car that's how I ended up with it LOL. The previous owner must have known something was wrong with it so they got rid of it. It would have cost me almost the same amount of money to pay a mechanic to put a head gasket in it so I decided to just put a brand new engine in it. The engine is a crate motor for a direct fit for a 2011 Buick Regal GS. It's like a brand new car now. I have only put 800 miles on this brand new engine since I took it off the road last October. I'm looking forward to next month to getting it back out. My fingers are crossed I hope the car treats me good. But wow you are here how nice that new engine sounds. It purrs in the turbo sounds so good.
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