Here are the pics as promised...

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SWEET!!! Congrats. I like that cyclone grey.

Did they install the dead pedal in the 05's?

ummmmmmmm.... just a thought. Doesn't the cyclone grey only come with silver/grey gauges? Apparently not, huh?

Nice ride! B)

Rob

Originally posted by sickgoatlover@Jan 14 2005, 03:03 PM
ummmmmmmm.... just a thought. Doesn't the cyclone grey only come with silver/grey gauges? Apparently not, huh?
Funny, I was thinking the same thing too. Looks like an odd assembly mistake. Looks good anyhow.

That's what I thought, but.... Nocturn, Branden, any thoughts on the gauges? New Options maybe?

Awesome! The 05 is awsome looking in that color. It os likley a new option since the GTO mirrors the Monaro in color options for the most part.

Originally posted by CSiJason@Jan 14 2005, 04:25 PM
Funny, I was thinking the same thing too. Looks like an odd assembly mistake. Looks good anyhow.
If it's a mistake, that car could be potentially very valuable down the road...pun intended :D

Looks like the gray guages weren't ready at assembly time or the gray guages have been s****ped. Could very well be one of those early production oddities that turn into a "rare" option. I wonder if they will be putting the blue guages in the early dark blue 05's?

Thanks for the pics. :)

It could be the camera you took it in, but that color doesnt look like a grey but a green. Even then red gauges only come on black, red, and quicksilver, so this is most likely a dealer option or not listed on the Pontiac website.

Originally posted by Orbit Orange@Jan 14 2005, 10:48 PM
Looks like the gray guages weren't ready at assembly time or the gray guages have been s****ped. Could very well be one of those early production oddities that turn into a "rare" option. I wonder if they will be putting the blue guages in the early dark blue 05's?

Thanks for the pics. :)
According to the Pontiac website the midnight blue cars are supposed to come with the same gray guages as the cyclone gray cars.

I was almost going to say "who made a photo shop barbados blue with 05 hood and exhaust". Than i saw the red guages and got even more confused, than i saw u say its a cyclone gray. **** it looks just like barbados in that pic, am i the only one who thought that :blink:
Either way your car looks awsome

:dribble: :dribble: sweet car dude.

Originally posted by 1964GTO@Jan 15 2005, 09:22 PM
**** it looks just like barbados in that pic, am i the only one who thought that :blink:
Either way your car looks awsome
No I thought the same thing. Pictures can be so very deceiving. It's odd, but I remember the pictures of the pulse red cars looked like torrid but in person there is no comparison. The car itself looks much different in person than in pics, too IMO.

Originally posted by rexus31@Jan 15 2005, 04:19 AM
Here are the pics as promised...
Shame it still has those 17 inch wheels...the New Monaro 18" look so much better...

The old 18" look better as well :P

17's are going bye-bye tomorrow for some 18's or 19's. I'll post pics.

what about the dead pedal though? Does the '05 have one? And is there even room to put your foot there?

Originally posted by Millerlite0003@Jan 17 2005, 01:47 PM
what about the dead pedal though? Does the '05 have one? And is there even room to put your foot there?
I believe they have them standard.

Originally posted by Millerlite0003@Jan 17 2005, 02:47 PM
what about the dead pedal though? Does the '05 have one? And is there even room to put your foot there?
Yes, plenty of room for my wide size 13's. ;) Plenty of space between pedals too.

All I can say is.....Bad @$$!!!! B)

Received our first '05 today (dark blue 6spd)Early built car and has the -gray- gauge cluster

The '05 does have the 'dead pedal'. A raised area on left side by kick panel covered with carpet....

Great color! I pick mine up tomorrow, but with the M6 transmission.