Pontiac G8 Mods List and Future Plans!

Hey everybody!
Today I wanted to do a brief overview of my Pontiac G8 with all the mods I have done and my future plans for it. Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoyed! 😃
Chapters:
0:00 Car Overview
1:00 Exterior Mods
2:46 Interior Mods
8:07 Performance Mods
10:58 Future Plans

[@vetterburns1048]

Even in /on the ice roads. This G8 is soo sure-footed! Always! I love my G8 GT with an-attitude! Mebbe a 'mod-cam will be next!?! idk. Thx Bro!

[@abmeraz86]

She looks good so far bro! I have a Chevy SS n i got the Kooks LTH with cats and Kooks Xpipe to stock mufflers. So I would definitely go with Kooks. It sounds perfect at WOT! And since its my daily it sounds quiet at idle and daily driving. Ill be posting a video soon of a little walk-around. Cant wait to see what else you do homie!

[@Tanner_Teves]

Man I love SS’ every time I see one I get all excited haha. Kooks it is!! And thanks for watching man!

[@V8von]

Pretty nice setup you got going bro🤝🏾

[@Tanner_Teves]

Thanks my guy 🙌🏼

[@juliann7379]

awesome man.

[@tonywinters2855]

The only American car I like. This is boss! Congrats on the whip

[@408BARZ]

Love the video man I’m 18, a g8 is just dream car!

[@Tanner_Teves]

When I was 18 this was the car I wanted too. Couldn’t find any so I got a 2nd gen Acura TSX and loved that car, even bought a supercharger for it. But just as I was getting ready to put that on this G8 popped up. Bought it 2 weeks later 😂. Awesome cars man. Thanks for watching! 😁

[@sebfresh5899]

@@Tanner_Teves i turn 18 in 4 months and i’m gonna save money to try and get a g8 bro i this car is so bad ass i’m fully focused now

[@UdoucheBAGG]

Hell yeah

[@4LRicoo]

Here for your full mod journey….im thinking about getting one.

[@Tanner_Teves]

Thanks for tuning in! I will hopefully have another video next weekend depending on weather lol. I love the car man, if you can find a low-ish mile one for a good price I say go for it!!

[@IrishNomad]

Makes me miss my GXP 😢

[@austinwallace6943]

Hey man! You should definitely look into rcr cams! (Rick crawford racing) he had the fastest n/a g8 in the states if not the world!!! He really knows his stuff, I had a btr cam in previous build and had rick custom grind my current one I got 503 to the wheel n/a with a rcr cam that's easy on parts...

[@Tanner_Teves]

I have definitely been considering his too, the only problem is his serious cams need higher stall torque converters. Since mine is only a 2600 I couldn’t really get his beefier cams but I’m really trying not swap that converter out. The BTR one would work well with my torque converter. But I will do more research about the RCR ones!

[@austinwallace6943]

@Tanner Teves yessir if you message him he will custom grind you one, to fit the power you want to achieve and for your converter!

[@dragon_mind1254]

Just crate LS3 swapped my gt. Lifter failed on mine as well but slightly different. Lifter tray failed causing the lifter to spin. Hope you did some research when you made the swap. the stock oil pan on the L76 is a lot better then stock LS3. Only downside you have to buy a 10$ plug for the high pressure that went along with AFM. I did it myself which was a blast. Love the lights and wheels. Will most likely get both. What brand were the wheels? I have 19s but I love the way the car sits on them.

[@Tanner_Teves]

Yeah I swapped the L76 oil pan to the LS3 as well haha. The wheels in this video are stock but the newest video I have shows my new setup 😁

[@WhaleRacer]

Best mod I have done to my GT is swapping out the dome and license plate lights with white LEDs.

[@kyletyra6257]

Where did you get the Holden badge from!? I have one in mine but it’s fading

[@spacezr1]

Beautiful car. But I wouldn't lower it mine rides lower than my brother's wrx. Like most mods you did mine looks almost the same all blacked out. Beautiful 😍. My wife and kids love it as my family car lmao.

[@4LRicoo]

Overall i love your car

[@slinkus-dq4co]

I wouldn't bother lowering it, it makes it horrible to daily drive, I lowered cars in my early 20s (slammed e36 m3 on coils, absolutely horrible to daily)... once you get a little older you realize it is such a waste of money and not worth it. The engine and HP are always worth it though. Better off refreshing the suspension with stock or better equivalent components and keeping the ride height, no one except car snobs ever notice fender gap anyway. Also there is something to be said for the stock engineering design on the suspension on all cars, usually the factory engineers had it right to begin with. Hope you listen! Car looks like 100k either way dont worry about the paint too much, drive it!

[@Tanner_Teves]

I’m not gonna slam it, I will be lowering the front maybe half an inch and keeping the rear about the same. The coil overs will mostly be for handling, I’d say nowadays you’re probably right about the engineerings getting it right but this is 2009 GM we’re talking about, it can definitely be improved.

[@slinkus-dq4co]

@@Tanner_Teves Yea I mean coils are better for the track, you just might find that the car is more fun to drive with a stock ish suspension on it because it can take bumps better, etc. For me driving on coils for 5 years then switching back, I realized it was more fun and comfortable to drive on the street with a stock suspension because I didn't have to worry about bumps as much, I just put the throttle down and forget about it now. Also easier on the car not getting the strut towers beat on. If you are tracking it then different story.

[@wigletron2846]

​@@Tanner_Teveswhat coilovers were you looking at? I was looking at the Pedders Xa but I've heard there's spring rate issues with basically all aftermarket coilivers for these. Lots of people like the Caprice shocks + Tein springs now. Firms up the ride without making it brutal and the springs have only a mild drop 1" front and 0.5" rear I believe.

[@Tanner_Teves]

I was looking to do H&R coilovers, but might also stick with stock struts and just go lowering springs. Haven’t fully decided yet haha

[@wigletron2846]

@@Tanner_Teves a lot of people say the stock shocks with lowering springs are fine if you do sway bars, rear cradle bushings, and the front strut mount bushings. Might be worth doing especially on a daily driver.

[@getdoughchris3193]

What bulbs do you run the headlights

[@arthurfritz354]

What size tires are you running?

[@vetterburns1048]

I like those wheels! imho Visually, but The winter? idk!

[@vetterburns1048]

I like the paint! with the rims! imho.

[@vetterburns1048]

Overused to meh, It's a 'SLEEPER', because when you 'kick -it', it just GOES! With a throughty grumble!... and I love grindsFAST! Woo-Hoo!

[@endshadow7066]

Years ago ii tried to race tried to race a g8 with my infiniti 03 m45 that's when I learned that Pontiac was hauling some serious ass.

[@tuggxs7637]

M45 are slow but yea v8s are a dawg

[@vetterburns1048]

How would a G8 driver add an Oil Pressure Gauge? Should I try to snag a triple panel from a 2008?

[@xxOMAR313xx]

Get a hardline gauge it goes into the oil cooler port on the oil pan better than oem

[@BOYinFIELD]

Nice car man. One of the mods I'm waiting to do on my G8 GT is swapping out the diff to a 3.27 diff from a Camaro SS and using Poly/Delrin bushing on the rear cradle to stiffen it up. The last thing for this years is gonna be rebuilding the engine. Trying to figure out if I want a stock rebuild or find a 383 or 408 stroker kit.

[@Tanner_Teves]

Man I totally forgot to mention that mod…but I have a 3.45 diff out of a 5th gen SS with poly bushings 😂. Can’t believe I missed that lol, 3.27 is a good choice too! My L76 had a 408 stroker kit in it and it was awesome (before it blew up lol)

[@BOYinFIELD]

@@Tanner_Teves How was the stroker kit?? Been trying to figure out if i really want to go that route.

[@Tanner_Teves]

@@BOYinFIELDIt was fun, just gave me a lot of low end torque. The camshaft that was paired with it wasn’t the biggest so I think a bigger one would have made it shine more. Honestly if I were to start a build from scratch on a L76 G8 I’d just do full bolt ons, DoD delete, and an LSA. Way more performance and less work

[@vetterburns1048]

@@Tanner_Teves I wanna buy a 2022 Holden Ute in the US, but, No joy! Ever!?!??? Left-Drive Utes Rule!!!!

[@leohd7566]

i have some camaro ss rims on my g8 and ngl they look badass

[@Tanner_Teves]

I was debating going with Camaro SS wheels as well, but I want to go 19's for bigger sidewall on the tire so I will be going a different route haha.

[@leohd7566]

@@Tanner_Teves im pretty sure I have 20s on mine or it could be 19s but they are the chrome set car is in the shop so i can’t remember lol

[@g8baby20]

Your l76 still broke after you did the cam and dod delete? I’m curious I’m doing mine now was going to get main bearing and rod bearings arp studs and bolts cam and new pistons in my l76 but I don’t wanna do all that and it not be reliable you know any info would help

[@Tanner_Teves]

Yes it did break even after it had a DOD delete done. However, the previous owner went with LS7 lifters when the DOD delete was done and those were also known to fail and have the same fate as the DOD lifters. So, get some Johnson Racing lifters instead and you’ll be fine 👍🏼

[@d7om_zl1]

try to change the front bumper to Lumina SS bumper with Holden logo it's look awesome and the hood to Holden CR8, you don't need to change the light and fenders also the back wing to CR8 wing, for the climate control and radio also use the Lumina part, here is Saudi Arabia Lumina is left hand drive not like Australia right hand drive.

[@Tanner_Teves]

I personally like the G8 hood and bumper more so I think I’ll be keeping those the same haha.

[@woodaB]

how much are you running after mods

[@christianmunoz8113]

Yo i rebuilt mine just recently and i payed 5k did i mess up and not ls3 swap it?😭my lifter was going out so i rebuilt it dis activated the dod should i have ls3 swapped it or think ill be fine? Im at 120k miles

[@Tanner_Teves]

What was all done with the rebuild?

[@madazza]

Would look nice with a HSV front bumper!

[@Tanner_Teves]

I may be in the minority but I like the G8 front bumper more than the HSV lol

[@ImVloneD]

Man I got a g8 base wish I got the v8

[@VidTubeWatch]

How many miles on it when the lifter failed? We have an '09 GT that we bought about three years ago with 47K on the odometer. I soon after bought a handheld tuner and turned off AFM/DOD. We're at 69K now. Love the car. Love yours too.

[@Tanner_Teves]

It was about 90k-ish when it failed. It wasn’t due to the DoD tho mine was already canned. It failed with LS7 lifters which were known to fail as well unfortunately. Thanks! 🤙🏼

[@VidTubeWatch]

@@Tanner_Teves L76 lifters?

[@Tanner_Teves]

@@VidTubeWatch Nah it had LS7 lifters. My old motor was an L76 with a 408 stroker kit, TSP cam, and LS7 lifters.

[@VidTubeWatch]

@@Tanner_Teves OH okay. Nothing has been done to the motor on ours. I guess stock lifters were L76?

[@Tanner_Teves]

@VidTubeWatch Stock lifters on the L76 are DoD lifters, which means they have springs on them to move up and down which then will allow either 4 cylinders to activate to save fuel or 8 cylinders to make the most power. Issue with these DoD lifters is they tend to fail too.

[@vetterburns1048]

Tanner, are you sure that's not a pure Holden? Idk? Too much GM 'plastic' I HATE it!

[@BigGenieGG]

Are you planning on selling it ??🔥🔥🔥

[@Tanner_Teves]

Everything has a price lol

[@SheeLovesCam]

@@Tanner_Tevesname it 👀

[@thealladin]

Bro 5k for a crate motor , ima need the name of your dealership pronto 😂

[@Tanner_Teves]

It was Mike Maroone in Colorado Springs haha, super cool guys. Was in and out in 10 minutes and the motor was delivered next day to my mechanic.

[@thealladin]

@@Tanner_Teves oh man didn’t think you’d actually give that golden info away thanks! Can’t wait to see this thing evolve🫡

[@roshawn1111]

​@@thealladin man I spent damn near 7k on a rebuild but this was around COVID so price were crazy

[@thealladin]

@@roshawn1111 lol or….. I can spend 5k on a brand new ls3 and the remaining 2k on a nice cam, valvetrain and headers 😂

[@roshawn1111]

@@thealladin shit I wish I had those prices, my car went down at a terrible time

[@mariocarrero4483]

I got me a G8 Base Sadan for my wife, but I can't find driver side struts for them for the life of me. SO WHERE DO YOU FIND PARTS FOR IT Really need the hook-up And where did you get your aftermarket radio from bc I was told I couldn't change from stock

[@Tanner_Teves]

Try DaysPartsYard or rock auto. For the radio it’s an AeroPro dash kit which allows you to run whatever double din you want. Idk if they are compatible with the bases tho