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Still havent installed it yet either... I look at the box on the shelf nearly every morning with all the progress and parts every day. I nearly had it completed up to the point I decided to make all the wires match the FSM colors, but I suppose I could just label them and chart the colors out on a spreadsheet for reference. My future self is always more logical than the other guy.

This thread is 15 years old.

And I still haven`t installed mine after all these years when all the parts and data were right there with the custom adapter 3/4-7/8 completed. I understand why peasants were flogged back in the day...

Hi, I’ve just stumbled onto this forum, and i figure I’ll probably need to post here eventually acquired my luminator last year, 2nd owner from a grandma. 70000 (got w 55000)miles. Here’s some pics; thx yall

That 12volt writeup makes the Viper route look pretty straightforward, especially compared with piecing together random Passkey modules. Compustar is solid too, but clean install docs are half the battle.

Was a great summer, the A/C performed as it should. Successful repairs is always a good thing, it's why we keep on driving these cars, or at least one reason, anyway.

UPDATE - no oil coming from the oil pump shaft, it's a wonderful thing. No coolant leaks. Coupled with the A/C being fixed, and this made for a great summer with this car. I still have a very small oil leak, within reason, nothing to worry over.

That item is no longer produced, finding a *new* replacement will be on the awkward side. They can be serviced, it's just a mechanical oil filled/spring loaded tensioner.

It's dusty........but not rusty. Nice climate in Peru.

Hey, all! New to the W-Body forums and learning so much about these cars! I recently purchased a 1996 Buick Regal GS coupe from my grandma, who bought this brand new in December 1995 from Van Atta Buick in Vestal, NY. It was a daily driver for 2 years (has not seen salt since 1998), and became an exclusive summer driver after that. It did, of course not always see road time. They always had a couple other cars that they drove around, and sometimes the Regal would sit for an entire summer (or 2) without any new mileage on it! It was always kept in a enclosed, heated garage and waxed 2x a year (even if the car didnt physically go anywhere that year it was still cleaned up)! Fast forward to 2026, the Regal had been sitting for 6 years, not driven, merely tucked away, covered up, and forgotten about. Grandma decided she wants to sell the Regal, as sitting is doing nothing for its value (as it sat it had just over 29k miles on it, WITH THE ORIGINAL TIRES STILL ON IT). We came to an agreement on price and it became my car! Purchased just after July 4th, I simply gave it a really good bath, buff, polish, ceramic coating, and some little maintenance items before taking this absolute treasure of a survivor to local car shows, and simply enjoying the ride quality of a practically still new 96 Regal GS Coupe. Finished in the beautiful Dark Toreador Metallic with ruby red leather interior WITH the 3800 V6! I wonder how many of these are still out there, with this color and option combination and mileage! Check out the photos, admire it's beauty! Attached is also an odometer photo after I got the car home to me.

Agreed. When it comes to 1st gen sedans, I think the Cutlass was the best looking one of the bunch. The 1st gens were ultimately designed as coupes, and that’s how they look their best. The Regal definitely is my favourite one of the bunch, with the cutlass coming in at a close 2nd.

Welcome. That car looks amazing! Definitely somewhat of a rare car, even when new. Seems like the Regal coupes were fairly out of style by that time. Having those wheels makes it even rarer. Can’t say that I’ve ever seen a 95-96 coupe in person, but I still see the odd sedan out and about. Definitely have not seen any Regal in person with those wheels on it either.

It's been a while since I've seen one of these out in traffic. These cars were mostly rotted out during the last recession in 2008. I was just thinking if I saw one today it would stand out a lot because of all the crossovers people drive now. Especially a clean one. Most people probably wouldn't know what it was. Welcome to the forum.