chrome pedals

I love my 96 RMW, but one thing about the boxy Buick and Olds wagons from 77-90 that I think has a lot more style is the pedals. I've been thinking of giving my pedals an upgrade and found the parts at the local pull-your-part yard to do it.

I found a 91 RMW and discovered that they actually had chrome trimmed pedals. Never knew that! It had a brake pedal pad with "anti lock brakes" on it and a gas pedal that is exactly like the 96 except with chrome trim. I really like the larger gas pedal in the earlier models better, so I found one in an 84 Olds 98. The floor pan and gas pedal arm and mount are exactly the same from 77 on on any b/c body.

To swap them out, it was actually quite simple. The brake pedal is just a rubber pad which with comes right off the pedal, and with slightly more effort can be wrangled back on. The gas pedal has a clip holding it and a spring on. The larger pedal doesn't require the spring, since the bottom of it rests on the floor.

old pedals:

new pedals:

I bet you're one of those guys that takes off your shoes before you get in your wagon!A Qtip is handy for polishing the chrome on your pedals which I am sure is on your list of must do,s.All joking aside thats the cleanest carpet that Ive ever seen before.Is the carpet new?

Hmm... I like that gas pedal a lot more, too.

Will have to be on the lookout for those in yards.

hmmm forgot about those.....

might have to go visit what's left of my old 91 and try to save em....

this is when I fist got her



and this is how she looked three weeks ago



be another nice way to keep her around, I do miss her

Looks great! Your carpet looks flawless. I switched mine to the chrome ones from an early Roadmaster but I do like the larger chromed gas pedal too. I have yet to find a chromed e-brake pad that will fit. The Roady has a wider pad then the ones I have pulled off while yarding.

Does anyone know the right year/make that would have the chromed brake pad that would fit our B-bodies?

buickestate wrote:

hmmm forgot about those.....

might have to go visit what's left of my old 91 and try to save em....

this is when I fist got her



and this is how she looked three weeks ago



be another nice way to keep her around, I do miss her

Egads, that is a sad photo! I like the idea of letting a small part of it live on.

Flasheroo wrote:

I bet you're one of those guys that takes off your shoes before you get in your wagon!A Qtip is handy for polishing the chrome on your pedals which I am sure is on your list of must do,s.All joking aside thats the cleanest carpet that Ive ever seen before.Is the carpet new?

I have my wagon slippers for when I drive, but that doesn't mean I am OCD!

Actually, I had just shampooed the carpet shortly before installing the pedals. It is not normally quite that clean, but it is original carpeting on a 78k mi car. You can see a little wear on the left side of the photo.

I know you dont have OCD because Texas Mike has OCD and nobody is a bad as he is.I was just joking about you removing your shoes before getting into your wagon,never dreamed I was going to be right.

jon7190 wrote:

Egads, that is a sad photo! I like the idea of letting a small part of it live on.

Actually I look it as a very happy photo. That car saved Pats life!!!

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

jon7190 wrote:

Egads, that is a sad photo! I like the idea of letting a small part of it live on.

Actually I look it as a very happy photo.  That car saved Pats life!!!

That's cool. Curb weight and sheetmetal are better than all the fancy airbags and gizmos nowadays!

With the size of the truck that hit him, a smaller car would not have done well. Crush zones and airbags are great with an equal sized crash, not sure how a "Smart Car" would do with a bucket truck.

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

With the size of the truck that hit him, a smaller car would not have done well.  Crush zones and airbags are great with an equal sized crash, not sure how a "Smart Car" would do with a bucket truck.

They do not do well...I saw a pic of one that hit a truck head on, and the occupant was cut completely in half.

On a lighter note, I found a nice brake pedal cover with chrome trim, but it does not have any print on it. It has an outline of chrome and a V in the middle. It just pulled over the pedal with a tab on it, and the trim has 4flanges to bend around the pedal.

Very cool to know that the early Roadies had the chrome brake pedal. I'll have to nab one for my Olds.

I think it's goofy that the OCC's have the trim on the gas but not the brake pedals!

My 91 OCC is the same way and I would like a brake pedal to match and the larger gas pedal too.

81X11 wrote:

I think it's goofy that the OCC's have the trim on the gas but not the brake pedals!

Good grief! I've owned my OCC for over a decade and I never even noticed that.  

Real observant!Explains that engine paint:P 

I think I'll paint the pedals to match.  

Might be able to figure out what they do more easily!