Aloha from da HI!
March 29th, 2011, 12:17 AM
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Aloha from da HI!
Whats up everyone! New member from Makakilo Hawaii here. My family has owned a chevy as far back as I can remember, and when I bought my first car it was, of course, a Chevy. My first was an 86 cavalier convertible. When I graduated High school I bought myself a brand new Cavalier (1999 base sedan) I drove that car for 10 years before I finally decided it was time for a new car. And that brings me to my current car; an Ink Slate Metallic 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt LT sedan.
Things I've done to my car:
35% tint all around
Removed radio antenna (stuck a vacuum cap on there!
Debadged
painted headlights ala killarowa...
5000k HID headlight
5000k HID foglights
Tinted tail lights and 3rd tail (20% tint on all)
Dropped on SSI springs
tsudo cat back exhaust
Blue neons and LEDs in cabin
Blue trunk lights
Blue map lights
K/n SRI
Painted upper grill black
Painted Front bowtie
Painted trunk Lock
Koni adjustable shocks/struts
"animal house" siren and PA system (just for kicks lol)
Ingals torque dampner
Ingals camber kit
LED tail lights
Cobalt Addiction Strut Bar
Oil catch can
AVS headlight cover
It is definitely a work in progress still. I'm about to pour a little more money into the suspension to get her ready for the upcoming autoX season
Things on my list so far for the suspension build include:
Comp grade steering knuckles
Rear sway bar (on the fence about the front sway bar due to understeer issues)
sway bar end links
LNF control arms
Still trying to research what else I'm gonna do. I'm a HUGE newb to the car world, so I know I WANT to do this suspension build, I just have no real idea of what all is going to go into it yet
Thanx for taking a look, and I'm glad to be onboard
Things I've done to my car:
35% tint all around
Removed radio antenna (stuck a vacuum cap on there!
Debadged
painted headlights ala killarowa...
5000k HID headlight
5000k HID foglights
Tinted tail lights and 3rd tail (20% tint on all)
Dropped on SSI springs
tsudo cat back exhaust
Blue neons and LEDs in cabin
Blue trunk lights
Blue map lights
K/n SRI
Painted upper grill black
Painted Front bowtie
Painted trunk Lock
Koni adjustable shocks/struts
"animal house" siren and PA system (just for kicks lol)
Ingals torque dampner
Ingals camber kit
LED tail lights
Cobalt Addiction Strut Bar
Oil catch can
AVS headlight cover
It is definitely a work in progress still. I'm about to pour a little more money into the suspension to get her ready for the upcoming autoX season
Things on my list so far for the suspension build include:Comp grade steering knuckles
Rear sway bar (on the fence about the front sway bar due to understeer issues)
sway bar end links
LNF control arms
Still trying to research what else I'm gonna do. I'm a HUGE newb to the car world, so I know I WANT to do this suspension build, I just have no real idea of what all is going to go into it yet
Thanx for taking a look, and I'm glad to be onboard
March 29th, 2011, 3:49 AM
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Thanx man, its being built on an EXTREMELY limited budget (limited as in 50 bux is buy that needs serious thinking about) but after a year or so its finally coming together
March 30th, 2011, 3:55 AM
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I've done the basics; ingalls torque damner, K/N sri, and tsudo cat back exhaust. This month I plan on doing a full suspension build to get ready for autoX and once that's done I plan on finishing my exhaust (header and dp with a high flow cat) and a 2.4 IM/TB with a trifecta tune. Once that's done I'll pretty much call it finished. Not planning on doing any forced induction and building up my internals is way too cost prohibitive for me...
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March 30th, 2011, 4:05 PM
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Thanx . I figure I can get a lot more gains for my money doing the suspension build. The only thing I'm not upgrading are the axles. I figure that upgrade is only really needed if you're going to put a lot more torque to the wheel. I doubt any of the mods I'm doing, have done, and plan to do will give me enough torque to snap an axle...
. I figure I can get a lot more gains for my money doing the suspension build. The only thing I'm not upgrading are the axles. I figure that upgrade is only really needed if you're going to put a lot more torque to the wheel. I doubt any of the mods I'm doing, have done, and plan to do will give me enough torque to snap an axle...