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Old 10-24-2010, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Refractor
The hardest part was getting the other one off. You'll want to use two wrenches / pliers, one to hold the antenna bracket in the trunk and one to twist the antenna. It took like 5 - 10 minutes. Reception seems to be about the same, but i never listed to the radio anyway.
yeah ill soo have to try that... i may need another set of hands... but it soo didnt work when i did it... .like it was rusted on there... its a reall pain in my butthole
Old 11-06-2010, 10:59 PM
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do not heat your springs. im a mechanid. springs are tempered steel. if you heat them up they become a lot more fragile. if you want to lower your car vut the springs. ive seen what heating a spring can do. spring snaps and parts go flying. and on your car they can break also. so moral of the story. if you want to lower the car. deff. cut the springs and not heat them up.
Old 11-06-2010, 11:03 PM
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cut ssc's it rides basically like stock, i wont change it cause i dont want the insane bounce, but love the drop
Old 04-02-2011, 01:09 PM
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where can you find bowtie overlays. I want black chevy symbols, but I don't wanna paint them. I guess I could use plastidip, but that seems hard too vs just buying overlays lets say from Motor City Vinyls
Old 04-02-2011, 01:14 PM
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painting a bowtie isnt too difficult haha
Old 04-05-2011, 11:13 PM
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add colored lug nuts to the list.... i think they're sweet
Old 04-06-2011, 03:05 AM
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and put remove cat mod, +15 hp lol
Old 04-09-2011, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by wlwhockey101
do not heat your springs. im a mechanid. springs are tempered steel. if you heat them up they become a lot more fragile. if you want to lower your car vut the springs. ive seen what heating a spring can do. spring snaps and parts go flying. and on your car they can break also. so moral of the story. if you want to lower the car. deff. cut the springs and not heat them up.
honestly, if you wanna go low do it the right way and buy lowering springs, not ******* on your idea it is better then heating them, but it can also mess up your struts and then cause you to have to replace the springs and struts.
Old 04-17-2011, 08:44 PM
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heres a cheap awesome mod i did,,,

chrome vents for the cobalt

go to autozone and get the chrome door molding,, not sure if you need 1 or 2 packs, but its 3 dollars for a pack, you have to somehow figure out the length of the vents inside the air vents located on the dash,, easiest way is cut a piece and keep trimming until it slides on, then duplicate that piece enough times to cover the vents,, i payed 30 dollars off ebay, but this time im doing them myself for nowhere near that price spices up interior quite a bit and is very cheap

im all about the cheap mods that are fun
Old 05-02-2011, 07:22 PM
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7 pages and no one has mentioned it wow..im suprised...but if u go to a junk yard and find a 00-05 impala or 00-05 malibu remove the third brake light on the trunk which for those cars is LED and do some EASSSYYYY electrical work to yours and replace ur bulbs with LEDS easyy stuff really and total cost 10$ and some basic electrical knowledge and patience
Old 06-05-2011, 12:18 PM
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What about hollowing out the cat isn't to hard. Most (if not all) cats are honey comb shaped which is pretty easy to hollow. No need to buy something to put in it's place if you just remove it.
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Interior Trim Dash rework - $20 and a day of warm weather
Cable Reroute (Aux / Ipod) - Patience and finesse to remove the console parts
Power reroute - Moving lower E-Brake accesory power to trunk latch release location - $8 in electrical blades from Radioshack
Old 09-17-2011, 12:20 AM
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My mods





Just a lil moving of the badging and hub cap fun

SN: Don't Joke on my team, about to remove that anyway (still my team tho)
Old 10-04-2011, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dmeine13
add colored lug nuts to the list.... i think they're sweet
I want to buy some of those...someone knows if the paint gets off after a while?
Old 10-18-2011, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by vahdyx
where can you find bowtie overlays. I want black chevy symbols, but I don't wanna paint them. I guess I could use plastidip, but that seems hard too vs just buying overlays lets say from Motor City Vinyls
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Old 10-18-2011, 09:23 AM
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rotated tranny mounts
steering rack spacer
cambr bolts
zzp shifter bracket
Old 10-18-2011, 01:25 PM
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What is a deck lid trade?
Old 10-18-2011, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dark Cobaltz
What about hollowing out the cat isn't to hard. Most (if not all) cats are honey comb shaped which is pretty easy to hollow. No need to buy something to put in it's place if you just remove it.
Is there a post/how-to about this anywhere?
Old 10-29-2011, 05:58 PM
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Move trunk poppers, as stated above, until you reqlize that most of the time you need your seat droppes is when your putting something in the trunk

Paint bowties, tape off silver very carefully n use a razor to push it in the cracks, scuff with 320 or finer, mist w the color of your choice a few times. Once its dry remove tape.

Ventshades. Weathertechs are a bit more than autozones but look oem

Neffywrap. Instant carbon fiber for any part

Wideband, interceptor etc. Guages in your cluster. 2" pvc, some bondo and skill will have you under 20 bux and a good lookin piece

Led for trunk. I think my 12 led lite was 10 bux w universal adaptors. My trunk lites up like a spaceship

Wire a reverse relay into your. Lites that turn on w map lites, add autozone led strips under dash and seats to see like its daytime when your doors open

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Old 11-01-2011, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by the jelly man
What is a deck lid trade?
WHEN you swap trunks with someone.

usually a highrise wing owner who wants a wingless trunk, just find someone and trade
Old 11-02-2011, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Omega_5
I think he means upgrading a 2.2 to a used LSJ exhaust.
I put a 2.0L SS/SC exhaust on my 2.4, WHAT A CHANGE. It's got a ral nice rumble to it but it's quite when cruising around town but when you hit the highway at around 3500 with my AEM CAI ( REAL CAI, NOT ONE THAT PUTS THE FILTER AND INTAKE TUBE RIGHT IN FRON TOF THE MANIFOLD....LOL ) It sound sick! I got mine outta a wrecked car at a junk yard. 50 bucks for the hole thing and I got the manifold incase I wanna go SC
Old 02-07-2012, 07:16 PM
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figured i can add this to the list of inexpensive mods. interior led lighting just need some electrical know-how, patience, and an **** sense of hiding things
Old 04-04-2012, 05:29 PM
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Plasti dipping wheels is pretty cheap.
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cheapest mod ever: cover the strips going down either side of your roof with electrical tape. perfect width and costs... 99 cents
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Covering the e-brake with suede and adding a boot. Costs less then $20 if you know what you're looking for parts wise and looks great.


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