My car is my daily driver, so please keep that in mind. I can't have it be undriveable for any real length of time, so there's that. I've been consistently doing stuff to my car, but I'm stalled out of ideas, aside from the major project (detailed below).

Basically, my current mods are as such (same as sig):

DEPO Gen4s & IPCW smoked tails
Eibach Sportline springs & Eibach rear sway bar
K&N drop-in filter
Forge Motorsports BPV
TTR upper engine mount & TTR STOP tranny mounts
Partially debadged (going to fully debadge when it warms up)


The major project I am saving up for is:

Hahn FMIC & piping
Hahn CoolRam Intake
Hahn MODpipe downpipe
Hahn MODpipe hiflo cat (will get straight pipe later)
Hahn 3" SS CatBack
And finally, to make it all work, a Trifecta tune to 22psi


Now, to answer some questions before they're asked:

A new clutch may be on the menu someday, but it's unnecessary at the moment, but I would get an Exedy HyperSingle. Also, install is beyond me, so having it done would be insanely expensive right now.

I am always keeping my eyes open for rims, but right now they aren't necessary either. I currently would get 18x7.5 Enkei Evo5s wrapped either in Nitto 555s or BFG KDW-2s if I had to.

So, after all that is said - give me ideas to keep me busy in the meantime? I mean, I was looking at stickers of all things, and I'm 35yrs old ffs...I can't justify putting pedobear, a shocker, and a "****-you-move-over->>>" sticker on my car, no matter how hilarious I think it might be. I may drive a Cobalt, but I do have some damned dignity.

So please, thoughts, recommendations, hell, screaming wild-ass guesses!

Thanks in advance!

 

If it's a daily driver, Injen CAI, Injen CP. Hahn DP, Hahn catback. trifecta tune to 24psi, and you're good to go.

 

idk if you calculated the price of your wish list but before you pull the trigger check out treadstone they make a stage 3 kit that includes

intake
dp
catback (several options with this)
fmic and cp
aswell as the tune
you can also add a bov if you would like
all in one bundle

 

Well it seems like you're into appearance almost as much as performance.

Have you thought about dressing up the interior a bit?
Just gauging your interest in that.

Being 33 years old myself and my SS/TC being my daily driver as well I've given that thought. I just don't like the painted panels look myself. But maybe some lighting effects or something with the instrument cluster or something along those lines. Maybe make it a nicer place to sit in.

Oh and you could do the air box mod. It's not difficult and free more or less.

 

I would do either what i said or what ramrod1337 said

 

^^yea go with the treadstone bundle, Lookin back, I kinda wish I did an saved a couple dollars, especially if you wanna go Hahn All the way Hahn's stuff is good but overpriced IMO (I do have an exhaust on the way that I've been waitin almost a month to ship out )

If you wanna go that route tho... I'd swap out the intake/dp with another brand, only cuz for the most part, dif brands are jus dif prices(I got an injen CAI w/ bad mab dp an luv it )
If money's no problem tho... do wat ya do

There's other stuff you could do tho..
Shorty antenna, Head unit swap, Dome light, Armrest... all the lil ****

 

Just don't go Hahn if you wanna do a turbo kit, I didn't hear good things about their turbos

 

Oh, forgot to mention the shorty antenna is already on. Hurray for Chevy dealer pro shop. :-/

It's whatevs, it was free.

I don't know if I'm down with the Treadstone stuff. Also, I've talked a fair bit with Bill and we've got a good thing going...it's all just waiting for some money to free up.

Zander916: now see, those are the ideas I was looking for, so thanks! I'll focus on dressing her up a bit more...shift knob, e-brake handle, maybe new boots, and I'll have to start digging into lighting stuff.

MastaShaKe_88: Armrest sounds like a very good idea. I'll pass on the dome light. Head unit swap would be pricey, but if my credit card and best buy line up like they did over xmas, I may pull the trigger. I definitely want a double DIN full-screen one though, and ones that fit with too much swearing and modding are a bit...rare.

Ooh, color-matched hood and trunk strut bars...!

I am definitely looking at "smaller/cheaper" mods while I save up for the power mods, so these interior ideas are sounding perfect!

Thanks!


P.S. The reason I am going full Hahn is because I am trying to keep down the number of brands (and thus stickers, in the engine bay) I put on the car. I'm already up to 3, Hahn and Trifecta will make 5, and that's plenty.

 

Try checking out MRZperformance they have some cool stuff for cheap easy look good mods. What about tinting? I have the overlays for my rims and ss labels. Black out your bowties. Lots of small stuff thats cheap.
Armrest !!!!! also thats is NEED lol if its your DD .

 

strap a JATO rocket to the roof?

Lol JK but all you need for a daily driver performance wise is intake, downpipe, some colder plugs, and a good tune performance wise. With a good tune you will be able to out out run 80% of the cars on the road and wont have to worry about reliablity.

 

Neons.

 

Yes
YESSSSSS Do it, that's all the power you'll need... well unless you wanna do a turbo swap
.......no

 

Tinted windows? It makes a huge difference on the whole outlook of a car IMO.

 

^^shouldve been the first mod

 

I am very well tinted - came like that, but would have made them do it anyway. Summer sun in Las Vegas is no joke.



Sooo, where does one get an armrest that will work for these?

Also, anyone have good pics of the sedan highrise wing?

 

crateenginedepot.com or gmpartsdirect.com
or call a local dealership.. after shipping/taxes, CED comes out to bout $10 cheaper an I think gmpartsdirect is like $15-20 cheaper