Don't get them from CarID. I researched the company and they have so many bad reviews just one the first page of google. K2 Motor didn't have many that I could find. When I got mine from K2, the CCFL halo rings and LED's were pre-wired for me. I got chrome because it matched better with my Silver Ice Metallic paint.

 

just buy them off ebay they are all the same

 

I highly doubt anyone on this forum is actually poor or in poverty.

 

Dude, save money now, focus on that. Wait to mod, cause I'm sure you will just want a different (faster) car after a while. Wait till you have a nice savings to fall back on and then start playing around with your car.

 

i'm in the same boat as you, 20 yr old college student driving a base balt. Think of what you want and start saving. Ive been slowly parting together a turbo kit as i get money since december. i'm almost there and when its all done i'm hoping it will be worth it.

 

community college, financial aid, or his parents help him with school are all ways he can afford college and not car parts...

 

If you don't plan to turbo or sc. Keep with suspension and handling mods, they can make your daily driver nicer to commute in I used to have a civic si, and I could never ever see myself turboing it. I went and bought a ss/tc my civic handled like a boss though, and was fun to drive and crank corners. Only lowered and sway bars, was awesome!

 

alright man, thanks for the advice

and i know i should wait and save my money but damn thats hard once i joined this forum

 

I had this same problem. This forum is the reason I put my sub's and amp in my car myself and bought the headlights. Now if yall be willing to donate money to me and anyone else here to up the looks and performance of our base cars, we appreciate it. LOL.

 

hellllll yea, the fatsam cobalt fund is open to any and all! and yea K2 projectors are way cheaper than carid, only problem with k2 is they don't have the LED tail lights for the sedan model sedans never getting any lovee

 

i also got gen2's (see sig).. with being in college and being 19 i understand where ya coming from. id personally go for appearance first then do the more expensive performance mods when you got the money for it.. right now i just have a CAI and tsudo catback, which is all fine and dandy but i do want to go turbo at some point (maybe), whether or not its worth it for the 2.2L is debateable so for now im saving for my next car (while still doing slight appearance mods on mine currently).. i want a rwd v8 muscle car something terrible so i might save for something like a 98-02 camaro or 99 cobra or something

 

you can piece together a turbo fairly cheap. yes it takes awhile... im 2 months in.. but if you sit around and watch the forsale threads and find good deals you could be like me and have an entire turbo setup for $765. and that everything. oil lines, fittings, gaskets, exhaust mani, DP, intake mani, TB, intake, gauges, pod everything you will need except the tune.

 

i dont know what the cost of fuel is where you are but i would really be hesitant to put a turbo on until you can afford premium and the additional fuel burnt. I bought my cobalt when i was in a similar situation and the mpg really was a lifesaver, its nice to drive anywhere without thinking about fuel. Go with the handling mods and you will be really happy, you can do the basics affordably too, cat back kits can be under $300 and you can buy a k/n cone filter for like 40 bucks and cut the stock airbox tube to attach it. These cars already have a leg up on most sport compact competition, ie civics ect...

 

the problem with piecing together my own kit, is like i said, i dont know much about cars besides the basics, so i would have no idea what i need in my own turbo kit... i know i can look it up and **** but i dont really trust myself with that, as far as the suspension goes, that may be my best option since i already plan on lowering my car. a suspension upgrade and then look into the exhaust and possibly an k&n intake or something?

 

get this yo...


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naaa just save up ur money and go boost later down the road man.

 

Modernperformance.com got some new headlights. Are they any good? Or is 2k motors better?

 

hahaha might have to go with that fake turbo sound...

 

whatever you do, dont mod anything you cant afford to fix. if you turbo'd the car and blew the motor, could you afford another motor? if the answer is no, stay away.

just stick to the small stuff that you want to do. its your car, do what you'd like.

 

There are lots of guys running stock internal 2.2s on boost. Just don't run at like 20psi and in boost all the time.

If you want it faster don't waste your money on bolt ons, that's the mistake I made, now I'm saving to go FI because bolt on mods were disappointing

 

i was looking at zzp turbo kits and a stage 2 kit for the 2.2 is said to increase power by 100-110 whp at 8psi, and i was under the impression that the internals were only rated to about 250hp, wouldnt a stage 2 kit be pushing past that 250hp rating though? i honestly don't know much about this, so im honestly asking to learn..

 

I'm 19, in college, with a girlfriend, and work at Domino's pizza..
I learned to just save the extra money and get myself whatever i want for the SS..

 

I have the zzp stage 2 and I was at 8 psi for over a year. It got boring lol and i built the motor myself and turned the boost up to 17

 

the 250 is for the rods, and GM broke them using a nitrous shot (i'm assuming a 100 or 125 shot) spraying nitrous is pretty tough on things (still can be done safely, i dont know a lot about nitrous anybody else speak up)

is lwpmoon would speak up again in this thread, i cant remember what he was running but pretty sure he was well above the 250 crank power when he bent his rods

 

Just be patient and save your money as much as you can. For the first year I had my cobalt I only did a few appearance mods. Tint, headlights, and indash headunit. The only bolt on I bought was a intake, which was pretty much a waste of money. I saved up and bought pieces for a supercharger kit one at a time. After about 5 months of collecting all the pieces I put it all on and have never looked back. The best thing I ever did to my car. I HIGHLY suggest saving your money and either supercharge or turbo your car. It's the best investment, and all the information you need is on this site. I got my car when I was 17 and ended up supercharging it right after I turned 19. With some help from a couple of friends and A LOT of research, I was able to do all the work myself and saved a bunch of money from not having a shop do the work.