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Old Feb 14, 2026 | 07:14 PM
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I have 3 balts in my shop so I thought I'd post.

Hey everybody what's up? So I thought I'd post about the 3 balts I am working on. Two of the balts are LNFs and then the 1 LSJ. I'm leaving the 1 LNF for now(other than an E tune) and the 2nd I'm building some frame stiffeners, suspension, meth kit and a tune. The LSJ is a turbo swapped fully built car I'm just putting back together for the spring.

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Old Mar 3, 2026 | 07:45 PM
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All white as well Nice
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Old Mar 10, 2026 | 09:47 PM
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Old Mar 11, 2026 | 11:55 AM
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I've got the 4 door's frame stiffeners all fabbed up and ready for paint.






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Old Mar 13, 2026 | 01:07 PM
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I've got the 4 door's frame stiffeners all fabbed up and ready for paint.





looks good when you put them on point out in more detail the attachment points
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Old Mar 13, 2026 | 03:06 PM
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Here's all the pics I currently have let me know if you need more and I can take pics when I weld the other side on.







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Old Mar 13, 2026 | 05:52 PM
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It is impressive to see three of these cars in one shop at the same time. Focusing on frame stiffeners and suspension for the second car should really improve the handling and stability. Getting the turbo swapped car ready for spring is a great goal, especially since those builds offer such a unique driving experience.
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Old Mar 14, 2026 | 11:27 PM
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It is impressive to see three of these cars in one shop at the same time. Focusing on frame stiffeners and suspension for the second car should really improve the handling and stability. Getting the turbo swapped car ready for spring is a great goal, especially since those builds offer such a unique driving experience.
Yes 3 Cobalts is probably kinda rare. The white 2 door LNF with the red valve cover is mine. The other 2 are my friends that I'm working in for them. Ya those frame stiffeners should hopefully fix a lot of his dash noises.
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Old Mar 15, 2026 | 12:32 PM
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Thanks I get the general idea
Going to be doing the rockers on my 2009 soon so I might as well stiffen it up at the same time
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Old Mar 15, 2026 | 08:19 PM
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Ya I was stitch welding my car so I had to do all of that b4 I welded my frame stiffeners on. Now I'm on coilovers, upgraded cabs, engine and trans mounts, an adjustable front sway bar, frame stiffeners and my chassis is stitch welded. I love how my car handles it's the most direct, accurate thing I've driven.
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Old Mar 17, 2026 | 08:10 PM
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I miss my old Cobalt at times. Great little cars.
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Old Mar 20, 2026 | 10:23 AM
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I miss my old Cobalt at times. Great little cars.
I bet you miss your Balt. You had a good amount of mods so your car must have been super fun to drive.
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Old Mar 26, 2026 | 09:59 AM
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Great looking cars! I wish my undercarriage was as clean as yours. I'm still scoping shops for quotes to fix the bad rusting even though I used Krown for a few years.
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Old Mar 27, 2026 | 12:53 PM
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Great looking cars! I wish my undercarriage was as clean as yours. I'm still scoping shops for quotes to fix the bad rusting even though I used Krown for a few years.
Thanks! That's my buddies 4 door it's actually really clean. I've got some konis and bilstein shocks to throw on it.
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Old Mar 27, 2026 | 06:08 PM
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I'm a little curious on the far left car's hood. I still have my cobalt 2007 SC, Barely gets driven. Only rust i have on the car is the hood. I haven't had much luck finding a replacement in decent shape
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Old Mar 27, 2026 | 07:37 PM
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I can find out more about the hood from my buddy but it's a fiberglass hood. It has a functional ram air to the intake so that's why he bought it. We have been looking to find a decent white hood for the car but has no luck.
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Old Mar 27, 2026 | 07:54 PM
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Thanks I was looking at functional ram air hoods many years ago. My car is probably going to turn into a winter car. Which again will be rarely driven. I have a work vehicle so that's what I drive most of the time.
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