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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 03:03 AM
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ideas for sprucing up the outside?

im looking maybe to do a few cosmetic things to make the outside of my cobalt stand out a bit, just mainly looking for ideas/ opinions. Mostly just doing visual things for now while im on my warranty but once it wears off i think im going to buy a turbo kit from zzp or something and have my car tuned by a local shop. cosmetically im looking for nothing too crazy/ricey, what all have you guys done? Thanks in advance!

what im considering so far:

tinting my windows, seems pretty obvious but i dunno how dark and whatnot

grand sport stripes, eh maybe on this one haha i love the history of corvettes so i dunno but i guess alot of people hate on them as well.

ss badge on the front grille?

powder coating my ss rims black with a tad bit of orange pearl, otherwise maybe just black.

headlights? i dont mind angel eyes but i dont prefer them after having them on my malibu.
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 04:11 AM
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For headlights get some retros, yeah i would say pc your wheels if not enough cash then maybe some plasti dip, and you could do the ss badge in the front, tint well depends if you wanna be legal in your state or how dark you wanna go
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 05:13 AM
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does anyone sell retros? i do all my own body work so cost really wont be too much haha i tried plastidip and it worked alright i guess haha, i live in nebraska and the weather changes so much that i couldn't keep it on for longer than 4 months. tint is 15% all windows here but im thinking 20 maybe lol
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 07:56 AM
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 09:16 AM
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do a pink hood and put a helicopter hat on the roof
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 09:58 AM
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do a pink hood and put a helicopter hat on the roof
Ok that made me laugh.
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 10:13 AM
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Don't forget stickers
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 11:55 AM
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Stickazz!!!

Mine is debadged and i love it, but it sounds like that's the opposite of what you want. I'm going for stealth. It's worked, I've never been raced.
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 03:30 PM
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loool pick hood and helicopter hat lol it shall be the helibalter!!! as for stickers i like some of them but i dont care for stickerbombing or anything like that lol, id get a cobaltss.net sticker but i have no clue where to get one haha.
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 03:41 PM
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Less is more in my opinion. A nice set of wheels that aren't over the top, lower it and get yourself a pair of retrofits and tint the windows (but IMO not too dark). Here's a crappy cell phone picture of my car:

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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 04:44 PM
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that looks nice! yeah i dont care for aftermarket rims too much but i am planning on putting some eibach springs to lower it coming this spring. the tint ill probably do 20% all around. along with maybe blacking out the badges or something. i thought about maybe whiteing everything out so it would be like orange cream or something lol a friend told me that would be stupid but was mainly just a idea by the seat of my pants
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 06:06 PM
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Retros are made or sometimes found in the used classifieds. Depending what you want on them determines cost. I make retros and a lot of them. I can make you some if your willing to pay to play.
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 09:11 PM
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whats your rates?
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Old Dec 15, 2014 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by xCryoz
whats your rates?
My rates vary depending what you want, private message me. Also it would help what would you budget yourself to spending on a set of retros
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