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From: Chicagooooo
Joined: 09-29-06
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From: Land of Freedom
Dejon BPV spring. Bad flutter. Quickly went back to the stock spring.
Retros. Sent in my own and one got damaged. Found out I didn't have insurance on them when I thought I did, so had to buy another OEM light. Fitment wasn't good, they weren't sealed very well, and alignment wasn't that great either. Then after several months of having them on, they started getting stress cracks, so I sent them back for warranty repair. Then it took reminding them and like 5 months for me to get them back... longer than I had them to begin with. Later sold them. Too much headache personally. If I go back to retros, it'll be with another company.
Retros. Sent in my own and one got damaged. Found out I didn't have insurance on them when I thought I did, so had to buy another OEM light. Fitment wasn't good, they weren't sealed very well, and alignment wasn't that great either. Then after several months of having them on, they started getting stress cracks, so I sent them back for warranty repair. Then it took reminding them and like 5 months for me to get them back... longer than I had them to begin with. Later sold them. Too much headache personally. If I go back to retros, it'll be with another company.
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From: Easton PA
only regret i have about mine is that if i land this new job she'll be getting ran who knows how many miles a day and sitting on construction sites everyday too, which is why i'm not putting any more money into her other than maintenance. luckily this new job has good pay, benefits, etc. and i'll even get comp'd mileage so it's a no brainer to run the cobalt that gets 40mpg highway. so with that being said i'm looking to either get a bike or a new 2nd vehicle by the end of the year 
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From: Tejas
BuyHIDs 
I've pinged Maven about whipping up a comparable set, but I need to financially recover from my engine build/swap first. lol
Retros aren't cheap, and they're too expensive to have the kind of problems I was having with mine, in my opinion.
I've pinged Maven about whipping up a comparable set, but I need to financially recover from my engine build/swap first. lol
Retros aren't cheap, and they're too expensive to have the kind of problems I was having with mine, in my opinion.
Last edited by Stamina; Feb 24, 2012 at 01:58 PM.
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From: Land of Freedom
I regret not recirculating my BOV from the get go for this turbo swap. Im in the process of getting that fixed though....I will find out very shortly what recirculating the BOV sounds like on my K&N SRI lol
2.Blew a hole in the flex pipe after the first week, had to buy a new one.
3. It was still way too loud so had to reweld the stock resonator back on.
4. A month in, the muffler got a crack in it, just bought and installed a new Borla.
It's been annoying, but I'm finally happy with it.
Last edited by Madlinx; Feb 24, 2012 at 05:30 PM.
for me, probably my Hawk HPS pads, drilled and slotted rotors, and the forge BPV. The brake combo didn't stop nearly as good as stock, and I missed the stock pads every day. Always worried about tracking the car and cracking a rotor. And the forge bpv was meh. My stock one never had any issues, and the sound didn't really change a whole lot. Didn't get louder, just got longer. Should have just saved my money on that one.
X2 on the trifecta deal... Yea the power was cool an all, but that was 250 I coulda used towards a better an less rich hptune.. or atleast put towards a bigger turbo lol
I dont really regret them... But my retros
I've spent way 2 much time an money on em, when I shouldve jus gotten some gen 3s, HiDs an called it a day a long time ago
I dont really regret them... But my retros
I've spent way 2 much time an money on em, when I shouldve jus gotten some gen 3s, HiDs an called it a day a long time ago 
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From: Carlisle Ontario Canada
I regret buying Ark springs instead of just going with Pedders off the bat. Although it worked out cause I waited a little and got a great deal on some barely used pedders.
I regret not waiting to buy 3bar maps with harnesses from ced. Cutting my stock sensors off, and I had some credit card issues with the shop whose website I purchased them from. (aka got the number stolen)
I regret not waiting to buy 3bar maps with harnesses from ced. Cutting my stock sensors off, and I had some credit card issues with the shop whose website I purchased them from. (aka got the number stolen)