CT Cobalts
11-20-2007, 09:23 PM
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11-20-2007, 09:34 PM
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lol yea. my winterbeater was given to me by my parents. it was my sisters car. the ball joint snapped and then told me if i fixed it i could have it. said sure no problem. 120 bucks later for a whole new control arm and i got myself winter beater car.
11-21-2007, 08:29 AM
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not bad... I just had to reestablish my insurance after being overseas for 6 months... only about 300 bucks for 3 months. better than the alternative which included fines for letting it lapse...
11-21-2007, 08:50 AM
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nice. yea my town sucks, you only get property taxes waved while u are on active duty. im like why the hell would my car be here then lol. manchester lets you have one car free of property taxes with just a dd-214
11-21-2007, 03:55 PM
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I'm in manchester...just keep going down 44 till you pass shady glenn...kinda near there...you are the first SS/SC i've seen...well maybe not...i saw one a few months back at Dunkin Donuts...people like to chill there with there cars and ****...
11-26-2007, 02:37 PM
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this is a little late haha, but im from cheshire too. got my cobalt ss/sc 3 weeks ago...someone plowed into it. anyone there seems to be alot in cheshire. I've seen a blue ss/sc. orange ss/sc and a few lts that are modded. Whos in cheshire? i think i know some of the people actually lol
11-27-2007, 10:06 PM
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Yeah i sort of dropped off the forums for a bit. i've got the rear ones on but havn't gotten the front done yet. It looks kind of stupid with the front end being higher but I'll get around to it soon. howd you do yours in front?
11-27-2007, 11:02 PM
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theres a how to for changing springs. its really easy. just unbolt ur strut from everything. compress the springs first unbolt the top of the strut. please make sure u compress the springs first otherwise ur liable to hurt or kill urself. uncompress springs, compress new springs. put strut back together and back on the car. its alot easier with a lift lol.
11-27-2007, 11:07 PM
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I thought thats what was up. I drove by and said to myself, "The rear looks lowered, so he must have installed springs. But the front looks high. Meh, maybe its just me."
If you want, I can help you out with the fronts. I bought spring compressors and an impact wrench for when I did it. I used Halfcent's how-to for the install. Let me know; I'll be more than happy to help out.
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11-29-2007, 07:30 PM
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yeah those were real easy. we were going to do the front too at the same time cuz we were at my friends who has an impact wrench, but we wern't sure about our time frame so we didn't wanna start. Since then sort of stopped talking to the kid... so never got around to it. i've got the spring compressors chillen in my trunk. I was thinking of maybe holding off on the front til after winter.. 
11-29-2007, 08:03 PM
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yeah those were real easy. we were going to do the front too at the same time cuz we were at my friends who has an impact wrench, but we wern't sure about our time frame so we didn't wanna start. Since then sort of stopped talking to the kid... so never got around to it. i've got the spring compressors chillen in my trunk. I was thinking of maybe holding off on the front til after winter..