Been doing a few little things to the cobalt lately, only BIG things I forsee this year is built head ( over winter ) other than that finally got to the point of realizing hey if you pay off some bills youll have more play money at the end of the month.... so thats mostly where my focus has been.
Got her washed up from the horrendous new england winter we had
Got interceptor installed on steering wheel pod
Transformer emblem in steering wheel
Mini Antenna
New Pads/Rotors from R1 Concepts
Clutch was shot
So I bought GMPP upgrade with new TOB and Hardline
Also Installed OTTP Stage 1 Axles
Afte I shattered the drivers axle in the parking garage which was followed by this...
Installed an armrest
Thought I had an exhaust leak.... found out it was a 4 inch long x 1/4 inch wide hole in my gmpp manifold.
Upgraded to the BadMab header and redynoed.
Got 263/247 hp/tq out of her
Current shot of the engine bay with CF pieces custom made by Big Poppa himself
GenuineSaab.com solid shifter bushings
Got some bixenon projector retrofits
That plus all previous other mods ( 2.7, water/meth, etc...) is where she stands now
And now this is back on the road
Tis all for now....
Wow man I love them both. What are you running for the drop?
Nice to see the polished wheels on that blue! Always see the gunmetal ones.
Very nice and clean. Well done!
both car and bike look great
RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...
GTmatters wrote:Wow man I love them both. What are you running for the drop?
Thanks
Suspension is H&R springs, Koni Yellow struts ( must for this drop ), OTTP steering rack spacers, progress rear swaybar, and dc sport strut bar.
I hate wheelgap and this is the only setup I found to drop to where I wanted without coilovers. my cavalier used to be on h&rs and i fell in love
02_redbadged wrote:Nice to see the polished wheels on that blue! Always see the gunmetal ones.
Very nice and clean. Well done!
Thank you
I ran aftermarket wheels for a while until an incident at the body shop where they spilled something on the wheels and it ate the clearcoat off and the rims started going to hell. Filed a complaint and they said there was no way it could have happened there and I got no where after 6 months so I sold them and went back to these. I think its a clean look since as you said everyone stock usually has the gun metal ones.
side note Ive always loved your car since back when I owned a J 4+ years ago
Yes that drop is perfect... I may have to look into this in the future. I am going with Eibach Sportlines on stock struts for temp to just get rid of some of the wheel gap since I am getting the springs for only 100 bucks.
This may be a stupid question but what does the steering rack spacer do?
a rack spacer brings back the steering rack geometry that is lost when you lower a vehicle. helps alot with bump steer. Its recomended for dropped cars in general, but is damn near a must with this drop.
your right wheel gap is the devil! cant go wrong with springs at that price! good find!
Hey dude looks good
Who made the Retros for you?
Car looks awesome, bike looks like a ton of fun, and your upgrades look great! But please enlighten me on how you shattered an axle driving/parking in a parking garage if you don't drive around in there like a dick?
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
D-Mac wrote:Hey dude looks good
Who made the Retros for you?
I bought them off another member on css.net but BuyHIDs made them. STILL dont have the HIDs working. They are currently off the car and im shipping back everything except the headlight housings for mike to look at.
I want the black retrofits real bad. I had them on the fire, ill have them on the balt... but a lot cheaper for the balt. Lol.
JLAudioCavalier wrote:Car looks awesome, bike looks like a ton of fun, and your upgrades look great! But please enlighten me on how you shattered an axle driving/parking in a parking garage if you don't drive around in there like a dick?
No problem, Im a security supervisor where I work, so driving around like a dick would not look good to other people in the garage, OR the security cameras which are run by another department ( im inside supervisor, theyre outside patrol ). Plus i dont see what the point of wasting 208$ a piece pirelli tires by spinning them through a parking garage would do for my ego, or the car. Itd be a waste all around.
But what happened was, in CT we had a hellacious winter, and on the back side of the garage its butted up against a sharp cliff. Well after one of the storms they were taking a bob cat and dumping the snow off the top level over the edge. This created an avalanche about 80 feet wide and the snow was piled about 4 feet high and that all went rushing down into the bottom level pushing cars against that same side out into the bracing for the parking garage and into each other and it was a sight to see but a mess at the same time.
So i stopped to take a picture from the level i always park my car at. I pulled over, get out, take pictures, and hop back in and go to leave towards my spot. The car jerked and then nothing but RPMs. I thought I shattered the bolts in the clutch since the clutch was slipping horribly that week. Didnt realize it was anything to do with the axle till it got up on the trailor. Let me see if I have pictures of all of this...
It's one sexy Cobalt that's for sure. Sad to see your car being towed away.
FYI, the stainless steel wheel well cover on the AT trailer you rented...... it has 2 rubber straps that unhook and fold down.
I used to work at Uhaul, I know.
MyKoup_owns_theZ wrote:It's one sexy Cobalt that's for sure. Sad to see your car being towed away.
Thank you
it sure was, but i was riding in the truck so i kept checking the mirror to make sure she didnt fall off.
Ztwenty4door wrote:FYI, the stainless steel wheel well cover on the AT trailer you rented...... it has 2 rubber straps that unhook and fold down. I used to work at Uhaul, I know.
Lol funny you say that, we noticed this AFTER the car was off the trailor again. I was like you have to be kidding me.... lol
G2 has agreed to do a custom brake paint of Laser Blue Metallic for me via paint code. Painted brakes coming soon...
I guess too I forgot to include exactly everything done to the car
Mod list
Engine
2.7 Pulley
60# Injectors and harness
3" RDFabs intake
TTR Motor and transmission mounts
Badmab header
2.5" catless downpipe
Stock catback ( WAY to loud for DD with catless exhaust - been through magnaflow, and hahn catbacks )
Snow water/meth kit
SMG Front Mount
SMG Dual Pass
GM Option B setup
21* of timing
SMG Motoring Tune
19 lbs of boost
Transmission
GMPP clutch upgrade with hardline and LNF TOB
OTTP Stage 1 axles
Suspension
H&R springs
Koni Yellow struts
OTTP rack spacers
Progress rear swaybar
DC Sport Strut bar
Interior
CA dual pillar pod
CA steering pod
AEM wideband
Interceptor scan gauge
Meth light above wideband ( lights up when spraying at 10lbs and above)
Pioneer touchscreen/navigation
GenuineSaab.com solid shifter bushings
Tinted 5% windows and sunroof
Exterior
Retro headlights bixenon
LED Taillights and 3rd brake light
CF SS Hood
Man if my LSJ turns out half as sick as yours, I will be extatic.
