I hate these cars... but oh well

[StoopidAlero]

Like the title says. I always thought of these cars at grandma cars.. To the naked eye they have terrible body lines and no appeal what so ever..

BUT.....

After looking thru the site and seein all of your alero's.. I appears there is hope. You guys truely have some talent..

Aftermath.. I believe that is his name.. Your car is abosulety gorgeous.

ANYWAYS..

I just got a 2003 alero. I had a s10xtreme show truck for the longest time.. I loved it... I miss it.. I love the whole mini scene...

Then had to get a junker to get me to and from work for the time being.. It was a 97 tiburon.. Well.. Thanks to that death-trap.. I was able to get the alero. I dont have any pics yet.. but i will post them... And then I will try to get a "project" thread going somewhere on the site. I have most of the air ride parts for it.. And Im in search of some decent rims if anyone has some for sale..

Kudos to the site..

Brandon

[jackal2000]

welcome to the site and nice screen name!!

[Vtolds]

Welcome to the site. I love it when people first post is about how much they hate there Alero.

[p1mptress]

Yea i was the same way at first but after awhile it grows on you. And this site does give you great ideas. Welcome to the site!!

[smlzalero]

Welcome, I'm glad you're able to freely aknowledge the fact that you have no taste (chevy trucks blow ASS in the aesthetics department, and Alero's DO have a nice flow externally) But anyway, welcome, Stupid. :D

[SweetNLow]

i think the alero has great lines...... if you know what to do with them.

what air ride parts do you have?

[Redog]

Welcome

[xmzx]

Cherio.

[Trickyslick]

Welcome and you will learn to love your Alero...

[battistoni21]

haha, i thought the same thing before i got mine.....

welcome and enjoy

[IRONDOG442]

I love Aleros I always have always will

[BlackJack]

ya, it grows on you. It's not a corvette, but I'm working on overcoming that.....minus about $40k

[StoopidAlero]

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

Well I picked my car up this afternoon, and well I love it! Its soooo sexy. And well... The body lines aren't too bad! LoL.

I have 4 air cylinders from eai. One is damaged so I will be just throwin it in for free. They have 3/8 ports and are universal. I also have a indash tv dvd ipod with tv tuner box and antenae. I would be willing to trade some of this if not all of it for some really nice rims, or a partial body kit. Thanks everyone again. I will have pictures up soon.

[jackal2000]

eai?? never heard of em. gotta link to a site?

[StoopidAlero]

Oh... By the way.. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this. But I saw a lot of yous have cleared front lights and some have cleared tails.. Could someone hit me up either thru PM or aim and maybe walk me thru the process of this. I cleared my sonoma lights when I did the envoy conversion on my truck.. but I'm not sure if it works the same. Thanks again all! You guys are awesome.. And gals...

AIM .. Minitruckin2003

[jackal2000]

search "clear corners" for the headlight mod

[StoopidAlero]

The website for eai is ecentrixauto.com I believe the spelling is correct.

[SweetNLow]

air cylinders suck on our cars

[StoopidAlero]

Awesome. Thanks I found the oven trick to the headlight mod. Its basically the same as with the sonoma lights. Do u need to re-silcone the headlamps tho? Or can u just slap em back together?

[BlackJack]

yes, I recommend sealing them back. I didn't have to use sealant, but that's because my factory sealant was still kinda new and pliable, but no leaks yet after a year.

[StoopidAlero]

Sweet... Hopefull I can get away with just puttin them back together. My alero is just like new. 2003 with 38xxx miles on it. These things ride like cadillacs! Sooo smooth! Maybe ill do this mod right now! I'm gettin antzy! I hate stock cars! LoL

Any suggestions for the taillights?

[p1mptress]

My 2003 has 43k miles on it :( I'm going to hopefully before the winter tint my tail lights since I heard its a bitch to clear the tails. But you can also buy the cleared ones but that will run you between $250-400 (b/c people do them custom).

[Spilner521]

Yeah I'd suggest tinting them with VHT Nightshades paint. It's real easy. Which engine do you have? Eco or 3400?

[StoopidAlero]

Umm.. I guess I have the 3400... It says that on the engine lol

[Spilner521]

If that's what it says on the engine, that's what you have. CAI, headers, and a full exhaust will get you some really nice gains.

[Daytona]

Welcome aboard!

[Trickyslick]

Definately clear the corners (I know I still have too) and use new silicone because nothing sucks more than having to do a job twice.

[BlackJack]

nothing sucks more than having to do a job twice.

Depends on whether she merits a second go at it.

[Trickyslick]

Maybe if you are going to do her better than the last time...Ha Ha

[StoopidAlero]

haha.. yea for sure.. well im gonna clear my lights right now.. I will try to put some pics up as soon as i get them done and put back in. My sidekick camera isnt working so i will have to see what i can do. Thanks everyone. This site is very friendly.. and not too much bashing like the other sites i have been a member of! you all rock

[BlackJack]

hey stoopid, we're here for you. 95% of this board will support whatever you go with no matter how dumb it may be, so looks like you finally found a home. And if you're ever in doubt how I feel about something, just refer to my avatar : )

[alerocar01]

welcome

[doubleN0alero]

yeah people here aren't too bad...but if you do something that somebody doesn't like, they'll for sure tell you about it

[StoopidAlero]

haha.. right on. Well. I just wish there were some other members closer to st.louis. It appears im the only one from st.louis as of right now. Perhaps there are some others, and i just havent found them yet.. Ok.. back to modding the headlights

[Coldfire]

Welcome aboard, and I'm sure there's some people on here from around there

[Silentalero]

theres a ton of us up here by chicago. The nest meet you should drive up. We always get a good turnout :)

[StoopidAlero]

for sure.. I love chicago.. never been.. but it looks nice!

[burg03]

sup, and welcome. yeah if someone dont like your idea ( like a GAGT front end conversion) You will know it.

[bnight04]

yeah what happend with that gagt conversion?

[BlackJack]

gawd, would you quit egging him on about that? If you stop asking, maybe he'll forget about it.

[bnight04]

lol I am curious, did anyone do the chop yet?

(this thread has been jacked)

[burg03]

gawd, would you quit egging him on about that? If you stop asking, maybe he'll forget about it.

You really think it that bad a idea?

[BlackJack]

if you want my honest opinion, yes. I like mods, dont get me wrong. But truthfully, the Alero has a certain class about it, while still sporty. The GA has a slightly more agressive styling to it, but the front end of the GA will not flow at all with the rear end of the Alero. I'm just trying to say it wont look good is all. I'd really hate to see you put that much time and effort into something that I really dont think you'll be happy with once it's done. And I just want to point out, once it's done, it's done. Ugly car, game over. I just dont want you to go through that.

[burg03]

I can roll wit that!!! Thanks for being real!

[bnight04]

Lmao I agree about the front end to the back end.......... but I still want someone to chop it.

Regardless of how it will look.