Hey Guys New proud Alero Owner

[cliffordwoeller]

Hello Guys I just Bought a new 99 Oldsmobile Alero GLS 2.4. Since I have bought my alero I have Dropped it 2" with Eibach Springs,replaced the stock rotors with PowerStops Cross Drilled and Slotted rotors,PowerStop Ceramic brake pads,K&N Air filter,NGK Laser Platinum spark plugs,replaced the stock tires with 18" Avenue A535 with 225/40ZR18 98W Nitto Neo Gens,Sirus Satalite radio,a 12" Rockford Fosgate P3 subwoofer,a 12" MTX Thunder6000 subwoofer(have 2 MTX Thunder6000 But only have one of them in the car), a 900w Rockford Fosgate Amp for the Subwoofers,a 700w Rockford Fosgate competition amp for the highs,had 2 6x9 Alpine's for the rear speakers and 2 - 6x9 Polk Audio's for the front doors and 2 - Polk Audio tweeters.Just blew both the rear and front door speakers. So basically haave 2 tweeters and two subs. Also have a JVC head unit. Also installed on the car is the Altama 4000 Alrm system with remote start. Thats all that on the car. Not installed on the car yet is a body kit from Extreme Diminsions that include: Showoff 3 front bumper. Kombat rear bumper and Kombat side skirts. They are just sitting in my garage right now until I can save enough money to have it professionally installed. I bought a 3" Magna Flow muffler and tip but have decided not to go to a 3" exahust as I have learn once i do an engine upgrade I will lose power going that big.

Ok so now about me. My Name is Clifford Woeller. I am 26 years old. I live and work in Dallas Texas. I have been in Dallas since March 07. I work for Boardwalk Volkswagen.Trying to get into the shop to become a VW certified Auto Tech.I would like to one day get into a custom shop. I was told the best way to get there is get about 6 years of dealership experiance and so now thats where I am at. I will admit I don't know as much as i need to, to have the goals I dfo. But I am always trying to learn more and more about cars and how they work. I have alot to learn and hope one day I will know as much about cars as the people I surround myself with.Again everyone I know has said they have been around cars and working on them since they were in their mid teens. So it is a lil overwhelming for me to be just starting out. I have been killing my self financially to get my car where I want it. But after attending the Texas Tuner Showdown At the Texas MotorPlex in Ennis Texas. I have realized that I need to slow down and take my time cause theres some guys I met there that had been working on some cars for years... So yeah I now wanna slow down and work out some other problems I am having with my car. Also one of the guys I met at TTS this weekend has a 2000 Alero that he got 3rd place for a GM car this weekend and he told me about this forum and I think it's exactly what I have been looking for.. So thats me in a nut shell... Hmmm I guess if you guys have questions comments and or advice I am always up to hear it. I will soon have pictures of My alero up as soon as i get back to Dallas

[cherrington17]

damn. besides an extreme lack of new paragraphs :lol: sounds like your off to a better start then most people who have been members for years. congrats.

welcome aboard, and post some pics of that, i know many of us will be interested in what it looks like.

[kniedelm9490]

welcome aboard

[[ion] C2]

tl;dr

Just kidding. You do know that the Kato Combat and Showoff are all part of the same kit. It's the Andy's Auto Sport kit, same one I have. The original one is the AAS Kato Kombat pieces, one of the knockoffs is the Extreme Dimensions Showoff pieces. Should fit fine though as long as it's not an eBay version knockoff. By the way, shops around me will paint and install body kits for about $600.

Welcome.

[cliffordwoeller]

Hmmm Yeah i am actually going to slow down on the customizations and worry about my general maint issues.

About my body kit... I bought it from Extreme Diminsions on their website. The only problem I had when I was test fitting the body kit was the front bumper had too much gap between the lights and the bumper. it was gonna look like crap to me if i put it on so i opted to let someone else that knows what their doing do it. cause I don't have an idea on how to decrease the gaps. and on the rear bumper the problem was i think it just didnt fit right, the side skirts well i couldnt get the stock skirts off and so i didnt feel like ripping them off or forcing the stock ones off.

I am thinking maybe when i blow this engine (has 129,000 miles on it) I have heard I can put either a GM 305 or 350 small block in its place although I would lose the air conditioning which I am ok with. Does anyone know if this is true?


And another thing. under everyones name it say some thing like junior member or gls member or vip member and like mine it says gx member what does that mean? is that like different levels of membership or like you get a different level with a certain amount of time or posts ?

[cliffordwoeller]

Oh also have a Rocky Mountain Radar detector/scrambler/difuser

and the Avenue A535's are Gun Metal and Chrome

[CharleyO99Alero]

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Welcome to the forums, clifford. :)

Yeah ... the indicators you mention have to do with the number of posts with the exception of VIP which indicates a paid member who have other privledges.

Though you've done a lot to your Alero, it's not a bad idea to abuse the Search button. You'll find almost anything you need to know about the Alero somewhere on this forum.


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[cliffordwoeller]

Oh ok and yeah i was looking through the FAQ's and couldnt find my answer so I just decided to ask the forum.Well I am glad that people are friendly here and seem to have a pick on you but we dont mean it attitude which is kool and it doesnt seem to be alot of trash talking or fake people.And I will again have pics to back up everything i have said I have. Its just I am out of town right now and all my pics are on my comp in Dallas which I should be back by tomorrow night.

[Oldsnut]

Welcome Cliff! Good start for your car.

[cliffordwoeller]

Thanks oldsnut

[cherrington17]

it really depends on what your looking to do with the engine... i'm not sure about types and what benefits you get outta it (not well versed on engines at all) but the most common swaps are either for a smaller ecotec, then boost the bejesus outta it, or for the Northstar V8 (shortstar) as its been termed.

[lonnie]

Welcome to the Site!

[zoL]

Ahlan wa sahlan.

[[ion] C2]

http://www.spocne.org/oldphotos/alero454.jpg

[cliffordwoeller]

Hey ion what kinda engine is that ?

[[ion] C2]

I dunno, lol. Found it from some old posts on here. There's also a picture of an Alero with the front wheels way off the ground, V8 as well. And there's some white car that someone posted that's also got a RWD V8. I'd rather be boosting my four cylinder, cheaper, lighter. Could turn my engine sideways and make it RWD.. Lol.. hm..

[cherrington17]

holy grainy picture, batman!

[carcrazy14]

welcommeeeee :)

[cliffordwoeller]

Lol thanks car crazy,yea ion some one told me i could make it rwd but more than that i would like to convert it at some time to a stick. cause with where i wanna go with my girl she cant be an automatic or she will get laughed off the streets

[[ion] C2]

most of the top drag cars are automatic lol, mine's auto, but i might convert to manual later on for the hell of it

there's a guy around my area making his RWD, ongoing project

[cliffordwoeller]

well I am really into the street scene and from what i know and have ever seen is that people laugh at a person who has alot in the engine and its an automatic is that not so? I mean I believe a manual is better than an auto.

[cherrington17]

auto will shift cleaner and quicker then a manual (unless the driver is REALLY skilled)

from what i've seen/heard, people who use manual just really like the feel of it, and tend to shift at different times (when they FEEL they need to shift) instead of when the computer would tell them to.

[CBLOHM3400]

wow great start keep up the good work pics please
oh by the way hello and welcome

[[ion] C2]

manuals lose far less horsepower/torque from engine-->wheels, however an auto can shift far quicker than a manual and always shifts at the exact correct point you set it to. pair that with a powerful engine, and you'll smoke every manual you meet.

depends on what you want. manuals impress high school kids, autos win races.

some like the feel and activeness a manual promotes, others like convenience and consistency. i like convenience. you never know when you might have to rapidly accelerate while shooting out your window.

[Trickyslick]

Welcome and sound nice looking forward to pictures...

[cliffordwoeller]

Thanks everyone thats stopped by to read my thread and welcome me. I think I this is gonna be a new point in my life and continue the obsession for the love of my car,my individuality, and just for the love of looking,feeling,and driving that is the result of my hard work,blood sweat tears and efforts.

I have purchased a membership from here so we can keep this awesome place going and to show my support to the online community and to the public, and to show that me , AleroMod.com and anyone else that wants to pursue their dreams and goals that we are serious and we arent going away.

[billytheman1188]

welcome to aleromod! sounds like you've done a lot to your alero. Lets see the pics!:coolio:

[cliffordwoeller]

welcome to aleromod! sounds like you've done a lot to your alero. Lets see the pics!:coolio:

Welcome and sound nice looking forward to pictures...

wow great start keep up the good work pics please
oh by the way hello and welcome

damn. besides an extreme lack of new paragraphs :lol: sounds like your off to a better start then most people who have been members for years. congrats.

welcome aboard, and post some pics of that, i know many of us will be interested in what it looks like.



Again I am out of town right now.I went to the Texas Tuner Showdown @ the Texas MotorPlex in Ennis Texas(thats a NHRA Drag strip,Think they host the oriley fall nationals)So since I was down here I decided to spend the weekend with my parents and since they are getting up there in age I told them I would stay til this evenbing to mow their lawns and do anything else that would help them out. So as soon as I get home I am posting all pics of my carand other related items I have talked about. But if you cant wait that long then you can go to www.myspace.com/taylorzippers and look at the pictures of my car. you can add me as a friend if you want. you will just need my last name. And if you cant figure that out then you might need to seek professional help lol jk

[billytheman1188]

nice car dude. it doesnt look like you have lowering springs.....:lol:

[cliffordwoeller]

nice car dude. it doesnt look like you have lowering springs.....:lol:


hmmm that might have been before the springs got put in but i will have to look at the pics but if not i def will get some newer ones up. Keep in mind I have only had this since march 08 and so I have already sunk alot of money in her really quick so I havent been able to keep the picture updated and wish i would have taken before pictures but i had an image of what i wanted in my head and that was the only thing i was thinking about

[Blender345]

nice lookin car from what i can see and welcome. how'd you get the engine so clean?

[cliffordwoeller]

Oh god if i had a dime for every hour i spent scrubbing that engine. I am the kinda person I try to take care of everything so there is little room for negative feedback. I used hmmm i forget what its called but its at autozone in the purple bottle its a strong form of degreaser and used a sponge and a light abrasive scrubbing pad and a pressure washer and spent hours trying to get every nook and cranny of the engine so it would look good. and now i just spray it down with degreaser and pressure wash the whole engine and thats how I keep it clean.I have had a few people say they cant believe how clean the engine is with the amount of miles i have on it. so that makes me feel really good to hear that and that some people can see my hard work and the fine details

[Daytona]

Welcome aboard, Cliff!

[cliffordwoeller]

hey thanks daytona appreciate the warm welcome....

Just so I guess its out there I like to thank everyone individually for their comments and other posts in referance to me and being a newbie... because all this can be a lil overwhelming going from thinking your the only one wanting to hook up an alero to seeing alot of people wanting to be different in their own way

[Trickyslick]

Yeah we do have a very eclectic array of people here...myself included

[cliffordwoeller]

well i think i am gonna fit in perfectly here

[Daytona]

hey thanks daytona appreciate the warm welcome....

Just so I guess its out there I like to thank everyone individually for their comments and other posts in referance to me and being a newbie... because all this can be a lil overwhelming going from thinking your the only one wanting to hook up an alero to seeing alot of people wanting to be different in their own way

This forum really took off a few years ago when it was evident that there was very little available out there for us to utilize when trying to mod our Aleros. Together, there have been a lot of great developments shared amongst each other. and the strength of the forum has gotten a few vendors to finally put out some stuff for us, to, so we're not trying to fabricate everything from scratch.

[cliffordwoeller]

well lets keep the movement going and keep it strong

[Blender345]

my dad told me not to get the engine wet... i was gunna hose down everything under the hood just to make it look better and he told me definately not.... but if you pressure washed it... then would it be alright to hose everything down?

[cliffordwoeller]

well I have done it already about 15 times so far and thats with the degreaser and a high pressure wash. I let the engine cool down before i pretty much soak the engine well maybe not soak it but just spray it down. and I havent had any problems with it yet.

[[ion] C2]

PS:

http://www.ion-productions.com/alerodrag.jpg

[cliffordwoeller]

wow that is awesome put a mark on the board for the aleros