Hi

[FirstCar]

Hello fellow Alero owners. I'm 17 and I just bought a 1999 Alero from my uncle, it will be my first car that I've owned.

It's a little dinged up right now, but I plan on getting the dents fixed and repainting it. I want to get it silver with blue racing stripes ;) , and eventually add cold air intake.

So far we've gotten new breaks put on it.

The car I've been driving lately is a Sebring Convertable, and though I will miss my Sebring dearly, I must admit Aleros are fun, very powerful!

Anyways, hello!

[CactusWill]

91 Alero? :blink:

[01OldsAleroGt]

he ment 2001

[FirstCar]

Whoops, actually meant 1999 Alero. My mistake.

[cavaliers60]

Welcome! Where at in Indiana are you from?

[01OldsAleroGt]

well welcome to the site.. happy driving with your Alero

[FirstCar]

Welcome! Where at in Indiana are you from?

About 30 minutes away from the Louisville Kentucky area, where I actually got lost today. I got so mixed up trying to navigate my way back home.

[kwhauck]

Welcome to the site!!!

[cavaliers60]

so you are south east then. I'm south west. about 45 minutes north of Evansville and about an hour and 20 minutes from Santa Claus, IN or an hour south of Terre Haute. lol Should give ya a decent idea of where I might be.

[FirstCar]

so you are south east then. I'm south west. about 45 minutes north of Evansville and about an hour and 20 minutes from Santa Claus, IN

Ah cool cool

I can't wait to get started painting/fixing up. This is going to be a fun project

Painting/Stripes
CAI
Fixed dent
Maybe some new speakers

I love cars so getting to work on my own and fix it up is much more gratifying than just buying one.

[jackal2000]

lol @ "aleros are very powerful"

welcome noob.

[FirstCar]

lol @ "aleros are very powerful"

welcome noob.

Compared to the Sebring and couple of SUVs I've driven, they are :)

[jackal2000]

Compared to the Sebring and couple of SUVs I've driven, they are :)

perhaps in that context... i'll let it ride for now. :p

[[ion] C2]

don't do the stripes

[cavaliers60]

C2;383008']don't do the stripes

Remember, it's his car.... not yours. :p

Do the stripes.... I think it will be interesting.... :thumb:

[FirstCar]

I don't want to make my car too ricey, but I really want the stripes lol

[TheEdgeofSanity]

i think if you do it tastefully, it will look good. get some colors that complement each other and some racing rims that are simple and sleek and it will be awesome. i wouldn't suggest any wing other than the stock one tho..

"Yenko stripes went on after the seventh coat. If anyone is wondering, Yenko Stinger stripes are 1" inch stripe, 1" inch space, 6" stripe, 1" space, and 1" stripe. The front can either taper down to a narrower main stripe or stay a constant width down the front of the car." -taken from $50 paintjob

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/5695/stripes2dl2.jpg

i think that stripe would look good if it wasn't tapered and was off-centered to the right or left (i don't know what side stripes usually get put on)

[Vtolds]

Welcome to the site. Would be ricey if you did decal stripes not real paint. Maybe someone can photoshop what you want and we can all see how it might look.

[FirstCar]

i think if you do it tastefully, it will look good. get some colors that complement each other and some racing rims that are simple and sleek and it will be awesome. i wouldn't suggest any wing other than the stock one tho..

I want silver paint with light blue stripes.

[[ion] C2]

Remember, it's his car.... not yours. :p

Do the stripes.... I think it will be interesting.... :thumb:

I don't care. If you do stripes they have to be ghosted in. Like a lighter silver on silver.

White looks good on red cars. Silver/gray looks good on black cars. Blue does not look good on silver cars. Take a look at SilentAlero's blue on silver theme.

[natedawg9640]

yay!... welcome to the site

[cavaliers60]

I have wanted to do a royal blue alero with silver stripes before..... And silver and blue does look good, but only if it's a dark blue.

[01OldsAleroGt]

well post some pics.. gotta see the ride

[FirstCar]

After listening to some suggestions I think I'll go with silver/gray stripes instead of the light blue. I don't want to be a speeding eye-sore lol

[cavaliers60]

do silver with dark blue stripes... It would look hot.

[TheEdgeofSanity]

do silver with dark blue stripes... It would look hot.

agreed!

[[ion] C2]

do silver with white or gray stripes, it'd look hot.

[Nate's Alero]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: no stripes looks hot....never liked stripes....but it isint my car....agree with ion..
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[kwhauck]

do ghost blue on silver, trust me it looks good.....

dang, i can't find a good pic, but i have a ghost blue olds symbol on each side of the car.......

[CactusWill]

Theres a taurus in my area that is silver with blue stripes. It looks homo. I can't imagine that being different on any other car.

[lonnie]

:lol: Welcome to the site so says me! LOL Clear your Corners and your whole car..and if you'd like to clear your wallet, just send that to lonnie in Salisbury, Maryland..LOL

[cherrington17]

wow... noob w/ 30+ posts.. i figured there'd be leg humping... not talking about stripes.


i'm losing faith in my fellow members.. :glare:


:lol: welcome aboard, and happy modding

[Daytona]

Welcome aboard!

[Trickyslick]

Welcome and have fun do what you want...

[deathwish666]

welcome to the sight...

...go for the stripes if you want...imo it would look pretty decent

[kwhauck]

Theres a taurus in my area that is silver with blue stripes. It looks homo. I can't imagine that being different on any other car.

ghost blue, there is a big difference........

[smlzalero]

howdy

[jayson_waltz]

C2;383015']I don't care. If you do stripes they have to be ghosted in. Like a lighter silver on silver.
that would be cool, but personally i think darker silver stripes would be better.

welcome and have fun on here. its much more useful than just a car site.

[ndottaylor]

Welcome to the site!!

You'll enjoy it here... The info that will come ur way will be so so helpful

[FirstCar]

Wow my thread is still alive.

Nice to meet everyone

[natedawg9640]

giggity giggity

[N1ck3r]

Welcome, and good luck!

[Alerosaint]

welcome and happpy moddding

[undecided02]

clear corners, cold air intake (I recommend K&N), magnaflow exhaust, and some decent rims will nicely compliment your new paint job. well u r at it might as well tint the windows all round.

[FirstCar]

Lol damn car broke down just now. Something is wrong with the cooling, so on the way back from the store the car wouldn't even start

[Beholder88]

Ummm not good. Did it overheat? Did you keep running it after it redlined?

[Nate's Alero]

oooh, ended before the fun even started!

[FirstCar]

Well, either the water pump, or the flap that lifts up to let the water out is broke. Nothing major, the engine just can't run for very long with out over heating.

The funny thing is that I saw the over-heating light come up, but the other day the "check tire pressure" light came up even though the tires were completely fine, so I payed it no mind. I had only been driving for like 10 minutes and thought "theres no way it's overheated already, the dash is just glitching again"

Damn was I wrong, had to spend like an hour in a Meijers parking lot.

[USsnipes]

welcome to the site. i just joined myself