My Alero - Will Be Continuously Updated

[Psyfox]

So here's my Alero so far:

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/MightOfHeaven/2001%20Alero%20GLS/

2001 Alero GLS Coupe (black, 3400)

What has been done:

Replaced Box Filter with a WAI/SRI (I know, it's not green YET...and that's the jankiest way to hold that shit up off the fender, but it hasn't fallen off yet ;))

5 Tinted Windows (driver, passenger, 2 small back windows, and back windshield) - 15% Llumar tint

LED Steering Wheel Cover - Carbon Weave with Green LEDs (Toxin, you can see the pictures of the cover itself along with where the battery pack sits)

Replaced Glove Box Light with 1Watt LED - Cool White

Replaced Trunk Light with Festoon LED - Cool White

Replaced Map Lights with LEDs (the one on the passenger side is a 1Watt LED, the other is a smaller wattage bulb, but the other 1Watt is coming in soon, so that will be replaced again) - Green

Replaced Dome Light with Festoon LED - Green

To Come:

AAS Body Kit (sanding and painting that myself...and eff it's a pain in the ass of a long process)

JKL GTR type-C spoiler with LED third (well...fourth for me) taillight (same process as Body Kit)

Wize DTM type Dual Tip Performance Muffler - Chromed?/Polished? (I'm not sure...it shines, lol - haven't received it yet)

Footwell Lighting with LED strips from Oznium - Green

Underbody LED kit - Green

Lining some part of my interior with Neon Stringlights - Green

Paint Brake Calipers (and possibly engine) - Green (engine may end up being black with green lettering on the 3400)

Rear Instrument Lights replaced with LED Twist Lock lights - Green

Replace light in the under-console area (the light that lights the area in front of the change holder) with that Green LED I have in the driver side Map Light at the moment (by the way, does anyone know how to remove this light?...do I have to pull off the whole front console/head unit to get to it?).

Random Decals, etc.

And finally...a little showcar surprise ;).

Oh...and of course a thorough wash, detail, and wax.

Future Plans:

Rims and Tires (18's with spacers if necessary to have wheels flush with the kit)

Wheel Well Underglow

Replace my rear speakers and get a good head unit with 12v converter and wire harness (my cousin blew the bass on the rear speakers)


After all of that is said and done, then I'll start on performance parts if I wish to keep putting money into it (rebuilding the engine, trans, etc etc)


I'll let you guys know when more photos are available (meaning when I do more stuff to my Alero), but so far, that's what I got today.

[C_EICK]

your account is privated.

[Toxin13]

So here's my Alero so far:

Replace light in the under-console area (the light that lights the area in front of the change holder) with that Green LED I have in the driver side Map Light at the moment (by the way, does anyone know how to remove this light?...do I have to pull off the whole front console/head unit to get to it?).


I'm a little confused at which light you're asking about, but if it's still the one up under the little pit part of the console, you just pry up around the shift area plastic, pry the upper console plastic piece loose, lean it back toward you, and twist the light half a turn and out under the HVAC knobs. Nothing but the plastic needs to be taken out of place.

[RisenequinoX]

yes the link is private cant view =[

[pimpalero2003]

Yep you failed intersting though want to see it just post pics here

[worknprog.99]

do not do "random" decals lol..
and i started out with doing alot of interior and exterior LED's and i found that they quickly got old and not usefull lol

[Alerosaint]

Get to the meat of the matter....turbo!!!!

[wrestlingandrunning]

why do you want a 4th brake light?

[worknprog.99]

if you will have a brake light on the spoiler shave the one on the trunk

[AleroDrime]

theres a nice one on the trunk, save the cash and get one with out a brake light

[Psyfox]

My bad guys, it should work now. Let me know if it still doesn't.

why do you want a 4th brake light?

I don't want one, my new spoiler just came with one on it (even though I didn't order it with one, they gave me it anyway at no extra cost). So I'm probably going to keep both brake lights except on the original third brake light, I'll put the aleromod.com brake light decal over it.

do not do "random" decals lol..
and i started out with doing alot of interior and exterior LED's and i found that they quickly got old and not usefull lol

I'm not doing random decals, the only ones I'm doing are the aleromod across the windshield and brake light, and maybe another windshield one.


Toxin, that's exactly what I thought I had to do, thanks for the info.

Also, another question for everyone...would the car ride too low if I were to get a drop (with Eibach springs) along with putting on the AAS body kit? I know I'm going to have to offset the rims and/or get an offset when I eventually get new ones for it to look good with the kit, but that's my main question.

[elpuas3000]

psyfox why do you have a Battery Pack under the steering wheel ?


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/MightOfHeaven/2001%20Alero%20GLS/100_0187.jpg

[Toxin13]

psyfox why do you have a Battery Pack under the steering wheel ?


That's for the LED glowing wheel cover he mentioned.

Looks pretty bright in there, but I can't really tell the wheel cover is glowing..

[elpuas3000]

That's for the LED glowing wheel cover he mentioned.

Looks pretty bright in there, but I can't really tell the wheel cover is glowing..

that battery pack looks so s....... under the steering wheel ...
he should connect that to the dash light dont you think?

[Toxin13]

Judging by the wierd ass camera angle, I'm guessing it's there because you can't see it. If it were attached anywhere else the wires would just pull and twist when you turn the wheel..

[Psyfox]

that battery pack looks so s....... under the steering wheel ...
he should connect that to the dash light dont you think?

If you connected it to a dash light, it would get tangled in the steering column. That is literally the best way to do it, and it's barely noticeable unless you're like giving me road head or something...

Toxin, as far as how bright it is, it's pretty decent for as small of lights that show on the steering wheel (it's a string of lights inside the cover with a carbon weave coating that molds to the steering wheel, as shown), and when you drive at night, turning looks SOOO cool. But yeah, it really only shows up effectively at night, but I think it was definitely worth the $35 (about with shipping and such) that I paid for it.

[Atmosphere]

Psyfox, how audible is your WAI? Is it a pretty constant or can you only hear it when you punch it? Did you notice any improvements in performance?

Lookin' good.

[Psyfox]

Psyfox, how audible is your WAI? Is it a pretty constant or can you only hear it when you punch it? Did you notice any improvements in performance?

Lookin' good.

I can hear my WAI when RPM's kick over 3k (even on constant acceleration). So basically any time I accelerate a little faster than normal, when I punch it, or if I ride out a gear (particularly 1st, sometimes up to about 6k RPMs). Also, I do notice a small change in HP as opposed to when I had ye' ol' box in there. The only thing I wish was different about it was that I could find a silicon tube and cone filter in a green color rather than a blue.

So if anyone knows where I could pick up a small green silicon tube/has one, let me know (I've seen the filter before, but if you have one of those in green too then let me know).

Hopefully there will be more aggressive sounds when my muffler gets in (call me a riceboy if you want :P), lol.

And thanks again.

[Psyfox]

Footwell lights done. Took about 2.5 hours because I had trouble pulling off the console and such, but it was so worth it. I'll have pictures soon.

[lonnie]

I don't see that battery pack getting in the way at all...that would be a nice place for a kill switch or something...Keep it up. May want to steam clean the engine bay though!

[Psyfox]

I don't see that battery pack getting in the way at all...that would be a nice place for a kill switch or something...Keep it up. May want to steam clean the engine bay though!

Yeah, that's like the last thing I'm doing because I'm going to paint the head cover eventually when I do my calipers (which is the last thing on my list to do). So it'll be done probably near the end of summer.

[Psyfox]

Pictures of the footwells are now uploaded! Follow the link in my siggy (or earlier in this post) to see them.

The lighting consists of two 10" piranha bars, one 4.7" flexible LED strip, and two LED rocker switches (all green of course) all from Oznium. Also, I bought 18-22g wire tap-ins along with 18g wire (little overkill :P) in order to pull it all together.

What I did is tap into the cigarette lighter accessory and wired them all together with wire nuts in order to have a single switch control the three at once (btw...getting the console off took me a little bit to figure out...thank jeebus for that search button). In the picture of the 4.7" strip, you can see the duct tape which hides the wires out of the way, lol. Also, in order to keep those lights up, I used gorilla glue (pre-dampening the surfaces they attached to with a little water of course) with some duct tape in order to hold them in place overnight. In the morning, I simply pulled the duct tape off and the glue held like a charm.

I bored the holes out in the console for the switches with a grinding type drill bit that I had (wish I had my dremel on me in order to more evenly and easily bore out the holes, but it just took a bit longer, a little more elbow grease, and didn't turn out bad at all). As far as those switches go with drilling, I used a nickel as my reference, marked around the circumference of the nickel with a dry erase marker, and just bored out the hole until the hole met the very inner lining of the marker. At that point, the switches just popped right in and held pretty tightly.

It took about 2.5-3 hours, including all prep time along with dis and reassembly (yeah...maybe about 1.5 hour's worth of actual work hooking everything up, lol), and was WELL worth it.

By the way, the other switch there will be used for my underglow when I get it on the car, so it's currently not hooked up to anything, just there.

[Psyfox]

Rear and front AAS bumper pictures along with spoiler pictures posted. Will get more pictures later on when I have more time. Still got more work to do.

[worknprog.99]

good work on the body kit... i dont really like the spoiler. but then again if i ever did that body kit (love it on 2 doors lowered, which mine is) i woould go without a spoiler i think it looks sharp.. i would swap trunks with someone who doesnt have a spoiler... i really want that body kit. how much you have invested in it?

[Psyfox]

how much you have invested in it?

In just the body kit or the car itself? And I actually kinda liked it without the spoiler as well...I could go for that look.

[worknprog.99]

In just the body kit or the car itself? And I actually kinda liked it without the spoiler as well...I could go for that look.

just the body kit.. and yeah if i do mine the spoiler goes away

[Psyfox]

just the body kit

I spend $500 + shipping from AAS for the kit, and put in about a month and a half's worth of time sanding the damn things since black shows everything. And finally, I spent about $250 on the base coats, clear coats, activators, and rubber agents.

So all in all, about $800-$850 for the full body kit painted and all. I still have to put on the side skirts.

[AleroDrime]

i liked that on the AAS car on their site but not so much from other angles, but hey your car

i just think u need rims bad
and clear your corners lol i actually did mine

[Atmosphere]

That's not a bad price at all. Looks great too, I can't wait to kit mine. We practically have the same car, I just have a couple more doors than you.

I think it would be smart to remove the spoiler too. I know it looks good with the kit and the car as a whole, but it really is overused.

[bdyman]

I spend $500 + shipping from AAS for the kit, and put in about a month and a half's worth of time sanding the damn things since black shows everything. And finally, I spent about $250 on the base coats, clear coats, activators, and rubber agents.

So all in all, about $800-$850 for the full body kit painted and all. I still have to put on the side skirts.


rubber agents???, if you mean flex agents there is no need for that product at all, and it evaporates in 6 months, and what paint system did you use??

and please remove the wing it makes baby jesus cry

[AleroDrime]

if he likes the spoiler let him keep it, Drime

[whiterider00]

looks good. i actually like it with the stock wheels and spoiler. just needs to be lowered.

[Psyfox]

looks good. i actually like it with the stock wheels and spoiler. just needs to be lowered.

I would lower it if it weren't for the area I drive in...I've already scraped a couple times as is. But I do want to and hope to get rims for it...probably next summer's job along with cop protection (Valentine 1, laser jammer, and maybe loovers).

Right now these are what I'm looking at since I'm going with a black and gold outside with the green inside:

http://www.axiswheels.com/wheels.php?id=shadow (with the gold edges).

rubber agents???, if you mean flex agents there is no need for that product at all, and it evaporates in 6 months, and what paint system did you use??

Yeah, flex agent is what I meant, sorry. And I'm not sure on the paint system, I used my buddy's shop that he paints patio furniture in and he did all the preparations for me and showed me how to spray. So a lot of what I did was just the sanding and plasticing and more sanding.