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rida125
09-20-2009, 11:02 PM
So with my bumper, I don't really know what to do with that. I don' t want to be pumping a lot of money into, but I would like to be able to doctor it up and make it look a little nicer than what it looks like right now. So any help with that would be great. Just post your ideas that you have about cleaning the bumper up in this thread would be awesome. I will get some better pictures of the damage up tonight, so that you can get a better idea of what is going on.

I will be getting the vents replaced real soon here, and I will be getting pictures of those up once I get them. I am just waiting to walk into some cash real soon here. I am going to be putting a little blue neon type bar in the glove box so that I will have a nice little light in there when it gets opened. I would also like to throw some LED's into that center consol thing, so that when ever I open that they will come on. And I would like to get some LED's into the back area of the car, and so I don't really know where to put those, like under the seats and maybe in the door panel. So if you have any ideas about where to put them in the back post them up, please.

I have a the bottom part of the bumper, right under where the fog light goes cracked, and i thing i am going to have to epoxy that back together, or use some sort of plastic weld. And then to put my license plate back on i just drilled some holes in the bumper and zip tied it up for now, but hopefully i will find a better way to keep my plate on.

Also with my subs, i get all sorts of different noises from vibrations on the outside of the car. So any help with that would be nice.

I am also looking for some really cheap LED's and Resistors in mass quantities, I have got some off of Ebay and whatnot, but I would like some more, so if you have some extra ones, you can totally pass those on to me.

And darn it, please post your ideas on here, I don't want to keep making seperate threads for each little idea that I have or question about fixing the car, and so I would like all the answers in this thread. Please and Thanks.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0321001547.jpg

These are three blue 5mm LED's in holders in that pointless cupholder

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Mobile%20Uploads/0207000918.jpg

These are those three blue 5mm LED's lite up

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Mobile%20Uploads/0207000917.jpg

This is the most current picture of the engine bay

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Mobile%20Uploads/0207001002.jpg


These are two pictures of the damage from some guy hitting me

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Mobile%20Uploads/0207001231.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0207001231a.jpg


http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0470.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0469.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0459-1.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0464.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0461.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0476.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0459.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0472.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0471.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0443.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0442.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/100_0444.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/frontview.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/trunk.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/headlight.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/tire.jpg


http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Blue.jpg


http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/AleroLEDtaillight.jpg


http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Alero.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/Alero2.jpg
TdotAlero
09-20-2009, 11:12 PM
It's a nice style you have going on there, I just don't like the vents. And why did you debadge her ?
rida125
09-20-2009, 11:14 PM
Yeah im working on replacing the vents. and i like having people guess at what kinda car i got, some people think its a lexus some think its a ford, its fun to keep people guessing IMO
rida125
09-21-2009, 06:34 PM
New pictures
whiterider00
09-21-2009, 10:22 PM
looks pretty good. only suggestion would be to either have the front emblem indent filled in and repainted, or put the emblem back, in either the color of the car, or that graphite color youre using. this way it kinda looks like someone just pulled it off, and you never replaced it or something.
rida125
09-21-2009, 10:23 PM
looks pretty good. only suggestion would be to either have the front emblem indent filled in and repainted, or put the emblem back, in either the color of the car, or that graphite color youre using. this way it kinda looks like someone just pulled it off, and you never replaced it or something.

Yeah i want to fill that in, but im not sure what to fill it in with.
rida125
09-23-2009, 09:56 AM
So if you guys voted and you have some comments for better pictures and everything, please let me know what i have to do to have better pictures, and why you voted the way you voted
CactusWill
09-23-2009, 10:17 AM
No, none of the pics are calendar quality. Wash the car and put a tire treatment onto the tires, then take a pic of it by the lake again. Don't forget to include the whole car too :lol:
rida125
09-23-2009, 10:19 AM
No, none of the pics are calendar quality. Wash the car and put a tire treatment onto the tires, then take a pic of it by the lake again. Don't forget to include the whole car too :lol:

:lol: thing around by were i live is that its a gravel road leads to pretty much every beach or water picture taking spot and so if i put tire shine on the there the dust would like adhear to the tires.

Thanks for the advice tho:)
cherrington17
09-23-2009, 10:19 AM
the vent one. hands down

... hands down... as in... i'm not voting
rida125
09-23-2009, 10:22 AM
the vent one. hands down

... hands down... as in... i'm not voting

Ok yes i know that was a dumb mod im working on getting the vents back to stock.
CactusWill
09-23-2009, 10:40 AM
:lol: thing around by were i live is that its a gravel road leads to pretty much every beach or water picture taking spot and so if i put tire shine on the there the dust would like adhear to the tires.

Thanks for the advice tho:)



I know, I used to live there too. Just take a bottle of armor all with you when you go to take the pic. Spray the tires, click the camera, done.
lonnie
09-23-2009, 12:00 PM
:lol: :lol: I looked at the date when this thread was created and looked at the date of today and you're averaging one vote a day....LOLOL!

I don't know why that is so funny, but I almost shatt myself from laughing...LOL

I'm not voting but I like the pic by the water...but then again I love fishing and naturally water reminds me of it...LOL...but you need to clean those wheels and wipe that dust off next time..
cherrington17
09-23-2009, 12:04 PM
lol...
alero_bmxer
09-24-2009, 10:48 AM
what kind of paint did you use on your wheels?
rida125
09-24-2009, 12:17 PM
what kind of paint did you use on your wheels?

I used a rattle can paint that was made just for rims. I'm at school right now and later today I'll get the exact name
alero_bmxer
09-24-2009, 12:33 PM
that would be awesome. i wanted to do my rims but all i could find as far as rim paint was black
FrankTheTank
09-24-2009, 01:03 PM
this one...the bugs really set if off.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/headlight.jpg
rida125
09-24-2009, 01:10 PM
this one...the bugs really set if off.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/rida125/headlight.jpg
ok so one of these days here I will go get my car spotless and then take pictures and repost the old dirty bad ones :lol:
Toxin13
09-24-2009, 01:57 PM
Nice job on the tails, It'd be pretty cool to see those masked areas tinted, and the area you painted done in an accent color.
rida125
09-24-2009, 04:41 PM
that would be awesome. i wanted to do my rims but all i could find as far as rim paint was black

Ok so its called Dupli-Color High performance wheel coating. it comes in a blue rattle can
Redog
09-24-2009, 04:44 PM
The beach pic would be great, if the entire car was in the pic ;)
AleroDrime
09-26-2009, 01:04 PM
im gonna say no, take a pic of the whole car to ask about
meadus101
09-26-2009, 02:10 PM
Yeah im working on replacing the vents. and i like having people guess at what kinda car i got, some people think its a lexus some think its a ford, its fun to keep people guessing IMO

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9012/img00928.jpg
[ion] C2
09-26-2009, 08:58 PM
ha some dumbass with a Neon (with stick on vents etc.) thought my car was a Lexus
rida125
09-28-2009, 09:35 AM
Bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cherrington17
09-28-2009, 10:41 AM
none are calendar worthy. keep modding/cleaning...and try again next year.

look at the current entries... does yours compete? sending pics in is free, any member can... but why submit if you KNOW you won't win?
rida125
09-28-2009, 12:25 PM
none are calendar worthy. keep modding/cleaning...and try again next year.

look at the current entries... does yours compete? sending pics in is free, any member can... but why submit if you KNOW you won't win?

Ok so is there a way you can take that poll off of this thread?
rida125
09-29-2009, 11:54 PM
bump!
Nate's Alero
09-30-2009, 06:55 AM
Ok so is there a way you can take that poll off of this thread?

nope, cant do that
rida125
10-05-2009, 09:46 AM
Ok so right now my car islooking pretty ghetto. Yesterday when I went down to bkathsalero place to pick up my car we put my new radio in but we didn't have enough time to make it look all nice or for that matter we didn't have enough time to put it all back together. So right now my deck is kinda sitting right were it should be and the HVAC controls are sitting down by the shifter. So hopefully tonight I will get some pictures up of the ghetto set up and then hopefully I will get it all cleaned up to.
bkathsalero
10-05-2009, 11:15 AM
all the bolts are in the center counsel when you open the door thingy
rida125
10-05-2009, 11:18 AM
all the bolts are in the center counsel when you open the door thingy

Ok yeah i was looking for them, and yeah Grace found them. It sounds so amazing, thanks for the help.
bkathsalero
10-05-2009, 11:22 AM
4 bolts go into the back of the hvac to hold it to the trim piece, 2 or 3 hold the cd adapter to the dash
rida125
10-09-2009, 09:42 AM
New question
rida125
02-07-2010, 11:42 AM
bump.... Three new pictures, also some new ideas. i would like some advice/comments on those ideas. also i will get more pictures up later today.

Thanks
rida125
03-21-2010, 07:00 PM
bump.... Three new pictures, also some new ideas. i would like some advice/comments on those ideas. also i will get more pictures up later today.

Thanks
rida125
04-12-2010, 11:24 AM
Ok so I got some new Ideas and questions up, please if you have any ideas please post them on here, it wont really take you all that long, and it will help me out.

Please and Thanks