new 03 Alero GL

[03gxeco]

well i was perusing cars.com looking for a 2door car. BAM 2 door v6 alero pops up in my face. same color as my four door, same interior as my four door, same wheels and brakes as my four door. its a GL. NO RUST, no problems, 94k miles.

now I do intend on doing some modificationz to this vehicle as i know they can be rather ballsy. plus id much like to own a few of the hondas running around out here :) seriously LOL at this punk teenager in a 2006+ civic SI with white rims, he got up next to me and started flooring it then slowing down and junk. now im not expert on hondas but i do know that this particular model has a little over 200hp form the factory. my alero has what? maybe 150-160? yea i knew better. plus i had my 5 month old in the back seat. when i get into the v6, i will most likely add a few things then hunt this kid down and teach him a lesson.

enough about my rant, street racing is stupid blah blah blah, long story short, i am picking up my new 03 alero GL on the 31st (tomorrow) and i couldnt be happier. even though i am locked into 4 years of car payments. :D

I will be taking MANY photos when i get it home. so expect them to be uploaded by the weekend.

(forgot to mention, first "mod" will be de-badging. and maybe minor interior things like painting trim pieces)

[03Sleepr]

V6 ho>all..need pix ASAP!

[03gxeco]

Lawlz. i will take some with my phone tomorrow and upload them until i can get my dslr and some nice scenic routes. ;)

[xXManwhoreXx]

You paint the trim I will find you

[colonel6632]

V6 ho>all..need pix ASAP!

ecotec > 3400 :p

[03glgold]

the ecotec is the most part friendly motor out of all of them.

[sleepyalero]

love my 3400. :)

[03gxeco]

You paint the trim I will find you

you would come all the way to new york? lol 11255

there, three pictures from my casio G'zOne Commando. nikon photos will come this weekend if its not raining.

[happyisthealero]

has it been repainted?

[xXManwhoreXx]

Yo shit was crashed son

[03gxeco]

im not sure about it being re painted. and the carfax is clean, no accidents or repainting. the paint from the door to the rear quarters does look odd in pictures but it looks normal in person. i spent a few minutes looking under the car, and looking at the subframe and the body, nothing looks like it was damaged at all. so if it was in an accident and it was not reported to carfax then maybe i should take it back to the dealer and tell them to shove it up their ass?

P.S, the hood was popped in the last picture..

[xXManwhoreXx]

Could be sunfade but you can sometimes see bodywork differently with a camera

[03gxeco]

Could be sunfade but you can sometimes see bodywork differently with a camera

honestly i would be terrified if it had been wrecked at some point. I love the car, i would hate to take it back to the dealer.

[colonel6632]

my cars been crashed many times. if everythings fixed and straight. who cares.

[lonnie]

The paint from the front bumper to the door seams is a different color...like it has been repainted like someone above mentioned. I don't ever trust those carfax reports. I guess as long as it runs fine who cares!!

[03gxeco]

The paint from the front bumper to the door seams is a different color...like it has been repainted like someone above mentioned. I don't ever trust those carfax reports. I guess as long as it runs fine who cares!!

it runs unbelievably good. body isstraight, the hood is a little off and the trunk but idc because they both seal like they should.

[03gxeco]

stopped bythe junk yard and picked up two sets of blue hvac knobs and a set of fog lights, that the dealership decided to rip outta the car but leave the wire harness there and the fog light on switch inside.. LOL i dont think they fit right though... 11270 11269

[XanderWiFi]

I think the 3400 is only 175 hp or so stock. Definitely seems like low numbers compared to what they throw around these days.

[03gxeco]

I think the 3400 is only 175 hp or so stock. Definitely seems like low numbers compared to what they throw around these days.

yea stock is about 175 BHP. it only puts down like 140 at the wheels. but its more then a high schoolers civic so im happy with it.

[xXManwhoreXx]

Not really

[sleepyalero]

it had to have been repainted. its 2 different silvers.

the rear end could have been in a wreck and the body shop probably wasnt able to match the stock color. if it was wrecked

[03gxeco]

I think it may have just been re painted. i looked every where on the body and can not find any signs of damage.

Also update! I have a cold air intake now and i did the resonator delete and put a grand am GT muffler on.

[Redog]

Why waste the money on a stock muffler :lol:

Looks good, def been repainted, very easy to see that. Stock for stock, it's faster than the Civics of the same day, sadly though, by today's standards, it doesn't have that great HP stock. But that can be all fixed ;)

[03gxeco]

Why waste the money on a stock muffler :lol:

Looks good, def been repainted, very easy to see that. Stock for stock, it's faster than the Civics of the same day, sadly though, by today's standards, it doesn't have that great HP stock. But that can be all fixed ;)

I only put 40 bucks into a really clean muffler. its a cheap way to get the duel exhaust look, and it is louder and deeper then my stock muffler.
I have been thinking about painting the car myself and getting it right. Car was not wrecked at all. so im not sure why they repainted it.
my car gets looks, i am unsure if they are good or bad but people to look. the car has pep for what it is and i enjoy driving it. i just wish it had slightly bigger wheels. -_- the 15s look terrible on this car but for some reason they look fine on my 4 door..

[03gxeco]

Started removing the moulding trim peices on the doors and rear quarter today. all it took was fishing line and goo gone and a old gift card. i think the car looks cleaner and sleeker with out them. :)
Now contemplating painting the indents on the doors/quarter panels black. idk.. i should probably solve the terrible paint job issue first.

[DRM Racing]

very nice keep up the good work.

[03gxeco]

well updates are cleared corners and i will have 17s on the car tomorrow from an impala SS

[03gxeco]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbqWt1kJuw&feature=share&list=UUgc9s0NIhkuU3KmoPMNPczA

video of my exhaust seeing that no one posts things like that on youtube

[03gxeco]

Update: this saturday i am hitting up the tint shop in henrietta, NY and getting my coupes windows tinted. and i Have this crazy idea to keep the stock grand am GT muffler on my car but have headers, 2.5inch DP , high flow cat and a 2.5Inch cat back. That way i stay some what legal and it will be more.. "sleeper" i guess?. I like the sound of my car as it sits now but i would prefer having higher flowing pipes. If people in honda civics with t4 turbos can utalize a OEM muffler and still produce decent numbers in the dyno, why can't I? Sure it won't flow nearly as much as a 80 series or anything but oh well.

Any thoughts?