Chevy Alero

[Crolero]

Find some interesting Chevy Alero pics. look great. ;)

edit: link pulled, possible spyware problem. Will get the pics up here in a bit. ~grouch ;)


EDIT: yea i just got home and realized my scanners went crazy. Odd that at work nothing went off.

[jackal2000]

good find

[RoninKouga]

i cant connect to tis site, but if s/o can send me them via email to baka[AT]darkbring[DOT]de then i'd upload them onto my server :)

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

whoa...look at pic 19. What's that thingy near the steering wheel?

[Grouch]

here's pic 19, what are you talking about AMR?

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

I'm talking about the switch pod thing directly south of the tachometer and trip-meter button

[rowdygls]

i think he's talking about the area under the milage reset button

i believe ronin said something about having adjustable headlights...which might the control panel for those

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

Originally posted by rowdygls@Jun 28 2005, 12:52 PM
i think he's talking about the area under the milage reset button
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yup. I have never seen that before. HAS to be a euro thing?

[jackal2000]

those probably control head lights and wipers

[j-work]

Maybe it is an HUD.

[Grouch]

ahhh I see now. ;)

[Crolero]

Yea the EU i belive requires that all headlights be able to adjust the front headlight hight in the car, not sure though. I cant wait to meet up to see all the diferances in the two. Both are 2002 models GL. :)

[j-work]

I still think it might be the controls for a Heads Up Display on the windshield. It looks alot like the one in my GTP.

[rowdygls]

here's a question for the euro guys that have the adjustable headlight assembly. how fast do the lights adjust. when i saw the manual posted up a while ago that described these things i got a idea of somehow implementing that over here...call me stupid but i think it would be kinda of a cool thing.

[Grouch]

anyways, here come the pics:

[Grouch]

more

[Crolero]

the only thing i dont like is that the plates just lip a bit outside of the plate holder in the back.

[Grouch]

Originally posted by Crolero@Jun 28 2005, 11:59 AM
Yea the EU i belive requires that all headlights be able to adjust the front headlight hight in the car, not sure though. I cant wait to meet up to see all the diferances in the two. Both are 2002 models GL. :)
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you mean yall can re-aim your headlights from inside??? hmmm.....how could I get my hands on that??? :cool:

[rowdygls]

hey Grouch....i gotcha covered ;)

Originally posted by rowdygls@Jun 28 2005, 12:02 PM
here's a question for the euro guys that have the adjustable headlight assembly. how fast do the lights adjust. when i saw the manual posted up a while ago that described these things i got a idea of somehow implementing that over here...call me stupid but i think it would be kinda of a cool thing.
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[j-work]

Yeah that would be cool, but how does it work?

[Crolero]

i guess we're gonna have to wait for ronin to tell us. It be great if Ronin can get an engine bay shoot by the headlights. It might just be a motor with a hex screw attached on the shaft. Then it rotates it left (up) right (down).

[rowdygls]

Originally posted by RoninKouga@May 26 2005, 01:17 PM
i just copyed it from my users manual

http://www.darkbring.de/alero/Scan20010.JPG

http://www.darkbring.de/alero/Scan20011.JPG

http://www.darkbring.de/alero/Scan20012.JPG
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found it...yeah, hopefully his is outfitted with this and can get us some pics

[ptrudel]

that'd be friggin cool to have

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

Thanks for clearing that up Rowdy!

[MCKALERO03]

I thought it was the Chevy Alero over there. How come I see Olds. Rocket emblems on all of these cars?

[Crolero]

Most cars have the Olds symbol, mostly till the year 2002. After that they became Chevy's.

I wonder if his alero has the EU required back fog lights as well. I know that we "US" Alero's dont. They are the bright red lights that come on in the back.

[maverick81]

It's only a marketing technique because in EU most people don't know Oldsmobile. When you say to anyone Oldsmobile he'll look unknowing but when Chey you hear "wow, cool". :cool: So many dealers changed the emblems on exterior. http://de.geocities.com/maverick190181/Bilder/Alero/alero01.jpg

[RoninKouga]

hi there, sorry for letting you wait.

as you canread in the manual i translated to english, this buttons are for re-aiming the headlights for towing and different loading situations. it sounds like there is a little electric motor attached to the headlights - i can find out more if you want. it can change the angle from sharpest to lowest in ~1sec.

yes mave ure absolutely right - it is a marketing strategy to call her chevrolet since oldsmobile is nearly unknown here and chevrolet has been a " WEEEE! " - reaction-brand here. (until they started naming korean cars chev as well)

for the real foglights: its the left swich beneath the angle jog dial. there are some kinda super bright bulbs in the inner rear light cases on the trunk.

ah the license plate holder....
european standard plates do not fit into the holder of the alero very well, so they decided to attach a black adapter mount which places the plate a little bit deeper. as crolero said, its really ugly, so i decided to apply for a special license plate which is 2cm smaller so it fits now w/o the adapter mount.

i hope i got all now :)

[ptrudel]

i want one of those headlight adjusters now...

[rowdygls]

same here. little euro conversion project :)

[ptrudel]

i wonder if we'd have to have it shipped from where ronin is or if its available in north america

[rowdygls]

im not sure...im thinking that we may have to have that pod and the motor assembly shipped over. or walk into a dealership and ask them for some euro parts lol


oh yeah...ronin you're a tease. you come on, give some info out and disappear til the next day. we have questions and we need answers. j/p thanks for the info

[Crolero]

i wonder if theres a part number for it at the german dealers. There should be....:hide:

btw, looks like me and Ronin guessed right, Mav's got a black alero. Its great that no one's got the same color. ;)
Mav, car looks great and clean. Just get the Olds emblems on the front and your good too go. ;)

[RoninKouga]

oh yeah...ronin you're a tease. you come on, give some info out and disappear til the next day. we have questions and we need answers


lol im sorry about that.. ill try to get faster ;)

[rowdygls]

its ok, just get us those pics and we'll forgive ya. :biggrin:

[RoninKouga]

ill disassemble the front of the ho on saturday and find out how it works if it this is all right with you :)

[rowdygls]

haha...thats cool. just giving ya a hard time.

[ptrudel]

just a top pic of the headlights would probly be enough ronin...i doubt you gotta take anything out

[RoninKouga]

hrm i got one somewhere lemme search :)

[RoninKouga]

sorry for the size

http://www.darkbring.de/IMG_5056.JPG

i hope this helps - i thikn it doesn't tho

[rowdygls]

it helps a little. looks like the motor assembly is on the inside/low beams.

[Crolero]

wow they might be a new design altogether. i think that the alero headlights are made in the UK so they might have made some just for the Euro cars.....

[RoninKouga]

i slightly remember there has been a "made in uk" marking

[Crolero]

yea, there also UK markings on the tail light assembly.