New to Aleromod and cars in general :)
 

Hey everyone,

I joined a few days ago but I've been familiar with the site for a while since my bf has been a member for a long time. My alero is a 2004 2.2L Ecotec 4 cylinder and my first car! I'm looking to mainly just learn the basics and do a few fun mods here and there. So far, I've learned how to change my air filter, spark plugs, install HIDs, replace my front emblem with a new one, tint my tails and check my tire pressure :D I'm getting help to clear my corners soon, can't wait! Ever since I bought my alero, its become an addiction, I'm sure everyone here knows what I'm talking about!


I have a pic posted of my baby for AOTM Best Beach Photo, check her out! Since then, I've done a few other mods. I've attached some updated and some old pics to this post. (The headlights in these photos are borrowed from my bf's alero until I get mine cleared ;) ).

Looking forward to trolling for more info about aleros :D

welcome to the site and nice car

welcome to the site

a fellow 2.2. i like it

any performance mods in the future?
or any at all besides clearing your corners?

welcome, looks great.

zearchyo: Thanks!

spc2125: I'm a fellow GL member as well, so I found out today from taking a look at the original owner's GM receipt. My bf and I thought I had a GX model, I guess they're hard to distinguish. As for performance mods, anything that is within a student's budget and pertains to gas mileage. I think a cold air intake will be fun. Any suggestions? I'd love to get my windows tinted, some nice rims, and change my entire gauge cluster to blue to match my LEDs and hopefully stop there....haha Checking out my fuel filter is next up for maintenance. I have my doubts that the last owner took care of the car very well..

Welcome. 2.2 here as well, you enjoy it?

welcome fellow canadian. i also have 2.2 eco. mines a factory gx, but upgraded alot of stuff. no longer gx lol.

i love my eco. and mines pared to a 5-speed. peppy little car. ive got a few perfomance parts too.

if you have questions about yours just ask

Welcome to the site and Nice looking Alero too.

Welcome. If your led'ing things, check the link in my signature.

As for a student budget, save for a couple semesters and look for good deals on guys parting our their 2.2s. Thats where your gonna get the good stuff that'll make it more fun to drive as well as better mileage.

As far as tinting, check with your local laws. Especially on a limited budget, it sucks doing the tint, then getting pulled over and forced to remove it. That investment becomes a giant waste of money, then.

I miss my headlights :'( ... Yours are all dirty lol

^^ LOL...

Welcome to the site from another Ontario Member... You better both (you and your BF) better be coming to our next Southwest Ontario meet... We are talking about meeting near Hamilton or possibly as south as Port Dover... Kitchener isn't that far away... BE THERE... :) lol

Pretty :) iv done a lot of the same stuff to my 2.2, mine is an 03 gl1. Keep rockin it! As for the cai I really like mine, check out my car domain for pics of it. I'm rather new as well but welcome, love what you've done so far.

Dobbie: I love it! Having a car in general is nice, I've learned a lot but still learning too! I've only ever driven Aleros, learned how to drive in one too but it was a V6. Nice pic in AOTM btw, I think you've won it :)

colonel6632: Nice upgrades! I'd love to have some heated leather seats haha looks a lot nicer than the stock seats mine came with. Whats the price range for getting that done?

cherrington17: That's a great all-in-one resourceful link you got there lol I didn't even think of LED'ing the vents. I think I'm stopping where I am with LEDs though. Thanks for the advice, I checked out a few posts by people from my area on here about tints and mine should be fine. If not, its not a problem to remove the tint, I had to do it a few times...... lol

Shiwnath: Hope you lovveee signalling with those babies ;) Get mine done and you can stop complaining :P

tw0123: We'd love to come out for that! If its near Hamilton, we'll be there for sure!

Papa Rad17: Nice car, looks verryy clean! Do you notice a significant difference with your gas mileage having a cai?

Maybe an extra one or 2... Then again I don't very conservatively and It really makes a nice sound around 3-4 thousand rpms with it on. The biggest thing i noticed was smother ideling and a little lower running temps on a hot day. I got my whole setup for it on eBay for $40. No complaints, good piping seals and everything you need right there. A lot easier then priecing one together. If you get it, just be sure to put soap around the seal for the air sensor or else you'll never get it in without tearing things up.

since aleros didn't come factory with heated seats you have a few options. buy factory leather, and install heating pads (this is what happened to mine, i was lucky enough to find them in a junk yard for 25 bucks per bucket)

or swap in some heated leather seats from another model car

I'm pretty sure I've seen your car around before. Almost every day for a week after work, out by Fountain and Maple Grove.

Papa Rad17: Awesome, thanks for the tip. I'll look into ebay.

colonel6632: Thats cheaper than what I was thinking. I'd love some black leather seats though. My bf suggested we check out a grand am's leather seats if I want black. Do you have any pics of yours?

Rexter9x: Hmm Maple Grove and Fountain? I'm only out that way on weekend mornings and I'm out by Hespeler Rd and Queen Str. Not sure if its me you've been seeing :)

OMG........I can't believe what i have all read...... I miss the old days.......so with that said and reliving the Aleromod past............

Post a pic of yourself!!!!!!!!!!!

Reliving aleromod past? haha am I missing something?

I think he is referring to all the LEG HUMPERS.

I think the fact that she already posted that she has a bf and he is also a member it might have scared some of them off lol....

LOL you can only hope so haha

Regrettably, I searched the forums for, "leg humper," so I could read up on this aleromod past...:| haha I wouldn't want to encourage the leg humping with any pictures ;) Also, I noticed that none of the girls in those threads have posted in a long time lol! Would have been nice to meet a "girl" friend on here if they weren't all already scared away! -_-

Ikr. I saw this thread shortly after it was posted (like 5 replies) and wondered if i read something everyone else missed. The old days are gone....

(thank god)

and yes Rivais, the girls on site don't stay for too long. Either sell/trade/crash their cars, leg humpers scare them away, or they just get bored and move on.

I think at the moment, pawzbear reappeared and left. Circeansleeper is VERY infrequent.... and thats all i can honestly remember being "active". Others have been gone for years, or only lasted maybe a month. I think Adria (forgot her screen name) was the last girl who seemingly encouraged leg humping, but she left when she got married and sold her car.

welcome to the site.

Welcome. I'm married and whipped, so don't worry about me. :lol: Love the Alero. Nice and clean, and I see you have HIDs. Where did you get them? I got mine from DDMtuning. :)

Hers are also DDM Tuning. We installed them together :)

haha thats hilarious. Considering you know the whereabouts of all the female members, is it safe to assume you're probably the leg humper that scared them all away? :lol: Just kidding ;)


Thanks!


hahaha! I'm still working on getting my bf to that stage! She's not so clean anymore... I hit a raccoon last night!! I feel so terrible! I couldn't slow down in time and the poor thing just starred at me.. I know its going to rain today but I'm going for a car wash anyways, can't stand the thought of raccoon guts on my car...I havn't looked for any yet, too scared! haha :( And as Shiwnath posted, DDM tunning :)

so you and shiwnath know each other? Thats awesome. Always good to have a local modder to help with stuff.

:( man...she taking shots at me already....

I'm not that bad... :glare:

Actually... I've befriended a couple and we keep in touch, outside of amod. So... I tend to know where they are from that.

Yeah, Shiwnath is that elusive bf I mentioned a few times. He's more along the lines of my life saver, alero and cars expert as well as my walking and talking amod resource when I need it haha If I have any questions/concerns, he generally knows and helps out :)


That's great! The guys on here seem genuinely nice and down to earth, hardly the leg humping type...Oh, and very knowledgeable too haha

Lol I'm her boyfriend. We didn't really establish it, but it was hinted. Funny thing was when she asked me what car she should get, I wasn't even thinking of an Alero because I thought she had a bigger budget. When she found out her dad wasnt going to really help get a car she asked me to find her an Alero because I'm always on here(even when I'm supposed to be hanging out with her lol) and she knew how much I loved mine.

Glad to say she loves hers too and we're always getting into arguements about whose Alero is better. I'll always help her do any type of mod she wanted as long as I know what I'm doing.

Speaking of which....clear my corners please! lolll :lol: <3

oh come on... Clearing corners is not that hard... Besides, it involves using the oven, which you should be familiar with. :lol: KIDDING!!!

It's cool that you two enjoy working on the cars together. And Rivais, this isn't just a way to keep track of what he's saying about you, is it? :lol:

I'll say it again though, welcome! Cherr knows the ladies because he's good with his hands... Ask him about him giving massages. :lol:

The aforementioned leg humpers have all but left. It used to bounce between creepy and hysterically awful.

I was gonna ask if you two were "connected" but figured it wasn't my place to ask a private question like that. Shiwnath... her car is better. Why? Because its hers. Get used to that.


Hey... we don't mock you for your carnival ride job.....

wait.... we totally do....

:glare: DAMMIT!


Totally gonna wait for him to jump on the hood of her car and her to run him over, then for him to post up about it...... CAN.NOT.WAIT.:popcorn:

:lol: That actually made me laugh.

LOL! That was a good one. I should have seen a "kitchen" joke coming along sooner or later! haha

Keeping track of him? Naww, hes a good man, don't need to keep track of him. I joined to win AOTM actually lol! Hence why I joined when the best beach photo poll opened. I'll win one of them!

Are you familiar with Cherr's good hands and massages? ;) hahaha
(for the kitchen joke -_-)

How do I keep getting kicked here!?! MAAAAANNNNN. :glare: :lol:

Now that is some of the best advice on this site!




Sooner or later, I've been practicing with some raccoons LOL :(

Trust me, there is no winning her lol. I'd admit hers looks better than mine..for now.

Even if I ever jumped onto her hood and she ran me over it still wouldn't be as funny imagining it happening to Drime the first time he posted about that. :lol:

I do find it hilarious that yours has a bra and hers doesn't.

clearly... we know who wears the pants... :lol: