The One of the Gekko's Garage

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The One of the Gekko's Garage

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Alright. I believe it is time for me to do a complete Garage on my beautiful Lava red 03 1ZZ-FE Vibe.

The mod list is like this..
-PERFORMANCE-
-- Cosmo CAI
-- GMPerformance Parts Cobalt SS Touring Style Muffler w/2.5" axle back and Mini Cooper S chrome exhaust tip.

-SUSPENSION-
--Tien S-Tech lowering springs on factory struts/shocks
--Hotchkis front sway bar
--Progress rear sway bar
--Megan Racing front strut tower brace

-BLING-
--Chrysler PT/GT Cruiser factory chrome 17" Alloy Wheels
--BFGoodrich Super Sport P205/50ZR17 tires
--All windows tinted to 23% (legal Limit here in Ontario)
--Painted to match front hood deflector
--Smoked side window vent visors
--Tinted taillights
--Tinted front marker lights
--Home made wire mess front upper grill
--6000K HID low beam headlights with halogen highbeams
--Nokiea 3000K Halogen fog light bulbs
--LED reverse and liscense plate bulbs
--Painted interior pieces to red since the silver interior pieces did not match my car.
--Painted multipule Engine bay pieces
--LED red under dash lighting

-SOUND-
--Stargate 7" LCD screen with AM/FM/CD/DVD/MP3 players, Navigation, SD card reader, IPOD controler,
--Sony Playstation 2 with multipule games
--Alpine Type S 6x8 front and rear speakers in custom speaker mounts in the doors
--Infinity 2-channel amplifier powering subwoofer
--Kenwood 10" Subwoofer

-FUTURE-
--Redo Subwoofer/amp set up.
--4-channel amplifier to power speakers
--Component front speakers
--More lights to make my car glow
--Crower stage 1 cams
--S/C or Turbo set up
--6-speed manual swap -- if doable???
--Complete the exhaust system including a header
--Possibly go to coil-overs
--Energy suspension poly suspension parts

On with the Pictures

Exterior
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Interior
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Engine Bay
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Comments are always welcome
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I like the red..... for some reason...
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Your exhaust system intrigues me. How does it sound?
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I could take a short video of it if you want. Basically it is quiet until I open it up.,it can be loud if it wants too.
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If you've got the time, I'm very curious to hear it.
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Well. some of you wanted to hear what my exhaust sounds like. What I have is a combo of a Cosmo Racing CAI which you can hear in the video as the hissing sound as well as a GMPerformance Parts Chev Cobalt SS Race Style muffler on a custom axle back as well as a Mini Cooper S exhaust tip. Below is a link to the video. Let me know what you think.

Clicky on da Picture... I'll get one soon of me driving so you can here that as well.
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i love the exhaust it is perfect sounding how much money was it?
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To be honnest.. for me it did not cost me very much to do the exhaust. The muffler came off my old Cobalt SS S/C which I bought when I bought the balt in 07. When that car got wrecked. I stole the muffler and kept it. So really. In total it cost me about $100 cash deal for a local muffler shop to install it onto my car. Pretty simple.
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And the Mini Cooper S chrome tip there, I have a pile of those tips laying around. My best friend works at a BMW dealership and apperently there is a recall out on those tips because they apperently stick out too far from the bumper and they replace them with shorter ones. So my buddy does the job and saves the tips. I got a bunch, he does too. haha.
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It sounds wicked! And not just in the sense that is sounds really good. More in the sense that it literally sounds evil and angry.
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Ha ha. That's awesome. I have never been told it sounds like that. Thanks.
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