I finally did it. I took the time to take some pictures of my car. Mostly just the exterior. Ummm, I hope you enjoy it. It's really plain right now. And I am in desperate need for some rims and to lower it. Here's the link.

I put the pictures in the wrong folder and was too lazy to change it so it says My Monitor as of now. Might take some time to load.

http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=bh04&P=DEF0&AID=2447000&Pres=Y

Let me know what you think of it. ANd any suggestions on what I could do to make it look better. Thanks.

Clean up the engine for starters. Oh and maybe some rims. :lol2:

The car looks nice...and yes you REALLY need some rims.

whats the best way to clean up the engine?. i plan on getting a new header everntually.

Big ole bottle of simple green. Super concentrated... wet down engine bay, spray SG all over engine bay and let sit 10-15 min. Get hose and rinse till no more suds appear. Get a towl you don't want anymore and wipe everything down. And i mean everything..... you luck out with your car being a dark color. It dosn't show as much dirt as a white one does. But if i can get mine this clean, so can you..

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Oh there is also some other stuff i used, but its a secreat what i use to make everything look like new. Simple Green gets all the dirt/grease/oil off and what have you.

how about my CAI, how should I locate that under my hood for it to get the best suction possible?

oh and also how do i fix that gap between the bottom of my headlights and the bumper?

What you have shown in your photos is a warm air intake. You need to remove that black box where your old air filter use to sit. Then your intake will sit where its suppose to sit, and ebay intakes aren't the best.

whats the easiest way of removing that? and once again, that stupid gap between my front bumper nad headlights? its so annoying and ugly!

Stock air box removel is easy. If its like mine and its bolted in simply remove the hardware and slip it out. If its just in there with clips or something simply grab and pull. Better yet...rip the sum bitch out of there. As for the engine I as well used simple green a hose and for after everything was dry I use I think its called dc2 engine detailer or its bc2 or something somthing 2 hell if I can remember. As for the gap, its not really too noticable on the pictures or maybe Im just not seeing it.

To remove it you have to remove your battery. Look for bolts holding it in place. There are some inside the box it self and maybe 1-2 more outside it somewhere i forgot actually. Then its a matter of tugging it out of the support bracket. Then your head lights just look like they need to be adjust or somthing. All you need to do it place with them to get them to sit right. When you put the clear corners on, you may have no set them right.

dude even if you pull the air box out it'll never be a true cold intake , what your going to end up with is just a short ram air induction system...if you want cold air your going to need like 3-4 feet of tube that sits right behind the grill on your front bumper

ya I guess thats whay I get for buying an ebay pile of crap. but it doesn't seem to hard to remove that box. but before i do, I should probably get a new intake. any suggestions? I will have to mess around with my headlights to see if I can get rid of that ugly gap.

Rocking the stock rims...I like it. Pics look great.

Gotta love the sarcasim. Haha, jk. Ya htose stock rims are bangin arne't they....? Ya right.

I gots a story for ya'll.

I went back home for the weekend and told my mom what I planned on doing. Selling my computer, and using the money to buy some rims. She freaks out and yells at me saying how I have a nice computer and shouldn't sell it and all this crap. So she offers me a deal which I accepted.

The deal was that she would pay my bills for a month so I can save my money to buy rims and save the computer as well. THAT WAS AWESOME. She told me that if she was going to do this, I can't spend any of my money on video games, or anything stupid like that and that I stay out of trouble....those two conditons were it. I was all over that deal.

I just thought I'd share this story. Might sound stupid but I like it.

I added two more pictures of my engine. If you could look at those and tell me if you notice something and if it's bad and what I can do to fix it. They are the enginecloser and enginemissing pictures. Thanks.

Ah, the sweet sweet days of perental support....wait a second my parents never did a thing for me even when I lived with them. They kicked me out of school a semester before I graduated so I could "get a job to have more money" for when they kicked me out at 18. :eek7:

Good deal and all but now Im just a little bitter. *goes to call his parents*

It was nice of her to do that for me. She must have been in a really damn good mood. Oh well I sure in the hell ain't gonna complain. (my bad grammar)

It was nice of her to do that for me. She must have been in a really damn good mood. Oh well I sure in the hell ain't gonna complain. (my bad grammar)

Yeah, and you damn sure better make it happen to. Im sure anyone of us would have jumped at that offer as well had one of our parents set it on the table. Maybe you should get her a nice thank you gift. Perhaps a fruit basket with many colorful fruits? That would be nice. Perhaps some papia? I love saying that....papia. :bananasmi

I will get her something, just dont' know what. I thought about taking her out for dinner to her favorite resteraunt (spelling??) just to be nice back

so nobody knows why I am missing a bolt on my engine. if you don't know what i'm talking about here is the link....its the picture titled enginecloser

I finally did it. I took the time to take some pictures of my car. Mostly just the exterior. Ummm, I hope you enjoy it. It's really plain right now. And I am in desperate need for some rims and to lower it. Here's the link.

I put the pictures in the wrong folder and was too lazy to change it so it says My Monitor as of now. Might take some time to load.

http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=bh04&P=DEF0&AID=2447000&Pres=Y

Let me know what you think of it. ANd any suggestions on what I could do to make it look better. Thanks.

In response to ur worries about the gap between the headlights and bumper: It apears to me to be more stock than defective. the corner lights and grill seem perfectly aligned to the bumper. the headlight do have a slight gap but it's hardly noticable. and u need rims

yeah. rims.rims would be nice.... :icon16:

Do you think a nice set of gunmetal would look nice? I was thinking that they would. Or beings my car is dark a nice set of chrome or silver.

I would go with black but thats just my biassed opinion due to the fact that I love the look of black rims on the car. Maybe a set of black rims with a chrome lip?

I would go with black but thats just my biassed opinion due to the fact that I love the look of black rims on the car. Maybe a set of black rims with a chrome lip?

I was thinking the same thing! I got my own car domain page now. It was something i threw together really quick...

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/847515

I've got gunemetal on mine, but not quite sure how they'd look on that green. Black or chrom would be my choice.

I was thinking tonight, since my car is failry dark with the tinted windows and the green paint...a ncie set of 18" chrome or silver wheels would make my car stand out. I think i'm going to go with a silver or chrome, or anything that is "bright" for my darker colored Cavy!

How does your system sound?

How does your system sound?

It's fairly loud I guess. I haven't got it tested dB wise, but I hope to do so soon. I had a friend take my car around the neighborhood and have it turned up to where I usually listen to it, and see how far I can hear it. It ended up being about 3 3½ blocks away.

Oh and my muffler I guess is loud and can be heard coming from quite aways away also. A lot of people says it's loud, but I want louder. It's kinda cool to hear them say I can hear you coming from 3 blocks away with your subs and your stupid muffler. I just laugh

But my neighborhood is a quite one, not a lot of crap happens here.

It doesn't sound distoreted or anything. The only problem I have is, that I dont have my passenger rear 6x9 fully screwed down, so when my subs are going, the speaker rattles. And I have a minor rattle from the trunk and underneath my rear bumper also.

What do you guys think about these rims. SIze 18x7.5 on my car.

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No to the first one
Yes to the second...they are the same style as mine so i'm bias to them
And yes to the third.

I like the first 2 but something about the third doesn't do it for me. even tho it's similar to the first one. i guess if i had to pick one....i would go with the second

bh04, im not putting down your car at all, but whats with taking off your hub caps??? I drive american cars and i sometime put down the Honda's. Now one think i put them down for this the pissed off weed wacker sound comming from there exost. that seems like a honda think, you do have an american car, dont you??? So why would you put a honda thing on an American car?why? other then that the car looks good.

bh04, the middle one looks ok, but why would you want to put 18'' in a small 4 cilinder car. you will have no power left to move your car.

bh04, im not putting down your car at all, but whats with taking off your hub caps??? I drive american cars and i sometime put down the Honda's. Now one think i put them down for this the pissed off weed wacker sound comming from there exost. that seems like a honda think, you do have an american car, dont you??? So why would you put a honda thing on an American car?why? other then that the car looks good.

Well it was during wrinter when I had all four hub caps on. But driving around in the wintertime, using my e-brake to go around corners, some how in some way, one of the hub caps fell off. And me personally dont like only haveing 3 hub caps on at one, so I took the other 3 off.

This happened 2 other times, not jsut in the winter, they just fell off. So that is why I dont have any hub caps on.

As for my muffler. It is actually not a weed wacker sound nor a honda rice sound. It is hard to explain the sound. I can record the sound some how, and make it into WAV file for you to hear.

I really do like suggestions and input on stuff, so I am not mad or upset in any way. It's your opinion and people are entitled to opinions. I like hearing them. Thanks for your time to write up something to actually make me think about doing something about improving the look of my car

As for 18" rims. I just like the look of them. To be honest I don't do much "street racing" or any racing from a green light to the next red light anymore. I don't do that anymore. I just want something that will make my Cavalier stand out from the others around my town.

Thats sounds great. in not a street racer anymore. I have worked in the ER and In Pharmacy as a Pharmacist. After seeinf so many kids get killed from racing, no promised myself i would never street race agine. But like i said before, your car looks cool. About the hub caps, what you said does make sence. i would probley do the samething what you have done.

Thats sounds great. in not a street racer anymore. I have worked in the ER and In Pharmacy as a Pharmacist. After seeinf so many kids get killed from racing, no promised myself i would never street race agine. But like i said before, your car looks cool. About the hub caps, what you said does make sence. i would probley do the samething what you have done.

Besides, I honestly don't see the point in street racing. Maybe if my car was worthy of it, I....well I still wouldn't. I like my car, and I want it to look good, and not go fast, allthought it would be nice. But thats why they have speed limits. I Never follow them, I go over them of course....speed limit is 60, ill go 64, speed limit is 25, ill go 30.

I want a good looking car.

bh04, the middle one looks ok, but why would you want to put 18'' in a small 4 cilinder car. you will have no power left to move your car.

Not everyone is all about power. I have 18s on mine and its about the same as it was before I put them on.

I understand. I just think 18'' are to heavy for the car and will not handle as well as 15''. thats all. i want trying to offend anybody, sorry!

I understand. I just think 18'' are to heavy for the car and will not handle as well as 15''. thats all. i want trying to offend anybody, sorry!

Hey, thats alright. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. How about 19" rims.....lol, are those too big to go on a Cavy? Hah!

I understand. I just think 18'' are to heavy for the car and will not handle as well as 15''. thats all. i want trying to offend anybody, sorry!

No offense was taken. Granted they are heavier I have not had much problems with the performance (or lack there of from the 2.2) and handling of my car. No need for an apology...like bh04 said we are all entitled to our opinions.

dude your cars not missing a bolt on the engine...if you look at anybodys engine they all have that same bolt hole...mine has that...ask and see how many others in this forum have that too lol

dude your cars not missing a bolt on the engine...if you look at anybodys engine they all have that same bolt hole...mine has that...ask and see how many others in this forum have that too lol

Why is that bolt hole there? ANd what happens if i clean my engine and water gets inside there?

damn make that a four door and it is damn near my car. one day i will get UNLAZY and post pic of my car. after the motor maybe. i added racing stripes on my car and it changed the look alot.

damn make that a four door and it is damn near my car. one day i will get UNLAZY and post pic of my car. after the motor maybe. i added racing stripes on my car and it changed the look alot.

Talking about my car?

yea i have the same color green as you do i have a 2000 four door with green under lights and green cornor lights.

yea i have the same color green as you do i have a 2000 four door with green under lights and green cornor lights.

UPDATE:

Got pulled over last night for my green blinkers....2nd time in 2 weeks. I guess they're illegal in Nebraska (I kinda knew that before I got pulled over). So I will no longer have my green blinkers......RIP green blinker bulbs!!!!

they are illegal in the us. i get told about them every time i get pulled over. and the state cop two doors down from me picks on me all the time about them. it kinda sucks i know your feeling. i am not taking mine out till i get a ticket.

I've been pulled over for them 6 times now. Last time I got pulled over was last august, and now just recent I start getting pulled over again.

What ever possed you to use green blinker bulbs? I've never been pulled over since i have started driving. My b-day was yesterday so i have been a good boy for the 3 yrs i have been driving. * Knock on wood*

What ever possed you to use green blinker bulbs? I've never been pulled over since i have started driving. My b-day was yesterday so i have been a good boy for the 3 yrs i have been driving. * Knock on wood*

Well i have green underglow, and i wnated green blinkers.

Here in Ohio it is illegel to have red or blue in or outside of your car. Blinkers have to be o.e. Im Ma. it illegel to have any colar lights outside of your car and inside lights must be white.

here in Nebraska, you can have pretty much any color under your car, just as long as the bulbs aren't showing. your not supposed to have any color showing to the front, but our state attorney is trying to get that so you can.....i talked to the last cop that pulled me over for like 20 minutes about underglow and whats legal or nothe was an awesome cop. i have never really met one that was a dick.

What ever possed you to use green blinker bulbs? I've never been pulled over since i have started driving. My b-day was yesterday so i have been a good boy for the 3 yrs i have been driving. * Knock on wood*

Cops love me :frown: I've been pulled over for speeding, improper use of a turnway for traffic, driving without my headlights on, having the wrong plate on my car, and to be asked if I had drugs in my car. 3 different cities and 4 different police departments. I got tickets for the first two though.

Since I was wondering about lowering my car and came across this.....

http://www.carcustoms.net/product_info.php?products_id=74

how would that work? I really appologize for all these positngs within like 10 minutes of each other. I jsut haven't had time at all today to be on here.

Once again I came across somthin else I had a ? about. SHort shifters....good or bad? Use?

I feel like a mentally retarded kid who has just saw something and don't know anything about anything.

NOTE: I appologize for any who are mentally retarded on this site. It was just a joke.

1) KONI are the shit!....

2) yes the B&M's are nice. They decrease the throw of the shifter allowing for faster shifting. But i hear if you drive it in the winter, get a nice mitton for it because they are cold as fuck..

3) YOu have been here long enough, you should really use the search button and read some of the stickys man. Alot of your Q's can be answered in there.

So do you think this is worth it?

http://www.carcustoms.net/product_i...?products_id=74

...every penny.

Beauity is in the eye of the beholder. I dont like lowering cars because on day i will go over a speed bump and there goes my bumper. just my thought.

most lower thir car to be the same height of stock though. for some reason people seem to want to put 18's and 20's on cavalier's. so when they put the 18's on they lower it so the gap doesn't look so bad.

Exactly what Nitrous said!

Lowering your car is one thing, slamming it is another. ALOT of people have their cars slammed below the best point for performance. Which on a J-body is 1.5"s. Alot of lowering kits are 1.7" which is in a way slammed. If you search around in here for posts i made with pics of my car, it is at 1.4" with the Eibach Prokit. It gets rid of a good amout of wheel gap, but give you plently leeway if your car has a kit.

yea i know a few people that slam their cars down 2 inches. not the smartest thing. my cusion slammed is eclipse 2 inches. it looks rather stupid

Lowering your car is one thing, slamming it is another. ALOT of people have their cars slammed below the best point for performance. Which on a J-body is 1.5"s. Alot of lowering kits are 1.7" which is in a way slammed. If you search around in here for posts i made with pics of my car, it is at 1.4" with the Eibach Prokit. It gets rid of a good amout of wheel gap, but give you plently leeway if your car has a kit.

So would it be a good idea to get new struts/shocks if I wanted to lower it 1.4"?

Yes

http://www.carcustoms.net/product_info.php?cPath=265_22_33_114&products_id=68

What do you think of this?

The bolt hole on your valve cover was for a mount w/ a clip for the spark plug wires. I have it on my 99' Cavy. I don't think it goes all the way through so you should be able to clean it w/o any worries!
For the rims, definately go #2!

Actually, these are the ones I went with

http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdID=3278

they are illegal in the us. i get told about them every time i get pulled over. and the state cop two doors down from me picks on me all the time about them. it kinda sucks i know your feeling. i am not taking mine out till i get a ticket.

Is it just green? I live in Indiana and I have blues on mine. Do they actually give you a ticket or just a warning?

Is it just green? I live in Indiana and I have blues on mine. Do they actually give you a ticket or just a warning?

Just warnings, but I finally decided to take them out.

generally blue and red corners are frowned upon

Actually, these are the ones I went with

http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdID=3278

I like those rims too! Good Choice! What matters is that you like them anyway!

I was actually thinking of something else about that empty bolt on top of the valve cover too, I have the same thing. No idea what it's for to be honest with ya pal.

Those rims look pretty nice. The spokes look a little small in my opinion but it could just be the pic unless they actually are a little small. Im just overly paranoid so smaller spokes on a rim make me think Im going to snap the spokes on high speed cornering. :lol2:

Those rims look pretty nice. The spokes look a little small in my opinion but it could just be the pic unless they actually are a little small. Im just overly paranoid so smaller spokes on a rim make me think Im going to snap the spokes on high speed cornering. :lol2:

I've been told that the spokes do look small, but when I recieve them on Friday and get them put on, I will deffinatly (spelling?) post a picture for you all to see. I am so excited about getting them.

Personally, I haven't seen a Cavy with those small of a spoke rims, so it will be different and I think they actually will look nice and BIG!!!

Yeah, now that I think about it I think Ive only seen like 2 cavs with that small a spoke and it did look pretty sick with a good performance drop in ride height.

Hey Ghost-cavy or any one else who may be able to help me, im new on this site, but ghost cavy mentioned about running a 3-4 tube, below bumper for cold air, i have a 2000 cavalier 2.2 and was looking ofr a cold air filter to get me +hp of course thanx