FatSam2010

I just bought a 06 LT sedan about a month ago and I really want to mod it but I just turned 19 and am a college student so I don't have much money. I am more concerned with the appearance right now because it's cheaper to upgrade. I'm planning on getting 2 gen halo projectors with the CCFL technology, smoked LED tail lights, Eibach Sport kit springs, and I just got tint put on, 35% all around. Even though I am concentrating on appearance mods, I really want to boost the performance up too. It is almost summer and I should be working twice as much as normal soon so I'll be able to afford more, but I was just looking for some cheaper performance mods I could put on. I don't know much about anything so please go easy on the technical terms :P That said, all ideas are greatly appreciated, thanks.

bamaboy22

Get an intake and a tune. Be good to start with maybe an exhaust. Btw I think most of us are poor

FatSam2010

haha from all these rides everyone has it looks like they've all dumped a ton of money into their cars :P I wish I could afford some of the stuff everyone in here seems to do

ECaulk

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well a bit of advise, think about what you want out of your car. Do you want to smoke the honda civic ricers that think they're fast? or do you just want a little more out of it? Because if you want to make it much faster, save up and go supercharged or turbo'd. Because in the end you'll end up spending about the same to do bolt-on mods as going supercharged or turbo'd

bamaboy22

True

redcobalt07

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What black cobalt said. Don't bother with the bolt on mods if you REALLY want to make it faster. Just go big or go home to be honest. As for appearence those mods are pretty good to start you off.

SlowCobaltSS

Poor man here too

ECaulk

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Yeah, I made the mistake of just being excited, bought a weapon r intake (stay away buy injen or k&n) and the 2.4 intake mani, and want more power. So I'm saving up to do a FI set up and suspension

SlowCobaltSS

Dont feel bad bro Im in the same shoes your in right now I want to get more power out of my car and go supercharged and turbo'd but I just dont have that kind of extra cash just sitting around the house

frankie

Join the club man lol I'm 19 and in college too. So I know how it feels to want to mod your car but not have the money to do it!!!

FatSam2010

I would love to throw a turbo on but the problem is I have no idea what I would need for that nor how to install it all :P plus it would be a million years before I had the money to do that ultimately though, yea, I would love to turbo my car, but realistically I don't see it happening :'(

but who needs college right? drop out, save some cash, turbo or go home

ford

If you are poor, you might want to consider saving money so you arent living paycheck to paycheck. You can worry about the car after you have money saved.

lwpmoon

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I poor too ... 20 and in college.

ECaulk

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But you have a nasty cobalt with one hell of a turbo, haha.
If you want to go turbo start saving and educating yourself. Hell you're in college research the **** out of turbo set ups, look at the build thread stickies. There are a few that have part lists and build how to. Even some of the guys on here are willing to help out if you truely are interested in modding your car

Blue_Balt

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This. Reason why right now I'm focusing on suspension and handling. Getting ready to purchases some springs and I have summer tires on the car right now which have improved handling pretty noticeable. Once I get rid of that body roll, it'll be pretty nice. The only bolt on as far as power that I'll do will be almost the entire exhaust system as that can be used eventually when I supercharge the car.

ECaulk

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are you throwing a rear sway bar to control the body roll?

Blue_Balt

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I'm doing everything right now in small steps.

FatSam2010

So, basically, I'm better off going full suspension instead of just springs rather than worry about power? and then save for like a turbo kit sometime in the next thousand years....

redcobalt07

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Btw if you can afford to go to college I highly doubt you are poor. Use the word correctly.

FatSam2010

Financial aid bro, im not on the streets obviously, but I don't have the cash to be throwing full kits on my car is what I'm saying, if I offended you I apologize but I am by no means well off. I can save like maybe 100 dollars from each paycheck and I get paid twice a month, so that's about 200 a month that I can dumb into my balt. That is why I posted this thread so that I could get some ideas on what to do and what to save for

RoadconeTuning

save dollars, buy used blower from an SS/SC and slap that on with a tune and find some stock LSJ exhaust stuff...

Spanky's Monkey

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hell, i'm poor. you gotta do it right the first time around though. wish i hadn't wasted the money i did on the bolt-ons and the nitrous kit i was running before going turbo. and just because appearance seems like the cheaper thing to do, it may not be if you're looking to get more out of your car. if you want performance, throwing money at the appearance will be an absolute waste of valuable time and money.

FatSam2010

so i was looking at a zzp turbo kit, stage 2 and i could have it for a little over 2k, but my question is now what else would i need for that? i have an auto trans, how would that handle a turbo, also exhaust? tune? im not really sure what else would go into it...

z062007vette

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We're all poor because we can count our money. Lol. I just put the 2nd gen projectors in my car. Here's a night shot.



I got mine from K2 Motor. Cheapest I've seen plus free shipping unless you go through eBay.

Like everyone else has said though, it depends on what you want to get out of your car. To me, it comes down to speed or looks.

FatSam2010

those look gorgeous, except id get the black ones, and mine dont have the ccfl strip either and i probably wouldnt hook up the led's, im going to get mine through carid.com