Here she is sitting on Goldlines:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid202/p1566a1828503820ce586464fcf4567e3/efb9de78.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid202/p41d8224c48e8e67d091c4ff087f02273/efb9de6e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid202/pe660e23b000430abe4fbda1fe0e6c6d5/efb9de5d.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid202/p13b427146be90a6626caa9b9f29d2b87/efb9de45.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid202/p343c31d890f7ffd0fb4c075dc1857775/efb9de38.jpg

I wish I had the kind of money to put mods on my car that quick. My are few and cheap and far between :)

The ride is lookin clean Dan. So what's next in the bag of tricks?

Ng

Nice! :bow:

Dan, that is one fine looking ride. :one:

Looks Great!
16" 's right? :cool:

Mighty smooth there, Dan! :thumb:

Was the drop pretty easy for you?

Lookin good Dan

looks good man.... (mental note, gotta get grill) :)

I really like the grill. Who makes it and where did you get it?

I really like the grill. Who makes it and where did you get it?

It's a Stull Grill, If I remember right I got it from a place called Auto Truck Toys

I wish I had the kind of money to put mods on my car that quick. My are few and cheap and far between :)

Well, part of how these mods came so quickly is because I've been buying the parts long before I got the HHR, so most of these goodies have been laying in my shop collecting dust. I does help too that I recently sold a couple of my other cars which helped in the $$$ department.....but I'm broke now.
:)

The ride is lookin clean Dan. So what's next in the bag of tricks?

Ng

Well all I have planned for now is adding some old style Chevrolet script, a short shifter, and some blue dots. I have all this stuff in the shop so it will be added at some point.

Looks Great!
16" 's right? :cool:

Yeah, stock 16's :thumb:

Mighty smooth there, Dan! :thumb:

Was the drop pretty easy for you?

Thanks :)

Yeah the drop was very simple, but then again I've been doing this for years and have lots of experience. The rear only took about 15 minutes and the front about 1/2 hour or so. i think it took me longer to cut the bump stops than it did to replace the springs...haha

I'm really surprised by the ride, I expected it to be harsher than it is. I'm quite pleased.

Thanks for the props everyone :bow:

Have to give my props to you and your car. :bow: Looking good :beer:

Looks excellent! How long did it(your grille) take to ship to you? Are ya scraping over stuff with the lake pipes?

I'm so excited about installing my springs tomorrow that I don't know if I'm gonna be able to sleep tonight..

Looks excellent! How long did it(your grille) take to ship to you? Are ya scraping over stuff with the lake pipes?

I got the grill in about 4 day's after I ordered it.

So far I haven't scraped the pipes on anything, it only clears my lift by about 1/4". The alignment shop had to run down to the hardware store to buy some 2x6's in order to get it up onto their alignment rack.

I thought we were supposed to put a few miles on the springs before we get it aligned..

I thought we were supposed to put a few miles on the springs before we get it aligned..

It's always a good idea to put some miles on a new spring install, a good rule of thumb is around 100 miles. This is basically to give all the rubber and plastic pieces a chance to conform, as far as the springs go, a good quality spring will "settle" almost immediately after you put your car back on the ground and move it (like on your test drive), it should settle very close to the advertised height. If springs needed to settle in over any specific mileage then cars from the manufacture would be sitting lopsided and of varying heights over the course of being driven. The purpose of allowing a decient amount of miles is actually to weed out a spring that may have a defect.....and yes, I've seen defective springs. Some from very reliable and respected sources. I drove the crap out of my HHR and actually put on about 60 miles before taking it to the alignment shop, normally I would have done the alignment at 100 miles. But in this case I knew we were heading out early the next morning for a 1000+ round trip so the aignment couldn't wait. I did a measurement just after the test drive (around 10 miles), and again after putting on about 60 miles. I let the car sit over night in the shop after accumulating these miles and remeasured it in the morning before heading to the alignment shop. My measurements proved that the settling was done since both my initial measurement and second remained identical.

It's a Stull Grill, If I remember right I got it from a place called Auto Truck Toys

http://www.autotrucktoys.com/chevy_hhr/Stull-Chevy-HHR-Billet-Grille-P10459C0.aspx

well my question is how much cutting was required?

-wC

http://www.autotrucktoys.com/chevy_hhr/Stull-Chevy-HHR-Billet-Grille-P10459C0.aspx

well my question is how much cutting was required?

-wC

A lot. :)

hmmm...interesting well it looks like I will have a spare one because mine is being replaced and hopefully isnt bent up too bad from my accident...hopefully my car will be back to me by tuesday or wednesday apparently they had some problems getting the paint mix right(is Daytona Blue a new color for GM?)

-wC

Looks really good!!!!! :cool:

well my question is how much cutting was required?

-wC

The Capt pretty much summed it up in those two words.

There's a ton of cutting because you need to keep the upper portion of the stock grill as well as the vertical end bars. Cutting it isn't all that hard, but getting everything smooth is a royal PITA unless you shop is well equipped for this sort of thing. All I had to use was a dremmel and sand paper. Ah, but it's well worth the work.

It's always a good idea to put some miles on a new spring install, a good rule of thumb is around 100 miles. This is basically to give all the rubber and plastic pieces a chance to conform, as far as the springs go, a good quality spring will "settle" almost immediately after you put your car back on the ground and move it (like on your test drive), it should settle very close to the advertised height. If springs needed to settle in over any specific mileage then cars from the manufacture would be sitting lopsided and of varying heights over the course of being driven. The purpose of allowing a decient amount of miles is actually to weed out a spring that may have a defect.....and yes, I've seen defective springs. Some from very reliable and respected sources. I drove the crap out of my HHR and actually put on about 60 miles before taking it to the alignment shop, normally I would have done the alignment at 100 miles. But in this case I knew we were heading out early the next morning for a 1000+ round trip so the aignment couldn't wait. I did a measurement just after the test drive (around 10 miles), and again after putting on about 60 miles. I let the car sit over night in the shop after accumulating these miles and remeasured it in the morning before heading to the alignment shop. My measurements proved that the settling was done since both my initial measurement and second remained identical.



Thanks for the info Dan..I didnt get to test drive last night but I'm sure I'm gonna put a few miles on it today..