tuba bell plug?
elephant cork?
messed up bar stool?
mushroom gone bad?
dinosaur tooth?

 

!!!LMAO!!!

 

Heckuva Job Deb! Yet another impressive post!

 

Update on CGS...let my boyfriend Henry drive the HHR today with the new CGS system installed. As soon as we pulled out onto a main road, he put the hammer down and all he could say was..."Holy *****" It was so funny too when he got it really going...a guy on a motorcycle heard us coming and turned around to see was approaching. Let him drive it around for about an hour and now he wants an HHR now more than ever, so he can do the upgrades like I have done. Maybe one of these days, he'll put his money where his mouth is and we'll be a 2 HHR family too.

BTW...went by dealer where I bought mine and they had a 2007 Dark Silver Metallic on the lot. It was fully loaded, only thing not on it was the spoiler and MSRP was $23,500. Asked the salesman who was wandering the lot about running board option and he said they were factory installed. I then told him...well that's weird...the sticker says dealer installed. Told Henry maybe I should start selling HHR's, I know more about them than alot of sales people. I did tell the guy about our forum and gave him a couple of the flyers I made and he's going to give them to the sales manager. Also gave Henry a handful of them as well, as he's seen 3 or 4 around town parked in the same place all the time, so he's going to pop them under their wiper next time he sees them.

Thanks again to Mike from SoCalHHR's for the quick service and great product. Also, hooked up with my friend who has the HHR I ordered the part for today and he said thanks for such quick service. Told him he needed to get a computer so he could come join us and learn more about the HHR.

 

When we took our HHR over to the Dealer today to get our "Non- Draining" A/C problem checked out the subject got around somehow to adding on a Spoiler to the LS. The Service Rep told me that even on the LTs that have Roof Racks, Spoilers, Running Boards and the Scuff Pad on the rear bumper, that stuff all comes with the car from the Factory, but the Dealers have to install them. I thought that was strange , but I guess he should know what he's talking about. (This is a guy that drives an HHR himself, but I can't get him to check out the Forum? Say's he doesn't have time)

 

Good Job,

Got my cgs intake today for my 2.2L and now the weather has turn really cold here in west, tennessee. Now I need to find a warm place to install it.
rhoss1

 

For those of you who read my original instructions...they worked great. Due to this being made for the 2.4L, mine was still rubbing against the hood strutsm making noise and damaging the paint on both the struts and the CGS. Below are some photos and additional instructions so you won't have to go through what I did when I did mine.

The modified length of the CGS support arm on mine now is around 5 1/4" from the top weld to the tip end by where the bolt goes into the head. I measured down approximately 2 1/4" from the top and put a new bend in the arm as you will see in the photos below. Then once I was happy with that bend, I marked it so I could cut off the part that overlapped over the head and cut that off with a hacksaw. I then marked where the new bolt hole had to be drilled a new hole for that.

I didn't have a vice to bend it with, so I pulled out my boyfriends hydraulic jack and put the arm in between the metal pieces and carefully bent it where I had marked it. Crude...yes, but effective.

Here's the photos I just took so you can get an idea of what it looks like. Hope this helps the 2.2L owners. Not professionally done, but a girl has got to do what a girl has to do. Another mod done by little ole me.

 

Well I got my new cgs intake installed, Installation was easy with courthousedeb's post above. Thanks courthousedeb, I also got me a imco t-924 turbo muffler put on my hhr.

 

That's terrific rhoss1...I'm glad my post helped you. So how do you like the new combo?