What Did You Do To Your HHR Today?
Dropped it off at TireDiscounters for balance and rotate. Had a slight vibration 62-70mph...should take care of it (I hope).
Update: Picked it up at lunch...tire guy said they were definitely out of balance. Will see if it fixed it on the ride home.
Update: Picked it up at lunch...tire guy said they were definitely out of balance. Will see if it fixed it on the ride home.
Last edited by SmootHHR; Jul 21, 2010 at 12:11 PM. Reason: Update
performed on a closed course, driven by a professional ( yes I get paid to drive )
Rollin' from an idle in first gear....... stood hard on gas, feathered her tryin to get traction, gave up and smoked some second! Hot Dang!
Rollin' from an idle in first gear....... stood hard on gas, feathered her tryin to get traction, gave up and smoked some second! Hot Dang!
Dropped mine off at the dealership for the warranty work on the headlight. Also had them do an oil, filter, lube and rotate tires.
Bill in service also pointed out a small ding on the side that I knew about. He said his dent repair guy was there today would pull that out for free and would only take a few moments to do. SWEET!
I'll wash it tomorrow and do a few small things. Sunday I am going to Harry's U-Pull-It in Hazelton with my brother to get a bumper for his Cavalier. I'm going to see if there are any SS's in the lot to rape some parts from like front and rear bumpers, grille, maybe an a-piller with the boost gauge. Red and black seats would be nice!
Bill in service also pointed out a small ding on the side that I knew about. He said his dent repair guy was there today would pull that out for free and would only take a few moments to do. SWEET!
I'll wash it tomorrow and do a few small things. Sunday I am going to Harry's U-Pull-It in Hazelton with my brother to get a bumper for his Cavalier. I'm going to see if there are any SS's in the lot to rape some parts from like front and rear bumpers, grille, maybe an a-piller with the boost gauge. Red and black seats would be nice!
So after I picked it up, I drove it straight to the office...probably not much over 35mph. On the way home last night, it was vibrating twice as bad as it was before I dropped it off. Needless to say, it's going back to the shop here shortly 
Update #2: Fixed! Said all 4 were off...manager blamed "machine calibration" as the problem. I took it directly to the highway to see if it was fixed and all is good in the hood.

Update #2: Fixed! Said all 4 were off...manager blamed "machine calibration" as the problem. I took it directly to the highway to see if it was fixed and all is good in the hood.
Last edited by SmootHHR; Jul 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM. Reason: update
Put some more stretch to the passenger side seat cover and added some more hog rings, looks okay...... and finally got that plastic front cover back on the drivers seat as it should be, what a pain. (taken off to install that seat cover) So now the seat covers are done and my hands are useless........ @#%$ arthritis.
Such a simple job and it took me all week, plus I won't be able to do much for the next week or whatever........ But hey I gotz leather seat covers. Guess it was worth it......
Such a simple job and it took me all week, plus I won't be able to do much for the next week or whatever........ But hey I gotz leather seat covers. Guess it was worth it......
Well, my driver side front air strut blew out friday night. Sucked cuz i was about 30 miles from home, and had to take the first exit i could... happened to be a sketchy neighborhood near Downtown New Orleans
. Good news is that AirLift already shipped out new replacements and honored their warranty with no questions asked, probly cuz i was rockin "Prototypes". Hopefully i'll be back on the road in a few days. oh, and i also installed new HID's and started making Silver Carbon Fiber eye brows for the headlights.

here's the carbon fiber eye brows, gotta wait til they cure 100% before i do the final shaping, but they're almost done.
I was surprised at how well the carbon fiber matches the paint too

here's the carbon fiber eye brows, gotta wait til they cure 100% before i do the final shaping, but they're almost done.
I was surprised at how well the carbon fiber matches the paint too
Last edited by lunchbox; Jul 25, 2010 at 07:56 PM. Reason: added photo and description


