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hey this forum is freaking sweet. found it looking for ideas for an intake system for my 04 Aveo hatch.
right now its fairly stock,
-i debadged it except for the bowtie on the back
-35% tint all around
-to out the intake resonator right now, still looking for an intake system at a good price.
-aftermarket fog lights
-working on red interior lights.
i hope to post pics soon
Welcome to the site screech.
What other things would you like to do with the Aveo?
well i'd like to get some wheels and eventually lower it, but i'm a college student and dont have to much money, so its going to take a while. as far as the near future i want to put some sort of intake on it, ram or cai but still not sure whats the best. right now i'm working on the interior, i'm wiring in red neon's and i want to change to color of the gauges to red too. hopefully i'll get that done in the next week or two.
-also i forgot i have a thule roof rack, for my Mtb and BMX bikes.
screech;please post pics of your ride! :cry:
i'll try to soon, it needs washed and its been raining and snowing the past 2 days.
Ohio, the only place where its 60 degrees one day and the next day you wake up to snow on the ground. :lol:
welcome to the forum screech. hope you get some nice ideas around here.
I have one of the first gen Aveo hatches. a 2004
With the updated factory intake and MAS it is still costly to replace the pipe correctly.
Building your own would be more cost effective than buying say an Injen (which i particularly like)
One upside to the increased noise is the ability to recognize misfire which is fairly common on Aveos due to poor craftsmenship of the E-TECH II engine.
If you have the ECOTEC you are in better shape.
where do you get the stuff to make one on your own. and would aluminum or steel pipe work the best.
Buy one of the cheap ones off ebay, the only things inferior about them is heat soaking, mounting straps, and "cheaper" filter. Coating them inside and out with hi temp paint will fix most of the heat issue. Making your own mounts will fix that issue, and the filter i have not seen one yet that is actually terribly bad for the car. Particulate size is the concern here.
If you have a first gen E-tech engine i think there is a direct fit one listed. the ecotech engine needs on adapted from a 92 accord..
Welcome to the group. Good to see anyone working on an Aveo.
got some pictures, just not with the roof rack on, when i put it on i'll post another one
nice pics... you should paint the inside of the headlights lol
what do you mean?
like take the headlight apart and paint the chrome part of it thats screwed in black.
kinda hard to explain but if you see honda Fits. the headlights come painted on the inside from factory. thats basically what your doing.
If you're going to paint the insides of the headlights, make sure you don't paint the areas behind the bulbs. Those help to disperse light forward via reflection. If you paint those areas, you'll lose some light output.
The way around this is to install a true HID set, with the proper diffusers and all. Then you could paint the whole inside of the headlight casing. Of course, installing aftermarket HID's has it's own particular set of legal and physical issues.
i wouldn't mess with the headlights unless you want to worry about condensation....if you are looking for intake ideas, i know i have quite a few floating around on the forum.
You don't want to paint the whole inside of the headlight. You have to bake them in the oven and pull them apart. The inside chrome is 2 pieces, you want to paint the the outer piece that is nearest the outer lense. It all comes apart fairly easy. I improved upon a previous DIY write-up and added some pics if you'd like to have a look with all the details you would need. Mine is an 09', but the same procedure applies to all model Aveos.
http://www.aveonetwork.com/viewtopic.ph ... 80&start=0
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Sounds like it rains/snows quite a bit where you're at, so I would suggest RAI over CAI to avoid a chance of getting water in the intake. My buddy ruined one of his cars like that. :) not very fun to fix.
As for the headlights - if I would have a black aveo - I would definitely get the same lights I have on the silver one. They would match even better on yours. :) and I would do 20% tint all the way around. Visibility from the inside is the same, but a bit harder to see inside. And welcome. :D
i know i should have tinted the back darker like 20%. in ohio though you can't have darker than 50% on the driver and passenger window. i just got 35% all around so it would match, and so far no police stops from it yet (knock on wood.)
and were did you get your lights from and how much if you don't mind telling were they.
Oh wow, strict laws... it's no darker than 35% tint for us, but I went just a little darker (20% all the way around), which is still a little bit see through from the outside but gives me quite a bit of privacy and the visibility is good from the inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by screech985
And the lights I got on eBay. 185 shipped for the headlights and I believe around 125 for the tail lights.