New member From Ohio

[Jason2009]

Hello all I am the new owner of a 2009 Aveo5 LS. I got it for basic transportation back and forth to work and to keep miles off good cars. However, I am pretty impressed with this car. I have some pretty fun other cars so I'm not a bigginer as far as the cars I drive. I'll list them later. I'm trying to find info on mods I can do on my car without spending a ton of cash on it. Again I have other cars I can spend money on and this is supposed to be a car for my commute to work saving me gas and wear and tear on other vehicles.

So thats how I ended up here.

I'm thinking of doing the suspension sometime in the next year. (I've had it 2 weeks) I'm also thinking of tinting the windows. If someone ever gets a turbo (or supercharger) kit I may do that too. Rims and tires when I need tires probably, unless I can't wait.

Anyway let me get to the good stuff. Here is a pic of my new car.

[Wolfman AK907]

Nice, it looks like mine but yours is an LT.

[manorness7]

Make yourself a nice short ram or cold air intake, that shouldn't run you over $30. The main cost is just the filter, I used PVC pipe for my cold air intake. The short ram I had in before the CAI had an extreme deep growl to it whenever I accelerated.

If you want a nice appearance look to it and you have a lot off patience you might want to try a DIY window tinting, if it's your first it might not come out perfect but after you start practicing you'll get it.

But I'm going to warn you once you start doing mods to your aveo it starts to infect you... you wont ever be able to stop and or control yourself.

[Jason2009]

Nice, it looks like mine but yours is an LT.

No I think its an LS. I may be wrong I guess, I've had it just a little while. I had them put the spoiler on. It just looks better to me.

BTW I've been to Fairbanks. My Dad has a house in Salcha. I love Alaska.

[Wolfman AK907]

Oh, ok. That's why I thought it was an LT. Welcome to the forums. Just out of curiosity, what was your out-the-door price on your aveo? I love it here too. My company makes chemical deliveries to Sulcha every day.

[Jason2009]

All said and done I paid just over 10k for it. Thats sales tax and all...I added Air too. If I hadn't it would have been around 7 plus tax. So about 8500... But summer here makes a/c a must.

I traded in my old 89 Dodge Dakota in on it with the cash for clunkers thing.

[steveyohman2319]

HI im from ohio too i live Youngstown congrats on the new aveo!

[y2dgone]

Welcome, I can sell you a cold air intake for $100. I'm near Toledo, OH but will be going out to Stubenville in a few weeks so I can deliever it to you for free if you meet me somewhere on the way

[Jason2009]

Welcome, I can sell you a cold air intake for $100. I'm near Toledo, OH but will be going out to Stubenville in a few weeks so I can deliever it to you for free if you meet me somewhere on the way

Thanks for the offer...What all goes into the cold air intake kit? Is this one you've made or a kit you can get somewhere. I'm just starting to look into what they consist of.

I'm near Cincinnati so its a bit of a drive for me.

[y2dgone]

Mine is a custom made stainless steel intake, including the proper sensor bung and crank case bungs, plus quick release clamps, proper mounting hardware, and a water bypass option. I don't believe any are being mass produced right now. It's a pipe going from the throttle body to the fender well. Actually thinking about it, it might not work for yours, it'll work for the e-tec engines, not the ecotecs. For anyone else seeing this, this is what the one im selling looks like installed: