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Stock Look - First ride home
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Update - 10/19/2010 - New shoes for the 'Bu!
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Update - 10/19/2010 - New shoes for the 'Bu!
Kevin's 2010 Malibu LT
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Kevin's Malibu - "WYT SAND"
The Ride:
2010 Chevrolet Malibu 1LT "LT+Z"
Summit White / Cocoa-Cashmere
2.4L 145cu.in. LE5 I4/A6
169HP @ 6400RPM --- 143WHP (DashCommand)
160TQ @ 4500RPM --- 135WTQ (DashCommand)
Build Date: 06/01/2010
The Mods:
K&N Drop-In Air Filter - Check!
17" 2LT Alloy Wheels - Check!
Rain-X Repel Wipers - Check!
LTZ Front Grilles - Check!
Custom "Malibu" Floormats - Check!
iPhone Vent Mount - Check!
Leather Steering Wheel - Check!
Leather Shift Knob - Check!
Chrome Door Handles - Check!
LTZ Dual Exhaust - Check!
Leather Headrest - Check!
White Interior LEDs in Maps and Dome - Check!
Pioneer AVH-P3400BH Radio - Check!
Retrofit Projector Headlights with HIDs and Halos - Check!
PLX Kiwi 2 Wifi + Dash Command - Check!
Aqua Interior Ambient Light - In The Future
Michelin Defender Tires - In The Future
OEM LTZ Tail Lights - In The Future
OEM Fog Lights - In The Future
Upgraded Speakers - In The Future
iKey Push-Button Start System - Unknown/Undecided
Current Look:
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So, I got the wheels on! At the bottom is a picture of a close up shot.
My next major mod will be doing the LTZ Dual Exhaust (which got put on hold recently, but I should be getting it before the end of this year)!
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UPDATE 11/19/2010 --- Got the LTZ Grilles in!!
I finally got the LTZ Grilles in thanks to an awesome member here (thanks bud)! They look awesome with the white in my opinion. Here they are!
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My next major mod will be doing the LTZ Dual Exhaust (which got put on hold recently, but I should be getting it before the end of this year)!
UPDATE 11/19/2010 --- Got the LTZ Grilles in!!
I finally got the LTZ Grilles in thanks to an awesome member here (thanks bud)! They look awesome with the white in my opinion. Here they are!
Nice pair of shoes 
They look a lot classier than the chrome wheel covers for sure. I take it you got aftermarket wheel nuts? If yours came with the compact spare, you might want to make sure the wrench that came with the jack assembly fits those wheel nuts.
I take it you got aftermarket wheel nuts? If yours came with the compact spare, you might want to make sure the wrench that came with the jack assembly fits those wheel nuts.
They look a lot classier than the chrome wheel covers for sure.
Yea, I just went to advance auto parts this morning and showed them the wheel. They looked up whatever they do in their system, showed a specific wheel nut, and voila! it was like $30 give or take for all 20.
I actually got 'em off eBay. They are genuine GM rims from the 2LT option (not replicas), so you have a number of choices: eBay, shopgmparts.com, etc...
I really like 'em too
I really like 'em too
I figured that's where you got them. Shopgmparts.com doesn't look very legit to me, I doubt I would order anything from that website. Just looks poorly made imo.I actually got 'em off eBay. They are genuine GM rims from the 2LT option (not replicas), so you have a number of choices: eBay, shopgmparts.com, etc...
I really like 'em too
When I first got my Malibu I wanted to go to the dealer and ask how much they would be to order them and/or just the chrome hub caps just for now. Are you selling your old chrome hub caps?
I am also looking at these for winter: http://www.buywheelstoday.com/products/236+(Black/Machined).bwt , saw them on another gold Malibu and really liked them. Not to mention they are only $99.95/wheel.
Well, update... for now, the LTZ exhaust is once again put on hold. I was given a second price of $790 (installed and out the door) using a combination of one of the gm sites where they ship it to you and the install from my dealer... Now, they've come back and given an 'updated' price, which would put me at no less than $1000 installed and out.
$1000 isn't much, but I don't like the price jump and $1000 -is- a bit much for an exhaust in my opinion since it's the 2.4 and all I'm looking for is the -appearance- of the dual outlet.
For those that mentioned aftermarket, I looked, I couldn't find -any- dual outlet exhaust systems that would be a) dual outlet and fit on my 2.4, b) a straight bolt on and not cutting, welding, weird pipes, etc, and c) not sound like I've got a two hundred pound gorilla farting underneath my car. If I could find an aftermarket that is simple 1 muffler in the same spot, 1 set of pipping in the same spot, and 2 exhaust outlets that didn't give a rice sound... I might consider it.
Thanks for the help and tips on this particular subject y'all. I'll keep looking.
For now, think I'mma replace the map/dome lights with cool white. Then I'm thinking about looking up a navigation system thing for the radio (although I'd want to maintain wheel controls, onstar, xm, ipad jack, etc etc etc).
I'm not sure what else I want to do. I'm not a fan of the LTZ grille (at least not atm). I dunno about the taillights. I don't mess with neon/led lighting. Hmmm... guess I'll start scanning the Modification subforum!
NOTE: It's 6am and I'm half asleep, so apologies if this sounds rambling
$1000 isn't much, but I don't like the price jump and $1000 -is- a bit much for an exhaust in my opinion since it's the 2.4 and all I'm looking for is the -appearance- of the dual outlet.
For those that mentioned aftermarket, I looked, I couldn't find -any- dual outlet exhaust systems that would be a) dual outlet and fit on my 2.4, b) a straight bolt on and not cutting, welding, weird pipes, etc, and c) not sound like I've got a two hundred pound gorilla farting underneath my car. If I could find an aftermarket that is simple 1 muffler in the same spot, 1 set of pipping in the same spot, and 2 exhaust outlets that didn't give a rice sound... I might consider it.
Thanks for the help and tips on this particular subject y'all. I'll keep looking.
For now, think I'mma replace the map/dome lights with cool white. Then I'm thinking about looking up a navigation system thing for the radio (although I'd want to maintain wheel controls, onstar, xm, ipad jack, etc etc etc).
I'm not sure what else I want to do. I'm not a fan of the LTZ grille (at least not atm). I dunno about the taillights. I don't mess with neon/led lighting. Hmmm... guess I'll start scanning the Modification subforum!
NOTE: It's 6am and I'm half asleep, so apologies if this sounds rambling
Yea :-(
Well, I'mma keep my eye out
I think I'd rather not get one from a -wrecked- vehicle (don't want it -thaaaaat bad-), but I'd definitely be up to look at alternatives. I know the bottom filler is really cheap. The main thing is getting the dual outlets.
Note: The muffler itself was what spiked the price. From a place like shopgmparts.com/gmpartsdirect.com is where it gets heavy priced. Partly because the shipping to get to me would be ~$270 because of the size and it needing to be trucked. The rear filler = cheap. The work = cheap (My dealer quoted me like $140 "no higher" with it on and installed and the extra parts put in my trunk). The expensive part is the muffler. I don't even really need the wider pipping that comes before the muffler (the 3.6 has 3.5" pipping as opposed to my 2.5"), but to order it you -have- to get the pipping and everything that comes with it (which includes the exhaust tips) and that's the ball game.
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