Building The Cruzen2.0

TheCruzen said:

I really would rather it not look good so I don't have to worry about it.

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Yeah, My 2016 is too perfect for living on a dirt road, I drive 10mph for half a mile until I get to pavement because I'm afraid to put the first stone chip in it. On the plus side, the engine's warmed up before I accelerate to 60mph. On the minus side, it gets crappy MPG driving in 2nd gear for 3 minutes.

BTW, is the paint scraped off your left rocker? I assume you'll paint it, or at least put some POR-15 on it.

TheCruzen said:

...Also, that rocker panel looks a whole lot worse in person...

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As does most the gen 1 Cruze out there on the road. LOL even mine was damaged but no tears in it.

Due to the car's former condition it got forked around quite a bit. As a result the left rocker is pretty messed up and the underside of the floor has some dents and scrapes too.

I do plan to make an attempt at sealing it to keep the rust at bay. Who knows, maybe one day I'll get a pristine shell and move everything into that.

@Merc6 Even my ECO has a good size dent in the rocker from the previous owner, no paint damage though.

TheCruzen said:

Even my ECO has a good size dent in the rocker from the previous owner, no paint damage though.

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Possible dry ice fix there - cheapest route

Got the car plated and insured yesterday, drove it to work today. Found a couple small problems and one major issue. Now I'm fighting with calibrating the steering angle sensor.

TheCruzen said:

Got the car plated and insured yesterday, drove it to work today. Found a couple small problems and one major issue. Now I'm fighting with calibrating the steering angle sensor.

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Sweet!! Was the steering angle sensor your major issue?

@anthonysmith93 Yes, its the only thing that I can't easily overcome.

In other news, on my way home from work there was a Focus ST with loud exhaust that wanted to play. They couldn't keep up.

TheCruzen said:

@anthonysmith93 Yes, its the only thing that I can't easily overcome.

In other news, on my way home from work there was a Focus ST with loud exhaust that wanted to play. They couldn't keep up.

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Sweeeeeet slayin STs all day

LOL That didnt take long.

@thebac Little bit of light street racing (on woodward) never hurt anyone....

TheCruzen said:

@thebac Little bit of light street racing (on woodward) never hurt anyone....

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I'm assuming that wasn't you running around without the hood...or exhaust...whoever that was, was shooting a nice blue flame out the bottom.

@MP81 Not me, hood, full exhaust, no flames (I hope)

That's what I figured, as I didn't see the two turndowns out back anyway. Can't say I saw your car, unless you weren't around Ducati.

Tundowns seem to reduce but may also slightly contribute to a drone at 1500 rpm when under load. Taking them off makes it worse, but I think changing the angle might lessen the sound. Said turndowns may disappear or get modified (butchered) soon, if only to test the theory...

Can you rotate them without chopping them up?

TheCruzen said:

Tundowns seem to reduce but may also slightly contribute to a drone at 1500 rpm when under load. Taking them off makes it worse, but I think changing the angle might lessen the sound. Said turndowns may disappear or get modified (butchered) soon, if only to test the theory...

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My buddy's '88 Mustang has an H-Pipe, into Bullets with turndowns right under the rear seat foot area. At first he didn't have turndowns, and the fumes from the exhaust were pretty potent (thankfully, it was corn-fed, so it smelled quite tasty). He added turndowns and it solved that issue, but the added drone on the freeway was pretty bad.

@Taxman Rotated tips about 45 degrees outwards, much better, probably would get even better if i put some 45 degree tips on just to clear the bumper but still have them exiting away from the car instead of toward the ground under it.

Apologies for the lack of recent updates, life and trying to figure out why I can't upload pics has kept me from you....

In summary, it runs, it drives, it's quick, i'm getting used to the quickness (and the 28+mpg). Also, my list of things to fix is only 2/3 of a page long! (down from 2) I also have yet to get the ac filled and the steering sensor calibrated due to a SLIGHT lack of funds (like owing my parents no less than 4 digits of money to pay for insurance and my last paycheck being a little light, but I WILL/ALWAYS recover).

In more recent news, I ordered and modified a single 90 degree bend (with a welded extension) to be 2 "perfect" exhaust tips. No more chrome, even less drone! And I continue to ignore the lack of air bags because of lazy and the lack of TC because I plan to have the AC and TC taken care of at the same time, and funds.... But then again, maybe a tune might have priority.... (maybe, prob not)

Maybe your picture allowance is full, try deleting some older pictures from previous posts.