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MILD UPGRADES
Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:54 AM
Anyone out there have these parts installed? Satisfaction and recomendations, please...

AEM C.A.I.
POWER SLOT CRYO front rotors
BREMBO sport pads
GOODRIDGE G-STOP lines
FUZION HRI 205-55/16
KYB GR-2 shocks/struts
EIBACH pro spring kit
EIBACH anti roll bar kit
PIAA bulbs

All from Tire Rack. 1177.28 + 109.62 shipping= 1286.90

I'm only quoting T.R. for comparrison. If I can find this cheaper elsewhere I'll shop them.

Re: MILD UPGRADES
Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:12 AM
AEM intake is good. got mine from NOPI. they are still on special for $173 shipped
Re: MILD UPGRADES
Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:25 AM
An intake is just a pipe and a filter. When you buy aem your paying for the name and the look. Any $20 ebay intake will work fine.



Re: MILD UPGRADES
Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:17 AM
the eibach pro kit and sway bar is great but make sure you get struts with it makes the world of difference


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Re: MILD UPGRADES
Monday, April 16, 2007 11:52 AM
icemike89 wrote:An intake is just a pipe and a filter. When you buy aem your paying for the name and the look. Any $20 ebay intake will work fine.


Actually, AEM has a better filter than anyone right now. They are the only dry flow filter I know of. No oil, no oil mess in the intake tube or on the sensors. I know diesel guys who swear by them, having run nearly every other brand on the market. I have a spare K&N and REVTEC cone lying around and refuse to use them because of the oil issue.

Thanks for the inputs.
Re: MILD UPGRADES
Monday, April 16, 2007 11:58 AM
Stephen Gray wrote:AEM intake is good. got mine from NOPI. they are still on special for $173 shipped


Sorry, man. NOPI is listing them starting at $244. Advance sells them for $251, 2 day order wait. I had bad luck ordering parts online from Black Forrest Industries online (still waiting on my Jetta grille after 3 months.) I'll pay the extra $7 and get it in person.
Re: MILD UPGRADES
Monday, April 16, 2007 11:59 AM
Any intake even a cheap ebay one would be fine.
POWER SLOT CRYO front rotors, Love mine
FUZION HRI 205-55/16, why not go with 225-50/16.... I have Yokohama Es100 and LOVE them.
KYB GR-2 shocks/struts, go with KYB AGX struts, not stock replacements. The GR-2 are just stock replacement struts.
EIBACH pro spring kit, Love them with my KYB AGX Struts.

Lawrence Mapps wrote:Actually, AEM has a better filter than anyone right now. They are the only dry flow filter I know of. No oil, no oil mess in the intake tube or on the sensors. I know diesel guys who swear by them, having run nearly every other brand on the market. I have a spare K&N and REVTEC cone lying around and refuse to use them because of the oil issue.

This is all opinion, not fact. I still prefer K&N, but I'm probably bias. Even though I currently do not run one. I have NEVER HEARD of your oil issue.






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Re: MILD UPGRADES
Monday, April 16, 2007 12:17 PM
-MD- LD9 wrote:Any intake even a cheap ebay one would be fine.
POWER SLOT CRYO front rotors, Love mine
FUZION HRI 205-55/16, why not go with 225-50/16.... I have Yokohama Es100 and LOVE them.
KYB GR-2 shocks/struts, go with KYB AGX struts, not stock replacements. The GR-2 are just stock replacement struts.
EIBACH pro spring kit, Love them with my KYB AGX Struts.

Lawrence Mapps wrote:Actually, AEM has a better filter than anyone right now. They are the only dry flow filter I know of. No oil, no oil mess in the intake tube or on the sensors. I know diesel guys who swear by them, having run nearly every other brand on the market. I have a spare K&N and REVTEC cone lying around and refuse to use them because of the oil issue.

This is all opinion, not fact. I still prefer K&N, but I'm probably bias. Even though I currently do not run one. I have NEVER HEARD of your oil issue.


It is an issue with cars that have a MAF sensor (i.e. cobalts, mustangs, GTP's, etc). Oil will not cause problems with your IAT, MAP or IAC, which are the only sensors inline of the intake. Our cars come from the factory with the pcv attached to the intake, and engine oil does get in the intake and intake manifold...so dryflow or not, it doesn't matter with our cars.


And an intake is an intake. It is a stretch of piping with a rubber elbow and filter. I can get the same filter, same diameter mandrel bent piping, a silicone elbow and still pay less than for an AEM.


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"Youth in Asia"...I don't see anything wrong with that.
Re: MILD UPGRADES
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:17 PM
also with aem your paying for it to be CARB legal. some people need that to avoid coppers trying to catch them ridin dirty
Re: MILD UPGRADES
Monday, April 16, 2007 1:59 PM
Brett Basham wrote:also with aem your paying for it to be CARB legal. some people need that to avoid coppers trying to catch them ridin dirty


LMFAO!!!!!! OH MY GOD *FALLS OFF CHAIR* HAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH




Re: MILD UPGRADES
Monday, April 16, 2007 3:48 PM
SMG has titanium ones for sale. scored one, had it powdercoated and now installed.
have pro-kit and agx combo too. its mild for sure. have eibach anti-sway bar too. go for silverstar headlights.



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Re: MILD UPGRADES
Friday, April 20, 2007 3:14 PM
Installed a K&N yesterday. Gas mileage seemed to improve, as did upper rpm response. I thought about the closed loop egr system and it made sense.
Re: MILD UPGRADES
Friday, April 20, 2007 3:37 PM
The problem with oil filters is not the design, it is the people who re-oil them wrong.
They saturate the filters and pop them back on.

I lightly spray the entire out and inside.

Then let it rest on paper towels for an hour and then I do the same process of spraying and letting it rest on towels to get the excess oil off.

I tap it a few times after it rests on the towels. I also wipe off all the rubber parts to make sure there is no oil.

I have not had any problems with the filter. I look past the filter and feel around for oil and there is none. Also I checked the sensor many times and it doesn't have oil on it.

AEM filters sound like they are nice too. But you can't re-use them and are probably $30 or more to replace.
Doing that every 15k miles is kinda pricey.

The drop in K&N has made a difference but it is more of a helper in preventing a vaccuum at WOT which is more of a device of preventing loss of hp than gaining. The filter alone gains maybe 1 hp over stock filter. But, how many horses are prevented from being lost thanks to there being enough air coming in under demand of WOT?
Re: MILD UPGRADES
Saturday, April 21, 2007 1:17 AM
i didnt care for the fuzion tires i had i am using potenza G 009's and i like them better than the FUZION



Re: MILD UPGRADES
Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:25 AM
cavalierkid02 wrote:i didnt care for the fuzion tires i had i am using potenza G 009's and i like them better than the FUZION


I used to work for Bridgestone/Firestone and we produced the potenza's and sold the fuzion's. I agree the G009's are 100 times better but they are a bit more pricey.



Re: MILD UPGRADES
Saturday, April 21, 2007 12:01 PM
i didnt pay to much i think it was $658 for the tires, mounting,and the roadside



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