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Old 10-22-2013, 11:13 PM
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Bought her bone stock from my parents about a year ago for 3 grand. 130k ish on everything.

Started with the normal mods, blacked out signals, slight tail tint, and new wheel covers because I cant afford new rims and tires Poor college student



Painted my bumpers and front grill to add a more uniform look.



Thrush muffler ghetto rigged on (still needs to be completed) as well as a custom cold air intake I made.





Everything ran great until my engine died. I got the engine replaced with a used engine (had 80k when I bought it) and she now runs like a champ.

Interior mods include new stereo, LED lighting for the floor, as well as a few simple dash mods.

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In addition, I just finished swapping out my seat heater switch lighting as well as adding a voltmeter. I'll post pictures of my finished dash tomorrow, hopefully

Thanks for looking
 
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Old 10-22-2013, 11:39 PM
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Yeah - I'd up that "ghetto rigged" muffler higher on my list of things to do, but each cat has their own ash can. Welcome to the Forum ...
 
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Old 10-22-2013, 11:45 PM
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Yeah, at the time I had just used some metal strapping material to get it up off the ground as I had to drive the car somewhere. I just haven't gotten around to replacing the mount. I am considering just straight piping it but I am not sure.
 
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Old 10-23-2013, 07:42 AM
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Welcome to the forum. You've done some interesting mods, for sure. Did you figure out what happened to the first engine that caused it to die?
 
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Old 10-23-2013, 08:45 AM
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Looks good, welcome to the forum. Go to the USER CP top left of the page open "signature" and add your first name,,location, and car info.
 
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Old 10-23-2013, 02:58 PM
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Sounds good cam.

And the engine threw a rod, so it had to be replaced. It had about 175k on it at the time.
 
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Old 10-24-2013, 10:02 PM
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Looks good and your enjoying the VUE, thats what it's all about. Welcome to the Saturn Forum.
 
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Old 10-26-2013, 09:16 PM
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Thanks, and yes, I love my vue. Very reliable. I just installed a dimmer switch for my shift ****, which is working out really well. Next is a dimmer switch for the floor LEDs, and then I need to sand my shift **** more to diffuse and then epoxy it on, and that project will be done.
 
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