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  1. 05-07-2007, 12:59 AM #1
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    Default The Sky Turbo

    Took some pics today. Car was filthy, it rained last night. More mods to come once the aftermarket comes along. Smoked taillights, changed badges from red to black, removed sky badging and redline badge from rear. SMS 10 spoke chrome wheels. Quad tip magnaflow, yada yada. Theres some bling under the hood, but I didnt take any pictures. Comments appreciated. Looking to get an idea of where I want to go with the car, some black or gunmetal IForged wheels are next with a polished lip





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    Damn, back looks nice as hell with the taillight tint. How do you like the car though? I've heard the manual transmissions in those have problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ironchef
    Damn, back looks nice as hell with the taillight tint. How do you like the car though? I've heard the manual transmissions in those have problems.
    I love it. Handles like nothing I've ever driven, absolutely incredible. I can't wait to get some race rubber and an aggresive alignment on it to see what it can really do. Drives real smooth for being as stiff as it is, transmission's been flawless so far, haven't heard anything about them on the sky forums really.
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    nice,i love these cars...way better than the pontiac version
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    i luv that car...will def be in one once i see a good deal.
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    nice!
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    car looks great minus the ricey plate surround...I was tempted to get one but went another direction...I have owned 2 Saturn's in the past and haven't been impressed with them as of recent until the Sky came out...have fun with the car...
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    Looks clean!
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    car is nice other then the nasty wheels.... they look like they should be on a truck
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    tinted tails look sick...not digging the wheels though...but other then that
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    ditch the wheels and put a decent suspension on it.
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    Remove the turbo badge, rear end looks as if it should be symetric not asymetric
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    love these cars tails look god but my opinon is like many others ont his one loose the wheels the stockers are actually really nice
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    Sky > Solstice

    Also, that has to be the weirdest cup-holder placement ever. (o_O)
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    yea
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ran Kizama
    Sky > Solstice

    Also, that has to be the weirdest cup-holder placement ever. (o_O)
    actually Crossfire > Sky > Solstice but who's counting?

    love the tails on it and rebadging. Looks pretty nasty from the back! I think I'm gonna go with a 38% tint on the tails on the X-fire. Very nice!
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    damn that's clean

    I want the turbo'd solstice


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    Quote Originally Posted by blacktc
    love these cars tails look god but my opinon is like many others ont his one loose the wheels the stockers are actually really nice
    sadly, those are a $2,000 option wheel when you buy the car
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  19. 05-07-2007, 10:17 PM #19
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    thats very nice keep it up
    project- boost coming soon !
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    I'm moving to columbus this weekend. we should get together sometime so I can see the car I decided not to buy
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    Although I am not a fan of the platform, I must admit it looks pretty good. (but without those wheels and license plate frame it would look even better)
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    it maybe a 2k option but wheels and tires what did that guy spend on the wheels and tires on there now?
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    Is it true you ahve to take the side fender off to get to the battery?
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    Quote Originally Posted by blacktc
    it maybe a 2k option but wheels and tires what did that guy spend on the wheels and tires on there now?
    You're a slow learner. Those are the $2k optional wheels. BTW, SMS is short for Saturn MotorSports

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackshine007
    You're a slow learner. Those are the $2k optional wheels. BTW, SMS is short for Saturn MotorSports
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    wait im comfused and i feel really stupid now the wheels that are on there now or these wheels are an option?
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    If you used punctuation, it would be so much easier to answer your questions.

    Pretty much all cars have standard wheels available as well as a set or maybe many sets you can choose from to upgrade, for a fee of course.

    The stock wheels of the Sky Redline look like those, but are not chrome. You can upgrade to the chrome version you show or you can go further and upgrade to the even more showy chrome wheels on the car in the first post.
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    oh ok got ya i didnt realize the wheels that he had on there were a factory option either way i dont like em and the ones i put up are the standard wheels for both the regualr sky and red line
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    Very Nice.. I love that car....




    You sure are parked pretty close to that curb....
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    nice
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    Give me that car and $10,000 and it would look like a work of art. It needs a set of Volk's on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ran Kizama

    Also, that has to be the weirdest cup-holder placement ever. (o_O)
    Yeap, one slip of the hand off of the shifter and it's Dr Pepper for everyone, all over the center console, broken cup holder and pissed off GF.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2.3 Evo 8
    Give me that car and $10,000 and it would look like a work of art. It needs a set of Volk's on it.
    I'm not a baller extraoordinaire yet. Maybe I'll have some $$ for baller rims like te37s in gunmetal in a year when I'm back from iraq for good, haha.

    FWIW theres a long long (4-6 month) wait on ordering one of these. This car was sitting at the dealer, and had the wheels on it. It was a no-brainer.

    HPTuners is almost done finally breaking into the PCM on these cars... claiming 40+hp and 80+ tq on an otherwise unmodified car. Nastiness will come...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spinner
    HPTuners is almost done finally breaking into the PCM on these cars... claiming 40+hp and 80+ tq on an otherwise unmodified car. Nastiness will come...
    Nice, any OEM turbocharged platform will respond heartily to mods.

    I was trying to get my mom to look into one of these a couple weeks ago but she ended up getting a Volvo C70 instead.
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    Lose the turbo emblem. If your bling is not a bigger turbo, then that emblem is wider than the stock turbo.

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    Not feelin the wheels or the license plate frame, but the rest is sick. Nice car man. Quad exhaust FTW! i ran a 14.06...haha im faster
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    Nice, i like the seats.
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