email4walker

Sweet.

You may want to call the dealer. When I bought my rims the stock wheel offset was nowhere on the internet (nowhere that was official info). I called the dealer, and if I remember right, the offset was 40mm. It has been awhile, but I thought the lower offset number means the wheel will stick out XX mm more and the higher offset means the wheel will go in to the wheel well XX mm more. I bring up the whole offset thing because if the factory rims offset is 35, your rims MIGHT look funny going 7mm deeper into the wheel well, and yes, you will notice the 7mm difference (I notice my 5mm difference). If the offset is 40mm, a 2mm difference will not be a big deal. Either way, your rims should fit. The question is how will they look. Where did you find your black rims?

Without seeing it, it is hard to say what they did wrong. Having all your lights on at the same time is reason enough for them to fix it, because like you said, I thought it was not allow also. Other guys on here have your same headlight setup and thier HIDs work fine, but they did it themselves. Maybe they will chime in on what you can do. Hope it works out.

"cover your butt", definitely! Words to live by....

I have never heard of blowing a engine because you miss a oil change (on a regular car). I would think if it does come up, you could just say you change your own oil. They could still say prove it, but then you could say prove the problem was caused by a lack of a oil change. Dilbert had a funny cartoon one time. It basically said they make a product and then give it some high maintenance intervals so they don't have to honor the warranty. They said they were "using the law to fight off justice".

I never heard of this problem. I'm not sure what they are talking about. HIDs basically (long story short) plug into the low beam connector. I don't see why they would need to trick the computer at all. They must have done something that was totally different than a basic install. Read the install instruction above and compair it to your setup and see if they did something different. Also ask them have they installed HIDs before. Do you have the instructions they used?

I'm not sure on the residual value. Here in Michigan, I have seen leases going for $199 up to $250 (3 year 36,000 miles). It depends on the dealer you go to.

Good work Bugs. I can use this

Did you do your rears to match your fronts? I thought about ordering my rotors and pads from ebay, but I was not sure about the quality. How are they holding up?

I ran some. Like RAV said, they don't last long. You will get a year if your lucky. Your better off with HIDs. They will last the life of the car. After I bought 2 sets of Silverstars Ultras in less than a year and half, that paid for a set of HIDs. Use silverstars for your high beams.

Sweet rims, but very high priced.

For all of you that have your cargo covers for sale, I would like to buy one. Send me your prices and I'll buy the lowest. I am in USA. Thanks.

I'm happy too. Why do you ask?

Open your hood, look at the area around where the hood latch is. Look from left to right, you should see some small round black buttons. Get a screw driver and gently pull them up. That will unhook the top part of the bumper so you can get behind it. I would assume there are more underneath the front end to remove the whole bumper. There are some in the wheel well too. Becareful, you need them to put the bumper back on. If you break some, you need to go to autozone and pickup some more for about $5(that will get you 7 of them I think). The dealer is charging $5 each pin!

So, did you get it? How do you like it?

If it is a 2009, you should have a lifetime trans warrenty. Take it in for a look.

You can go with sylvania SilverStars for the hi beams. I bought the generic kind off ebay for my hi beams. To be honest, after running HIDs for the low beams, nothing can compair to them.

Here in the US, it runs about $300-$600. It really depends on the size. I like sunroofs too, but keep in mind, if youre buying the car, 8 years from now there is a very good chance it could start to leak. If you plan on driving the car until it dies, you may want to skip the sunroof. Thats just my opinion. I had a few sunroof issues on lease cars; I can't imagine what would happen in the long run.

I'm in Michigan and I have my SE steel rims with hubcaps I will sell for cheap. I perfer someone pick them up because I really don't want to ship them. To much trouble and the shipping price is crazy.

Yep, I had the same problem. I had to order my rims. No one in the area had rims that would fit, and I do mean no one. I ordered mine from tirerack.com . Everything worked great with them. But your guy is right, the selection is a little slim. On the bright side, once you do pick your rims, chances are no one will have them. I have seen only one car (not a journey) with rims like mine. Be careful of tire places saying they have rims that will fit. A lot of rims that might fit have big offset and will mess up the car in the long run. Your doing the right thing by doing your homework. Don't get a rim that has a offset bigger that 5mm over stock. Any offset larger than that, you will be taking a chance of bending your axles over time. Good luck in your search!

I use synthetic Amsoil oil in mine. I change the oil (based on the oil recommendations) every 10,000 miles. I have never got oil warning light. And yes, the SE does have a oil warning.

It is not bad quality, it is a cost savings on our part and a safety issue. If you are rear ended, the repair cost will be cheap because of the way they designed it. They made it so in a minor fender bender it will do the least amount of damage to the whole car. If you look at other cars that you may consider "better bumpers" , if your rear ended, not only do they need to change the bumper, now they would have to look at the side panels and the trunk for damage. Think of it this way, it is like a race car. It is better for the bumper to rip off vs the bumper staying on and causing the car (and you) major damage, plus a lot of money. That is why the make race cars so they break apart in a crash, it is safer and cheap to fix. All automakers are doing it now. Go up to a really nice car (don't get caught) and give the bumper a good push, you'll see they are the same way. Underneath a car bumper is fiberglass and in some cases foam. The bumper may feel more rigid, but don't be fooled, it is built to be ripped off in a crash. Unless it is a pickup truck, the front and rear is plastic, foam and fiberglass. Believe or not, the more expensive cars use more fiberglass, foam and plastic so it can be lighter. A car that weighs well over a metric ton can't be fast. (look at the journey speed for example....)

The radiator area of the car (the front bumper) is sealed off and these hole let the extra air escape.

They seem ok. I will say this, a good kit will have a lifetime or 5+ year warrenty. I can't find the warrrenty information on those anywhere.

I bought mine off ebay, but the ebay store was also a local seller in my area. I did it that way just in case something went wrong, I could find them and use the warrenty. Just make sure your seller is located in the U.S. . There is a lot of them on there from overseas. Some kits do come with a relay harness. If it says complete, just make sure it has a relay harness. Oh yeah, if they say you don't need one, don't believe it. You need one.