Interior Omiotek custom triple dash & painted trim black headliner conversion Blackcat Customs gauge cluster Auto Meter pillar gauge pod AEM boost & oil pressure gauges (A-pillar) Aeroforce Interceptor triple-gauge cluster (dash) Eclipse AVN-726E head unit MOMO e-brake handle WERKS seat braces & rear seat delete JDM Recaros Powell Raceshop harness bar Wheels, Tires & Brakes 18x8' MSR 045 wheels 225/45R18 Bridgestone RE-11s stock Brembo brakesĮxterior Omiotek tinted taillights, black housing headlights, black Bowtie emblems, window tint, ’02 Camaro SS badges Suspension Powell Raceshop subframe braces, 1.25' (f) & 1.5' (r) antisway bars, rotated mounts & steering rack spacers Powergrid sway bar endlinks Pedders springs/stock strut combo Pop your head inside Matt’s Cobalt and you’ll also immediately notice the WERKS rear seat delete, along with the blacked-out interior trim and headliner.Įngine Modifications WERKS PTE 5557 billet wheel turbo kit, downpipe w/ cutout, cat-back exhaust, Race intercooler w/ heat-extractiown coating, crash beam, chargepipes, intake manifold, intake w/ AEM DryFlow filter & coolant reservoir TIAL Q blow-off valve Boomba catch canĮngine Management WERKS hp tuners reflash by Dave Gilbert at Performance Autowerksĭrivetrain Spec Stage 3+ clutch & lightweight flywheel B&M shifter The Black Cat Custom 120-mph main gauge cluster is also a pretty cool piece, allowing you to choose whatever LED color you want and add custom logos or names like Matt has (note the Omiotek name on the speedo). Matt’s known best for his custom interior work, most notably his Omiotek custom triple-gauge dash housing, which he’s filled with a trio of Aeroforce Inteceptor digital gauges (capable of displaying over 100 parameters). Powell Raceshop also fabbed up a custom harness bar so Matt can strap himself down into the fresh set of JDM Recaros he installed. GM equipped the SS Turbo with some seriously stout Brembo brakes, so Matt didn’t need to touch this part of his Cobalt, but for grip to match the grunt provided by the upgraded turbo system a super sticky set of Bridgestone RE-11s to go along with Pedders springs and struts and a whole host of custom goodies from Powell Raceshop, including subframe braces, front and rear antisway bars and steering rack spacers. Sure, I did bolt-ons, but then I wanted more from the car.” As you can see, that didn’t last long too long. At first I told myself this was just going to be my daily driver, and I wasn’t going to do anything more than bolt-ons. That’s when I picked up the Cobalt for a steal from a dealership here in Illinois.

After the papers were signed, the night before I was going to pick it up someone broke into the dealership and stole a bunch of parts off six of his cars, including the EVO, which had about $18K worth of exterior, interior and performance parts on it. Next I started looking into EVOs, but they were mostly beat, too, but I did finally find one I had my heart set on. So I moved on to looking for a ’04–07 STI, but the astronomical insurance rates shut me down on that one. “Originally, I was looking for a SRT-4, but they were all beat to crap, and when I finally found a clean one the dealer was unwilling to negotiate on price. “I acquired my Cobalt in March of 2009 after a long, hard road of car shopping,” Matt says.

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