Bought an '05 CTS 3.6L Sandstorm about 2 weeks ago. Love the car so far. Not many american made sedans out there that are actually fun to drive. Just checked gas mileage at 22.4 mpg combined city hwy. Not bad considering the power and fact I have been getting on it a bit. I like the fact that everyone and their brother doesn't own one. My previous car was an '00 Impala LS which seems to be as abundant as a Camry, not to mention boring to drive. Not too crazy about the steering wheel controls as they control things I dont care to control from those locations. Only issue I see so far is a clunk or bump type noise in the front end at highway speeds when hitting overpasses or pavement level changes. Reminds me of when the steering shaft went out on the Impala. Tires still have 50% wear at 17k. I just had them siped which really works well on the wet roads. Future upgrades will be a Volant air intake, billet or V grill and possible exhaust someday. What wheels look and fit the best on these cars ?
The wheel thing is a big question, so many choices. 18"'s fill the wells and keep the compliant ride, but as you'll see from the many pics, 20"'s are fairly common. Mild to wild, chrome to painted go to www.tirerack.com and take a look at the selections. You can even put yor vehicle in its color on the page to see how it looks with your wheel selection. Good luck and enjoy, and welcome to the forum.
:welcome: Plenty of options and opinions out there. This forum is a great place to start. You many also want to see more pictures at cardomain.com. Check out my ride with 20's at the link below.:bling:
Welcome to the forum! Here you will find plenty of usefull information, blah blah blah blahblah Hmmm, I think I have a clunk too, I try not to notice so I also turn up the tunes... I only have about 10,000kms on mine though, and I vaguely remember it doing that from day one... oh well. As for rims, you will find 20's to be very attractive and usefull for adding a slightly sportier edge onto your CTS rather than the factory wheels.
I thought We could put together an interchange thread for the engine since so many people are having issues and GM doesn't provide the interchange info. If you are or have swapped out your engine post the into here. What engine did you use? What parts did you have to remove from the old...
'06 CTS 3.6 PCV Valve will not come out. Nothing really to use for leverage and none of my tricks worked so far. Probably need to take out the Battery next for more work room, but in the meantime, any ideas?
Would love to use a mini Slide Hammer, but I don't believe there is such a thing...
Good Morning All,
I joined a few years back and have benefited greatly from all the information you all have freely shared with fellow first generation CTS owners. After reading the posts, I have come to understand and appreciate that you all don't suffers fools easily. If I make any foolish...
Hey everyone,
Recently ive been looking into installing a catch can to help with the oil consumption in my 07 CTS 3.6l. During my install, I ended up breaking the plastic pcv tube that inserts into the intake itself. I tried several ways to remove the tube with the nub that was sticking out but...
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