{2003 Eclipse GTS}

[Gallus]

Sup guys I bought my GTS 4 years ago completely stock and I just joined club3g, I've done some mods to it since then. Let me know what you guys think!





Black turn signals and projector headlights




Plasti-dipped rims with chrome lip, red calipers, blacked out tailights, LED license plate light, LED reverse light (blacked out also).




R8/SST striping, dual black & grey pin stripe.




6000k HID hi/lo kit




yellow fog lights



Projector headlights again!



Decepticon Emblem and my cousins 04 Tiburon GTv6


I also have a Cat-Back exhaust (3in piping w 4in tip) and a short ram intake.

[Got Rice Boy]

Eclipse R8.....

[Gallus]

yea, took styling cues from the R8 and the SST concept, turned out nice in my opinion.

[whose5that]

Love that styling...minus the decepticon but nice looking

[Thrice0805]

Hmm it's definitely different. I feel like the black on the doors work, but not a fan of the front bumper and pinstripes. The lights and wheels look good. Overall, pretty decent job. It looks clean.

[Gallus]

yea I wasn't that sure about the front bumper when i was doing the drawings but any other striping patter would break the natural lines of the car, its all plasti dip so i can remove it any day! lol

[Gallus]

thanks, I love the way the R8 is styled and the back quarter panels allow for then to be painted without looking weird or out of place.

[ADRIENNE]

Looks really good. Interior shots? I <3 plastidip

[Gallus]

these were taken before doing all the exterior work, the interior is completely stock besides the shift knob and a red switch I had to wire to the horn because the horn on the steering wheel doesn't work (you can see it in the first pic) lol

[Thrice0805]

I love the R8 style too, your interior looks really clean as well. How many miles do you have on your car?

[Gallus]

I bought it with 98k and it now has 120k so I think it has good mileage considering its an 03 and that I drive it up and down florida.

[whose5that]

Yes way for Florida!! Don't see many non stock 3Gs around.

[BaMbAM]

nice work on the back quarter panels. Did you paint your rear windows with plasti dip too?

[Gallus]

I know man! I've seen only around 5 or less that have any type of mods.

[Gallus]

yea I did, it makes the whole section look as one. At first I didn't because i thought it would look weird but it actually looks better.

[Alsouqi]

Originally Posted by Gallus

yea, took styling cues from the R8 and the SST concept

I think it looks bad.

[Centurin]

For some reason when I look at your car, I think of Sam Elliott. Not that it's a bad thing, mind you.

[rsingh12]

Looks like shit

[grfft3r]

Definitely out of the ordinary.

[ToqirM]

So when is the rear v10 engine swap gonna happen?

[Tx4Codeman]

While a weird approach, it's good seeing something different.

[bwracing00]

the 1/4 stripe i like but the bumper stripe eh other then that the car is different and looks good keep up the work.

[NFSEclipseGT]

The doors look great. I am pretty sure that I would have done the bumper in reverse order (bottom with grill and fogs) in black, continued it down the side skirts, and then had a custom CF diffuser made. The black on the trunk looks awkward for some reason.

Where in Florida are you?

[thahnic1080]

i give you credit for trying something different. I dont think anybody has tried that paint scheme. But in my opinion it looks like shit.

Lose the decepticon badges too they look silly.

[Chad]

I at trying to compare a 3K dollar car to a 100K+ car.

[Mattt]

[KidKobe210]

I can get past the stripe. But the bumper and trunk lid look like shit. I don't know why people think painting that portion of the 03 bumper is a good idea. Interior is clean at least.

[Silvertune]

If you don't have the balls to actually paint your shit then don't do it. Fuck plastidip.

[RicoSmooth]

I think it was a alright idea. Just poorly executed. As stated above, Get it really painted and it will probably look a whole lot better than some plasti-dip.

[NFSEclipseGT]

Originally Posted by Silvertune

If you don't have the balls to actually paint your shit then don't do it. Fuck plastidip.

This. So much this.

[ccarrillo717]

I think it looks like shit and is idiotic

[Gallus]

That's a good idea, I might try that later on when I get my lip kit. I study in Orlando but live in Palm Beach, you?

[Gallus]

The idea comes from the original SST concept which was the concept of this car.

[Gallus]

If you have balls at all don't take your pic from a child's cartoon.

[Gallus]

I did this just to see how it would look, I've done many designs to it already, on whatever I end up liking best I'm going to get the whole car painted again. It would be dumb to waste money and repainting the car various times.

[Gallus]

haha who know why, I don't even know who that guy is.

[yahh]

Originally Posted by Gallus

I did this just to see how it would look, I've done many designs to it already, on whatever I end up liking best I'm going to get the whole car painted again. It would be dumb to waste money and repainting the car various times.

You showed it off because you were proud of it and the way it looks. If you did it for just you to see then you wouldn't of posted it online. If you like it be proud of it and don't try to come up with excuses. Honestly I think it looks like shit.

[Mattt]

You're more of a post whore than soupboy

[ccarrillo717]

Originally Posted by Gallus

If you have balls at all don't take your pic from a child's cartoon.

What does this mean

[Gallus]

hahaha coming from a guy with a superman poodle pic, thanks for the input though

[ccarrillo717]

Originally Posted by Gallus

hahaha coming from a guy with a superman poodle pic, thanks for the input though

Coming from the guy who thinks his eclipse is a transformer, too cheap to use real paint, paints his stock wheels, and prolly has an eBay intake and exhaust

[Gallus]

yea the point was to make something different, Everybody with an eclipse either blacks the whole thing out or buys a lip kit, paint the grill part black and get a black/CF hood lol

[Gallus]

Yea Im proud of it, never said I wasn't. I just don't like to throw money away re painting my car if I ever want to change striping. Thanks for the input though just trying something different instead of the common full blacked out eclipse or lip kit with grill part black.

[stylez]

What I like:
Front corners
Yellow Fogs

What I'm OK with:
Plasti-coated wheels. As long as its temporary and you eventually upgrade to better wheels.
Pin-striping.

What I don't like:
Pretty much everything else. You have too many different color lights going on up front. There is too much blue in your headlights/HID and it doesn't compliment the amber turns or yellow fogs at all. I'd disconnect the halo's (because really, halos only belong on BMW's) and trade in that 6k HID for a 4300K to get a purer white light.

I don't like the coated rear quarter windows. I think you made the already bad blind spots on this car even worse.

Ditch the vinyl work. The pin-stripe is subtle enough to make a visual difference without being overbearing. Less is more.

No details on your cat-back but it looks like it points down?? Maybe it's just the angle of the pic.

And you need a short shifter something fierce.

[stylez]

And another idea that relatively cheap and easy:
Color match your side mirrors.

[NFSEclipseGT]

Originally Posted by Gallus

That's a good idea, I might try that later on when I get my lip kit. I study in Orlando but live in Palm Beach, you?

I live in Winter Park. I work for UCF and will continue to (likely) until I go back to get my Ph'D. Even then, I might stay in Orlando at UCF.

If you need anything for the Eclipse, let me know. I have been dying to put together a turbocharger and big brake (I don't fuck around) kit for the 3G. I have some other things that I want to try, as well.

[Gallus]

Its uniqueness man something you don't have, and my exhaust is custom as well as my intake.

[NFSEclipseGT]

Also, I have a set of grey powder-coated Evolution X GSR wheels, if you are interested. I have a couple of ideas on how to bring this whole paint scheme together. The front and rear are the problem.

[Gallus]

Yea the wheels are temporary, in the future Im gonna get larger rims with more offset so i can do the swap for the evo brakes. Im not gonna color match the mirrors because after I settle on a striping pattern im going to get it painted so they match the gloss of the side mirrors. I was debating on the 6000ks top because I was looking for pure white and thought 4300 was too stock since that's OEM HIDs. Thanks for the input though I appreciate it.

[Gallus]

Nice man! thats a good project, yea I study Mechanical Engineering at UCF and live close to campus. How much are you asking for those wheels?

[Gallus]

haha that'll be cray, the stripes are enough for me.

[Gallus]

Thats the plan man!

[stylez]

Originally Posted by Gallus

Its uniqueness man something you don't have

Was this directed at me?

[Gallus]

Originally Posted by newdie

You're more of a post whore than soupboy

What does this mean?

[NFSEclipseGT]

Originally Posted by Gallus

Nice man! thats a good project, yea I study Mechanical Engineering at UCF and live close to campus. How much are you asking for those wheels?

$450 picked up. They are good quality Enkei wheels. You could easily track the car with them on. Plus, if you troll around on local forums, you can sometimes find a set of STi Dunlop SP600 tires (245/40/18) basically new for really cheap, which are perfect for these wheels.

[Gallus]

Originally Posted by stylez

Was this directed at me?

no haha, to ccarrillo717

[thahnic1080]

someone seems a lil butt hurt over negative comments over his car.

[Gallus]

Originally Posted by NFSEclipseGT

$450 picked up. They are good quality Enkei wheels. You could easily track the car with them on. Plus, if you troll around on local forums, you can sometimes find a set of STi Dunlop SP600 tires (245/40/18) basically new for really cheap, which are perfect for these wheels.

nice, ill check them out. when you say cheap its around what?

[NFSEclipseGT]

I found a set, not too long ago, for $400. Star Specs aren't too much more than that, brand new ($650 or so). Down here, you can run those year round.

[Gallus]

Originally Posted by thahnic1080

someone seems a lil butt hurt over negative comments over his car.

naw i just like to answer to all comments good and bad, nice blacked out eclipse btw.