Dru's 2003 GS

[dru497]

Here are some pics right after I bought her $6500 with 78,000 miles






Now for the ride after, slowly with some mods (20% tint, exhaust, intake, stickers, headunit, headlights, plastidip emblems)
































And now some pics with some friends! and snow!

[KrazyX24]

Congrats and Welcome, nice and clean! I would say before you get into modding it (if thats in your plans) get up on the maintenance first, so engine/tranny oil, belts, hoses and of course motor mounts! Whats on your list for future mods, cause you know some wheels and drop are needed? Aside from that swap out those stock tails, turns and reverse lights.

[treehead]

glad you went with the illest and japanese stickers, definitely the illest jdm car I've seen

[dru497]

Originally Posted by KrazyX24

Congrats and Welcome, nice and clean! I would say before you get into modding it (if thats in your plans) get up on the maintenance first, so engine/tranny oil, belts, hoses and of course motor mounts! Whats on your list for future mods, cause you know some wheels and drop are needed? Aside from that swap out those stock tails, turns and reverse lights.

Thanks! and I had that done before I bought the car besides the belts lol. I'm prolly around 20k (at the worst) away from needing a new clutch too but it grabs fine for now. As far as the lights, I have blacked out corners and turn signals coming in which leaves me with the tail lights and 3rd light to swap out, but I didn't find any I like yet, so I'm taking my time with that. The roads are pretty crappy where I live (city hardly fixes streets) so there's holes everywhere lol but I wanna drop her 2 inches and put 18's on as well lol After I was thinking a front strut bar, some new headers, sub, amp, better brakes when I need them (I think I'm gonna need rotors soon), and afterwards I'll work on keeping her as clean as possible. Nothing too crazy like a turbo or anything - I'll wait for a WRX after college lol. And if i decide not to drop it. I'll see how it looks with gloss plastidip for the wheels and if I don't like it, I'll just rip it off lol the kid with the Saab 9-3 did it for me

[03Quicksilver3G]

Clean stocker!

[dru497]

This is her up to date, although black corner lights are going on all around on Saturday!













I need 18's and a two inch drop in the future. But I live in a crappy town so I dont wanna crack my front end

[Zachman3340]

I like the clean look!

I also have a GS, so if you need any tips or advice just hit me up. I'll see what I can help with.

[dru497]

thanks a lot! and will do!

[MrJvcksxn]

looks pretty clean, but sticker removal should be your first mod..

[furikuri]

Originally Posted by MrJvcksxn

looks pretty clean, but sticker removal should be your first mod..

I second that, remove those stickers

[Menace]

Those stickers have added at least an extra 25hp

[DHaughton27]

Originally Posted by treehead

glad you went with the illest and japanese stickers, definitely the illest jdm car I've seen

Originally Posted by MrJvcksxn

looks pretty clean, but sticker removal should be your first mod..

+1. The car will look much cleaner without those pointless stickers. Only heavily modded cars can pull off that look (and even then it can be too much). If you really must leave the stickers though at least have ones that apply to our cars...and there's no need to advertise for Mitsubishi with that sticker. You already have the Mitsu emblem on the front and back of your car.

Future mods of a 2" drop and 18s sound good. I wouldn't worry about cracking your front bumper as long as you drive carefully. Clean stocker though

[KrazyX24]

Originally Posted by dru497

Thanks! and I had that done before I bought the car besides the belts lol. I'm prolly around 20k (at the worst) away from needing a new clutch too but it grabs fine for now. As far as the lights, I have blacked out corners and turn signals coming in which leaves me with the tail lights and 3rd light to swap out, but I didn't find any I like yet, so I'm taking my time with that. The roads are pretty crappy where I live (city hardly fixes streets) so there's holes everywhere lol but I wanna drop her 2 inches and put 18's on as well lol After I was thinking a front strut bar, some new headers, sub, amp, better brakes when I need them (I think I'm gonna need rotors soon), and afterwards I'll work on keeping her as clean as possible. Nothing too crazy like a turbo or anything - I'll wait for a WRX after college lol. And if i decide not to drop it. I'll see how it looks with gloss plastidip for the wheels and if I don't like it, I'll just rip it off lol the kid with the Saab 9-3 did it for me

Sweet, sounds like a good plan. Yea Im kinda in the same position, I want to go low but the roads are absolute ass here, and turning out of parking lots and such would result in a Top Gear Lamborghini moment. I had 18s on it but didn't like the feel, so I put some 17" Enkei's (not Evo VIII ) and some Kumho's and it feels a lot better.

[dru497]

You guys are flaming me for the stickers.. come on now lol I just wanted to make it look a little different. I'm gonna change my car around from time to time so I'm gonna end up shying away from the whole sticker thing anyway. As soon as I find some 17's or 18's ill do that.

[dru497]

The stickers are still on lol but I got new markers and tinted the headlights and tail lights. I think coilovers/springs and rims are next.

[blackspydergt]

Tinted headlights? Oo boy.


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[Nerdbird]

Ya that's safe

[iHamzaDev]

Tinted headlights, not a good idea. If you really want black style headlights, it would be a good idea to invest in some Sonars or Depos with black housing. That's what most people have done.

[treehead]

gets worse each time

[fast gt]

Yup you don't want reduced visibility by tinting your headlights

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[dru497]

I have 8000k HID's lol they're bright enough. And it's a tint film, its not like window tint. if there's a cop I just throw them on and its fine.

[3gEclipse86]

[iHamzaDev]

[jstewart92]

You should stop and do some research before you do anything else to the car. You should definitely reconsider using HIDs in the OEM style lights, and also reconsider having the tint.

[treehead]

Originally Posted by dru497

I have 8000k HID's lol they're bright enough. And it's a tint film, its not like window tint. if there's a cop I just throw them on and its fine.

so if there's a cop around you just throw on your hid's in your reflector headlights and blind them...?

[blackspydergt]

I've tinted my old own headlights for car shows we have in town, there's no way on earth you can see good. 8000k doesn't put out more light than a regular halogen bulb, please get new headlights For your safety.


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[jstewart92]

Originally Posted by treehead

so if there's a cop around you just throw on your blue hid's in your reflector headlights and blind them...?

Fixed Also, blue headlights are illegal.