Carmax eh, how much did you pay?
Gabe's '03 Spyder GTS
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Gabe's '03 Spyder GTS
Purchased: February 2014 w/ 62,139 miles for $7,999+tax.
Current Mileage: 77,317
Theme: Black with some Blue
Current Modifications
Performance
- K&N Typhoon Blue CAI with Blue Dryfilter
- Megan Racing Short Throw Shifter
- Aluminum Shifter Cable Bushings
- ES Shifter Base Bushings
- Enkei Fujin 18" Wheels wrapped in Continental All-Season Extremecontact DWS FOR SALE
- Evo 8/9 Cream Soda Blue Brembos with Stoptech pads and centric blanks.
- Goodridge SS Brake Lines
Exterior
- Skyline Tail Lights
- Smoked Depo Turns
- Shaded 3rd Brake Light
- Shaded Marker/reverse lights
- Custom Black and Chrome edged emblems
- Debadged
- Alloy Fuel Door
- 6000k Dual Halo Depo's, by Iconic Designz
- 6000k Halo Foglights also , by Iconic Designz
- White LED License Plate Light
- Wings West Rear Lip
- Wings West Side Skirts
- Gorrilla Open Ended Cream Soda blue Lugnuts
- Cream Soda Blue Gas Cap Screws
Interior
- Color Matched Door Stripe
- Black Leather Blue stitched shift boot
- Blue LED Underdash Lighting
- Blue Mishimoto Radiator Hoses
Audio System
- Pioneer AVH-X5600 Double Din Head unit
- Dual 10" Memphis Subs in the trunk.
- Audiobahn 1100W amp for subs
- Center Speaker Delete
Other
- Rear backup camera
- Gold Premium Battery
- White LED Trunk Lighting
- ScanguageII in place of clockpod.
- Deyeme Racing Battery Tie Down
- BPD Aluminum Radiator Mounts
Planned Modifications
Exterior
- Wings West W-Typ Front Lip
- VIS Xtreme Gt CF Hood (probably will get painted black. Don't like the CF look on black...)
- Vertical Lambo style doors
- Sniper Style Spoiler
- Niteshade my Taillights
- Black GrilleGuy Stiletto Grill with side inserts.
- Get a new front bumper
- New Black Paint Job
- Black Rhino Line the wheel wells
- Powder Coat Black my Fuel Door
Performance
- Megan EZ Street Coilovers or the regular ones, depends on how I feel at the time of actually doing them.
- ST Suspensions Rear Sway bar
- Megan Racing Front Tie Bar
- Megan Racing Rear Tie Bar
- Megan Racing Rear Trailing Arms
- Energy Shifter Bushings
- Ingalls Torque Damper
- Moog end links. Rear x2, FrontD, FrontP
- Ingalls Front Fastcam Bolts
- Ingalls Rear Control Arm
- Stainless Steel lines where they can be used
- Mishimoto Oil Cooler
- Mishimoto Aluminum Radiator
- Invidia N1 Cat-Back Exhaust - Stainless Steel Custom Y pipe with a second Invidia muffler? Suggestions on the setup for this would be great.
- Hushpower II Stainless Steel Resonator
- Hytech Headers
- Mochi Spyder Strut Bar
Interior and Other
- Buy 12" Alpine SWR-12D2 and build box with MTX Thunder 1000.1 amp
- Swap factory amp for Alpine PDX-F4 with Alpine SPR-60C's and 69's
- New Wiring for both Amps with this distro block, new speaker wire, sub speaker wire.
- Swap 12V plug for 2 USB ports, or install side by side.
- get a new dash
- Swap out for the 2012 Evo X Steering wheel and make it work, with Blue backlit buttons
- Blue LED's in the dash instead of stock color.
- Mirror light to LED
- Big 4 Wiring Upgrade 15' with this in-line fuse for the Alt.
- New Battery Terminals (will also take opinions)
- Blue Engine Dress-Up(strut bar, hoses, other...)
- New Black with Silver Counter Sink Pedals
- QuickLift Hood Dampers(might go Elite, really not sure)
- Some sound deadening...
- Mishimoto Constant Tensions T-Bolt Clamp
- NGK Blue Spark Plug Wire
- Led Light in Door Reflectors
Builds that have inspired me for what I want to do(not in any particular order):
fclass308, kobalt82, tulesto, Thrice0805, jstewart92, rsingh12, stveclrk, soundman98, and grfft3r.
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I agree with this, those miles are so low it would almost be a waste to swap it out for a different engine. I mean, it's all in what you want to do with the car, but I think the cost of swapping isn't really worth it when you look at the car as it is. And definitely if it's your daily, you'd probably benefit from leaving the engine in there. If it was high miles and looked like it was on its way out, I'd agree with a swap, but around 62k is something to appreciate. Nice start, though, very clean and purdy.
I wasn't planning on doing the "if it comes out paint it", that doesn't look good at all....but as you said just very subtle things.
I was going to debadge the car except for the logo's(at least for now) when I cleaned her for the first time over spring break when it's warm out.
In terms of the motor swap, at this point in time my desire is too do it, add turbo, and do a lot of engine stuff. In 5-6 years when I would actually have the time and money to do that I might completely change my mind. I just put that on the list because as of right now it's on my mind for the future.
Thanks for all the input and the welcomes though, it's great to be a part of the club.
EDIT: About rim size though, what would you say looks best? 17"? I just think the 15" looks too small and wanted to go bigger. I liked the look on nice sporty cars where the rim and wheel take up the entire wheel area and that's pretty much what I was going for.
I was going to debadge the car except for the logo's(at least for now) when I cleaned her for the first time over spring break when it's warm out.
In terms of the motor swap, at this point in time my desire is too do it, add turbo, and do a lot of engine stuff. In 5-6 years when I would actually have the time and money to do that I might completely change my mind. I just put that on the list because as of right now it's on my mind for the future.
Thanks for all the input and the welcomes though, it's great to be a part of the club.
EDIT: About rim size though, what would you say looks best? 17"? I just think the 15" looks too small and wanted to go bigger. I liked the look on nice sporty cars where the rim and wheel take up the entire wheel area and that's pretty much what I was going for.
Thanks!
I'm definitely getting a lot of good remarks about that one...and I like it so it looks like they're going to be it. I just need to double check to see if Brembo's could fit with them.
Successfully replaced the trunk lighting with some LED's that actually make the trunk visible...still need to arrange the trunk and fix the liner a bit. Probably going to be removing the spare and such too since when I have 18" RIMS that spare is no good anyway...
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Lol it happens to the best of us. But thank for the good luck...going to just take it to my local mechanic over spring break. If it's anything to do with the engine, trans, or drivetrain I have like 15 days and 150 miles left on my dealership warranty
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