once upon a G

[Z]

this thread will bring back memories to older members and new members will get to know me

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arriving from the dealer, on a nice sunny SoCal winter. December of 02. 2003 Galant V6 GTZ rims... if she would have only know what was to become of her.
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didn't take long before i was testing placement of sub box. 2 12" Boston comps
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green window tint all around
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stock fogs replaced with Hella fogs with halo rings
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stock stereo system was replaced. Alpine mp3 HU, JL 6 1/2s on front doors, JL tweets, JL 6x9s in rear deck, JL 300/4 powering all speakers. no subs just yet till a later on. Bostons 12s were powered by a cheap kenwood amp. the beginning of the SPL madness...
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SoCal winter...
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Utah winter... rocking the black TYC tails
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TYC black tails
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lended the go to a eRacings, not to be mixed up with eRac1ng. project was a USDM urethane bodykit. the beginning of the front
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test front before mold. eRacings screwed up on the style of the front and therefore people lost interest.
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sides and rear lip
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rear lip
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booty shot
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after a few months at eRacings shop, G came home with stock unpainted front since mine was just for the test front. also testing 99 chrome heads with clear corners. Didn't like them so...
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I cleared mine
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G went back to eracings then cameback with JDM cyber front. held by zip ties 8)
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cameback again from eracings shop. since urethane front was never gonna see the light of production, they gave me a full kit all around. traded MoChanges(first guy with complete JDM frontend conversion) my stock hood for his cf evo but you can see it was painted to match his G's color. i didn't mind cheap and no shipping costs.
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front, sides and rear. eracings USDM version of the kit. I guess at the time nobody knew that there was a USDM version and people were moding the JDM to fit better.
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the birth of the ricer. Black car, white kit, green window tint and barcelona red hood, green underbody neons, low profile aluminum spoiler or park bench, however you wanna call it. stock height 8) i look back and i think "what the hell was i thinking!"
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Neons at night
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Neons inside
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another shot
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clear needles with green bulbs...not leds
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FGed and covered bottom pocket of the radio bezel
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Panasonic flip out screen indash dvd/cd/mp3/tv player. light switches and volts meter hocked up to the battery
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oooh the all mighty grand turismo 2
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fitting the PS2 inside the glove box
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2.5" lcd screen
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molded to pillar
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fitted
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The Last Samurai
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IR/Night vision camera testing
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testing on flip out screen
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Tripple gauge pod molded
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finished. since i didn't really need it, sold it
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testing the idea of dual halo heads. as pointed by reelax i think, it wouldn't be safe driving around at night with fog lamps as headlamps so i never really did it. another fellow member of the old GF copied me and drove around with them...
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testing
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close up
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mean ass look
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went and got aftermarket heads for a honda and test them out
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they didn't work out either as they were cheap as heads and projector wasnt any better than the hella fogs. should have followed astig's tutorial.
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shaved emblems... nice and smooth
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injen CAI intake. just about the only thing i've messed with as far as my engine goes. notice i didn't say only "mod" 8) i've learned better than to call it a mod
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hmmm JL.......... hmmm 500/1.......... i wonder what that could mean...
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ah yes, the W7 the first one 8)
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all nice and centered. one big ass box for a 12" sub uh
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got a call one day, i guess out of a trial run, only one front came out alright and it was mine if i wanted
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sorry for the stupid watermark
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after a couple of years of running a round in a rainbow looking g i finally primered the kit
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booty shot
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made my biggest mistake, molded the rear bumper
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molded and sporting 18" wheels that i bought from Cali
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aah yes, can't forget about the time i found on the side of the road a front bumper in two pieces. amazingly enough older honda preludes kinda seemed to fit almost the 8g...
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fiberglassed
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bondo'ed... btw it was a knock off of the black widow kit from ground designs 2000
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tragedy struck one night in january. during that month it rained like crazy. water wasn't that high when i tried going across, but my CAI choked the engine and made the g stop half way across the puddle. it was sad but i got to see the water go higher and higher and higher my 18's were covered in water by the time the towtruck came. me and other people that were also stuck were gonna try to push the cars out of the water but police didnt let us...
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insurance covered the damages. total bill came to 5,000 i think. a couple for the dealer cus they had to do minor things like flushing the oil a couple of times. fortunately water didnt get inside the engine. the rest of the expenses came from the audio shop. they had to replace my 2 months old flip out($1,600), 300/4 amp($400), 1 W7($700) and custom triple 12" enclosure
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threesome of 12" W7s and threesome of 500/1s with caps on each side, custom enclosure
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size of the port compared to standard dvd disc...
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honda accord powerfolding mirros with blue leds from this point on i would say it would be "G V2.0"
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blue underbody leds
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blue outside, blue inside, S7 gauges, blue led needles
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mirrors folded in, lights on
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from rainbow looking to black diamond in the rough. black gtz rims
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black window tint replaced the green, blue lights replaced the green lights all around. aluminum spoiler removed

No pics yet, but tragedy struck again. G was crash on my way to work one morning. Insurance was contemplating taking away the g to car heaven. last minute estimates and market value of galants in the area gave the g a 3rd chance. total bill this time was almost $9k...

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G comes home. Still rocking the cyber front, new heads and invader hood
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for the first time since 2003, the g was all black all around
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the rough diamond was polished
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my black diamond

no, there's no happily ever after ending, the book ain't close on this G just yet...

[pinoyesv6]

that stock hood looks really familiar. hehe its on my car now lolz

[Z]

how did that happen?

[pinoyesv6]

how did that happen?

you traded your stock hood to mochanges.

mochanges sold his car to 9G

9G traded the hood for a tranny flush.

[Hodgson316]

haha nice recap! i remember that multicolored whip!

[komodo]

wow interesting read.

[mrjaydeeone]

nice story. lotta changes your galant went through bro.

[9G]

small world.

[djflex167]

that car went through a lot! man good luck with it!

[racesnos]

what a great story. i am damn impressed with the forthcoming of your G ride man!

[RedGalant2k1]

Nice to see you back, and thats a lot of transformations.

I wonder if MoChanges is still around at all...if you are Mo, speak up.

[ShiZnitH]

Lots of changes on that G :lol:

[krazienluv10]

glad too see ya back...

last i heard of mo was back in 05 when he was trying to sell me his car at one of our meets lol

[WhiteGalant]

That was a good story.

[Galante]

I love the W7! Tight!

[quicksilver22]

damn Z, great to see you again.

at least you're not green still

[VegasMatt]

I miss the rainbow colored G. Glad its looking good again and that you are back!

[pinoyesv6]

i just realized something.

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thats my car.

[ASTIG]

wow...I got lost there for a second.

good job dude.

[Flutterbyfilms]

Cool to see all the changes your G went through over time.

Why do you say the biggest mistake was molding your rear bumper?

[polishmafia]

awesome story and history of your G. :)

[galantv600]

Havent been on in forever but good to see your car still running bud..

[mochanges]

Traded the hood for a tranny flush? Wow. You gotta do what you gotta do.

[RedGalant2k1]

Traded the hood for a tranny flush? Wow. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Holy back from the dead its MO!

How ya been Mo!

[JDM4G64T]

That was a good story.

Glad to see that the G is coming along nicely.....

[99 galant]

wow. now i know why you need the glove box haha i never saw this post for some reason. you have a nice G. that color of the paint hood was sick. id love a full G in that color

[mochanges]

Holy back from the dead its MO!

How ya been Mo!

Hey doing well, still in LA, back in grad school (again) but in my last year.

Rolling around in my 94 Miata, which I originally bought as a track car but it's too much fun to leave in the garage.

Looks like everyone is rockin the JDM front ends now, pretty sweet. Has anyone gone rear wheel drive or AWD yet with an 8G?