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8g831
07-21-2009, 11:55 PM
So it started in the spring of 07 i get a call from my dad sayin his friend wants to get rid of a car for 1500,i say cool what kind he says mitsubishi galant v6,i say okay fine just get it imma see what i can do with it seeing as this was my first car

earliest pics i could find,first thing i did was the window tint
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/JustMe061.jpg
Fast forward to January 08 i get my rims:053:
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/Picture003.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/Picture.jpg
March 08.i come across tgc and first thing i see is the grill mod (infamous chicken wire experiment,first mod ever i tried it but it looked odd got clowned here but it was for the best:021:
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/Picture039.jpg
i got corrected here and it came out like this
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/Picture040.jpg
May 08-one day before i leave to santa monica i noticed a post with rollin parting out his G,i told him shoot me the visor and he did
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/Picture046-1.jpg
July 08 my first ever meet and it happens to be MOD im a little nervous to meet everybody but everybody was cool as hell
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/MOD%2008/mod08.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/MOD%2008/mod083.jpg
*that day jimmy called my car a 4by4,ever since then i said i gotta lower this thang before the next meet

august-september 08,i buy all my pieces together and drop the sucka
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/Picture-1.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/Picture050.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/gala.jpg[/IMG
November 09 come across frankv on the forums,says hes got some 3rd gens for sale i tell him hold em and i will get them
[IMG]http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/carpic1-1.jpg got them,megan muffler came beginning of 09
Dec 09 TGC socal meet
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/tgc1.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/inglewood.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/100_0382gmeet.jpg..wish i still had the hooter svideo with will on it but i got my phone stolen lol

April 09.Got some headlights from guttamitz,they come cracked so frankv fixes em,then he says might as well paint the housing black so thats what he does..
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/carpic5.jpg
wired the indi fogs too:spin:
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1703.jpg
June-July 09.Kenjuro is sellinbg his car and he has the mugen lip,he lets me know if i want it he will sell it to me seeing he lives 20 min away i buy it and start on the next project
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1722.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1721.jpg
wire to hold it
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1723.jpg
finished product
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1724.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1729.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1743-1.jpg
thanks Jimmy for the help.i love the lip but im in the middle of leaving it black or color matching,i post on tgc and i still wasnt sure then i was like lets go to get it colormatched...
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1756.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1758.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/4g63loverssig.jpg

July 09 MOD
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1767.jpg
early in the am
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF2389.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1798.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/mod091.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff134/polo831/DSCF1799.jpg<--im sorry will i had to do it hahaha lol

Thats so far what i got,my galant has come a long way to what it once was and i couldnt have been possible without TGC god how i love this forum its ridicolous,theirs too much people on here to name,but thanks to erybody that helped me in whatever way on this board without you these mods wouldnt be possible.future mods for this car:
Some 09 oem eclipse wheels for winter
Shift boot and shifter
panels redone
some engine mods other than the obvious

thanks for looking give me some suggestions on what i should do engine wise because i have no idea what to do other than the obvious,intake plugs etc..thanks

blue8g
07-22-2009, 12:06 AM
Nice progress! cool pics ^lol

IVORY_G
07-22-2009, 01:39 AM
LOL! Its all good! I look good with anything on, LOL!
Im mad that you bought you're car for $1500.00 tho! How many miles were on it?

jimmy_o2
07-22-2009, 01:52 AM
Looking good u should hit me up and come up one of these days before i start working soon let me know so i can get Frank to come too

wright06jhs
07-22-2009, 01:57 AM
The car looks great. That KYB and Megan spring drop looks great. I think that's what i'm going to go with on my Stratus.

8g831
07-22-2009, 02:09 AM
LOL! Its all good! I look good with anything on, LOL!
Im mad that you bought you're car for $1500.00 tho! How many miles were on it?

93,XXX..it was cheap cause its salvaged,but u already know my future plannd make it a dd and get the m35 on 22's haha

Frankv
07-24-2009, 05:21 PM
Your G is coming along great bro, and to be a part of it is even better. In fact, you can say it looks "cherry". ha ha What's next meng? Gotta wait for it to cool down though porque es too hot!!! haaaa

IVORY_G
07-26-2009, 06:15 PM
93,XXX..it was cheap cause its salvaged,but u already know my future plannd make it a dd and get the m35 on 22's haha


Ooohhh Ok, makes sense now, wouldve never known tho. Yeah that'll be sick :)

8g831
07-26-2009, 07:58 PM
Your G is coming along great bro, and to be a part of it is even better. In fact, you can say it looks "cherry". ha ha What's next meng? Gotta wait for it to cool down though porque es too hot!!! haaaa

i wanna change my mounts and then start fixin up the engine gettin morepower oh and the shift boot and shifter