Stormie
08-19-2011, 05:33 AM
Hi Guys thought id share with you whats going on down under.
Bought my 2005 380 GT in 2009 for $18000 AU
stayed stock for a few months
First mod was the galant v6 air intake to open up the breathing a little, as our 380s come with your i4 air take.
Next keeping things simple i bought some custom plates. The factory name for the paint colour is Molten red.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1460/001xs.jpg
Next up i bought some 20" rims, looked pretty dodgy before it was lowered. Luckily it was only 2 weeks before it went from this
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/355/21082009030c.jpg
to this (the difference was much more noticable in real life haha!)
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9786/1001695t.jpg
after that the modding died down for a while, before i bought extractors from RPW
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/110/31012010064.jpg
... and had them ceramic coated as i decided upon buying the car that i wanted to do everything properly the first time.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1482/1001848s.jpg
then eventually (9 months after initially buying the extractors lol) i had the lot installed
*extractors
*2.5" stainless pipe back to
*200cpi cat then 2.5" stainless back to axle
*Split to 2 2" stainless pipes to
* a pair of varex mufflers.
this took the look of the rear end from (2 pics as havent got a good shot of the rear pre exhaust)
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3986/1001694.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8210/12022010066.jpg
to
http://a.imageshack.us/img261/9348/07092010104a.jpg
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2447/38109867.jpg
that was installed sept 2010.
Then in december i installed some big front end brakes (an ebay Evo upgrade kit) 8pot, 356mm rotors - second pic is the new ones next to the stock...
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4407/18122010125.jpg
http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9291/18122010126.jpg
unfortunately evo rears are not bolt up for some reason... so a few of us did a group buy and got ksport to custom make us some but that will come later.
in january 2011 I had my roof retrimmed... in black :P
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4564/img2302qa.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7661/img2300k.jpg
naturally there were some holes in my colour scheme so between feb and april i replaced the b and c pillars with OEM black equivalents and also the seatbealts and painted the centre console and gear shifter surround. some general progress pics of these items:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9199/11012011141.jpg
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/3870/22042011110.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3452/22042011111.jpg
and interior finished shots:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4899/img6844t.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8525/img6856c.jpg
also around this time i changed my rims to a different set of 20"s
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8729/20042011106.jpg
eventually (May 2011) my rear ksport upgrade (mentioned earlier) came in about 4 months after ordering it!
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5345/05052011125.jpg
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/6466/07052011127.jpg
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4751/07052011126.jpg
Since then ive have the front and rear of my car resprayed due to insurance issues... so nice fresh paint which is good.
and am also in the process of installing an Eclipse AVN726EA (AVN726 for North American Model :P) GPS, DVD Headunit.
Ive never really thought about how much ive spent on my car... but after completing the Garage section on TGC i realise im almost up to paying the purchase price of the thing :shocked:
I guess Ill keep you guys up to date as more stuff changes... but dont expext regular updates, as you can see i move slowly :P
Still Planning to:
Mod some magna sideskirts to fit the 380 (ive already bought these)
install a sub in the parcel shelfon a smaller scale than Helotes :P
??
Profit :P
Bought my 2005 380 GT in 2009 for $18000 AU
stayed stock for a few months
First mod was the galant v6 air intake to open up the breathing a little, as our 380s come with your i4 air take.
Next keeping things simple i bought some custom plates. The factory name for the paint colour is Molten red.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1460/001xs.jpg
Next up i bought some 20" rims, looked pretty dodgy before it was lowered. Luckily it was only 2 weeks before it went from this
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/355/21082009030c.jpg
to this (the difference was much more noticable in real life haha!)
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9786/1001695t.jpg
after that the modding died down for a while, before i bought extractors from RPW
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/110/31012010064.jpg
... and had them ceramic coated as i decided upon buying the car that i wanted to do everything properly the first time.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1482/1001848s.jpg
then eventually (9 months after initially buying the extractors lol) i had the lot installed
*extractors
*2.5" stainless pipe back to
*200cpi cat then 2.5" stainless back to axle
*Split to 2 2" stainless pipes to
* a pair of varex mufflers.
this took the look of the rear end from (2 pics as havent got a good shot of the rear pre exhaust)
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3986/1001694.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8210/12022010066.jpg
to
http://a.imageshack.us/img261/9348/07092010104a.jpg
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2447/38109867.jpg
that was installed sept 2010.
Then in december i installed some big front end brakes (an ebay Evo upgrade kit) 8pot, 356mm rotors - second pic is the new ones next to the stock...
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4407/18122010125.jpg
http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9291/18122010126.jpg
unfortunately evo rears are not bolt up for some reason... so a few of us did a group buy and got ksport to custom make us some but that will come later.
in january 2011 I had my roof retrimmed... in black :P
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4564/img2302qa.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7661/img2300k.jpg
naturally there were some holes in my colour scheme so between feb and april i replaced the b and c pillars with OEM black equivalents and also the seatbealts and painted the centre console and gear shifter surround. some general progress pics of these items:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9199/11012011141.jpg
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/3870/22042011110.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3452/22042011111.jpg
and interior finished shots:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4899/img6844t.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8525/img6856c.jpg
also around this time i changed my rims to a different set of 20"s
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8729/20042011106.jpg
eventually (May 2011) my rear ksport upgrade (mentioned earlier) came in about 4 months after ordering it!
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5345/05052011125.jpg
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/6466/07052011127.jpg
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4751/07052011126.jpg
Since then ive have the front and rear of my car resprayed due to insurance issues... so nice fresh paint which is good.
and am also in the process of installing an Eclipse AVN726EA (AVN726 for North American Model :P) GPS, DVD Headunit.
Ive never really thought about how much ive spent on my car... but after completing the Garage section on TGC i realise im almost up to paying the purchase price of the thing :shocked:
I guess Ill keep you guys up to date as more stuff changes... but dont expext regular updates, as you can see i move slowly :P
Still Planning to:
Mod some magna sideskirts to fit the 380 (ive already bought these)
install a sub in the parcel shelfon a smaller scale than Helotes :P
??
Profit :P