wetamup2k3g
04-09-2013, 03:34 PM
Hey folks!
I've been debating whether to do a thread on my car since it's stock, but instead of whoring up the pics thread I'll just dump my photos here, and any changes to the car I'll chronicle here.
So at the top, most of you know I bought this car to replace my gray 2003 ES, who departed this life too soon along with my Diamante, may their souls rest in pieces (lol):
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/SDC12982.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/SDC12986.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/9005a36b.jpg
That fateful day
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/a7f30f92.jpg
Here is my new baby the day I went to look at it:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/ebb4fb49.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/782a4522.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/0b8d821c.jpg
Love at first sight and drive. Here it is the day I brought it home (the next day):
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/400ceda2.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/2ff48696.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/856cde02.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/0c2c00ff.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/f096e8eb.jpg
And soon thereafter my sound system went in:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/0d2fa5e1.jpg
So since I bought these wheels months before for the other Galant, naturally that was my next mod:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/2a2a933e.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/3c775e79.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/b649a515.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/d0e8ed52.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/7028f6bc.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/0524702e.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/00a7e656-1.jpg
And since then not much has gone on. I did get 20% window tints after that:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/7e2134d3.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/b6056bee.jpg
And my Secret Santa (Keith) sent me some mint 8G-B heads:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file-9.jpg
And I was able to score some Enkei RPF1's for winter wheels on a super deal:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file_zps2d860916.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file_zpsbf47a3dd.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file_zpsf65e21e2.jpg
And here's how she sits today, since I moved back into the same apartment I lived in four years ago, I thought I'd take pics of my current car in the same spot I took pics of my old car:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps061a80e1.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpscd3f2054.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps211a158d.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps933c0e2b.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps7ba6aca8.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsed9fe24c.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsfdbc8bbb.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps1a24871f.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps4e732213.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps3f2f420e.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpse683329a.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsff5375db.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps90f3782d.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsc5b1efa7.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps0216e828.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsa7152c11.jpg
And that's it. I drive it daily, I maintain it myself. No other hands since I've bought the car have touched it, and I'm proud of that. I will be doing the timing belt this summer, it'll be 60K miles since the last one at 150K and I'm currently at 143K. I also plan on refreshing the suspension myself, ball joints, tie-rod ends, the like. I am seriously considering replacing the bushings with Prothanes.
My future plans don't involve much in the way of power mods. I've been blessed with a nice SRI from Dion that I plan to install soon. After that, I may do this retrofit with the JDM heads sometime this year. I really want to upgrade the sound system, that's a big priority. Then I want to get a Diamante and turn that into a nice beautiful car that I and my wife can drive in comfort. Then, I'm thinking I'll do the five-speed swap (since I'll have another auto car for the wife to drive if something happens to her van) and after that, I'm so inspired by Matt's 6G75 swap that I might try my hand at it. These are long-term goals here though. I feel I have the mechanical know-how (I've been turning wrenches on cars and subway trains for a living for the last eight years) but I need the proper tools and space, which will happen after I move into my house. Stay tuned for more updates, though they'll be slow for a minute!
I've been debating whether to do a thread on my car since it's stock, but instead of whoring up the pics thread I'll just dump my photos here, and any changes to the car I'll chronicle here.
So at the top, most of you know I bought this car to replace my gray 2003 ES, who departed this life too soon along with my Diamante, may their souls rest in pieces (lol):
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/SDC12982.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/SDC12986.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/9005a36b.jpg
That fateful day
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/a7f30f92.jpg
Here is my new baby the day I went to look at it:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/ebb4fb49.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/782a4522.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/0b8d821c.jpg
Love at first sight and drive. Here it is the day I brought it home (the next day):
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/400ceda2.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/2ff48696.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/856cde02.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/0c2c00ff.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/f096e8eb.jpg
And soon thereafter my sound system went in:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/0d2fa5e1.jpg
So since I bought these wheels months before for the other Galant, naturally that was my next mod:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/2a2a933e.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/3c775e79.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/b649a515.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/d0e8ed52.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/7028f6bc.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/0524702e.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Wheels/00a7e656-1.jpg
And since then not much has gone on. I did get 20% window tints after that:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/7e2134d3.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/b6056bee.jpg
And my Secret Santa (Keith) sent me some mint 8G-B heads:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file-9.jpg
And I was able to score some Enkei RPF1's for winter wheels on a super deal:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file_zps2d860916.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file_zpsbf47a3dd.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/file_zpsf65e21e2.jpg
And here's how she sits today, since I moved back into the same apartment I lived in four years ago, I thought I'd take pics of my current car in the same spot I took pics of my old car:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps061a80e1.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpscd3f2054.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps211a158d.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps933c0e2b.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps7ba6aca8.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsed9fe24c.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsfdbc8bbb.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps1a24871f.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps4e732213.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps3f2f420e.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpse683329a.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsff5375db.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps90f3782d.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsc5b1efa7.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zps0216e828.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k525/wetamup2011/Then%20and%20Now/file_zpsa7152c11.jpg
And that's it. I drive it daily, I maintain it myself. No other hands since I've bought the car have touched it, and I'm proud of that. I will be doing the timing belt this summer, it'll be 60K miles since the last one at 150K and I'm currently at 143K. I also plan on refreshing the suspension myself, ball joints, tie-rod ends, the like. I am seriously considering replacing the bushings with Prothanes.
My future plans don't involve much in the way of power mods. I've been blessed with a nice SRI from Dion that I plan to install soon. After that, I may do this retrofit with the JDM heads sometime this year. I really want to upgrade the sound system, that's a big priority. Then I want to get a Diamante and turn that into a nice beautiful car that I and my wife can drive in comfort. Then, I'm thinking I'll do the five-speed swap (since I'll have another auto car for the wife to drive if something happens to her van) and after that, I'm so inspired by Matt's 6G75 swap that I might try my hand at it. These are long-term goals here though. I feel I have the mechanical know-how (I've been turning wrenches on cars and subway trains for a living for the last eight years) but I need the proper tools and space, which will happen after I move into my house. Stay tuned for more updates, though they'll be slow for a minute!