Karma's Rice To Riches Build

[BadderKarma]

Hey guys, I'd like to start off my lovely build by stating I'm a noob. Now that that's out of the way we can get to the good stuff. I never thought I'd make a build thread, but now that my investment is somewhere near 20k I was like I think I should. I have no idea how this works so please excuse early errors.

I bought my first 8g right out of high school as a graduation present in June 2011 when I was 18. I loved it in every way:

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It was a pleasure to ride, unfortunately I didn't enjoy it for more than 6 months because I fell asleep at a red light at 5 am and floored it into a parked car. (November 2011)


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I hated myself for it because even though I put absolutely nothing into the car I had so many plans for it. I promised myself I would get another and finished what I didn't even get to start. Next year April I was 18 and really dumb and found this bitch right here. I thought to myself HEY it's hooked up already I can save money on parts... I couldn't have been more wrong, 2 years later we've seen mountains and we've seen canyons, to almost giving up on this car: here is my build....

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[BadderKarma]

I bought this girl right here for about 4k from Queens Auto Auction. I thought she was bad ass and loaded with a body kit and an Ebay 80$ wing. I looked past quarter panel damage and the fact that it had a 3/1 wheel combo going on. She was low & aggressive and I loved it. I saw it as a diamond in the rough, which is what it really is But God. This. Car. SUCKED. But nevertheless I took it home washed it up and had a photoshoot:

My car was so low... My friends block had a speed bump and I had to reverse out of the block....

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[BadderKarma]

So the first of the ugly was that the car was tremendously low. I ended up messing up the bumper and it scratched my fenders so I scrapped the TGC Bumper and got a cheapy aftermarket stock for the time being. I don't have any pictures but In the future you'll see me with a stock nose with no fogs.

Quick aside, I worked in Manhattan so I would park my car by the train, jump on the train and then come back and drive home. One day in May (ONLY A MONTH AFTER I GOT THE CAR) I come to find that my car had been hit and the assailant just drove off. I assumed a cab because I saw noticeable yellow everywhere... My life sucks btw.


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So I needed to figure out how to fix this mess. It took me the better part of a year, let's just say it gets so bad my bumper falls off and I drive with my ass out... But we'll get to that later, more problems erupt.

[BadderKarma]

After that popped up a new ugly. The car was on 3 wheels of BT sport and one VORTEX wheel on low profile tires:

Driver Front

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Passenger Front

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Driver Rear

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Passenger Rear

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Around October/November 2012, I had two separate occasions weeks apart where I was on the highway and a tire just popped leaving me stranded to drive about 3 miles to my wheel shop. after the first occasion I bought a used tire, on the second, my mom was scared for my safety and got me a wheel/tire combo for 800$ which is awfully nice of her. Shout out to nice moms


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I can already feel peoples heads shake in disapproval or disbelief in the fact that a car can suck so bad but don't worry it gets so much worse it hurts my feelings.

[BadderKarma]

Just when you thought that was bad, My suspension was completely shot. I'm driving around wondering why my car feels like a trampoline, so I bring it to my mechanic and he shakes it and lets me know that My springs are dead. So I now needed to look into new suspension. And You'll see throughout this thread that something going wrong gives me ample reason to replace it with something incredibly expensive. I use it as a good excuse... It works for me. Being dumb I thought the more expensive something was, the better it was. So being the noob I was I was interested in K Sport Air Ride.... *Face Palm* After some time and spoon feeding and answered questions I picked up TEIN Super Street Coilovers for 1400 New. In Mid November 2012. When they came in I was SO STOKED


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After a little more saving my uncle installed them for me:


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[Solviss]

Welcome dude!

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[BadderKarma]

I've spent so much money in a short amount of time it amazed me. So the car kind of sat for the winter while I pondered how I was going to fix this quarter panel issue. Rather than pulling it and filling. I decided to grab a whole quarter and bumper from a yard for 500$ and throw a new quarter on... Starting to see a pattern? Some good did come out of me going to the yard because I luckily picked up a JDM Replica Rear Bumper For cheap (Which Is Now For Sale BTW) But this is how she sat in February throughout the harsh New York blizzards. I was so low I got stuck often, like this occasion right in front of my house


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One thing i forgot to address... I bought the car with no muffler. She was loud and mean as F#@* ! This is noticeable by the hanging exhaust with no muffler above that caused me to receive about 4 tickets. Also a beautiful mod I did myself was ripping off that God forsaken wing which left 4 nice holes in my trunk lid with some adhesive white material on it that I could never get off.

[SNWFLK]

Nice man, can't wait to see it all come together. Can you PM me info and pics of the bumper? also interested in how that quarter came out

[BadderKarma]

I waited until the weather was a little nicer and I saved up enough so I wasn't broke to throw on the new quarter and rear bumper. I dropped the car off March 2nd and for 10 days I was taking the bus to class. I managed to get some pictures when I dropped by to check progress. I didn't get a picture, but my body guy fixed my trunk and also installed my JDM side mirrors, which opened up a new can of worms with RHD side mirrors -_-

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And when I got the car back it blended in as if it were never hit, I actually got it confused with another Galant in my schools parking lot, if it weren't for my TEIN decal and tinted tails.

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[BadderKarma]

The New York winter was so long in 2013, it snowed into March, when I got off of work one day, I had a spontaneous urge to take picture because it I felt it looked great in the snow. Here you can see the trunk and JDM Side mirrors, which was my first step into a complete JDM conversion. ( I Edited These Next Pictures Because Visibility Was Pretty Crappy )

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[BadderKarma]

A few weeks later, I decided to take on my one of the few projects I ever do myself... And this is because I could find absolutely no one that wanted to do it for me. I installed the reverse glow S7 gauges. I completely botched my ODO and did a mediocre job, but I got it done. My Gas never goes up to the last bar, my Speedo drops weird when I come to a stop, and My temp is always right below half way rather than regularly center in the middle, and there is some space on the sides... to this day it's still like this. I'll probably eventually fix it I guess Lol *Facepalm* This is also why I don't do things myself. I'd rather a professional do it professionally than me and it's crooked or something. I feel it's a reasonable ideal. It's still built rather than bought *Shrugs* but here's the end product

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[BadderKarma]

In early April I took advantage of a R1 Custom sale and picked up a set of cross drilled & slotted rotors with break pads for the car and when I received them they were installed April 12th pretty simply and pain free unlike everything else I've ever done to modify my car -____-

BEFORE
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AFTER
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[BadderKarma]

Okay, now this is where things get negative, and I mean no disrespect. I feel we are a community and despite the fact that we may have little differences we are all working together to move forward with our cars. But this one individual was a complete asshole who tried to make out with a large sum of money and gave me shitty product in return.

I was on the look for a new exhaust because mine currently... wasn't even an exhaust, but just a pipe that air came out of lol; no resonator or muffler. This caused me a few tickets and I needed to get it fixed. I found the Greddy Spectrum Elite Catback Exhaust and I fell in love. it was 620$ brand new, shipped, and back to my mentality being that it was the most expensive exhaust I found I also thought it would be the best. I came upon a fellow member that is well known by the name of Greddy also known as Martin selling the exact exhaust. His price was 600 used. He said it would bolt right up and I don't need to modify it like I would with the new one for 20$ more so I bought it. After purchasing, about a month went by and still no exhaust. He gave me a song and dance about how he was busy with school and how he shipped it and it was returned back to him, or how he was getting it cleaned and polished for me... but I never got the tracking number ever. Being the understanding person I am, I gave him more than ample time. after his 6/7th excuse, I opened up a case with Paypal. That day I received a tracking and proof of shipment. When i received it, this is what I got. I do apologize for the long pictures, it was the best way to capture Greddy's Bullshit. This is what I received April 29th

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After about 6 weeks of stalling this is what i received. a dirty exhaust that's been cut into to fit inside 4 wheel boxes that were taped together poorly. There was no packaging and the exhaust was in shitty condition either from the unnecessary cutting into it or the lack of protection. I immediately contacted Martin to return this when he responded by blocking my number and Facebook (I'm still blocked to this day). I spent the next 6/7 weeks contacting the UPS in Oregon and Paypal to try to get my money back. When UPS finally picked it up to inspect the exhaust, they lost it in transit. After the hassle of showing them proof of initial purchase, return and value I managed to get refunded from Paypal and reimbursed by UPS. So due to Martin's shiftiness I ended up with more money than I initially started. I personally think he's a Dick and should be black listed from selling anything to other users due to this incident. The only reason I didn't report his bullshit sooner was because The community knew through Facebook and I didn't want to go through the trouble. Now on to bigger and better things with my money

[BadderKarma]

Back into the good stuff :)

Amidst all of the Shenanigans with the Greddy Exhaust return, I picked up some 3rd generation tails and installed them at my Uncles shop, with all my lacrosse gear in the trunk haha.

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[BadderKarma]

Back to yet again, another set back -__- the difference is, this was my fault entirely. In early April to late May I enjoyed doing little drifts on specific turns I was familiar with. I had been doing it for a few weeks and was having fun. One rainy day I drifted on my way to my Girlfriend's house and oversteered and Hit a curb horrifically. It was really bad, but I thought I would be able to drive to a near by pep boys... I didn't make it very far at all before completely ripping out the axle; I'm stupid, I Know. Worst thing was it was Sunday and every mechanic ever was closed. I managed to get a 40$ Pep Boys tow to Pep Boys and leave it there overnight.

A quick aside: if you ever get stuck, and need a tow and don't have triple A. I highly recommend that. Pep Boys has a 40$ towing service where it will tow you to the nearest Pep Boys. If you talk to the Tow truck driver he may be able to take you somewhere that isn't Pep Boys. This is how I got from Queens to the Bronx on a 60$ tow Monday Morning. My uncle managed to fix my Axle, control arm, tie rod, and various other parts I completely wrecked for 650$ Again, my stupidity at it's finest...

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Even though everything was fixed, it still left issues with the fender being that the wheel was pushed all the way into the back of the fender wall, which is something that I had to live with for about a year. You can believe I never fucked with drifting ever again.

[SNWFLK]

I was hoping you somehow got it pulled or something instead of replace cause this is what mines looking like

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[Black8GV6]

That sucks, I don't know why Martin is still doing this to people, you are probably the 5th person he's tried rape.

[BadderKarma]

As a early Birthday present from my awesome Girlfriend she got me the Greddy Spectrum Elite exhaust. Shout out to Monika for being awesome. When it was installed, as expected it needed to be extended because the body of the Eclipse is shorter than the body of the Galant, but after the long wait... My new exhaust was finally on the car on May 25th.

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[BadderKarma]

Happy Birthday to me, again from my awesome Girlfriend. She got me an Italian Leather MOMO Steering Wheel that we were looking at. The MOMO Gotham installed with a Matte Black NRG short hub

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Funny thing is being that I had to remove the clock spring I didn't know how to install the horn because it seemed complicated. I still don't have a horn to this day lol, I also picked up a 2.5 NRG Quick Release in Matte Black with Carbon Fiber but It wasn't installed yet.

[BadderKarma]

Thanks to Martin's shitty actions I had spare money laying around, Despite not having pictures I managed to get 90% of what I needed for my brembo swap in 2 weeks in June

Although I have no pictures I had been searching for a set of Brembo calipers for the conversion and I saw an ad on Craigslist for a front set. When I went to pick them up June 15th it happened to be another member from The Galant Center. Thanks Angel aka. SleeperVR4

Then 2 days later I saw R1Customs was having a Father's Day Sale for 40% OFF!!!! So I definitely took advantage of that and picked up Front, and Rear Cross Drilled & Slotted Rotors, Stoptech Brake Pads, and Stoptech SS Brake Lines for 550$

And finally In the next 2 weeks, I purchased my rear set from TaeUsedAutoParts on Ebay and I now had a Brembo conversion just laying around.

This triggered my long search for rear backing plates So I could get rid of my ugly drums.

[BadderKarma]

And months of looking and haggling I managed to order a Carbon Fiber Monster hood for 550$ shipped and what a day it was when this bad boy arrived in Mid August

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[BadderKarma]

After looking around for a Auto Shop that dealh with custom work because my regular body guy didn't want to handle the carbon fiber and the modifications necessary for good fitment, I came across Ed Golden Customs in Upstate, NY. He does great work, and stays true to his customer. I stand by his work completely, and he did a great job installing the Monster hood. Everything was put together in a few days and I picked it up August 29th

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[BadderKarma]

After all of my updating to the car, I decided to take a little break to save up for a Winter Vacation, but I had to bring the car up to par for the long trip to Vermont. I got a new AC Compressor because mine was going bad, some new Cooper RS3A All Season Tires. I went from 205/50/17 to 215/50/17. The car was ready for the Great Snowboarding Weekend up in Vermont. Here's how she sat when we got back December 15th

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[BadderKarma]

After a little break, I landed on a gold mine of sorts. I found some pretty decent Evo 9 BBS wheels for 320$ on Craigslist. I Quickly shot over to New Jersey and picked them up. Even though they were a little beat up, I knew they would be able to be restored.

In the trunk on their way home

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Driver Front
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Passenger Front
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Driver Rear
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Passenger Rear
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How She Sat
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[demond0d5]

My Gas never goes up to the last bar, my Speedo drops weird when I come to a stop, and My temp is always right below half way rather than regularly center in the middle

this is EXTREMELY easy to fix, just did it on mine when I uninstalled my reverse glows this week...all you have to do is pull the needle of and replace it where it should be at a known position...


speedo - with the car on going 0mph (stopped) put the needle back on UNDER that little stop. then lift it UP AND OVER the stop. im going to guess that you're about 9 mph off right??? that's what mine was anyway...it should fix it so youre right on

tach - pull the needle off and put it back with the car idling (could probably do it while its off too idk) but if you know youre normal idle then just put it there, otherwise try it while the car is off and put it at 0

temp - with the car warmed up put the needle on with is perfect horizontal (or whatever your normal temp says)

fuel - this is the most difficult IMO because you have to either be A) completely empty or B) completely full...leave the glass off for a week or whatever and next time youre at the pump wait until AFTER the needle climbs all the way back up then pull it off and put it wherever you want...I did just ABOVE the "F" line because my car always had like 1/8 tank before hitting "full"



I AM NOT A MECHINIC AND I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WILL MESS ANYTHING UP but so far I have had no issues and I drive mine everyday. Do at your own risk but I personally see no reason why it should be harmful, that's why I did it XD hope this helps!

[BadderKarma]

this is EXTREMELY easy to fix, just did it on mine when I uninstalled my reverse glows this week...all you have to do is pull the needle of and replace it where it should be at a known position...


speedo - with the car on going 0mph (stopped) put the needle back on UNDER that little stop. then lift it UP AND OVER the stop. im going to guess that you're about 9 mph off right??? that's what mine was anyway...it should fix it so youre right on

tach - pull the needle off and put it back with the car idling (could probably do it while its off too idk) but if you know youre normal idle then just put it there, otherwise try it while the car is off and put it at 0

temp - with the car warmed up put the needle on with is perfect horizontal (or whatever your normal temp says)

fuel - this is the most difficult IMO because you have to either be A) completely empty or B) completely full...leave the glass off for a week or whatever and next time youre at the pump wait until AFTER the needle climbs all the way back up then pull it off and put it wherever you want...I did just ABOVE the "F" line because my car always had like 1/8 tank before hitting "full"



I AM NOT A MECHINIC AND I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WILL MESS ANYTHING UP but so far I have had no issues and I drive mine everyday. Do at your own risk but I personally see no reason why it should be harmful, that's why I did it XD hope this helps!


No it's only off by a little. It's actually hard to explain. It'll slow down to 0 then drop suddenly by 1MPH. it's weird

[demond0d5]

Oh, yeah mine would go to about 9 when I came to a stop then fall to 0 lol

I'm guessing I had just put the needles back wrong to begin with or bumped them or something idk but oh well, all better now XD


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[BadderKarma]

I picked up a JDM facelift bumper and New style side skirts from Dominican Republic in February to add to my JDM collection and the start of a mean makeover. I was so hype When I received everything in February, but of course nothing can go as planned. During shipment, because of his poor packaging I lost a bumper flare on the passenger side... So I did what I did best and used it as an excuse to get the complete fender flare set up :D But I had to go on a hunt

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[BadderKarma]

So I've had a almost complete Brembo swap laying around for a while. And I contacted Alex (SpdRcr, Chaotic) to powder coat my Brembos and rebuild them. This Brembo swap has to be the biggest job I've done and also the biggest pain in the ass with unnecessary set backs. After months of consulting Alex I finally shipped them off around January. I let Alex take his time being that I also needed time to gather funds, but after shipping off the calipers off he did a phenomenal job of rebuilding them and powder coating them Candy Orange for me. Shout Out to SpdRcr for his incredible work. This is a picture he sent me of them done March 11th

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[BadderKarma]

While gathering the rest of my JDM goodies together I had to make space for this front bumper because my Landlord was being a pain in the ass and not allowing me to keep it in the unused garage. So I made it into a decoration lol

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[BadderKarma]

From late March leading into mid April I had been on the lookout for a complete 6 piece fender flare set because of the one missing bumper flare. On Facebook I had been apart of a European/Asian VR4 and Legnum group which was great because a lot of them had parts that we don't see everyday. In early April I ran across this guy parting out a Legnum in Ireland. After some talk I purchased the 6 piece fender flare set for 270$ shipped from Ireland. It took a little longer than expected because of weird shipping transfers and change of tracking numbers between countries but when I Picked these up March 13th I was ecstatic because my JDM list was getting ready for the big makeover.

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[BadderKarma]

After doing some research, I finally decided that an Evo 9 wing would look really aggressive for the look that I'm going for and It finally came in March 25th

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Unfortunately, it's slightly yellowed with some peeling clear coat in various places. I have been doing some research on how I may be able to sand and reclear but I don't want to damage the underlying carbon fiber weave

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[BadderKarma]

I waited for a nice sunny day after receiving the wing and placed it on the trunk to see how it'd look and I fell in love after going from a tacky Ebay wing to a naked trunk to this.

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[BadderKarma]

When finally receiving my calipers in the last days of March it opened up a new problem because due to Fed Ex's carelessness, the front passenger caliper had chipped paint -_- I know had to get into pursuing a claim and repairing the one caliper which is now much more difficult because the company changed the recipe of the powder and I would never be able to recreate the amazing Job that Alex had done.

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On top of that I was strapped for time because Alex was moving his powder coating business and unfortunately I wasn't capable of making a decision I had to find someone else powder coat them a similar orange, which I was completely unhappy with -_-

[BadderKarma]

One thing about this build is for the most part, whenever I see a great deal I try to jump on it best I can. While I was delving into a JDM and Brembo swap. I happened to come by this guy parting out his 2003 Manual Eclipse, I showed him the part list I needed And I managed to snap everything I needed except for the 4 cylinder manual transmission for 280$ Shipped. When I've moved passed The JDM conversion and Brembo swap, I'll be very eager to finally make my car 5 speed, But this is how everything looked before shipment. It's been sitting in a box in my room since it arrived April 5th

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[BadderKarma]

While I was handling the Caliper issues, I also came into some more JDM goodies. I don't have a time stamp for the Headlights, but I took a few pictures of everything that was getting ready to be thrown on to the car. All I needed was a JDM rear bumper and two new OEM fenders but those were in the process anyway

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[BadderKarma]

Now that my conversion is almost done, I contacted Keith Tau for the JDM bumper on RPMGarage and he sold it to me for 400$ Shipped, and I Picked up 2 New OEM fenders from OEM Mitsubishi website, Lucky for me they both arrived on April 24th Everything was ready!!

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[BadderKarma]

Thanks to Dion(Deeznutz) and Alex they let me know one last thing that was necessary for the swap being some extra bolts and washers, so I didn't hit the rotor. I quickly picked up some OEM bolts so they can be ready in time for everything

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[BadderKarma]

(I'm now getting closer to where I actually am in the build) Jesus, Now that I had almost everything I needed except for a few parts such as the highly regarded EGR visor, and a carbon fiber Liberal grille that Cali is making me; It was time to go back to Ed Golden Customs and bring all the parts so that he could take a look at the work load and start prepping parts. I don't know how I did it but I managed to fit absolutely every part into the car with little struggle. May 5th, so close to the big makeover

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[BadderKarma]

When I dropped everything off to Ed, he recommended me to a Powdercoater/Wheel guy who does good work. This is when I met Brian of Neutron Coatings, Here we talked about fixing the very beat up wheels powder coating them a midnight blue, which I thought would go well with the undisclosed paint job and, trying to color match the damaged caliper or powder coat all 4 calipers over. He's a very easy going guy who does very nice work

[BadderKarma]

While the parts were getting prepped, I had to save a little more funds for the JDM conversion and Powdercoating job, I started working on a long annoying problem. When I did my JDM side mirror swap, the viewpoint of the passenger side mirror from the driver's seat sucked. Some recommended convex mirrors and others said that I would just have to deal with it. While one guy told me of a swap he underwent and It made the RHD powder folding mirrors LHD and why I had there is a bad viewpoint to begin with. He purchased Non power folding mirrors from LHD Germany and swapped the Head of the German mirror with the Base of the Japanese mirror. The end product is LHD Powerfolding mirrors. I was looking forward to the second project I took on myself, it was super simple as well. When these bad boys arrived May 25th I was excited, and the nice Germans even gave me candy lol. These were Easy to pick up from Ebay.De

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[BadderKarma]

The whole little project took me about 35 minutes and I was excited to finally be able to see out of my passenger side mirror with no issues.

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[BadderKarma]

The big day is almost here, while the parts are almost ready I was worried that the chrome trims throughout the car would clash with the future paint job. This is where I was told about DE trims for the lining underneath the window, which I am now in search of. I was also informed of how the upper trim slides right off and this is where I undertook my 3rd and most recent project taking off those horrifically ugly chrome trims lol

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[BadderKarma]

(This is where things start to get hot)


Now dropping the car off, with my calipers and new Hellahorns for an aggressive look. June 2nd, hopefully to have it back by June 19th to surprise Monika but things didn't work out. As always

[BadderKarma]

Being that Bryan needed to steal my Evo 9's so he could repair them, He asked a buddy if he could borrow a set of his wheels. So for the time being my car was sitting on a pair of wheels from a 900 WHP Drag Evo while Ed was doing what he does best. I was so proud of my car :')

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[2002BlackDragon]

Dude, I'm soo jealous! Looking good!

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[Celph Concepts]

duddeee. you're killin em! lovin this build!

[BadderKarma]

After some time, Ed sends me some pictures of progress. He threw in a lot of extra effort to bring the car to like new condition

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[BadderKarma]

While Ed was giving the car some much needed TLC, Bryan and I were looking for the perfect color to go with the scheme that I wanted. Before I even dropped the car off I let Bryan know That I was looking for a color similar to the 350z San Marino Blue

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This is the color than Bryan had found for me

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Being that I found nothing better for the time being I let him know that I wasn't completely in love with it but it's not too bad either. He let me know that it's much darker in person and that he didn't really prep the can so I don't have anything to worry about, so I trusted him.

[BadderKarma]

Soon thereafter Ed let me know that There was a really bad warp in the rear bumper. Not like a dent or crack but just a noticeable warp that would be even more noticeable with the paint job that I was going for so I gave him the okay to fix it up. He said it wasn't easy but it was looking new when he was done

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[BadderKarma]

Wheels getting nice and toastyyyyyy

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[BadderKarma]

While the car was getting prepped and the wheels were getting cooked, I was thinking to myself that I am going to hate absolutely any kind of chrome that is on the car. The under window trim was one, and my old ugly rusty lug nuts were another. Alex and I had a conversation a while back where he showed me how Tuner and Aftermarket Lugs can't be ran on OEM BBS wheels which put a damper on my plans because I had just bought the Skunk Matte Black Lug nuts. So months ago when I cancelled that order I went to Ebay and found the Holy Grail of Lug Nuts. And I picked them up as soon as I saw them for an arm and a leg.

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[BadderKarma]

Back to Ed's masterpiece in the making, when he took the fenders off he told me of rust and damage to the frame area underneath the fender due to an accident. Back to when I bought the car, I was assured that the car was in no accidents and there was a clean Car Fax to match. As soon as I took it to my uncle he showed me every sign that the car was in a front and rear end collision and it pissed me off, But back to Ed. He said he can get rid of the rust and paint the entire front nose for a little bit extra than what we agreed upon so I let him get to work, and like always... He did a great job

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[BadderKarma]

While everything was going on I found the perfect blue, just the right amount of sheen, glossy and dark blue.

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Unfortunately Bryan was already done

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I had told him how it looked incredibly light and I don't think I was happy with the overall outcome and he reassured me at least 8 times that it came out really light and that I would need to see it in person. I was freaking out because I felt like all of the set backs with the car and the wheels not being perfect that everything was going to be a waste of time. I was the equivalent to a Bride right before her wedding. With things going wrong in my personal life along with this, shit started to suck.

[BadderKarma]

A few days later the fenders were on and Ed was looking into the best way we would be able to do the side skirts and the fender flares

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-9.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-9.jpg.html)

[BadderKarma]

He showed me a couple of places where it didn't line up and how it sat without being 3M taped on and he said to give him some time to figure out an idea

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo1-10.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo1-10.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo4-8.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo4-8.jpg.html)

A few hours later he came up with a design for rivets that go through the fender providing a machined look to add to the paint job and to insure that the fender flare doesn't fly off, this was his design

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-14.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-14.jpg.html)

[BadderKarma]

While Ed was finishing up the car, we go back to Bryan. After days of trying to recreate the job that Alex had done to the one damaged caliper, we decided that we would simply just redo all 4 calipers a similar orange, and later that night this is was Bryan had done

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-6-3.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-6-3.jpg.html)

The wheels looked much darker than previous pictures and the calipers were very well done. Bryan had done some great work bringing my parts from what they were to what they are now. You've haven't even seen the HellaHorns yet as well.

[BadderKarma]

Well after my expected date of June 19th the car was almost ready. After paint Ed was telling me of how aggressive the car was starting to look. Being that Bryan was done, he dropped off the wheels and calipers and Ed put the wheels back onto the car for a 95% finished look.

Please Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself!

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-8-1.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-8-1.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo4-7.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo4-7.jpg.html)

[BadderKarma]

The next day I came to pick it up, and Ed was just throwing on the finishing touches. Being that Ed is quite the distance from my house, my friend Jessica gave me a ride and left me drive her 2013 Mercedes C300 which was a great experience in itself but When I got there I was so excited that everything was finally together. Months of preparation for this one moment in time. I was in a rush because I had to be somewhere later than night, but everything came together beautifully.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo1-3.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo1-3.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-3.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-3.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-7.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-7.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo4-9.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo4-9.jpg.html)

[BadderKarma]

Later on that week I thought after a year of having them it was time to do the more simple portion of the Brembo swap. It was the best time as well being that the car was put together so well with the Satin Black Paint Job and The Pearl Night Blue Powder Coated wheels. So I went to my uncles shop as always to raise the car an inch and install my Brembo calipers

Before:
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo1-2-2.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo1-2-2.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-2-2.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-2-2.jpg.html)

During:
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-2-2.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-2-2.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo4-2-1.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo4-2-1.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo1-3-2.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo1-3-2.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-3-1.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-3-1.jpg.html)

Completed!!!:
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-3-4.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-3-4.jpg.html)

[BadderKarma]

When I got home I thought it would be the absolute best time for a little photo shoot, and with this... I am completely caught up in my build, so from now on it will be updated as time goes by

But Photoshoot Time ;)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/1560515_10202240686370719_448524426827028966_n.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/1560515_10202240686370719_448524426827028966_n.jpg .html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-4.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-4.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-5-1.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-5-1.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo4-4-1.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo4-4-1.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo1-4-3.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo1-4-3.jpg.html)

[demond0d5]

That's awesome bro! I absolutely hate when people have black cars and carbon hoods/spoilers/etc but yours totally pulls it off! They are a nice color match together


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[Solviss]

My gawd dude. When I read through this it made me want to get a 8g lol. I'll probably have to stop looking at mirages/tsi eagles and pick up one lol

[2002BlackDragon]

Damn dude! She is gorgeous! I absolutely love your car! Personally, I like the other vr4 bumper more, but I think that's the only way I would have gone any different. Your car is super sexy. So what other plans do you have in store?

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[BadderKarma]

Well right now I'm taking a little break, but up next is a 5 speed swap. I just found an EGR Visor by absolute luck, so I'm waiting on that and a Carbon Fiber Liberal Grille from Cali.

[2002BlackDragon]

Awesome. Any plans for the motor?

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[Armycoug]

That paint job is nice, always been a huge fan of matte black.

[coconut]

Looking good, great job on the color combos, but not a huge fan of the the wing though. Keep us posted on the future plans. AWSOME job on not giving up on the G. ��

[2002BlackDragon]

I love the evo wing looks great

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[demond0d5]

^ x2


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[oakrdrs187]

Great work! Sounds like you went through a lot to get this far.

I just wish you kept the creativity up on the paint, after the calipers and the wheels the flat black is kinda dull....literally, just my opinion don't take it to heart, I love the car and if I saw it for sale near me I would buy it! With that said enjoy the beast.

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[BadderKarma]

After searching for months and months, I managed to find an EGR Visor and it arrived to my away while I was away in Pennsylvania on a Paintball trip. It looked great when I test fitted it later on in the day

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo1-4-4.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo1-4-4.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-3-5.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-3-5.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-3-2.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-3-2.jpg.html)

[2002BlackDragon]

Sexy

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[Black8GV6]

Nice, I wan't one

[demond0d5]

hey bro I'm trying to nominate you for Aug. COTM but you have to have something called a "garage"? I'm trying to find out more about that but non-the-less, if you can figure out how to set that up or already have it I think your ride should def get some recognition!!!

P.S. clean out your inbox! couldn't send this as a PM :012:

[Black8GV6]

this thread counts as his garage, the old TGC had a garage section, the updated site does not, a build thread counts instead

[demond0d5]

Ohhh see 2002blackdragon was saying it's under the profile section...good to know! Well so far he is the only nomination so fingers crossed :p


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[2002BlackDragon]

At one point in time it was under your profile. I haven't visited the actual site in a long time. I do everything via tapatalk now.

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[demond0d5]

Ohhhhh I gotcha!


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[BadderKarma]

Hey guys, thanks for all of the positive feedback :D I never guessed there would be a day my car would be COTM worthy lol.

And I just my inbox and sent folder as well lol

[demond0d5]

haha well know that you've got a thread and we can see all the work you've got wrapped up in that thing I think its sweet as sh*t for sure!!! for being new to the website and having that much done I def think COTM :023:

[GalantDreamer3455]

Love your car. Just curious, what grill was in it when you bought it?

[2002BlackDragon]

Looks like the upper part to a lancers grill.

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[BadderKarma]

The grille was actually All one piece with the TGC Polyurethane bumper. Tbh I think I may buy the bumper because of the pure aggression that the bumper screams.

[GalantDreamer3455]

I kinda like it

[GalantDreamer3455]

TGC Polyurethane bumper is what I have been looking at putting on the car for a few years now.

[Gavkat09]

After searching for months and months, I managed to find an EGR Visor and it arrived to my away while I was away in Pennsylvania on a Paintball trip. It looked great when I test fitted it later on in the day

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo1-4-4.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo1-4-4.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo3-3-5.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo3-3-5.jpg.html)

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/JohnnyWarrior22/Car%20Build/photo2-3-2.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/JohnnyWarrior22/media/Car%20Build/photo2-3-2.jpg.html)

Where did you get that rear window visor?

[Techn0Nut1996]

They are getting very hard to find. I only know of a couple people who have them and they do not want to part with them.

[Gavkat09]

They are getting very hard to find. I only know of a couple people who have them and they do not want to part with them.
Yeah I’m having trouble finding anything like it