New owner of an 8G looking for some suggestions..
Hey everybody - i'm Doug. I'd like to apologize if this is in the wrong section/not needed for a thread, and the mods can feel free to move it/delete as they see fit.
On that note, I picked up a '99 Galant ES for $1700 with 123k on it after totalling my 03 Mazda 6. It's got no rust and all seems to be well (my brother works for and I personally know the mechanic who has worked on it since it was purchased, good to go in their POV).
The only problem is, it's green. I've seen some of you guys with them and i've seen you guys make them look good and I was wondering if some of you could pass some suggestions on to me.
I was going to get it painted black (I know a guy who will give me a pretty deep discount, i've known him forever.) in a month or so, but i'm unsure how long Galants usually last with the usual maintenance and i'm not sure if it would be a wise investment.
Here's a few pictures (I've got to take much better pictures sometime.)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/1...93bc5948_c.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3831/1...6b03b426_c.jpg
I'm thinking about doing a black/tan interior and getting it painted black (If you guys think that's a good idea), or I might try to make green look good (I hate getting the "granny car" comments after people see the exterior and interior.)
So far, my list is:
- Car wash! :v
- Removing hubcaps and touching up the steelies until I find enough money laying around for new rims.
- Leather black and tan seat covers (Far far far too poor at the moment for a complete redoing of the seats) [Already done]
- Black/Tan refinishing of the dash and interior and the door upholstery. Maybe black ceiling cloth?
- Maybe getting one of those brushed aluminum kits to cover the fake wood
- I need to find a new grille for cheap, I blacked this one out so it didn't look horribly broken from the first owner.
Going to leave the "pillar" pieces, chrome, cut out the gills and do the black mesh mod on the next one.
- Tasteful red/black gauge faces/red LEDs?
- As odd as it sounds, I like the look of the stock spoilers on the 8G's, but I don't have one. Is it unnecessarily difficult to install one?
Most of this is cosmetics as I was honestly spoiled from the Mazda (black leather interior, fully loaded), and I do have a K&N cold air filter from the 6, but I haven't done my research or even tried to see if it will fit.
So, this all being said I humbly ask, do you think you guys could help a newbie out? I'm new to the world of Galants and i'm more than willing to learn.
I really appreciate ANY comments.
Thanks!