Lets see I bought her for 11000 from carmax in 2004 and she only had 8600 miles! Then my plans were to tint, drop and throw some 18in Lorenzo lo-1, and dual out the exhaust....lol. My first mod was clearing the corners.
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Shortly after that I met G-spot for the first time as well as others that no longer post on the site. This is when I got introduced to the local car scene. After a bunch of noob questions and countless searches I eventually changed by discs to drilled and slotted.
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Next I was looking for some wheels and asked opinions from TGC and one of the members told me that one of the wheels I wanted was being sold on ebay. So I contacted the seller and drove to Austin to pick them up for 300.00! A couple of weeks later I wrapped them in Nitto 555s and painted my drums and calipers blue.
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Then I installed some s7 gauges
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Next I gathered with G-spot and a few other local members and did an engine cleaning and dress up. Also that same day we painted all trim pieces a gloss black and installed an ebay stb(not shown).
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After getting so annoyed with the wheel gap and purchased some progress springs and installed them on my stock shocks with the assistance of G-spot and Jscout247. Around this time I also purchased and ebay cai and shortly retired it for an injen cai.
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Now disaster strikes in the form of my ride being hit by a van.
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Cosmetic damage included hood left headlight bumper cover and left fog light. Total estimate of repair 2700.00. A few hours after the accident I contacted Triggermuave about a complete old style jdm front end. He had bumper heads, fogs and tow cover waiting for me. I bought the upper grille from a TGC member and got a hood from Jsout247. The items from Japan came in 3 business days after payment to my surprise.
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After being tired of bouncing around on my stock shocks I purchased some gr-2s and installed. A few years after this point I was losing interest in my ride and slowly vanishing from TGC and the car scene. Then some dumbass old man hits my shit in a parking lot and leaves the scene. I get married and go to South Beach for our honeymoon and it just so happened that when I flew over the gulf I flew over hurricane Ike. When I get back home to a city that was tortured by Ike I notice that the paint on my wheels was flaking away, but they were fine when I left. So at this point I am really disliking my ride. The following year my son is born and I am slowly gaining interest back in my car. At this point and time I am riding on my steelies with the dents still in my doors, but hey I realize that it is really not that bad so I started taking care of it again. Washing it regularly and keeping my bay clean. So next may of 2010 my wife and I close on our house and I am excited b/c I have a garage now. No more working on my car in the apartment parking lot. One month after we moved in to the house my son, G-spot and I was headed to Wal-mart and my car was trying to stall. So when I get back home and back it in the garage we looked under the hood and realized the intake mani had broke, so I rush and replaced it. I shouldn't have rushed b/c it caused me a big problem. Blown head gasket as a product of a warped head from overheating b/c I only put a gallon of antifreeze and forgot to put more. So over the course of about 7 months I tore down the motor and bought a new head, reconditioned my block and had the crankshaft worked over. Motor is completely assembled and back in the car. I am excited to start it up hoping that I was successful in my 1st attempt of a repair of this magnitude. 29 degrees outside(which is not normal in Houston) and I have pushed the car out of the garage since it was pushed in 7 months ago.
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She starts and then dies after running for a lil less than a min. So I crank it back up and get the same response 3 times. Then she wouldn't start anymore. Found out the coils were not putting out a spark. So my brother and I check all wiring and vac lines. Long story short about 1 week later I figure out what the problem was and she cranked and stayed running but had an oil leak. Problem fixed now and so far so good.
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Only put about 15miles on it as of today. Basically driving around the neighborhood at night b/c inspection and registration are out.
Now my future plans include:
jdm fender flares installed (currently in my trunk)
jdm side skirts (in possesion but needs prep work and installation)
different jdm grille (cancelled)
super vr-4 splitters
jdm rear
magnaflow 14829
obx header
double din in dash dvd player
agx shocks/struts
2nd gen tails (complete)
hid heads(5000k) and fogs(3000k)
repaint wheels all gold, gold w/polished lip, or gold w/black lip
redo audio
custom plates
5 speed swap (possible 2012 project)
Lets see what I can make happen.
