Newby from England

[Studly]

Hi,

Just recently purchased a late 97 8g 2.0 gls estate after the pistons on my e36 BMW blew into a thousand pieces.



The previous owner left my galant in an awful state so have loads to do to it to get it into shape although he did have a full scorpion exhaust system fitted and some nice 17's so it's not all bad. First problem is that it was covered in awful stickers and stripes and upon removing them noticed that they were put there to cover up a crappy respray job on the rear quarter where the clear coat has started peeling. Also the indicators don't work due to a sticky relay and the whole interior needs to be ripped out and started over... A lot more work than I was looking for but I know how mean these babys can look if done right so I'm well up for the challenge, so here's what's on my to do list:

Indicator relay
Re-spray
New seats
New carpet
New rear bumper
New fog lights
New bulbs all around
Clear all the lights
6x9's in each door
Locate and remove the bass rattles
Dye the roof liner
Tinted windows
Power folding mirrors
Led lit dials and switches
Custom make some angel eyes
New air intake for the induction kit

There's more mainly engine based but these are my priorities so can see this being a long haul. This is my first Mitsubishi as ive always had beemers so please expect loads of stupid questions from me.

Cheers

Nathan

Oh and here's the pic of my poor BMW being taken away...

[Predat-R]

welcome there are a few other beamer guys here, is that the wagon?

[Studly]

Dunno we don't call em that over here... It has a long back of that helps? Lol

[Studly]

Even better check out the Russian guys post in this section mine is that shape, But without the awesome engine.... Yet! Lol

[Predat-R]

yup thats what i thought, it s the lengrum or what we call a wagon states side

[Studly]

Does it still count as a 8th gen galant? And will the how to's and tech stuff still apply to me?

[Corey2kG]

Yes it still counts as an 8g n welcome.

Also you would have to talk with the JDM guys for the tech stuff.

[XxGiRLaNT06xX]

Welcome

[galantlvr34]

welcome.when you get a chance can you take some more pictures.

[mrjaydeeone]

Welcome to TGC|

[Rach3T8G]

Welcome 2 TGC!!!

[keith6110]

Welcome to TGC! The 2.0L in your legnum is not available over here in our 8g's. But If you come across a problem with the car, I'm sure we'll be able to give you some input.

Very nice beamer btw!

[Studly]

Thanks everyone, I'll be sure to get some more piccys up after I give the car a good clean later on.

[IVORY_G]

Welcome! Looks like you've got alot of work ahead of you, hope you find all the help you need here :)

Here's the link to the section of the forum Corey2KG was referring to:
https://www.thegalantcenter.org/foru...aysprune=&f=84

You might be able to get more specific answers there when you have some questions about your platform as well.

[Studly]

Thanks I'll take a look, here's some more piccys of the car without snow, got a few bits done today and it's looking... Better, lol

What I'm really in need of is a rear splitter just to make the back look a bit meaner but sourcing one is proving to be difficult

[IVORY_G]

^ Nice, I like how ur tails are tinted, not really liking the wheels tho.

[Corey2kG]

I want one!!!!!!!!!!!

[Studly]

^ Nice, I like how ur tails are tinted, not really liking the wheels tho.

I'm going to be powder coating the inner part of the wheels black and keeping the deep dish part silver, I think that will improve them but I quite like that they are a bit different to everything else I see out there