Last edited by M-Rod; 03-29-2012 at 08:53 AM Reason: spelling.
'99 5-Speed GTZ: Forged 3.6L 6G74T 6764 E85
2017: 552whp/562wtq SBE on 19psi'02 Eclipse GT: 6G72 M/T-swapped Daily Driver'10 Endeavor: 6G75 AWD Family-mobile
in 2002, they changed alot of small things. here's another very small easily overlooked one... the rear bumpers on 1999-2001 have 4 small slits in the bottom 2 long horizontal indentations (2 slits each indentation); in 2002, they filled those slits in and almost all OEM replacement bumper covers (mitsu and aftermarket) had those filled in as well so it's an easy way to determine if the rear bumper cover on a 1999-2001 is original (as it will have those 4 slits).
1999-2001:
2002-2003:
also, all 1999-2001 had the traditional red triple diamond emblems, in 2002 mitsu moved to the new corporate chrome badges.
those door mouldings are kinda hard to get off i broke all mine getting them off but you can get them off without breaking, just go slow. new ones just pop on no prob. They are about $90 from dealer.
contributing: 99 galants have 2 piston front brake calipers :)
15 F150 3.5 ecoboost 4x4 - daily driver
01 Galant ES V6 MT (sold)
00 Eclipse RS MT
well i love all black no chrome DE. i wish i did have vanity mirror ligths. i cant check my look when i get out of my baja pantie ride.
something is buggin me tho. u said that the DE has raw black mirrors and the trunk bezel but the only thing not color coded are my door handles. the trunk has like a carbon look to it and so does the grills. i got one replacement grill off a 2003 in the junk yard and its darker then the original passenger side. so those this mean took them off another car?
btw jaydal when you google galant grill your picture comes up lmao
http://www.google.com/search?q=galan...w=1429&bih=748
Last edited by specter6633; 03-29-2012 at 10:37 PM
I have no slits as well and I own a 2001
Behold a silver DE so you can see the contrast:
Door handles are flat black but I installed the chrome covers. As specter said my grill was charcoal greyish but my trunk garnish was chrome. Also no woodgrain, flat black everything full black door moldings and no fog lights
Last edited by OMEGA PHX; 03-29-2012 at 11:14 PM
4g64T 5spd
yes the 8G DE had black interior trim (and manual remote mirrors instead of power) for the entire run; all other trims from 1999-2001 had the woodgrain pieces. in 2002 the ES and LS went to silver trim while the GTZ got carbon fiber twist. also from 1999-2001, the gauges had a bezel (GTZ had white faces), in 2002 the gauges lost the bezel and the GTZ had dark greyish blue faces.
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