So I bought this beauty a week and a half a go
she does have a few scratches here and there but only shopping centre scrape on rear right and a weird bubbling on the front right bar just infront of the wheel
but i hardly care its an upgrade from the condition of my old car haha, and i reckon most of it would buff out easily
paint was faded as shit on any horizontal surface but it was such a great first car besides that
but anyway back to the upgrade
the interior is immaculate and I love the suede so frickin much
Honestly I drove an almost untouched 99 TRD spec chaser, a stock XR5 focus, a wrx hatch, lancer vrx
but nothing made me feel at home just sitting in it, let alone driving in it
i never thought a car would excite me this much without being some insanely modded track car
it just grips, and when you think its run out, it still has more
im still babying it but it just keeps surprising me
new car bug lol
Also done a bit of research on modding, seems you get alot of bang for your buck with these cars, in every aspect
I was wondering if you guys could steer me in the right direction but heres a pretty quick list of what i have planned
its my daily and i want it to be for a long time, so any tips for reliability whilst also upgrading would be appreciated
ps: (is it common for the OEM shocks to knock and leak in the 3mps??? This was legit the only one I test drove (out of 8 - 9) that didnt have shocky knock, but they are leaking and have had them bottom out when crawling over sharp speedbumps so thinking of changing them asap)
(roughly in order)
Race rear engine mount
rear sway bar
shocks adjustable... KYB any good??
street/track pads
sti front lip
turbo inlet pipe/pod/heatshield
Dump pipe and decat
front sway bar (whilst doing the dump pipe for ease)
Cobbsport accessport (anyone know if theyre worth it or is it better to just get a tune)
slotted rotors
vented bonnet / bonnet gas strut
4 pot calipers
front and rear strut bars
coil overs
rims and tyres (thinking Enkei NT03 or XXR 527)
respray (pearl white of course, they were meant to come out from factory in white)
all dreams at this point of course but bear with me I've finally upgraded to a turbo hahaha
i look forward to getting to know you guys and learn everything there is to know about my new baby