Hey all, i'm just wondering.. i'm looking for an X, but look at the Ralliart just to see the differences... so far the only thing i've seen is the front fenders have the vents, the wheels and the rear bumper. I haven't seen the RA in person however so i'm just curious what else the differences are?

the different body parts are :

front and rear quarter panels , rear bumper , and the entire "nose" section.

you forgot the roof

Besides the components listed above, there are many significant differences that aren't so casually noticeable between the two cars.

ohhh, I didn't realize all of that was different.. i'll have to stop and look at them side by side one day.

You can even see differences in pictures.

yeah to make it short the evo has a widebody compared to the lancer, wide rear fenders wider rear bumper,rear doors, wider front fenders wider front bumper, everything is slightly expanded

however you can technically take a evo front bumper and put it on a RA. its not a good idea because you would need fenders rear fenders and and all the things above or you'll just look retarded with a wide front bumper and skinny body..

about a year ago when i got my lancer i asked the dealer about all those parts..was almost 5k for all the oem bumpers and parts excluding rear fenders because mitsu dosent sell it...

its def cheaper to get an evo haha you wont regret it, but if you have the RA and already i wouldnt look into something like getting those parts unless you got alot of $$ to put up

I like the slimmer RA. I especially like the smaller wing.

I wasn't thinking of buying an RA and converting it.. I was really just curious as to what the differences were. I don't dislike the RA, i've just already had an Evo IX and feel like getting an RA would be taking a step back ( no offense to you RA guys here ) performance wise.

its possible but like i said..its gonna cost you some money...at least 5k. not counting the wider wheels you'll have to buy to compliment the new body.

It really depends on what you want the car to do??
RoadRace/Drag/AutoX...

You don't really notice a huge performance difference on the street.

I mean, it really isn't that big of a downgrade for a street car. Still AWD Turbo.

Yeah, if you compete you going to need an EVO...With the Ralliart, it's like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

yeah, the suspension is totally different on the Evo I understand.

From what I understand the RA and GTS share the same body and most of the parts except the turbo, AWD, diff tuned suspension and dual exhaust on the RA(might be few more.)
The Evo has way better suspension, Brembo brakes, bigger turbo, widebody and a few others.
If you want to Mod, get an Evo GSR IMO you get way better bang for your buck and will be way happier with an Evo( plus 0%)

The GSR & MR have aluminum control arms, active front and rear differentials, welded seams, turbo, possibly cams, aluminum roof, etc. There are plenty of differences between an evo and a ralliart.

Would all these differences be noticeable to the average joe? someone who just cruises along mostly?