I am new quite new to the forum, and looking for an EVO VIII. I have a friend selling one, and was wondering if the price was steep/cheap. If anyone has any input, feel free to make a comment. The following modifications have been done.

2004 Mitsubishi Evolution VIII GSR
Mileage: 37,xxx

Engine:
HKS 264/272 camshafts
Fidanza Cam Gears @ -2,-2
Buschur Turboback Exhaust w/ HKS Carbon/Ti Muffler
Buschur Lower Intercooler Pipe
Injen Intake/Upper Intercooler Piping
Forge RS Recirc Valve.
10.5 Hotside
DNP O2 Housing
Custom Dynoflash Tune
ARC Radiator Cap
ARC Heatshield
Drivetrain:
ACT HDSS Clutch with Xtreme Pressure Plate
ACT Lightened Flywheel
Buschur Underhood Shifter Bushings
Kartboy Short Shifter
Interior:
Orbital 2-DIN Console [ Black Grain ]
Panasonic CQ-VD6503U 2-DIN Head Unit [ DVD/NAV Ready]
Defi BF Amber Gauges ( Boost,EGT,Oil Pres. )
Defi Link II Control Unit
Recaro Sport TopLine Seats. Leather, Powered, Heated, Air Conditioned.
Exterior:
JDM VII Tail Lights
JDM IX Rear Bumper
OEM Vortex Generator Paint Matched
APR GT Front Bumper w/ OEM IX Emblem [ On for approx. 500 miles ]
RexSpeed Amber Side Markers
OEM HIDS
Sunroof
Suspension:
Tein S-Tech Springs
Tein Front Strut Bar

Price is $25,000 firm. or ?

 

tein s-techs


Other than that im always weary of buying used modded sports cars. Well any used sports car. But if you know your friend did all the proper servicing and such go for it. Although I would probably see if price could be dropped a bit.

 

i think its a little much. you want to make sure its been maintained very well. otherwise your going to end up in the same situation im in right now, but u wont have a warranty.

 

thanks def1 and brenden, he has kept it well maintained, just didnt know if the price was steep .Its a very clean vehicle, i was just weary. I may look into this instead, let me know what you think. http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/car/727274372.html he hasnt tweaked it much, low miles, 7k cheaper.

 

those are basicly all the first simple yet nice mods. id say after a nice drive i would go for it. the price isn't that bad. the 8's and 9's r holding their value now that they don't make them anymore

 

Yeah,I just want to make sure this is the right thing for my first evo. thanks boost.

 

I would say get your friends car if you know its very well maintained for sure. But try and get him to drop the price a bit. Maybe to like 22 and that would be a real good deal.

Also as mentioned before get rid of those tien s techs and go with works thats what im saving up for currently.

But I just dont think 25000 is justified for an 04 evo. For a few more thousand or if your lucky the same price, you can get a low mile evo 9

 

first evo... do yourself a favor and don't buy such a heavily modified one. you don't really know what you're getting into with all that done.

you can get a newer, lower mileage evo for 25k. modifying it is the fun part, do that on your own!

 

yea its a tough choice however since i work on my own cars i would agree with ^mcDollar. if u don't plan on turning many wrenches then this car may be for u, because if u plan on buyin a stock car and want those mods, the price for parts and labor is going to be ALOTTT

 

+1

 

I'm currently looking at a similarly (relatively lightly... it even has the s-techs, too lol) modded 2005 SSL with 39k.

Guy & I agreed on $21.5k, and I should be getting it for this price within the next couple of days. Hope this comparison helps.

 

Here are some pictures of the friends Evo.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...n/teh_evoVIII/

 

It sounds like he's trying to get almost all his money back from the mods he's done. Not much of friend if he's not willing to negotiate, but then again hopefully you know more about the history of the car. I'm pretty sure you can pick up a nice clean stock '04 evo for under 20k. If you want the mods you can do them yourself and it'll be about the same as his asking price.

 

whats the password for the pictures? or do you have to make an account?

 

personally,i look for a car with least number of mods.sure it'll look like a good deal because of the parts and such,but you dont know how hard he/she drove it.

like said before,modding is the fun part.you appriciate your car more.

if you do decide to pick that one up,check the compression,and frame and all that,just to be sure.GOOD LUCK!