I thought id post this just to state that ive been doing all my own mods, and not paying anyone, and it feels good. im in the middle of my first turbo swap and I hope I get it right but ive been saving money and making sure stuff gets done the way I like, anyone else agree with me???

 

I did almost all of the work on my MR, the things I didnt know how to do I let the pros do.

 

amen brother!!! ive done everthing to my car except the waterpump and cams cause I wanted that to be perfect and not to chance. but im fixing to swap out my stock 8 turbo as soon as I find a IX worth buying lol.

 

its better to do it yourself even if you dont know how the more u do the more u learn

 

Thats so true. The more you do the more you learn. I started doing more on my car now and it feels good. Iam learning so much. Almost everything, except the cams and waterpump and valve springs and retainers.

 

ive done everthing to my car. very good learning expirence. and the evo are very easy to work on i think i havent had any troubles yet exept getting the tranny in but that can be easy or a b**ch. ha

 

im not great at working with cars, but i will say its a really satisfying feeling when you order a part and install it yourself. i installed my turbo outlet and full megan exhaust (obviously not too difficult), but it was a great feeling to get that first drive in afterwards knowing i put in the work to make the upgrade

 

I do just about all my own work. I even mounted and balanced my own wheels. I have only had a shop work on my evo to tune it and whenever it was something I couldnt afford alot of downtime on.

 

i do. haven't had the opportunity to do much. But i love the satisfaction i have after a successful install/replacement/fix it whatever it may be. The best way to learn is by doing!

 

do you own the equipment to mount wheels or did you go to a tire place and ask to do it yourself? havent heard of too many people doing that

 

No one has EVER touched my car. Everything was done by me. Porting, installs, tuning, maintenance. Even the tires mounted onto the wheels.

In retrospect, for as long as it took, I probably should have paid someone to do the clutch.

 

I've done more work on my Evo than any other car that I've owned. The more I let other people work on my Evo, the more I want to do myself.

 

basic bolt ons ive done myself, intake, ic pipes, fmic, mbc, etc..... cams/tune/clutch? well thats a different story lol... i let the pros do that...


id like to see this go along in the "tuning" category

ill never tune my car, jus downloaded ecuflash to feel special

 

i do certain things myself, but certain things i would perfer a pro to do. i want my timing belt done so i'm having a really good shop take care of that. might as well take care of everything else like turbo, cams, springs, etc lol

 

+1 Dude!