looking to buy this evo ix rs and dealer claims stock, not modded. which from the pictures i can tell thats partly true, however how do i know it hasnt been put back to stock?

Im going to take a look at the car later but for the mean time maybe you guys can help me get some more out of the pictures the dealer posted.


car: WW IX RS 52k miles and dealer wants 20,999

 

from what i can see it doesnt seem to be put back to stock the bolts on the manifold are pretty rusted. but there is no cover for the coil packs and no pipe goin from the turbo to the air box. check for any loose clamps or hoses. take it for a drive see how it feels at wot. gd luck man

 

to "me" it looks very clean and it doesn't look like its been touched, but its hard to say from looking at pics and not seeing it in person. have you taken it for a ride yet?... /\ good points about the intake pipe and valve cover. ask why those are missing.

 

Well, the tint isn't stock, the radio, missing piece of the air snorkel, the spark plug cover is gone, the exhaust may be stock (hard to tell from the angle). Those are just very minor things. Drive it and let us know the outcome. Good luck.

 

Looks like it has some sort of an aftermarket exhaust. Definitely not stock.

 

yeah i cant tell if the exhaust is stock, tip looks bigger than stock but maybe just an angle. Dealer is about 50 miles away so i made an appointment to go see it hopefully later today.

 

good luck and yet us know how it goes.

 

also the battery tie down and the red positive cover piece are missing.

 

clamp positions on the UICP are off to no?

 

YES there is an intake pipe look carefully underneath the radiator hose. The car looks pretty stock to me, BUT it seems like it was modified THEN put to stock. The car looks clean though so I would go check it out in person.

Oh yeah i would ask the dealer to do the 60k service at their cost, then buy it. Def seems like a good car.

 

yea it looks like it probably had some bolt ons previously but now is pretty clean and back to stock. obv missing the airbox snorkel though.

 

They missing pieces are questionable, it may have been modded. However the mileage is decent and the car is clean, I would have it compression tested and go from there GOOD luck.

 

I was thinking this. Looks like possibly T-bolt clamps on the UICP which could indicate that the boost had been raised at one point. Hard to tell.

 

ok yeah i can see the intake pipe now, but the air duct is missing. you know that top piece that goes from the air box and bolts right above the radiator? thats missing.

 

rubber hose going to the valve cover vent seems to have a regular worm clamp, not oem.