Personally I wouldn't swap to an Evolution 7 look unless it was free which it could be because some Evolution 7 owners really love the Evolution 8 look. The Evolution 8 lights do look great on the 7 as you can see on my GTA. What is funny is that I wish I could swap to an Evolution 4, 5, or 6 front end but not the rear.

The average person who is not a car enthusiast or is not into Japanese cars mistakes the Evolution 8 and 9 for either just a Sun Fire or a modified Sun Fire. These are performance cars so who cares what they look like for the most part.



Down grade you say?! How is the below a down grade! Other than the hood which is specific to the GTA and much more Aerodynamic but I think the cooling really does matter on these engines as my valve cover is peeling a little but the tin foil under the hood looks new.

 

^ the pontiacs look literally nothing like the evo viii which has a big *** fmic, more ducts that are 4 times larger and shaped way different not to mention the sunfire has lights where the evos oil cooler ducts are? Now the evo 7 just looks like a lancer es. very basic and pedestrian..just look and tell me this isnt way more similar..