Hello everyone,,
I've learned in seven years of owning an 08 Evo X. Some may be obvious to you, and if so, I apologize in advance. But I would've liked to have known these things in advance my purchase:

1) This forum is awesome and has saved me much money and time. The overwhelming majority of posters are kind and helpful and willing to share their expertise. Thank you all!
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2) On the other hand, my dealer has been a disappointment. I can only speak for my dealer, not all of them, but this one is clearly unsuited to properly assess issues with the Evo X, even when they use the national service hotline. They've misdiagnosed problems multiple times (even when I tell them what I think the problem is - most often based on reading this forum - and that's usually right). On the last trip there, they basically said they couldn't fix what turned out to be a simple problem. See 7) below.

3) The stock wing on the Evo X looks really cool, but it's placed in about the worst location for visibility. I switched to a carbon fiber lip spoiler, and that's a decent replacement. The car doesn't look as mean, but visibility is much improved.

4) I finally gave up on the front rubber lip extension. Fixed it multiple times. Bought several boxes of the fasteners. It rips off in snow, when entering drives with abrupt slope changes. Again, I love the look, but it's just too low.

5) Breathing mods, plus EBCU, plus a tune on the Evo X makes a wonderful daily driver with good low end and high end response. Best car I've had in 35 years of driving.

6) I need to save up for brake jobs. Very expensive, though getting your own pads and rotors helps. Midas has lifetime warranty on pads, so that helps, but the rotors are expensive. Good deals are available on-line periodically.

7) MAF sensors are an issue on the Evo X, with or without modified intake. I'm on my third, and they can fail without giving codes (that's the problem my dealer was unable to diagnose). Logs (e.g. with EvoScan or Accessport) are invaluable in diagnosing difficult problems.

8) I've had great customer service from aftermarket Evo X suppliers: Cobb, Custom Performance, Grimmspeed, AMS. AMS has been especially helpful and knowledgeable.

9) The TPMS sensor issue with the Evo X is disappointing. Seems like most tire places don't have the means to reset them. Dealer charges something like $100. I've had to do it twice. I bought the two tools necessary for this (I think they cost about $400 together). Haven't earned my money back yet, but at least it's not going to the dealer.

 

Good info! As a new owner I really appreciate you sharing this.
Yes everyone on the forum has been super helpful, and I was wondering about those rotors.
I noticed they are floating style discs... $$$

 

Regarding number 3, I actually really like my spoiler replacement because it is at perfect headlight location so it blocks most headlights from glaring through my rear view mirror.

 

Except for me. :P



Centric premium rotors. Cheap and good.

Front:

129.46082.13 Centric 2 piece aerorotor and hat (Left)

129.46083.14 Centric 2 piece aerorotor and hat (Right)

125.46076 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Solid)
126.46076 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Slotted) - Add L or R in part number for sides
127.46076 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Drilled & Slotted) - Add L or R in part number for sides
128.46076 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Drilled) - Add L or R in part number for sides
121.46076 Centric C-Tek Standard Rotor (Solid)

Rear:
125.46075 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Solid)
126.46075 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Slotted) - Add L or R in part number for sides
127.46075 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Drilled & Slotted) - Add L or R in part number for sides
128.46075 Centric Premium High Carbon Rotor (Drilled) - Add L or R in part number for sides
121.46075 Centric C-Tek Standard Rotor (Solid)

 

2. Yes dealers suck. I work in the aftermarket auto field and we work in a lot of dealerships. Most dealers techs suck honestly.

6. Learn to do brakes yourself. Pads are extremely easy and quick to change. Saves a ton of money.

7. Funny. I’ve seen some guys have MAF problems. But I’ve never had an issue with two different X’s.

​​​​​​​9. One of the things I have to “expert” in through work is TPMS. It’s amazing to me the shops that can’t really work on TPMS in cars. I would call a shop and ask what kind of TPMS tool they work with. I always recommend and sell the Bartec 300 or 400 Pro tools. If they have those, they can relearn the sensors to your car. You just have to find a shop or dealer that knows what they’re doing.

 

For the TPMS you can just disable them through an ETACS decoder program. You just need a tactrix cable and to pay for a couple read/write licenses on the software. It's wayyyy cheaper than buying the tools needed to actually reprogram the sensors

 

2. Yes dealers suck they are very misinformed about evos and give bad info and diagnostic.
6. I agree with ugakirk do the brakes yourself. Omg its super easy just like any other car.
10. Evos are very reliable solid cars as long as the owner maintains it properly. I was one who was so scared to own an Evo
I purchased an Extended Mitsubishi warranty. Waste of money this beast of a car is 100x more realiable then any BMW I owned.

 

I work at a dealer, and have for 7 years. When it comes to diagnostics on performance models, they do suck. it's rare a tech KNOWS what he is doing, rather than following pinpoint tests and hotline requests.
This works fine for basic boring cars with easy issues. I would never trust a higher end/performance model to a dealer, especially if it's oddball issues out of warranty. In warranty, we just fire the parts cannon.

Intermittent misfire #3 can't diagnose? KAbOOM, new shortblock loaded in the parts cannon.

 

After being around Evos and driving a couple as weird as it sounds I've honestly never understood how bad of a placement the wing is until I bought my own on Saturday haha definitely looking to upgrade to a carbon trunk without the wing. And I can agree with most of the things in here!

 

Having just bought my first EVO this year, this info has been very helpful and has guided me in the direction I want to go with the car.

Btw, in bullet point number 7 you refer to EBCU. What does EBCU stand for?

 

Electronic Boost Controller

 

I loved my Do Luck trunk on my X. I loved the way it made the car look. I think the car looks amazing both ways. I sure did enjoy the visibility as you stated.

 

Could be because I'm a bit on the shorter side, but I don't really have any visibility issues with the wing. Can usually see cars above or below it. In regards to the original post though, great write up. I'm a new Evo owner myself so I'm trying to absorb as much as I can.

 

Hi guys, please help me with your opinion for buying an Evo X with 200k km, or above. What problems should I expect from the car, engine or something? Thank you

 

Lol, what? ETACS Decoder should be free to use.