Whats going on guys, and guy-ettes, fellow Evo obsessors
my names James, i was a mechanic in a previous life, im new to the Evo game, and new to Augusta GA, just moved here from Monterey Cali.
I've got a 2006 Electric Blue Evo 9 with 56,000 miles on it (was 52,000 when i bought it), actually bought it the day i moved from Monterey to Augusta, put 3000 miles on it in 2 and a half days, so that was a good acclimation period for me and Audrey(cars name, after Audrey Hepburn lol), I've been in Georgia for a month now and frequent Nashville, got a lot of car buddies up there.
I'm originally from Kerville, about an hour and a half from of San Antonio Texas.
The Evo was previously owned by a member on here SPOOLIN4g63, but i got it from a BMW dealer after he traded it in.
whats in the car:

-60k mile major service with all OEM factory parts (only part not OEM was the serpentine belt, which I used a gates belt).
-New NGK spark plugs. Fresh coolant.
-ACT pressure plate and OEM clutch disc.
-AMS upper and lower clutch lines.
-stainless steel brake lines.
-Power Slot slotted brake rotors and Hawk HPS brake pads.
-shep racing tranny.
-walbro fuel pump.
-ARP head studs.
-JDM rear bumper.
-OEM Visors.
-Vortex Generator from REXPEED.

I have Injen intake and UICP, ETS LICP
and some Tein S-Tech springs purchased and on their way in the mail. (i know i know, ditch the springs, im going to, in about 6 months or so, they are just temp to see if i can daily it easily around here with a little bit of a drop, either way im never gonna stance it) and also have Work Emotion CR Kai's in the works sometime in the future lol.

i like going to meets, talking about cars for endless amounts of time and helping out others when i can, whether it be with a car or just moving or something.
I've seen a member on here already, read his license plate, and the frame was evom.net. its a yellow evo 8 with a 9 front bumper and looks like its on coils.

She's a little out of place here lol


Doing some tire cleaning


Audrey and her Mazda cousins


needs a bit more low i know




sorry for such a large intro thread, only one chance for first impressions though right lol. even though ive been lurking on here for a little bit

 

deleted, saving for later

 

have added injen uicp and intake and ets licp, and then tein s-tech springs, dont want to do coilovers again
Audrey Hepburn sticker i got made






i need spacers at least for the rear for now

 

Car looks great

 

Nice car. Welcome to the forum

 

Nice car man, you obviously have kept it very clean. It's always nice to see people take good care of there cars like you have.

 

thankyou, keeping her clean is definitely one of my top priorities,
couple updates,
got my mechanical boost gauge and AFR gauge, went straight pipe to destrict a little but left the muffler on the back so shes still quiet
took the wheels back to silver though, i feel like it looks cleaner and just better with the blue that way.
also popped the head lights open and smoked all the chrome metallic black, and the corners to a dark amber.
fogs also to amber.
im looking into getting some wider wheels eventually, some 9.5's, but til then i was just thinking about grabbing some 25mm spacers and throwing them on.
also got a 49" m3 trunk lip coming in the mail, so we'll see how that looks


i need to sand and clean up my lenses soon.

 

some more pics from kicking it at my buddies house just working on cars #theusual lol


when he did his STI lights.

got them wired in, just have to wire them for all time amber


i love seeing her with her makeup off lol

scariest moment of my life


my buddy likes to walk through my pictures...

hate parking her on the curb, thanks command wide **** test, no parking at my own damn building, but damn she looked good while i was walking up the stairs

 

I don't have an EVO yet but I lived in Atlanta for years and I'm 2 hours from Augusta, GA. Welcome to the south!

 

well you need to go ahead and get yourself an Evo lol. you wont regret it.
i actually grew up in the south, Texas and Tennessee, just had a year of training in Cali

 

I know I won't. We just had a kid in the middle of trying to quick pay off the eclipse and had to get a family car we didn't want for awhile. There is an EVO on the forums I want but I can't post so hopefully he gets my PM. I'll make that drive to Texas for that car. = )

Ahhh. I never lived in TN but I did live in TX. I miss it there sometimes but the hills and mountains over here (+ the beach) makes up for it. = )

 

theres a lot of good cars in TX and not a lot of rust lol, i havent been to the mountains or anything around here yet, but i really really am dying to find a good curvy road, have had no luck so far

 

got my gauges mounted up on the A-pillar. finally out of the center cubby.




did some good soldering and shrink wrapping to ensure it was a quality connection and not gonna light my car on fire... i dont want to be a ferrari