MY first tread ever:
i wanted to post up my ride once it was worthy enough.
still far from it but i think its about time to contribute and take some advice from others.

Working at subway for 3 years,i saved up 3k to get myself a hoopty because riding a beater to school is much cooler then the big yellow school bus. anyways, picked me up 02 es for only $2800!! 4-5 months ago.. [my mother's a bargainer ] anyhow kinda fell in love with the thing although i had some good minor defects;

ie:
dents;
big *** Front bumper scrap,
Broken sway bar;
CEL oxygen sensors;
Fuses;
bad sparkplugs;
all the light were out;
missing parts;
a faulty auto tranny ;
and an ugly *** grill. all that good stuff

kinda hurted to see a lancer go down like that
so i had to put a little work into it :












Needless to say, i got them all fixed myself [ but with a lot of help from the threads here; Thanks Guys] , I even bondo'd and painted the bumper myself and i did this all under 600 bucks including the grill from accolade.

As you see; i got the car a little bit of suttin suttin while keeping my bank leveled:

Grill: $100
Carbon Fiber Evo 8 spoiler: $100
Custom SRI: $30
Seibon Carbon Fiber Evo-Style Hood
Carbon Fiber Gas Door Lid
Carbon Fiber Center arm Piece
Vortex Genrator [flew off]
Freedom Design front Strut Bar; Rear Bar; Toe Bar
HKS Oil Catch Can
Sparco Carbon Fiber Gas Pedals [manual & selling]
All off an ex-Lancer Owner for $250

tallying up to about $3400

Upcomings: in order

DIY Eye Lids and Black Out head lights
Tinted tails
Hoodpins
Painting side mirrors and parts of hood
vortex generator
Ground Wires
RIMS* 17" or 18"; my brother got me some but some jerk off stole em from my driveway.
Lipkit
any suggestions?

anyways; ill keep you all posted and i just some stuff i needa get rid of to get more stuff

 

looking good. not a bad start. You should def get some rims though, those will make a huge difference, also lowering, preferably coilovers, if not some decent springs

 

first car?

 

From a highschool budget thats a pretty fine list of mods already. Keep up the good work. Wheels do sound good for the to-do list

 

Rims with a drop for sure. I've been rolling on stockers and finally picking up some 17's tomorrow. can't wait to put them on.

 

thanks, yeah its kinda like wearing a suit with flip flops. haha but for coilovers, not yet, needa set some money for college going to school in boston in gunna be a biznatch. my stock struts are running exceptionally good with all the strut bars.

 

yeah first car with new license, not into much drivetrains, can't get a ticket or my license would be suspended

 

RRM sales a nice set of progression spraings. Will drop the car a little bit with out killing your stock shocks. Also look into getting some scholarships and grants for the college. They do wonders

 

Hey buddy, how much did you get the Hood for?

I'm on a tight university budget here but i kind of want that same hood :S

 

A Seibon hoob like that is gonna run easily 350-450. I think new from Seibon its about 600? But don't quote me on that. I could easily be wrong since that's how much they run for my 06 =/

 

everything in the red font i got for 250 including the hood

 

Yeah, i would say rims next too. You should have got them before the CF hood, IMO. Im in your same boat basically, except a community college kids budget

Keep it up

 

yeah but i couldn't turn down the offer for the hood and other parts XD

 

looks good... just take off the mitsu emblem in the front. or at least put it in the middle. ... it looks weird being on the side

 

did you fix the tranny yet? Thats most important so the car is drivable....