Ya know I always find it funny when people compliment that ralliart grill because when I bought the car I didn't know much about the Lancer I just thought it looked pretty cool and it had a clean carfax... When I saw it I thought that the Ralliart grill was the STOCK grill. I saw other lancers on the road and I would think "why would they change their grill when the stock one is so much better?" Hahahaha. Ah well...good times.

Anyway yeah the grill was left intact thank the car gods lol. Here are a few pictures from the morning after it happened.

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$2k in damage... I bent the tie rod, broke the washer fluid reservoir, no major damage to the rim thankfully... i can't remember what else they said was damaged on it lol.

Let me know how you like the projectors... idk if it's just the HID ones that I got but the 9007 connector they use didn't fit that great in the stock ones. Also the prongs on the connectors for the turn signals kept bending the wrong way when I tried to plug them in, after using my knife to push them a little outwards though they went in fine. Just to give you a heads up on what to expect.

 

Ah, lol wow you were lucky to find one with a RA grill already. post up some pics when you get the damage fixed! Also thanks for the heads up about the fitment

 

what kind of header did you get? Is that the one off the guy on here that was looking to trade, if not how much was it?

 

Very similar to his, I think its the same style, I was gonna get that one but he never PM'd me back...This one I bought on Ebay for $115 shipped. Only took a couple hours to put it on in my driveway.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3Anull%3AIT

 

did that header come with gaskets of any kind as well?

 

Yep came with everything u see here.

 

Nice build up so far, and those projectors are the cheapest (price) I've seen so far.

That is also not a bad price for the header. Is the CEL Eliminator needed at all? Also, noticable power gain? Or is it all noise like the CAI's haha.

 

sweet my flex pipe is deteriorating and this would be a great fix for it hahaha how's it sound?

 

I have a CEL fix (spark plug defoulers) on my OBX cat already so I still am not throwing any lights or codes. It sounds great! Very deep tone, very throaty. And as far as power increase I feel a more steady pull throughout RPM's and I felt more topend power.

 

nice. let us know if you see any weld cracks.
if that header lasts, imma get the same one.

 

will do, I hope it lasts a decent amount of time...my kamikaze header had 3 cracks in it when i took it off lol....course I got that used to begin with.

 

oh ok. =)

 

Got my new headlights, black side markers, and rear strut bar on. I am far from pleased with the Depos projectors.....they look good, that's all I can say.








As far as the headlights go...

-The projectors and hi beams connector/plug in sucks! if u wiggle it or hit a bump the light goes out...Im about to just cut them and straight wire them.
-They arent sealed good at all...one of them already has moisture inside of it..
-The fitment on my car isnt the greatest...however that is partially cause my bumper isnt perfectly even because of a crappy autobody fix from previous owners.

They do look good and are bright though.

 

Id say they look pretty clean!

 

i feel u on the moisture im goin thru the same thing with my cedias....its a pain but soo worth it haha