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BLUF: Rust will necessitate replacing some of the boxed unibody sheet metal around the rear suspension. I found that while removing the rusty fuel tank. The fuel tank, hoses and sheet metal are verified to be available from nengun.com who quoted me ~$1,400 for the parts. A local autobody shop quoted me $2k to complete the labor for replacing the rear unibody boxed section which assumes the work mostly entails them working with factory type spot welding. They quoted up to $4k if the surrounding floorboard wasn't clean enough to spot weld safely. Prior owner repaired a rust spot on the LR fender, needs a paint blend there. Both rear doors have rust inside the little quarter window framing.

The car: 2004 Evo 8 SSL; I bought it from the late Brian Robertson who campaigned it successfully in SCCA autocross in Ohio. He brought the car back to stock for me to purchase it at 125,000 miles when I daily drove it for another 100k, occasionally autocrossing it, I then sold it to a friend before buying it back a year ago.

Currently has a set of BC coilovers, Whiteline swaybars, silcone IC hoses, a GFB recirculating BOV, PLX wideband, exhaust is a 3" TB to a v-band with a cat and flexpipe, open-source tuned by Turbo Pete in Philly. Interior is decent, custom dark grey woodgrain dash/door inserts, leather is 7/10 for wear, double-DIN radio placement with relocated HVAC, Pioneer sub and factory Infinity amp are still in the car, but H.U. and component speakers are not part of the sale. Had a Rexspeed spoiler in the pic, but currently has an OE wing with white standoffs, and some unbranded lip spoiler. Rolling on Evo9 wheels. Brembos were just rebuilt with new seals and bleeders, along with fresh powder coating last year. Having put so many miles on this chassis, there are numerous parts I've maintained or outright replaced over the years. Safe to say every bolt has been removed except for the brake line brackets that run the length of the floorboard. Mitsu completed the front crossmember recall a few years back installing a brand new piece.