Guess I am gonna be a major *** and be the one to say that this is whats going wrong with the Evo persona...too many damn Honda owner's coming to Evo's now. I see too many with nothing but Tein springs and HKS bov's running around ready to race anything that looks at them wrong....the other half just wreck them trying to race....(btw I own a Acura so not stereotyping but it's pretty close to the truth...)

 

well most are from higher priced hondas/acuras too.. Type R's where 18-19k range too ya know :P

 

Evo's are starting to become something more or less like the old DSMs now. You won't find one thats beat to hell anymore or have very few problems.

One of the reasons I'm keeping mine. I know whats been done to her. ;P

 

+1

 

So Evo owners is too cool to be firend with Honda owners ? I got my Evo at 2005 and i bought a 99 Prelude at 2006, so am i a damn Evo owner went to Honda ? I still have boths cars, so i am a damn Honda owner or a damn Evo owner ~~ hahaha. Theres alot of nice Honda owner too and maybe there is some damn Evo owner too ?

Not trying to mean anything , just trying to say something good for those nice Honda owenrs around there.

 

I think he's talking about the Honda owners that owned something like a 94 Civic CX with a 70HP 1.5L SOHC engine and thinks they're fast just by adding a GIANT Pep Boys muffler at the end of his 1.5" exhaust pipe and hacking the shifter in half and calling it a "Short shifter"

lol


I love

 

Yes..thank you Didn't mean to stereotype it's just been a major pet peeve of mine lately. I respect well done type r's and even the s2k crowd...just seems like a large portion (not all) have brought alot of unwanted attention to the evo crowd. It's went from being predominately mid 20's early 30's owners to about 90% teens. It's quite embarrassing if I have family or coworkers with me and I got another evo or honda trying to race me for 5 miles....

 

Problem is they're becoming a lot more affordable and rich mommy and daddy can pay for it. No offense to you teens who actually paid for your own car. I was in that same boat. Back in 2005 i was rollin around IMO the cleanest white 99 eclipse spyder in Puyallup and i got teased all the time from people who thought that my parents bought it for me, or that i was driving in my parents car.
Please... at the time my Dad had a 96 ford ranger and my mom had a 2003 focus lol

 

its like that with any car that at the time they are new on the lots majority of younger people cannot afford them. Flash forward 5-8 years and the '03 models are affordable by the masses. The Evo community is feeling it as well as subie, E46 bimmers, Audi, early S2K(even though its a honda new they are 35K) to name a few.

It's just the progression on depreciation. In 5-8 years the R35 GT-R will be affordable to more people and the cycle continues.

 

^ so this was unexpected?

As the same cycle occurs with all vehicles (depreciation, used cars being purchased by younger crowd who wants a better used vehicle than a crappy new vehicle) this shouldnt have been a big shock.

In countries where the evo has been around for a longer period of time, the younger kids probably roll in the older generation body styles while the old timers trade in for their new model units....

 

i came from a honda... actually 2 of them. I has the RSX till i was 19, then had a slammed s2k... and got the EVO at 20.





anyways... i remember reading that a few of you had your 30k service done at Westwerks in Redmond just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions. all i need done is the t-case and transmission flush.

 

You can do the t-case and tranny flush with a hand pump...... oh, and the fluid

Got my hand pump from Shucks for $5.99.

 

FWIW: I have the redline MT-90 and wished I had gone with the aimsoil with synchromesh. It has much better cold-weather characteristics and the MT-90 is pretty bad below 50 degrees.

tranny fluid change:

http://www.evomoto.com/tech_info.php?tech_id=26

rear diff:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ial-fluid.html

Fluid info:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...oil-fluid.html

 

where can i do my 70k service at. i sure dont want to go through the dealership. there overpriced.

 

Do you mean just strait amsoil or mixing it with pennzoil synchromesh? Definately no not mix the two. I've tried most of them and Amsoil seems to work the best for me...I thought MT90 was junk and people I know who measure tranny temps at the track and they don't find it too great either. Motul Gear 300 or Amsoil MTG both work quite well...although you know how everybody is with there favorite fluids.