2.4L 4-cylinder. 138,000km. All totally stock the day it was bought. $4000.

First glance, what screams out at you to be modded.

rims and tint have to be the first i reccon

mine looked just like yours when i brought it :) even had 138xxx on it... werd :) (although bigger engine and altera luxury over here :P)

20" rims, coilover suspension, parabolic headlights, letterbox grill, tinted windows + taillights :)

kgo.

Looks neat.

My dad had the exact same car 1996-2004, very nice cars, quiet engine too.

Mine is exactly yours so you can have a look at my profile. of course you can go hardcore and do bodykits. You will realise that my car looks extremly high gloss as well as I maintain a high standard of keeping my car clean. I chose class over sporty but I like both.

Cheers!

Mine is exactly yours so you can have a look at my profile. of course you can go hardcore and do bodykits. You will realise that my car looks extremly high gloss as well as I maintain a high standard of keeping my car clean. I chose class over sporty but I like both.

Cheers!

yesh, i was gonna say it needs a good wax

Im keen on keeping mine clean, I use armourall (the blue stuff) at the moment, works really well but im thinking of buying some meguiars, does anyone know if its worth the money?

i say charge her up mate!!

these engines can be turbocharged quite easily and considerably cheap, well by cheap i mean 4-5k if you hunt around.

but first i would lower it and throw on some rims.

good luck!

Where can I get a letterbox grill?

Where can I turbo charge it for $5000? Most places i've seen are in the 7-9 price point. How much power will it have (particulary off the line with a turbo) ?

Where can I get lowered springs and shocks? And price.

How much should I expect to pay for window tint and 2.5" red back?

Put in my sound system, when it came to putting the amp and sub in the boot, should I have to drill through the metal plate to run cabling (power/signal), and do I have to drill through the firewall for the power cable, or is there a pre-existing hole I cant see?

In that photo its unwashed, I washed it at the car wash last night by hand (not auto), waxed it too, didnt chamois it, so it looks average, a guy I work with used to be a car detailer, so i'm going to get him to go over it properley. So thats my excuse for it looking ****.

As for wheels, I want these: http://www.tempetyres.com.au/products_closeup.asp?part=&part_no=753

Where can I get parabolic headlights, how difficult are they to fit, because I do not want to pull the front bar off.

This is where I will stop you and say use the search tool bar please. Thanks.
All these questions are covered and you need time to do some effort in searching.

Cheers!

Thanks mate, found all the info I needed, and now several hundred dollars poorer. :(

Life goes on!

Will post more photos are mods get done.

welcome to the 2.4L brigade....

i would say
lowered as much as tolerable
a set of 17-18"
nice dark tint
Letterbox grill

clean & simple

drive as a crusier, as your not going to be dragging anyone (unless you turbo it:D "

Update:

Steering wheel, pedals, head unit, rear speakers, front speakers, sub, amp and boot neons.

Also a K&N pod filter (no photo though) forgot to take one, oops!

Got lowered springs. King Low's, but they aren't fitted yet. Been too busy over Easter.

nice man its coming along well :D

Spot the difference!!!

I'll give ya a hint: windows and para's!

Under the bonnet though, a new battery! Not happy!

Had CD player going all day while I was working and drained the battery and my house mate said I couldn't jump it off her car so $124 for a new battery from BP.

Also, white dials make your car go faster. ;)

Def gonna have to get that letter box grill in there asap!

Lookin the goods so far mate.

Spot the difference!!!

I'll give ya a hint: windows and para's!

Under the bonnet though, a new battery! Not happy!

Had CD player going all day while I was working and drained the battery and my house mate said I couldn't jump it off her car so $124 for a new battery from BP.

Also, white dials make your car go faster. ;)


....why? stingy roommate?

....why? stingy roommate?

"If you jump off my car you'll blow up the computer"

Hmm.... My other house mate offered (03 WRX) but he wasn't coming home til late and I needed my car right away. So yeah.

hmm steering wheel - illegal
pedals - illegal
so good luck with the red and blue ;)

other than that looks good

"If you jump off my car you'll blow up the computer"

Hmm.... My other house mate offered (03 WRX) but he wasn't coming home til late and I needed my car right away. So yeah.


How the hell can u blow the ecu by jumping off the car? I know you can screw a car your jumping by doing it the wrong way, but never heard of the other way around. Although once i was jumping my mates car at a petrol station and she said that what i was doing wrong, and i was going to screw the cars up, she says to me "i know what im talkin about, i used to date a mechanic" i said "yeh well my dads a mechanic and i work with him". I didnt screw the cars up.

I think people forget that with a efi car, you have to ground the -ve.

hmm steering wheel - illegal
pedals - illegal
so good luck with the red and blue ;)

other than that looks good

Does the pads and wheel look good though?

I actually got pulled up tonight and they didnt question it.

Why do you mean by ground the -ve? Isnt it just - to - and + to + to jump a car?

Does the pads and wheel look good though?

I actually got pulled up tonight and they didnt question it.

Why do you mean by ground the -ve? Isnt it just - to - and + to + to jump a car?


NO!!!! Thats how you do screw a car up when jump starting it! Have you ever read the instructions that come with the jumper cables??? The car that your jumping from should be +ve on +ve terminal and same with -ve. The car your jumping should have the +ve to the +ve terminal and the -ve on the engine block!

So the car with a flat battery is postive cable on battery and negative on the engine block. Havent jumped a car in years.

So the car with a flat battery is postive cable on battery and negative on the engine block. Havent jumped a car in years.


Yeah, thats how you jump a efi car, if its got a carby, its just terminal to terminal.

Verdict on new rims and lowered?

get a spoiler on that beasty. :cool: i may be shot for that statement:badgrin: :badgrin: