00Galantguy's Progress Report
INTERIOR PICS ON POST 12!!
New Style JDM Conversion partially painted and installed. Pics on last post!!
Alright so I have been on this site a couple months so I figure time for me to make a progress thread since my car has come a long long way!
So the story starts back in 2003. My mom wants to buy a newer nicer car than her current chrysler, and she has the intention of when I turn 16 and get my license I will be buying the car from her. So she is the typical not knowing mother and decides she wants a camry or accord. I knew this was going to be my car so I put my two sense in and told her I didn't want a camry or accord because everybody has those. She told me if I can go out and find her a better car for around the same price or less she would buy it. So I got to work. Thats when I discovered the 8g. From the first time I layed my eyes I wanted it. So I did hours of research and convinced her that this car was better and she said that was fine the only requirement was that she had a V6:smt038 .
So fast forward a couple years. I just got my license and im driving the g and I like it a lot but right now we were still sharing it which drove me crazy. So I decided to go out and look for other cars. Thats when I found my 3g eclipse gt. It was beautiful... dark blue exterior...flawless... and black leather inside with a 5 spd. I loved that car. So I bought it. Had it for about 2 weeks. I am turning left because I had a left turn arrow into walmart and..... I am struck by an audi that ran a red light. He was doing about 55 and went right into my right wheel and fender... so to say the least the car was totalled. I had 3 passengers but nobody was hurt. The driver of the other car was arrested I don't know why. But they had no insurance so our insurance only covered enough to pay off our loan. So no more eclipse. My mom asked me if I wanted to go look for another car but thats when I said I wanted the Galant. I knew it was the car for me.
So I buy the galant from her and she buys a volvo s40 1.9t . So now I discovered GF and TGC.
Well so now that you ppl all know the history of my car. It's time to update you on the future. Here is my check list.
Exterior
[X] Enkei 6 spoke gunmetal Gray 18's
[x] KYB GR2 Struts
[X] Progress Lowering Springs
[x]Mugen Lip(RIP)
[ ]New Style Grille
[ ]JDM Headlights
[x]2nd gen jdm tails
[x]De-badged
[] New Style JDM Side Skirts Purchased
[] New Style JDM Rear Bumper Purchased
[] New Style JDM Underspoilers Purchased
[x] JDM Visor
[] 6000k HIDs
Interior
[x]3g seats(black)
[x] Interior Pieces Painted Black To Match
[x] Dual 7 inch Motorized Touch Screen
[x] Gray Leather Back Seats Dyed Black To Match
[x] 2 Head Rest Monitors
[x] 2 200 Watt MTX Subwoofers with 400 watt amp
[x] 02-03 Gauge Cluster with blue lighting
[] Door panels wrapped in black vinyl
ENGINE
5 Speed Swap
[ ] Eclipse V6 Manual Transmission
[] Resurfaced Factory Eclipse flywheel + bolts
[ ] ACT 2100 Clutch kit
[ ] Clutch master + slave cylinders
[ ] Clutch pedal and brake pedal
[ ] Clutch lines
[ ] Shift Assembly
[ ] Shift cables
[ ] Passenger side Drive shaft
[ ] Transmission mount
[ ] Starter Plate
[ ] Axle seals
[ ] Fluids
3.5L Swap
[] Diamante Engine 6g74
[] 6g74 Exhaust Manifolds
[ ] 6g74 power steering bracket
[ ] 6g74 alternator bracket
[] 6g74 Starter Locater Plate
[ ] All 6g74 belts
[ ] New gaskets
[ ] All fluids
[ ] New spark plugs and wires
[ ] Vacuum hose
First thing I ever did was take my 3g seats and put them in my g.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0417081931.jpg
Then after that I painted some of the interior to match the seats
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0420081414.jpg
After this now I decided I was tired of my hub caps falling off so it was time to get some real rims. I picked myself up a set of 16" Konigs and cleared my corners as well as removed my v6 badges
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0502081542.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0505081914.jpg
Next I decided to change my cluster lighting and went with a blue although I need to clear my needles yet
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0505082057.jpg
So its about june now and I dropped the front of the car since I had a hell of the time with the back and could only get the front done for now
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0618081848.jpg
Also threw a spoiler on there I picked up off ebay.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0619081028.jpg
and now is within the last month when all the real goodies were added.. I got my rear dropped as well as kyb gr2s put on all around... 35% Window tint... and my 2nd Gen JDM tails (thanks again Galant(e) )
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0919081049.jpg
Then I ordered and installed my mugen lip(has yet to be color matched)
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0923081601.jpg
Same day I found a guy selling his old 18" Enkeis so I decided to make them mine!
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0923081642.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0923081643.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0923081600.jpg
The last thing I did was remove all the badging except for my mitsu symbols. and this is where she lies today....
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...0925081422.jpg
Color Matched the mugen lip
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...1003081055.jpg
10/05/08
Went down to mod (mitsubishi owners day) in normal, illinois. Had my jdm grille in temporarily and it looked niiice =)
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g9...MOD2008023.jpg