Hey guys, I thought that I would share some pics of my progress with all of you. I haven't been doing this very long because Ionly started less than 6 months ago. So these pics are progress in under half a year.
Ok, Let's start off with the stock pictures.

As you can tell, the paint on the hood is a different color...you will see what i do with that later.







This is my engine....bonestock and mega dirty!!!


This is the carbon fiber hood that I bought from a guy who lived 3 hours from me for only $100!
I mainly got it so it can replace that old weird colored hood i had.




Smile!!! (I know the bumper is dirty, those bug guts aretough to get off, one day i will do some heavy duty cleaning.lol)


This is the day that I forgot to secure the hood pins down, and whil driving on the I-10, the wind blew the hood up into my windsheild and smashed it into pieces. The hood didn't have the hood hook to secure it) I had to spend that weekend scraping off the glass and gaskets in order to get a winshield man to replace it for $145 ($155 with tax) and i also had to get new hood hinges.




After getting all of it off...



Here is when i gave my engine a much needed clean and i had some ground wires and an eBay CAI(which didn't last long)




I bought new BSA 303 17 x 7 rims with 205/40/17. Mainly because those stock 14 inch 185/65/14wheels with hubcaps were ugly.
(I also got new Euro Altezza Tail lights but i forgot to take pics of them out of the box. and i also switched out the SE gauge cluster with the white faced cluster with tach)




At the time, i was just in a hurrry to find someone to mount them, so i went to walmart tires to mount them. Then next thing you know i come to pick them up and the lips on all 4 are scratched, and had minor dents...but it isn't that noticeable from a distance. The recepit i still have from that day is only about 3 days old, maybe i should go back and complain one someday. lol



And this is what my car looks like today.






I got a front top strut bar, painted the engine cover blue, got an eBay SRI with a K&N blue filter, and painted the fuse box cover blue as well.



Yes i am pretty new to the tuning thing. This is the first car that i am modding. These were just cheap minor mods that were in my budget. (I'm poor lol) I didnt do many engine mods except for the exhaust (which mainly is for looks and sound) and the Short Ram Intake. Most of these mods were just for looks. I just don't have much money to spend on name brand things.

So what do you guys think? I want some feedback.

 

Looks good. Where did you get your rims? Why didnt your first Ebay CAI last to long?

 

So you painted those things yourself?

 

lookin good buddy.... dont forget to secure those hood pins! :-P

 

Haha yeh i sure learned my lesson, i will definately secure them from now on.

night709, no i didnt paint them, they came like that color....and it rocks!!!!

KARR....The ebay CAI didnt last long because my own fault, One day i was driving on a rocky road, and i hit a really big and hard bump, and that knocked the filter off the pipe and under my front left wheels and the filter got crushed...So i just got a Short intake instead.

 

Where did you get from if you don't mind me asking.

Your car looks awesome!

 

Well, I got them from a guy on eBay....I dont know if he has 4 of them left, but he does have 3 of them left....If you have one of those rims, then get those 3 and you are set!...

This is my buy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...:IT&ih=006

And his 3 rim auction has ended already, but you could email him because i am sure that he still has them lying around. He also has 2 black ones like mines with a chrome lip...but its only 2 so forget it. You could visit the BBSA website...google it dude.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...:IT&ih=006
^ the reserve was $150 by the way for those 3.


I tried googling it and this is what i found. i dont know if it will be much help.
http://www.bsa.com.my/web/Newsletter...ssue2-2003.htm

 

Oh yeh, and my future plans are to paint my brakes, lowering my car with new springs, and get some god damn tint!!! I have no tint at all and alot of people like to stare at me for some reason.......and plus its too friggin sunny now that it is summer.

 

its still spring though.... :-P hahahaha people always stare..... i almost bought those rims btw....

 

Oh really, haha that was a relief, I was getting worried because i went to sleep one night while it was still in auction and i thought i would have waken up to the sight of them being bought by someone already.

spring is almost over dude, i am out of school...that right there is enough to convince me it is summer....lol