I bought the car back in may of 07, to be my first car. When I first got the car it looked like this:
I didn't start driving the car until june of the following year and inbetween that time I added the halo projectors to replace the foggy headlights and a black srt spoiler to break up the plain looks of the rear.
That summer I picked up a set of srt wheels and shortly after I refinished them, similar to what they were a couple months ago.
I sold the 18's to get new tires for the 17's and got 2 winter tires for that winter. That fall into winter, I went a little to crazy with lighting mods and practically did all the led and lighting mods. The next spring the wheel got redone again and nothing really major got done to the car. That summer, another strut went so I bought some tokico blues and had them installed in march, very pleased with the product, I do recomend them highly. That summer I finally tinted the altezzas, I hated the chrome as much as everyone else.
Over the past couple months, The only mod that I did was the srt rear brake conversion and I bought two more winter wheels with tires and pretty much just drove the car. The only project that is currently being worked on is the srt wheels which won't be done for about another month and a half.
I used to have major plans for this car, but I don't see any sense in modding it any more. Why should I dump thousands into a car to make it a little faster when I can buy a better car overall. Ever since I was a kid in school I was obsessed with the srt4 and up until the fall I really wanted one, but I have lost interest in them and decided I want to get a nicer car. (awd turbo)
The car will be getting some major things done in the coming months before I go away in early july. Many things will be getting replaced by then such as the Timing belt, drive belts, gaskets and some sensors. I am basically trying to make this car as reliable as possible for college.
The other major issue right now is the exterior. The pain all started when I removed those dammed side moldings. They took a bunch a paint with them and left a whitish line on my door which was clearly visable. I decided to repaint the door about a month later using the extra paint from the interior panels and I completely forgot that I mixed the vivid version of the color instead of the prime version. After pulling of the tape I noticed just how different the two versions were, a couple days later I began to resand the whole door and I eventually lost interest.
This is how bad it looked:
These past couple weeks, with the nice days we have been having in the upper forties, I've spent some time outside sanding more and more and I finally got down to the original paint. Unfortaunately before I painted the door I sanded down to the primer in some spots so right now I'm rolling around with a dull door with primer spots, its sucks alot...
I have decided that I will be painting the car, but not the whole car.
The front fender will finally be replaced with a new one and the spoiler will be coming off hopefully in its place will be a molded lip spoiler. Basically everything but the hood, front bumper and passenger side fender will be getting repainted. I will probly be using some mid grade paint like omni or similar and the vibrant clear will go over it since its still sitting right next to me. I really don't know when the car will be getting painted but It will be before july, I will be painting it myself, so I will be saving a ton on labor. The timing belt components will be being purchased with the upcoming refund checks and will probly be installed some time in march.
I am not painting the hood because its shot an to be truthful, I don't have money for another one and the front bumper is cracked below the passenger side headlight, I may get another hood and bumper in the future but its just not that important right now.
I had plans in converting the rear end of the car to 03+ but I'm going to be scrapping those plans. Tinted tail lights and the led boards will be up for sale soon along with that black srt spoiler.
