NEW!!!!! GO TO PAGE 3 TO SEE MY TURBO SETUP!!!!
NEWS
I just got my new Tokicos... as the KYB that I had didnt last for more than a year!!!! that sucks... people I dont know if that happen because those were defective but honestly keep away from that brand. They offer a lifetime warranty but I called them and said I need to do that thru the place I bought them from. Obviously I got them thru the web and they say I need to deal with the manufacturer. What a hassel. Tokico on the other hand does give a lifetime warranty thru them so I guess that is easier.
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This is my Eclipse Concept-R project car... Originally it was a 95 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS - NOW it is an RS 420a-Turbo. I bought it about 5 years ago and I have been doing some mods but still a lot of work needs to be done, mainly interior. I actually started the upgrades about 3 years ago.
The car is a mixture between a daily-driven car and a show car. It is like a sleeper car cause I dont like pimp cars (no offense, I just think we all like different things). Many of the things are OEM, like bumpers, side skirts, and turbo wing but with some mods that make it a little different like halo lights, carbon fiber hood, shaved doors, and lambos. I am currently running only 6psi cause I overhauled the car about 2 years ago and at that time I didnt have the time nor the money to change internals. But I will boost it up to 8pis ASAP... I just need to find my missing 8psi spring. The plan is to keep it like that until I blow the engine, that will be my excuse to modify engine hahaha
This is the way my car looks now
Carbon Fiber Ohhhh Yeah!
Lambos & FMIC
New Halo and front bumber!
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I definitelly prefer the 97-99 rear bumper more than the 95-96 so I finally did the swap.
Side skirts and turbo wing!
Side views
The new headlights
VIS carbon fiber hood
Side pic showing triple pillar pod and the only showcar quality part... drivers quarter panel lol
BTW... for those of you who have automatics let me just tell you one thing.... either you sell it and get a manual or do the swap! You can truly feel the difference in power by a lot. Your engine will sound a little different as well!
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UPGRADES:
Outside:
EVO Graphite gray pearl paint job - new
Shaved doors - new
Halo Projector Lights
Euro smoked side bumper lights (definatelly better than the amber ones)
Lambo doors
VIS OEM carbon fiber hood - new
Pager Security System - new
Sunroof
Custom Fog Lights and OEM foglight covers (cant believe I paid ~40 dlls for plastic covers)
OEM Front Bumper conversion to 97-99
97-99 OEM Turbo Wing - new
95-96 OEM Side Skirts with a touch so it doesnt look all OEM - new
Under the hood:
5-speed Manual Transmission Conversion
Manual Eclipse ECU swap
Overhauled engine at 90k (105k @ 03/2008)
All Belts changed
Custom Dual Exhaust
NGK spark plugs - new
Walbro 255LPH fuel pump - new
410cc (40lbs) Accel fuel injectors - new
MSD Spark Plug Wires
Blitz turbo timer - new
Greddy e-manage ultimage - new
Glowshift triple pillar pod w/gauges - new
Hybrid T3/T4 Turbonetics 50-1 trim turbo - new
HKS SSQV BOV - new
TRV18.5 treadstone intercooler - new
Turbonetics 35mm evolution wastegate - new
Suspension:
Tokico blues front and rear - new
New front sway bar links
New lower control arms
Rear disc brake conversion
Calipers painted red - new
Sound System:
Sony Xplode MP3 Stereo
6 1/2 Kenwoods on back
Two 1200 watt Infinity Ref 12 subs
1800 watt Kenwood amp
270 watt Infinity Component System
Interior:
Back OEM leather seats
Painted door panels
Short Shifter
OEM Mitsubishi Baseball leather shift knob
Aluminum Pedals
I think that this is what I have so far. About $18k including what I paid for the car about 4 years ago ($2650.00 for the car itself and it was when the F&F movie increased the price for these babies so I think I did a good deal).
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This is the way my car looked before... I think it was OK but I guess that it looks better now regardless of the terrible work done by the bodyshop in Juarez (WestPoint). It looks OK from the above pictures but it is not the type of job that you will present at a carshow... .
Basically I will have to re-paint the whole car with the exception of the driver quarter panel... I will post pictures later of these bad parts so that you avoid that bodyshop by all means if you live in the Juarez/El Paso region
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Ongoing and future plans:
Oil catch can
Exhaust wrap
Turbo Blanket
Strut bars
TSW wheels
Power Windows
Lowering Springs
Racing Seats
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Page 1 - Intro and Announcements! (You R here)
Page 2 - Night Pics
Page 3 - Engine Bay
Page 4 - Rear Disc Conversion
Page 5 - Interior and Sound
Page 6 - Some Old Pics See the difference?
No one is allowed to use any of the pictures posted in this site for any reason without my permission (specially if you are trying to make some money out of them like in ebay auctions). Please contact me prior to use any of my pictures.
