GiLizILL

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True, I guess go for volks and what not for show, and rota for everyday DD.
But I had a friend who had rotas and hit a pothole and the rim was trashed and he almost got in an accident. I rock the stocker enkeis for the X and I plan to for a long time.

monkey_187

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So you are not speaking from experience I see, only from what you heard. I on the other hand have owned Rays, Advan, and now have Rotas on my car.

I dont want to take away from his thread but I think that its dumb for him to spend $3-4k on a set of rims and still have to get tires. I believe in doing things right the first time, but I dont believe in wasting your money. If it is his daily driver then I dont see why he needs them

ikt

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Cobb AP+catback exhaust+downpipe, theres a bunch of horsepower for you, used that should run about 1200

Some people hate coilovers for a DD, i used Tanabe springs on mine and love them. But i would definitely do something suspension wise, at least to lower it

Then for auto-x, i'd +1 on the sway bars and bushings. You should be able to do all that withing your budget, have some good horsepower gains and some good auto-x.

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mlomker

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+1. Also get an aggressive alignment. The stock alignment will ruin your tires if you are doing anything competitive. I think Migs is right on. Figure out what to fix after you've figured out what you don't like (suspension, tires, brakes).

Some of the best local auto-x guys have nearly stock, but tuned cars. They go with springs, a rear sway, and spend all of the rest of their money on tires and brakes. You don't need coils.

Don't get me wrong...I've spent stupid money on my car but my goals are different than yours. If you want to be a good auto-x driver then find out how some of the best guys run their cars.

hmsevo9mr

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This.

smajin

Thanks for all the responses so far! As far as coilovers go I'd rather not put so much into one part at least to begin with. Definetely want to get some kind of springs for lowering though. As far as other mods go are some companies better than others? There's alot of info on what mods people run but not much on why they chose AMS over ETS or another brand (for example)...

Also my initial impression from my test drive was it was a tiny bit more sluggish low-end then I expected (this could just be crazy expectations on my part) but are there certain mods that would help with this?

F1312T4

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Welcome. Nice to see another Pittsburgh area guy on here. Make sure you check out the Pittsburgh thread in the Northeast Region Forum. We have a lot of meets during the summer down at the waterfront.

mlomker

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If it was an untuned car then there's a night-and-day difference once your car is tuned. A tune will move the spool a lot lower in the powerband--it's the lack of torque that you are feeling.

toshibakoludo

http://www.octanemotorsports.com/pro...112#googlebase

Get this exhaust it's what I have. I can't recommend it enough. It's so good and for the price I feel bad for Greddy. I would buy a second one just to have lol.

this website quotes it at $760 + 55 for shipping but I got mine from Speedelement

So about $800-950 full tbe

Now intake I have a Injen that I am totally satisfied with. That's about $450-500

http://www.maperformance.com/injen-a...ion-evo-x.html

So far ~$1500 for an intake with uicp and a full exhaust. At this point I would get an inter-cooler if I lived in hotter climate. If not a tune for me and done for now.

Tune ~ $500

H&R springs for ~$220

Total $2700 without inter-cooler.

If you install most of these the install would not be more than ~$300 for springs.

If you install everything yourself get a oil change and a SS break lines for ~$200

There you have it at 3k done.

red kryptonite

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coilovers and exhaust.
i have tein ssp and they are great entry level coils if u want to get into autox and its ur dd. for exhaust i have the greddy se exhaust, its not loud at all.

blk-majik

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use some of that money on a HPDE weekend at Beaver Run. It's pretty cheap if you go with PCA, BMWCC, etc, and the instructor quality is decent for the money. Beaver Run also has open non-club days you can go to. You'll get more satisfaction out of one HPDE than out of any other combination of mods you could buy.

http://www.beaverun.com/thrills_flat...t_sessions.php

wiretap

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- Turbo-back exhaust
- Upper intercooler piping
- Intake
- Tune
- Springs

That's where I'd start.

Brokenevo

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I would talk to your dealer, and make sure that you can mod it. if you throw on say upper and lower intercooler pipes they might limit your warranty. Mine said anything forward the turbo is cool (so no exhaust) Some dealers are saying zero mods. I would check with that first.

Then if you can do FMIC and piping, but do your research on what you think is the best! I would also do a cat back!

RedEvoxGSR

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i think coilovers and a tune for sure is the way to go!!! coilovers are nice suspen upgrade and a tune is a good performance upgrade so u have both that'll help the car.. then save the rest and after u get some practice of autox then u can get swaybars, tires, etc.. thats what i'd do!! plus lowering the X is a must!

Aznknight47

wow, new car into auto X, a bit early for a new car. anyway, coilover would be the best, and better set of tires. thats should be around $3k.