TJs98GT

nice review

twistyking

I got rid of the glovebox rattle with a couple pieces of the "carpet" side of velcro stuck to the little bump stops on the inside door. It pulls the door tighter now and makes not a peep. Sometimes it sounded like there was a styrofoam cooler squeeking around under the dash.

Dash rattle was the sensor in middle of dash by the windshield. It's pretty loose so I stuck a piece of clear tape on it.

"Instrument cluster rattle". I tracked this down and found it to be the plastic steering wheel shaft housing toward the dash. I stuck some padding under it and lowered the wheel down so it's tight. My car feels nice and solid (for now)w/o all those cheap plasticky noises. It sure isn't necessary to try and disassemble the dash area and put sound deadening material in like I thought.

I concur with your review. I've had mine for 1.5 years, bought it new and with 18k miles, I enjoy driving it more than when I first got it. It's been perfectly reliable and runs like a champ after a proper tune.

EsRt2evo

iTrader: (7)

Noize, I'm at about the same timeframe and mileage wise. Although living in FL I never really have to deal with the cold weather gear grinds, I feel exactly the way you do. My X has by far been the best vehicle I've ever owned. I still stand back and look at it's aggressive styling, and I still find myself turning around as I walk away. My advans are on their way out, as my handling has started to flake a bit (I can see the inside edge of the tires are getting worn). Other then it's short gearing, I really have no complaints.

JMSxCZ4A

iTrader: (3)

Thanks for the short review. I especially agree with the gas mileage issue. I thought it wouldn't bother me much, but when I fill up the tank, only to see the car estimate 170 miles till empty, I feel like crap.

tephra

iTrader: (6)

I see 400km's after I fill up...

average about 12L/100km

hotdog

iTrader: (4)

I don't know what that means

Noize

iTrader: (24)

HAHA! I don't either. Its because we're stupid people from the USA and can only see within the narrow confines of what we know.

murlo26

iTrader: (9)

^19.6 mpg

Math ftw.

jrsimon27

iTrader: (1)

1 usa galon = 3.78541 liters so you first divide 12 liters/ 3.78541 = 3.17 then you get this result and divide it the following way 100/3.17= 31.55km per galon then to convert this to mpg you do the following 31.55/1.603= 19.68mpg.

murlo26

iTrader: (9)

I already did it for them, but thanks for showing them what i didn't feel like typing, lol.

Matruco3

What do you mean by this??

murlo26

iTrader: (9)

Maybe that he can see really well, "bright", but they aren't blinding to others.

My only guess, lol.

mlomker

iTrader: (1)

I recommend motor mounts. You'll be vibrating so much that the rattles will be synchronized with your teeth, at least.

I went to the track for the first time on the Star Specs and they are simply amazing. The stockers would squawk and not a peep out of these.

Noize

iTrader: (24)

Totally my fault, was poorly written. Sorry about that.

A lot of HIDs in cars are the low beams only. The high beams in those cars are a separate set of traditional halogen bulbs. In the Evo X, they use the same housing (maybe same bulb), and the high beams are HIDs too.

This is really nice, because it makes the high beams very bright.

Make sense now?

CatalystGod

Its the same projector and bulb actually, if I'm not wrong. When you put it on High Beam, the projector motor basically makes it point high to get the high-beam effect.