Scheides' New Beater

[scheides]

Last saturday I drove possibly the most beat up evo X I've seen to date. I walked away from it disgusted at how someone could be so careless with such a nice car. Then, the more I thought about it, the more I thought about what a great opportunity this thing could be to get an X for cheap and turn it into a mean machine with my own personal touches. Plus, from about 15 feet away, it looks nice and mean, just my style :)

When I first saw this thing from a distance, it made my heart flutter. Tien coilovers, dark-ass tint, some sort of exhaust...excellent combo! But the damage, OH, the damage...there's scratches on every fender and door, rock chips, dings, gouges, and curbed rims. It's gonna be a project, a long project, but for now I will have to just dub thee: BeaterX!

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2436.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2437.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evoX/IMG_2438.sized.jpg

Looks alright eh? Now look closer:

http://www.scheides.com/albums/car-shopping-evoX-forestlake/IMG_2415.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/car-shopping-evoX-forestlake/IMG_2416.sized.jpg

Tien coilovers, sweet! Driving them through winter w/o washing, bad bad bad!
http://www.scheides.com/albums/car-shopping-evoX-forestlake/IMG_2421.sized.jpg

Has an MBC, and a custom UICP, FMIC, and exhaust made by Excessive Autosport in Sioux Falls.
http://www.scheides.com/albums/car-shopping-evoX-forestlake/IMG_2420.sized.jpg

Rear passenger qpanel:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/car-shopping-evoX-forestlake/IMG_2430.sized.jpg


The thing drives straight, has decent brakes, makes decent power, and all of the SSS package options: fastkey, rockford fosgate stereo w/ sub, HIDs, sat radio, and bigger spoiler (this probably won't stay long! :) ). If anyone does pro body work and wants to earn some brownie points, LMK!

[sleepydsm]

SWEET! satin black... do it

[123abc]

Awesome! Sounds like a great project.

[goodhart]

lol is that a flexpipe in the UICP?

Will be a project that's for sure, I hope you enjoy it!

Satin black + black wheels= sex

DO it scheides, have the first murdered out X around!

[rose0529]

Yay!! I got to drive this car today, It handles nice and goes down the road awesome. Its a little different driving position than the IX.. but I like it! When I sat in X's previously i wasnt sure of the driving position, or the tach location, but after driving it, mind mind changed. Can wait to see what you do with it!

[rose0529]

lol is that a flexpipe in the UICP?

Will be a project that's for sure, I hope you enjoy it!

Satin black + black wheels= sex

DO it scheides, have the first murdered out X around!

That would look sweet! But since scheides doesnt like black wheels, i dont see this happening!

Its not a metal flex its a rubber coupler in the UICP that looks liek the stock ones used on 8,9,10's

[goodhart]

That would look sweet! But since scheides doesnt like black wheels, i dont see this happening!

:(



Its not a metal flex its a rubber coupler in the UICP that looks like the stock ones used on 8,9,10's

oh, that's good then.

[turbotalon1g]

COngrats, I hope you are happy with it and makes you as happy as the 8 if not better, But beater X? I don't know about that. lol

While not my fav, that sucker does look mean. Can't wait to see it next week.

Oh, Excessive does badass work and has some cars, keep that pipe I bet it makes more power than most!!! - But its probably not enough for you ballin ass evo Xers. lol

[scheides]

Satin black + black wheels= beyond ghey


FTFY ;)

That is a stock coupler, I'll take a pic of the custom turbo outlet...it's not the most amazing thing ever, but it looks decent.

Step one is gonna be to move the AWC control button from the steering wheel to center console, perrin rear sway bar, and fix the interior. There is a bluetooth mod for the factory stereo, but its like $275 on top of the $125 in parts for the AWC relocation...would be SO nice but DAMN not cheap!

Forgot to mention--the cloth on the seats is coming apart, the headliner is dirty as fuk, and it doesn't have any floor mats). Oh, and missing undertray, and the front lip is all scraped to fuk!

Also this thing needs summer rubber stat; it has some snow tires on it now that I'd like to last.

[goodhart]

What is AWC? why relocate the button?

Sucks about the interior. Time for some Corbeau/Bride/Sparco/ any other nice seats?