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I mainly wanted the big wing and HID's. The fancy stereo and FASTkey are ok but nothing I would have paid extra for individually. Navigation would have been nice but I'm not paying Mitsu's insane price on it; might watch for a used one though. The dealership did have a WW GSR base that just rolled off the truck still in plastic wrap so it crossed my mind for a few seconds.

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I do like HID. I've put those PIAA super whites in most of my other cars and like them well enough, though.

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I ran the Sylvania Silverstar bulbs in my DSM's and IX and they worked well enough, I always missed the HID's from my S2k though. I will have to aim them a bit higher though, even with the adjustment dial at 0 the seem to point too low.

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Sick car, that is the color I would get too if I got one, that or black would be sweet.

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You just like the warm up and you know it. (I actually love the warm up of the HIDs. LOL ricer in me comes out every time i see them. :) )

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and Then he found out the chicks dig it!

I basically threw the keys to my x at Kracka and let him flog it at the dyno day. With the slight changes, these cars are a hoot, but stock these cars are not setup out of the box like they should be and can be a bit dissapointing if you were a previous evo owner. For less then $500, which includes tune, alignment, and rear swaybar mods really wake this car up to what a evo should be.

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What are the specs of your alignment? I know you showed me the sheet, but I forgot. I plan to get it aligned within the next week or two (had the 1-year unlimited plan from NTB on my IX and it's transferable).

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-2.5* in the front with -1.5* in the rear, zero toe :)

That is mine and seems to be what most people run on the X's.

Might be a bit aggressive, but it felt great and I needed as much as I could with my tire/rim setup.

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Coilovers, right? I'm thinking of just sticking with Goofygrin's "aggressive street" settings to start:

Front:
Toe: 0*
Camber: -1.5* to -2* each side
Rear:
Toe: 0*
Camber: -1*

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Nope, i am on stock suspension right now, not even lowered. I had the Whiteline RCK, swift springs and a rear sway coming, but my motor blew so I canceled all that.

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From JAG:
Camber F = -2.5 deg
Toe F = -.19 deg
Caster = 4.0 deg
Camber R = -1.5 deg
Toe R = 0 deg

You may want to try maybe slighty less rear camber. The front is actually perfect for DD use with no unusual wear patterns. The 2.5 degress toe was obtained using a bottle jack on the spindle while tightening the flipped strut bolts.

I am also running a perrin rear sway bar with the endlinks set in the middle position on the sway bar. MAP sold me the bar for $169.00.

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Too much time hangin' with me, he's getting old! ;)

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+1. The bolts that they send with it are a little annoying but it's a very nice mod that's cake to install.

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I am contemplating between the Eibach Prokit vs. Swift springs, and the Whiteline (27mm solid) vs. Cobb (27mm hollow) rear anti-sway bar. I ran the Swift/Whiteline combo on my IX.

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Definitely easy. I installed a Cobb rear bar on a local X MR (stock springs) and it took me a total of 10 minutes to drop the stock bar and install the Cobb bar.

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I'd get the swift, but obviously that is opinion. I have heard the Eibach lower too much and you will hit the bump stops sometimes. The Eibachs look great, but the swifts seem to be better handling which is what I cared about.

I see one bad thread about the whiteline Rear sway about not being able to install it right, but might of been that guy not knowing what he was doing.

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I like the mount/bushing design of the Whiteline better (the grease fittings on the Cobb mounts are really nice though), but prefer the lightweight hollow bar of the Cobb better.

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Just picked up a set of brand new Mynes hood dampers for $60 shipped :D

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Pulling the exhaust is pretty much all the time spent on it.

The Swifts are certainly the most popular.

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This was with the stock exhaust, luckily clearance was great.

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I took care of a few small projects tonight.

-put zipties on the FPR line
-disabled the daytime running lights
-installed the "blue" fuel pump relay
-screwed on my "Sport Interior Package" aluminum shift knob (still have to do the e-brake handle)

Did anyone else know the 2010 valve covers are plastic?!

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Yes I did...isn't that lame, lol. The one thing 2008 does better!

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How dumb. Not only does plastic retain more heat, I would imagine it's more fatigue/crack prone with age.

In other news, I got the Sport Interior Package installed!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5672564_n.jpg

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I bet the 08 valve covers aren't cheap either seeing as how it is a newer car. Not like the ~$25 a DSM valve cover is haha

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Yep, probably better you skipped over the S2000, it'd be pretty tough to put a baby seat in. :D

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That thing is super sick

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Perrin shorty 3" antenna:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1139890_n.jpg

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There's a joke in there somewhere.

I went with a metal one from Agency Power and it's no fun with some of the drive-through car washes. I think a flexible one would be better.

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I wouldn't do a metal one if you use touch washes. Scheides had his ripped off in a wash once. I only hand-wash or do the touchless ones. Once it's lowered it won't clear most touch tunnel wash tracks anyway. Gheyrod wouldn't fit (Swift springs) and Janelle's WRX (Prokit springs) scrapes, but makes it.

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The Freedom that I go to is touchless except for the dryer...it comes down and floats a couple inches above the car as you drive through it. Not ideal. I may need to find another one to go to.

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I wish Mitsu would have just done an integrated antenna into the rear glass like Subaru does.

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They built the Sirius antenna into the base...I'd imagine that has something to do with their thinking.

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I just remove mine if I go through a non-touchless carwash. It takes 5 seconds to hop out of the car, unscrew it, and listen to a cd while I'm in the wash :P

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You underestimate how forgetful I can be. lol.

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I backed the car up onto ramps yesterday after work so I could install the Beatrush rear diff bushings and Torque Solutions driveshaft bushings...one problem, the rear diff is leaking fluid :( Rather than touch anything I decided it would be smart to just bring it in for inspection before anything else which I did today. Luckily they have the seal in stock and said it should only take a few hours. Remaining optimistic, at least the break-in fluid will be drained and I'll get fresh stuff! I'm bringing the car back Tuesday morning for them to replace the seal and redo the alignment (both under warranty).

I think I'll go outside now though and install my WORKS shifter bushings and Perrin turbo inlet tube :)

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Today I got the Perrin turbo inlet tube, AMS shifter gate pivot bushing, and half the WORKS shifter cable bushings installed. I pulled a newb and dropped the other shifter bushing into the engine bay abyss and haven't been able to find it yet :( It definitely shifts nicer already so I'm excited to get the other shifter bushing installed; I emailed WORKS to see if they have a spare they could send me. Can't say I felt a big different from the inlet pipe, but it does seem a bit louder. I was going to install the Perrin drop-in air filter too but the foam is ultra thick unlike their open element filters; it was almost 2" thick which seems crazy to me! I will just retain my stock paper filter until I install the AFE intake (going to do that right before I get tuned since it can throw AFR's off a little bit).

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I was out riding my bike today and I found the bushing laying in the middle of the road on the other side of my neighborhood!

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you got lucky and found it.

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No kidding! I considered it good as gone.

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LOL! That is some good luck.