Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

$18 get's you:

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/100_2442.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/100_2443.jpg


Got the snorkel hooked back up.. And we are now recirculated again.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...0101950-00.jpg


Today, or yesterday rather was a day for the GS-T... Oil/filter change, o2 extender/adapter install, and rid the car of those ricer Japanese writing decals!

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...0101951-00.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...0101951-01.jpg



Also got a driver's side headlight, have the toenail spoiler, and very nice fog lights... But, IDK how I am going to keep fog lights on the car when I get an intercooler...(later on)..


Thanks for looking!
God bless.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

You should have just stolen that other Eclipse next to your own.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I keep getting stumped on the fact that you say it isn't your choice when actually, it really is all up to you. You can choose to save up more money to properly paint it, you can choose to not have even messed with that body stuff, and fix whats currently wrong and be enjoying your car...

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I think he's secretly saving for that new and cool/fast blitz kit.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Actaully it ISN'T my choice. I want to paint it the rare 2ga Talon metallic blue color but MY DAD, the owner of the shop you see in the pictures doesn't want to do that... The problem is, it's not his car... He keeps taking over everything... We go to take the bumpers off my car, and he does everything.. Did I ask him to do that? No. So yeah, he does what he want's no matter what I want or not...

In other words, if he doesn't feel like doing it, it means I can't do it. So yeah.

Oh, and I was told you have to pull the engine to paint the engine bay which would be ok to me, but my dad wouldn't have that.

Also, it has hail damage on the old hood, the roof, dents all over the side, a quarter size dent that went all the way down to the paint, some back yard body shop repairs that we need to fix.

So I did have to start the body stuff.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Kit as in body kit? No! NO! I hate body kits.

I would put a 2gb front bumper on, maybe back too, but that's the closest to changing out factory I will get.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

That is my Eclipse. :/ '99 GS-T with stock chrome 5-spokes and rare tan/stone wash (I think it is) interior.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Again, I see no where in that post that says you have to listen to your Dad 24/7. I know he means well, but YOU have to remember it's YOUR car, not his. I've had to go through this where I was in the middle of my engine swap and I had to leave the garage I was working on it at. So I took it to my parents and that caused nothing but problems because every time I'd come over it was to work on the DSM, not to help them, etc...

I don't mean to sound like a dick, bottom line is you gotta do what you gotta do. If you wanted to paint the car a certain color and do it properly, you should've saved up more before tearing into the body work.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I too am confused...is it your's or your dad's? OR does your dad own it and you're just saying that it's yours? Like 123abc says, you gotta do what you gotta do when it's your car. if it aint your car, and it's your dad's...then...that's a whole 'nother story.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Legally they are both my dad's cars but he bought them both because I am into DSMs. The red one he got because it was so cheap for the condision it was in, and the Talon was just plain cheap lol.

He considers them my cars, but I consider the GS-T more his because I'm not ALL looks to the point where I would choose a FWD over an AWD just because the FWD is red. Confusing concept I would much rather not get into.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Nice FWD DSM> POS AWD DSM. :D

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I was quoted $4,000 for a color change by my dad so...yeah.

I'm not trying to be a dick either but my dad put me in a situation where I couldn't have paid his price, so I just went with it.

If I said I wanted to paid it a different color and said we had to take the engine out to do it, he would flip out. So that's also where it would end up. He doesn't want to have to deal with it. Might I add its not his car.

It's confusing, I know!

Plus my cousin got a nice ammount of paint on that Honduh as you can see (no cost to him), so I believe I should be getting some paint as well.

And if not, I'll pay.



Why would I pay that much when my dad owns a body shop...? He pretty much thinks he has to do everything, like I said earlier. So that is why it's hard to do anything, with or WITHOUT more or less money.


And your right, maybe I should have gotten more money but, I don't see what I would be paying for. Primer, paint, clear, and verious parts. Who charges their own family labor?

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Not the point I was getting at..

Red FWD DSM with chrome rims and a spoiler!1!1!!! Green AWD DSM POS that will never be good no matter how much you put into it. That is how my dad has expressed his feelings.


Just saying..

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Just thought I would post an update.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...8101600-00.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...8101559-00.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...21810_0008.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...21810_0007.jpg


I've been working on making this thing a little lighter.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...02124-00-1.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...02138-01-1.jpg

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...01613-00-1.jpg

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

^^ Dry ice works good for that.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Someone else told me this. Where can you even get that stuff?

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I used to get it at my grocery store. But thats been a while.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

X2, thats where I always got it.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

its hard to find sometimes now because of kids using it to make them dry ice bombs lol but i know some gas stations have it too

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

dont welding supply stores carry dry ice

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

That is a possibility but I am not 100% if I have one of those with-in so many miles of me..

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Just so everyone knows, I am not painting the car flat black anymore. Instead I am returning to the '93 OEM green color (I forgot the paint code and its real name), the car is...was sporting. I also like the idea of the painted center section on the tail-lights.. Tell me what you think.

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...58312909-L.jpg


Don't worry, I will be buying another set of tails' so I can have an OEM center section.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Red it all out but keep the clear for the reverse lights. Leave the painted center for eclipses. My .02

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Red it all out... The Talon tail lights?
As far as the center section, not many people do it..

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I say keep it the way it is.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

The way it is?
http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...21810_0008.jpg

Well...alright.....

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Good choice on the green. I have a 2ga metallic green eclipse and when I first got it I didn't like the color. After a couple of years it's really grown on me and I think you'll be glad you went with it. Plus it's a fairly rare dsm color.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I know i wish my car was green, it seems like white DSMs are everywhere.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I have a solution to that in Isanti :D

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I wouldn't trade my rust free car for that thing ever.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I meant factory OEM. No tint or paint.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I got the same color as yours. when i bought the car i didnt really like it, but now im starting to. you don't see a ton of them in that color. I was gonna do mine in white, but as much as i like the white ones, every other person around here has one so its kinda lame

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

When will your paint job be done?

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

I do not know man. The car is still sitting in primer right now. I only have time to work on the car on the weekends seeing as I am in school everyday. And when the weekends come I am usually out snowmobiling, which has been eating my money. I just spent close to $55 this Sunday on sledding alone.

Considering I get my licsense this month and have no car to drive, I think that will be the motivation to do work and have this done before spring. Also so I can get off that damn school bus!!

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Same here. I was like "Green? REALLY?" when I saw the Craigslist add, and when I got it I said the same thing. I was so set on the 2ga Metallic Blue but it would take too much effort and the green is not something I see alot. For a matter of fact, I have not seen THAT many dark green 2ga's or 2gb's for that matter online. And let's be honest, you can find about anything online.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Those are still nice as well. I much rather have a white 2g Talon than my red 2gb Eclipse..

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

That is what I thought, just had to mess with you man. I know, I dig the Talon tails, but you cannot tell me it is not different to have a painted Talon center section. It is not like I would run the car like that all the time anyway. I know of a guy around here who has a white 2gb Talon and is converting it to a 2gb Eclipse. Yeah, I know, not really my taste but alright. I might see if I can buy his tail assembly when he get's rid of it..

Also, HOLY non-Multi Quote batman! I clicked the damn button, lol. Sorry about that guys.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

Hey! There's nothing wrong with a 2gb red eclipse.

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

^^
your funny.

White 2gb talon ftw.
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/z...64/photo-3.jpg
Dont mess with ur tails and the wingless talon you threw up a picture of is HOT! Is that what your hoping for a end result?

Re: 95 Talon TSi AWD
 

^lol and yes I LOVE 2gb talons!