Deadmau5X: MOAR Mods 'N Stuff
 

Hey everyone! My names Armando (pronounced R-Mondo, hence why I spell my forum name the way I do). Usually I just go by Mondo. I was referred to this forum by Kracka as I'm sure you guys all know he is running NTEC down in the DFW area of Texas.

A little about me:
I'm Hispanic. 28 years old currently. I drive a 2008 Octane Blue Pearl Evolution X GSR which I bought brand new. I just started modding it back in March (yeah I know, wtf is wrong with me for taking so long). I love the car and am happy with how it performs (that includes before and after the mods). Anything else you'd like to know, just ask...or ask Kracka. I'm sure his responses would be more interesting than mine anyways, lol.

Now for some pictures! I hope you guys enjoy!

--edit: Moving the youtube clip up here so it's not forgotten. It's one of the best parts of the Blue LED conversion that Acree did for me
--edit2: Since everyone seems to love the gauges, I added another picture of just the gauges and center console screen.

Color changing tach needle that Acree did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT60Ngcxgr0&hd=1


Car on display for MOD 2010 in Irving, TX
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/...42c49dd2_b.jpg

My Engine Bay
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/...3256244a_b.jpg

Front of the car
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2740/...5a86a33c_b.jpg

Back of the car
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/...13c64bfc_b.jpg

Inside of the car that a local NTEC member converted to blue for me
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/...7ec5ebed_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/...7f6d6e19_b.jpg

Re: Greetings MitsuStyles! Kracka recruits yet another one!
 

that car is fuckin hot!!! love blue gauges, wish i could do that to my 1g!!

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Looks good. I'd debadge the trunk though! :)

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If you like that, make sure you look at the Youtube clip I linked. You'll probably shit your pants when you see it....I know I did when I saw it LIVE. lol!

I thought about it and I partially debadged it. I took a couple of the trunk badges and put them on the front just to be unique. I really like the Mitsu Diamonds though so I kept it. ;)

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welcome love the blue x! and the needle is neat.

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damn thats sick as hell!!!

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Blue is pretty rare around here. Trade for MR wheels?

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I <3 blue. Very nice/clean ride man.

I love that needle mod too.

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No way dude! Funny thing is that I bought these wheels from a guy in MN. I don't know if he's on here but I saw his FS thread on EvolutionM. I had been looking for these wheels for about 6 months and they always were already sold or didn't have a complete set due to some getting jacked up. I'm not about to get rid of these any time soon. I love them too much. Kracka has already tried to drop hints that he wants them, but he won't be able to break me. :cool:

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I didn't word that well...I was wondering if those were stock MR wheels or not. I have Volk RE30's myself. I'm happy with those.

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Hello

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Welcome!

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Ah gotcha. Misunderstood what you meant. :)

They are the MR BBS wheels. I bought them from a guy up in MN who had no use for them anymore. He was going to use them as his winter wheels, but then had an emergency come up and needed the money. I actually still have my GSR Enkei's as well. If I could have gotten my GSR with the MR BBS wheels when I bought it, I would have.

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Welcome that color and the gauges are hot.
I'm gonna check that link you posted.

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Just watched the vid. I had to come back. That shit is too awesome.

Tell him you got him some more business, and I'm going to tell teh world.

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Wow those guages are sick, That is one kick ass ride. I have to say thats the first X I've seen in blue. Now I want one even more :D

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Thanks for the comments everyone!

Since everyone seems to love the Blue LED conversion, specifically the gauges, I added a close up picture of just the gauges and center console for everyone's enjoyment. :D

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Hello Armando. One of my aunts is dating a guy named Armando...he doesn't own an awesome Blue Evo X like yours though. lol. Welcome to the board! :)

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The gauge mod is bad ass! Any way I can do that to my car?

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It's not the type of mod you can do yourself. One of the local NTEC members, Acree, started off doing conversions for 350Z's. He starting working on his Evo 9 and wanted to do some Evo 10's just to get his work out there for the local guys. I'm one of only 2 guys here in the DFW area that Acree has converted thus far.

When I say it's not a DIY mod, that's because you have to physically unsolder the red LED's from the stock components and get the right replacement LED (in whatever color) so that the circuit functions as normal. I'm pretty sure he had to throw some resistors into some of the stock parts so that everything runs smoothly.

The color changing needle is much more involved. I'm not sure what exactly he ended up doing, but he custom fabricated his own circuit board to put the LED's on so that the needle would grab light from the proper light source as it goes around the gauge. In the end, since it was only a 2 color conversion (blue to red with it being purple in the "bleed over" section), I think he just replaced the stock LED's and it came out pretty damn good.

Re: Greetings MitsuStyles! Kracka recruits yet another one!
 

Welcome to the board! As always, your car looks great :) I really love those MR BBS wheels.

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I think you should get Matthew (mrMTB) a bit tipsy and convince him to get new wheels so you can buy his MR BBS wheels off him. ;)

Re: Greetings MitsuStyles! Kracka recruits yet another one!
 

Best idea yet! Laramie picked up a set for his VIII last spring, maybe he could be convinced to part with them...

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I guess you have your work cut out for you on $2 Tuesdays at Fox and Hound then!

We can tag team Laramie though! I still have my stock Enkei's so convince him to sell you his BBS's and then tell him that I'll sell him my Enkei's. I've seen 8's and 9's with both the Enkei's and BBS's and they both look really good on the car.

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Sweet car, welcome!! Gauges and front grille emblems are nice touches. :)

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Thank you sir!

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Sick car is all I can say... Very nice.

God bless.

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Another X, welcome, I have seen your car on EvoM or Evoxforums, the gauges look great for sure :)

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Welcome!

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Welcome! Car looks good, lovin the gauge setup! Shouldn't turn red till about 7300rpm though, rev that bish :)

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welcome again man im moving to grapevine in a week hope to see the car in person

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Sweet man. I'll look forward to seeing you at the monthly NTEC meets we have or any other random meet!


Downside is that I've put the car up because I'm currently working in Ft. Worth and I live in Irving. That's roughly a 50-60 mile commute roundtrip (including going out for lunch sometimes). So I'm looking at 250 miles a week at least. I'm probably going to be out here for at least 3 months until my contract is up so I don't really want to drop all those miles on the Evo. I'm going to be rolling in the 2006 Lancer ES until I'm out of here. However, I'll bust out the Evo for meets so you'll see it eventually. :)

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Weak! My commute is 32 miles roundtrip every day...it's a car, I bought it to drive it. It's doing nothing but getting dusty and depreciating sitting in your garage all day :)

6k miles in 2 1/2 months baby!

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Ok, my commute is almost double yours. Does it take you at least 45 minutes to get to work? How about 1 hour to get back home...with traffic?

If the commute wasn't that bad, I would drive it every day. I used to work out in Plano/Frisco (Dallas North Tollway and Legacy). I drove my Evo every day there because the commute was not bad at all.

What kills me about the current commute is
1) It's at least 45 minutes each way
2) There's traffic at 2 points along the way where it just stops
3) I think I've seen cops stalking the freeway EVERY day.

It just doesn't make the drive fun. At least when I was rolling up to DNT & Legacy, it was a fun drive.

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My commute is 65 miles round trip everyday...I DD'ed my six puck to and from work with close to 500whp on E85...had to fill up like 3 times a week :)

You are weak! LOL, drive it! My trip is 45-1 hr both ways.

Winter can be two hours.

However, I now drive a honda accord, lol.

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NO! I refuse to give in to peer pressure!

I know it doesn't count for anything, but I DID drive it here to work every day last week. At least give me some credit. I tried it out for a week and it sucked. Hence why I switched. :cool:

The bright side is now I can work on the car during the week at my own NEWB pace (yeah total noobie here as I haven't wrenched on a car before the Evo, so still learning lots of stuff) without worrying about having to put it all back together so I can go to work the next day. So hopefully I can get that Specialty-X exhaust put on there during the week (it was too F-ing hot to be out working on the car this weekend). Maybe I can pull off the UICP and Intake as well so I can get it powdercoated because I hate polishing that shit every time I wash the car because of waterspots. I like the keep the engine bay clean and that shit just annoys me.

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Nice whip!

At times I want an auto, cheap DD too, but its not bad. I put on over 350 miles a week at least and im not complaining.

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I guess I have FNCS (First New Car Syndrome). This Evo is the first car I've ever bought. Been driving cars that my parent's have gotten me until the Evo, so I just want it to last. I'm sure that feeling will go to sh!t once I get another car because it won't be the first one anymore. :)


BTW, A//// Guy, I love your avatar! I used to watch Fresh Prince ALL the time. Great show! Gotta love the Carlton dance!

Re: Greetings MitsuStyles! Kracka recruits yet another one!
 

OK OK, at least you tried ;)

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My car has 22K as I can't daily drive it because I need a truck for work but I do drive it at least twice a week and drive it hard!!!! Oh yeah my 04 Nissan Frontier has 463K and still running strong original drivetrain powered by the greatness of AMSOIL!!!