Scheides' New Beater

**scheides** · 04-30-2010

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!

Looks alright eh? Now look closer:

Tien coilovers, sweet! Driving them through winter w/o washing, bad bad bad!

Has an MBC, and a custom UICP, FMIC, and exhaust made by Excessive Autosport in Sioux Falls.

Rear passenger qpanel:

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 · 04-30-2010

SWEET! satin black... do it

123abc · 04-30-2010

Awesome! Sounds like a great project.

**goodhart** · 04-30-2010

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 · 04-30-2010

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 · 04-30-2010

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Originally Posted by 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!

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** · 04-30-2010

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Originally Posted by rose0529

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

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Originally Posted by rose0529

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 · 04-30-2010

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** · 04-30-2010

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Originally Posted by goodhart

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** · 04-30-2010

What is AWC? why relocate the button?

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

**scheides** · 04-30-2010

^ Not sure yet. AWC = All Wheel Control = AYC (Active Yaw Control) + ACD (Active Center Diff). The stock button on the 08's is on the damn steering wheel. Last thing I wanna do is switch to snow mode while mid corner! Plus it opens up room for the 2010 stereo controls, and I have an idea on what to do with the spare button blanks that will end up in the center console

Matt D. · 04-30-2010

This thread made my heart skip a beat. I'm so happy for you, dude. Best of luck with this thing, it looks like it's on par with my POS in terms of shittiness, I hope it doesn't let you down.

Ihearrtdsm · 04-30-2010

congrats on the new car! looks nice sucks that previous owner didn't take care of it. Good luck with it!

simulatedwood · 04-30-2010

AWC = ACD from the VIII and IX. ( Gravel, Snow, and Tarmac). The button you will play with the most is the ASC button on the left side. Press is once to disable the Traction control, and sportier stability settings, HOLD down the ASC for 3-5 seconds (until the Warning comes on the center display) This disables stability control, traction control, and ABS. The only thing that is always on is the AYC, the best part of this car.

simulatedwood · 04-30-2010

Congrates on the purchase, hardly a beater, maybe neglected, but it only has what 22K miles? Lots of life left for this one.

Speedfreak · 04-30-2010

Congrats on the car, I love the X's.

May be a good opportunity to "wrap" the car in some cool satin finish(or whatever finish/color you like)?

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

If you want a set of stock tires, a friend has his stock X wheels with tires sitting around. I know he's going to put snow tires on the wheels, and probably wants to sell the tires.. Should I ask him?

bananas · 04-30-2010

Woot! Can't wait to see it. Also, black wheels on a black car IS NOT GHEY.

**scheides** · 04-30-2010

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Originally Posted by Speedfreak

Congrats on the car, I love the X's.

May be a good opportunity to "wrap" the car in some cool satin finish(or whatever finish/color you like)?

If you want a set of stock tires, a friend has his stock X wheels with tires sitting around. I know he's going to put snow tires on the wheels, and probably wants to sell the tires.. Should I ask him?

All this talk about vinyl wrap, gah idk, seems silly to me.

I think I'm good on the rubber, I have to bring one of my rotas from my evo8 to precision wheel to get cleaned up and see if the tire is any good, they might be one of the few things I keep from that car LOL.

Kevin 1G Drummer · 04-30-2010

Nice Scheides! Next time I see you I'll take a look at the car and tell you what I can buff out of it, and what will need paint. I'm sure some of the scratches will come out without needing paint.

**goodhart** · 04-30-2010

I think these stock wheels would actually look better than those Rota's. Agree with the wrap being silly also, seems like it could get f-ed up so easily. Hell, Mark and Kevin are both body guys ain't they? have them paint the sucker up!!

EDIT: sure kevin had to post while I was typing... lol