AppleGTS progress!

Discussion in 'Members Progress Reports' started by appleGTS, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. appleGTS

    appleGTS Member

    hey everybody, ive been lurking around this website for a while now looking what to do to my car,
    and this is what i have so far, and there is still much more i am going to do.

    Graphite Gray 09 lancer GTS ... CVT :[

    current mods:
    window tint 35% ( i think )
    blacked out front
    RRM short ram intake
    Greddy Tic exhaust
    Painted wheels black
    painted calipers red
    new pedals
    debadged rear
    8,000 K HIDs
    alloy fuel door

    This is my car right when i got it.. I was actually really really close to getting an STI but..The payment was too high so i had to choose between a WRX or a lancer, and im still not too sure why i chose the lancer GTS but, 8O oh well.. i like it :)
    ( i dont remember if there were picture size restrictions, but sorry if they are too big )
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    RRM short Ram intake
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    Me painting the front black ( well im priming in this picture )
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    the blacked out front
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    My greddy exhaust!
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    Debadged Rear
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    pedals... (they look a little crooked,, but i dont think they are, or in person you cant tell.. idk )
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    Wheels Painted!!!
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    and now my car :]
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    My next mod will definitely be springs, but i dont know if i should go with the EIBACH sportlines, or TEIN S-techs.
    i think i am leaning more towards the EIBACHS but who knows. it will take me a while to save up the money for them anyways
    so i have time to think about it.
    just so yall know, i am pretty much a kid. im 18 and my parents are paying for my car.
    i guess thats just a perk of still being young.
    BUT i have paid for everything AM on my car, and will continue to. i usually work everyday after school.
    but anyways. what do yall think!?
     
  2. The Beav

    The Beav Well-Known Member

    very nice! it looks realy clean! question how did you black out the other part of the bumper? did you use paint?
     
  3. PogiAko

    PogiAko Well-Known Member

    i got the same pedals... LOL
     
  4. jacob1bc

    jacob1bc Well-Known Member

    welcome and very nice ride.
     
  5. dive_junkie

    dive_junkie Well-Known Member

    Gillman auto huh? You must be from spring.Am I right? Nice ride. Your ahead of me but I don't have the luxuries you have lol.
     
  6. Karan

    Karan Well-Known Member

    Nice looking Lancer man, keep it up.
     
  7. 08CustomLancer

    08CustomLancer Well-Known Member

    more pics of the charger :D

    i mean nice lancer 8) :wink:
     
  8. Silver09GTS

    Silver09GTS Well-Known Member

    Howdy

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    Also a Gillman owner, north ?
     
  9. mikeike8

    mikeike8 Well-Known Member

    hey whats goin on?! another texan huh? looks good man... and if ur from the houston area where did u get ur rims painted at? ive been lookin for a place to do that for me! but nice ride so far... and im a youngin too. only 19.. but ive paid for my car and all AM parts haha.. been workin since i was 13 lol.. slave labor! haha jk jk ;)
     
  10. appleGTS

    appleGTS Member

    thanks man! i just bought vinyl, off ebay. cost like 20 bucks. worked pretty good. and if your talking about the other part that has the mitsu symbol in it, i just painted that


    springs? im from san antonio! the Gillman dealership i bought my car from sold Mitsubishi, honda, and Subaru! all on the same lot. hah that seems weird to me.


    hey! and thanks man, sorry not from Houston. i got mine done at a local shop, i just used the yellow pages and started calling around. and yea, im pretty lucky my parents bought me a car, it was either the lancer or the wrx and i think my parents were a lil scared to get me the wrx :mrgreen:

    thanks!
     
  11. dive_junkie

    dive_junkie Well-Known Member

    Yeah that is weird. Gilman is right next to me here in Spring. It's a suburb of Houston. Guess I was wrong lol. :lol:
     
  12. lou-vincent

    lou-vincent Member

    Car looks very nice man =] I drive a CVT too ... =[ but hey, love your car no matter what !
     
  13. mikeike8

    mikeike8 Well-Known Member

    just a question man.... i ended up finding a place but they said theyre gonna charge me $129 a wheel.. can i ask how much u paid per wheel??
     
  14. The Beav

    The Beav Well-Known Member

    i can't wait till about a year from now i have a friend that will be working at this powder coating place the powder coat the big steel doors on my ship and he said he could do my rims for me! a rreally shiny black coat! with the symbol coated red! can't freak'n wait i'll be sure to update you guys! i'll talk to him about doing other rims... they have a ton of colors like blue, gray, white, yellow & a few more!
     
  15. mikeike8

    mikeike8 Well-Known Member

    see ya i wanna get mine done in white and noone here seems to do that?.. which i think is weird cuz if uve ever been to houston everyone has rims! so i dunno ill keep lookin but i like applegts's rims and wouldnt mind drivin a lil if they can do them for a good price...
     
  16. appleGTS

    appleGTS Member

    i paid 50 dollars a wheel, and i paid 75 dollars for all of the calipers painted.
    so thats 50x4=200 for the wheels plus 75 for the calipers, so that put me at 275.

    but its just regular rim paint, they were not powdercoated