New here from Allentown PA

[MountainDew Man]

New to TST I drive a black 1998 Eclipse RS 5SPD I got it 2 years ago in February with about 190K on with a new clutch and timing belt for $850 bone stock, the only problem it had was the typical DSM paint cancer (clear coat fade). Other than that it had a poorly painted 95-96 Talon hatch with the toe nail wing on it, and a ricey fake carbon fiber center piece, but still for $850 and it being my first car I couldnt pass it up. Now its currently at 218k and parked since the water pump died 2 or 3 weeks ago but other than that its been the perfect car no problems or typical 420a oil burn, hopefully its fixed this Sunday though! Onto the pictures starting from when I got it to now, and the minor mod list/ future mods I'd like to do.

Before changing the ricey center piece


After changing Ricey center piece.


Before getting the RS wheels off


After getting the GS wheels


Before getting rid of the toenail wing and hatch



After getting rid of the toenail wing and hatch


Not the biggest most noticeable change but before putting the Mitsubishi badge on


After putting on the new Mitsubishi badge


Before getting rid of the chromies


After replacing the chromies


Before getting rid of the GS wheels


After getting rid of the GS wheels


Before painting my roof


After painting my roof


And just how it sat half way through the summer till now.


how it sat for the winter.






Sorry for the blurriness in some pictures.

How it currently sits


Engine mods

Before changing the spark plug wires.


After putting the new wires on and before putting the strut bar on


After putting the strut bar on


And most recent 57mm Bore Custom Throttle Body








Before leather seats (Also with the RS center console)




After Leather seats








Performance Mods-Short ram intake, 8.5mm MSD Super Conductor Spark plug Wires,Bigger 57mm Bore Custom Throttle Body, Front Ebay Strut Bar, not exactly performance but aftermarket oil cap.

Exterior Mods- 17 inch League wheels powder coated metallic black/red, Black halo projector headlights, Color matched center piece, Mitsubishi badge.

Interior- Short shifter, Leather shift boot, and GST/ GSX leather seats, GS/GST/GSX center console, Black interior door handle covers, Black interior door handles

Audio-Sony Xplod XS-R1644 4-Way 270W front speakers, Optimus Rear speaker's (Don't know any specs got them with the car),Pioneer TS-W304R 12" 1300W Sub, JL Audio E6450 Amp, Sony CDX-GT300 head unit.

Future mods/Random parts- Megan Racing cat back exhaust (own needs to be installed), Header/Downpipe, MSD Ignition coil pack, 2GB Eclipse side skirts,Fog lights OEM or aftermarket, Fog light bezels (own need foglights), Bumper caps, New OEM bumper, Window tint, Stock floor mats, Lowering kit.

Thanks for reading/commenting!

[93rx7r1]

Nice looking DSM. You're really getting it looking nice again.

[Shipman]

^Agreed

[MountainDew Man]

Thanks, I've tried to keep it as clean as possible!

[01bb6er]

Welcome, good job so far on cleaning the car up. Whereabouts in Allentown are you?

[MountainDew Man]

Originally Posted by 01bb6er

Welcome, good job so far on cleaning the car up. Whereabouts in Allentown are you?

I'm in south Allentown not too far from Lehigh street.

[cossh014]

Hey bud!
Glad you made it, and wow, you really did clean it up good!

[MountainDew Man]

Originally Posted by cossh014

Hey bud!
Glad you made it, and wow, you really did clean it up good!

Thanks man, I didn't even know you were a member here I seen the sky in a post and figured it was you. I've tried to clean it up, haha as far as cosmetics go I still wanna get skirts, repaint and install the new oem front bumper, finally get a black hood on the car, paint the calipers and drums since the drums look awful, and repaint my current wing since the paint is already fading or get a high rise GST/GSX wing. Performance wise I need to get rid of the cracked Mani so ill be eventually getting a Megan racing header and down pipe, install the Megan racing cat back exhaust, and get an MSD ignition coil pack to match the wires and I think mines is bad haha. I'm sure I wanna do plenty more but off the top of my head that's it, lol.