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EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
2/3/14 9:20 p.m.

If speed is your thing, you will want to check out some local tracks so you can lay down the hp out there.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
2/3/14 9:21 p.m.
N Sperlo wrote: Shiny. Whats going on with the blues?

LED floor lights

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:25 p.m.

And the blue is the led in the foot wells, and i did some up front to and definantly speed is my thing haha

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/3/14 9:26 p.m.

Ahh... Contrast was an issue in the picture. I've installed my fair share of those.

Needs a wing and underbodys.

What should really be done? What do you want to do? Improve handling? Economy? Grrrrrowl?

mndsm
mndsm UltimaDork
2/3/14 9:27 p.m.
Swank Force One wrote: Such econobox. Wow. Very gas mileage. Much commute.

You ought to know out of anyone here... Beige Toyotas rule all sleepers.

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:28 p.m.

Idk definantly handling and speed and i need a wing next bday present

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/3/14 9:29 p.m.

Do yourself a favor and don't get the wing.

Rubber and suspension sound like a good first step.

mndsm
mndsm UltimaDork
2/3/14 9:30 p.m.

And improve the driver. You dont need mods til you can outdrive the car.

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:31 p.m.

Lol thanks

fujioko
fujioko Reader
2/3/14 9:33 p.m.

That's a very nice car. At some point you'll want to get your hands dirty and the first thing I would do is put in a fresh set of NGK spark plugs. I'm pretty sure your car is uses iridium plugs. Don't use Bosch plugs or Bosch anything.

Iridium spark plugs are used on newer cars and can be used on most older cars. Iridium plugs are 2-3 times more expensive than old school plugs but are worth the cost.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/3/14 9:34 p.m.
mndsm wrote: And improve the driver. You dont need mods til you can outdrive the car.

Very true. AutoX can do this for you! Yes, we know you are going to tinker with your new toy. If you take a look through my garage you can see, I did the same crap.

AutoX will keep you in a safe environment to improve.

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:37 p.m.

Lol thanks guys and whats the difference between iridium plugs and normal ones?

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
2/3/14 9:37 p.m.
N Sperlo wrote:
mndsm wrote: And improve the driver. You dont need mods til you can outdrive the car.
Very true. AutoX can do this for you! Yes, we know you are going to tinker with your new toy. If you take a look through my garage you can see, I did the same crap. AutoX will keep you in a safe environment to improve.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

mndsm
mndsm UltimaDork
2/3/14 9:38 p.m.

Hey... I went to my first autox on coilovers star specs and massive sways... Still managed to loop it and post slow time of day.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/3/14 9:39 p.m.

HAH. mndsm got STD!

fujioko
fujioko Reader
2/3/14 9:41 p.m.

Iridium plugs last 80 to 100K miles. Standard ones last 20 to 30k miles.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
2/3/14 9:42 p.m.

In reply to FifthGear2014:

This has some good info on iridium plugs

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:42 p.m.

Wow her spark plugs haven't been changed lol I should do that

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:43 p.m.

Tires are the same ones when the car was purchased

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/3/14 9:44 p.m.

I believe iridium can also be sharpened to a finer point which in some cases may help performance. I prefer to stick to OEM because I expect to have to tear into the engine within 30K. Because I break things. A lot.

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:47 p.m.

We'll the good thing is I still have time to think about what I wanna do

Lof8
Lof8 GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/3/14 9:50 p.m.

such a nice group of guys on this forum

Nice first car. I wouldn't put much money into it looking for acceleration gains. If it were mine, I'd go for some lowering springs and performance shocks, then probably leave it alone and let it be reliable transportation.

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:52 p.m.

Ikr I'm glad these guys are giving me some ideas on how to improve my car

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/3/14 9:53 p.m.

I wish I could have saved some of my old cars from myself!

FifthGear2014
FifthGear2014 New Reader
2/3/14 9:53 p.m.

I'm gonna save all the cars I work on and just save up money for new ones to buy instead of trade the old ones in

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