BUILD UPDATE:
So a few things have happened recently, some good and some quite bad. Starting with good news:
- The extractors have arrived and are sitting at my dad's place at the moment. I'll install them probably Christmas time, as i'm on a business trip for a while.
- Alloy lancer fuel cap has arrived as well which is sweet, I might end up spray painting it black not sure yet.
- Picked up some blacked out side sequential indicators for like 20$ to replace the ugly looking clear ones. Just arrived in Australia so I am keen for those as it'll be a nice touch up - also suits my newly added VLAND taillights.
- I have found a rear strut brace by Ultra Racing for cheap which just attaches to the stock mount bolts, with two seperate steel poles (pretty good quality really..) and I'll be buying it soon, which means I'll have the front stock strut and back strut then
Keen to up the handling of my car as I tend to agree that lancers don't grip quite as well as I thought initially, a surprising amount of body roll. I'll combine this with a Whiteline grip kit which is your front and rear sway bars, linkages, bushings etc.... which I am really keen to see how it drives after that...
Now the bad news..
- As I woke up and was about to load my car for my work trip, I have found someone late in the night (after 12..) has slammed their car into my drivers door and pretty much scrapped the shit out of it as well as dented it all in. So so mad about this, as I just got it fixed and the tosser did a hit and run of course. Got quoted $2000 to get it fully repaired and flush as new again but thats not a fucking option really. Insurance isnt either as premiums are already really high, and theres no one with footage that late at night. The whole situation is just fucked really. So I wear the $$$ fine. Dad is probably going to get his tools out and panel beat it all himself as his pretty adept in the field. It's just not something you typically just wake up to and think its actually happened. Anyway. I wouldn't want to find this person cos I think I do something pretty malicious to his house lol.
Heres a pic before the accident of my new taillights, pretty happy with them... sorry the car is dirty:
So a couple of parts coming to improve lancer quality of life! - Still deciding if I should get exhaust or coilovers next... I keep mentioning it but I will decide soon, I asked CMA about the Magnaflow exhaust they have, and the guy quoted me 150$ off the full price. So i'll see if I can still take advantage of that.
Avenir.