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Posted by: Ben.H Oct 5 2010, 04:43 PM

...bought an Lancer Evo






It's a lovely Evolution 5 finished in 'Satellite Silver', it's covered only 57,000 miles and cost my dad £5,995 ($9,530~). The best bit is that it's already got a few modifications, namely Tein Adjustable Coilovers worth like £2,500, a HKS induction kit and an aftermarket exhaust which I don't know what make it is, maybe HKS.

He gets to pick it up the weekend after this next one (16th/17th Oct). Expect many photos of this and Ed's dad's Legacy. Excited isn't the word.

Posted by: Kubason Oct 5 2010, 04:45 PM

lucky guys whos fathers buy lancers evos

Posted by: Bart Oct 5 2010, 04:46 PM

midlife crisis?
my dad has a midlife crises and he bought a motorbike, but this is much cooler!

Posted by: Jolteon Oct 5 2010, 04:50 PM

was it your dad who bought some citroen a while back?

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 5 2010, 04:54 PM

Eh, sort of a midlife crisis car. My parents got divorced and now he can't afford to keep the Citroen, so he bought this outright so he doesn't have to worry about payments, only running costs.

Posted by: Mkid Oct 5 2010, 04:56 PM

Sweet! What are the specs on it? I heard my car is basically just as good as an older EVO so maybe we can roll together toothygrin.gif

Posted by: nizmo_bro Oct 5 2010, 05:23 PM

Your dad is the coolest.

I so wished they had sold those here in the States... Definitely one of my favorite LanEVOs.

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 5 2010, 05:51 PM

QUOTE (Mkid @ Oct 5 2010, 05:56 PM) *
Sweet! What are the specs on it? I heard my car is basically just as good as an older EVO so maybe we can roll together toothygrin.gif


Sources vary but it's around 280bhp/276ft-lb from what I can see. As for performance, sources also vary. I'd hazard a sensible guess at just under 5 seconds (Although some sources reckon it's as low as 4.5! sadeyes1.gif) Top speed I'd imagine is around 140mph. Other cool parts it has are Brembo brakes, Recaro bucket seats and a Momo steering wheel. toothygrin.gif


Also cheers nizmo_bro smile2.gif

Posted by: M.I.V. Design. Oct 5 2010, 06:12 PM

Ur dad...


















































...is me.

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 5 2010, 06:22 PM

hi dad

edit: lol whoops didn't notice my photos weren't showing up full size





Posted by: Mkid Oct 5 2010, 08:26 PM

QUOTE (Ben.H @ Oct 5 2010, 01:51 PM) *
Sources vary but it's around 280bhp/276ft-lb from what I can see. As for performance, sources also vary. I'd hazard a sensible guess at just under 5 seconds (Although some sources reckon it's as low as 4.5! sadeyes1.gif) Top speed I'd imagine is around 140mph.


Hmm, more HP then mine, but I have a brand spanking new twin clutch transmission which is really what makes my car fast.

are those times 0-60 or 1/4 mile O_o

Posted by: Unox. Oct 5 2010, 08:44 PM

even if it were the 1/4, you meant the 1/8
sounds like 0-60
i love old evos, mostly the 5 and 6, your dad is amazing, does he make you deliver tofu?

Posted by: Mkid Oct 5 2010, 08:57 PM

Yeah... looking back I'm not sure why I asked that. lol

my 0-60 is 6 seconds, 5 seconds with rollout/brake launch (horrible for your tranny, but kills turbo lag)

If what you said is right, I'm not sure why people said my car is as good as an old evo... maybe they meant the USDM ones toung.gif I don't think we got that model evo here. not sure if the ones after are any different.

Posted by: Daniel. Oct 5 2010, 08:57 PM

WHITE ON WHITE OR WHITE ON BLACK

NOW

Posted by: DMC-12 Oct 5 2010, 09:10 PM

QUOTE (Mkid @ Oct 5 2010, 09:57 PM) *
horrible for your tranny


ohmy.gif

Posted by: Mkid Oct 5 2010, 09:13 PM

^ LOL

Posted by: Helmasaur King Oct 5 2010, 10:42 PM

Very cool, it took like 2 years for your baba to get a jdm tight car, weird stuff

Posted by: _Kevin_ Oct 5 2010, 10:44 PM

you might have the sexiest car on pca sitting in your drive....

Posted by: ER34 Oct 5 2010, 10:49 PM

QUOTE (Kubason @ Oct 5 2010, 09:45 AM) *
lucky guys whos fathers buy lancers evos

+1

Posted by: DMC-12 Oct 5 2010, 11:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkX44uFsgE0&feature=related

Bring it.

Posted by: DLuZive Oct 8 2010, 06:06 AM

Your dad is cool, My dad didnt even buy me a $800 skyline which has been used for drift.. now someone has just bought it. Cool car dude

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 16 2010, 11:07 AM

Well, as some of you may have remembered (You probably didn't), we were supposed to be picking up the car today. Sadly this didn't happen as Lloyds TSB are dreadful and lost both of my dad's card applications. That said we did still go test drive it, and I got more photos.











Drove fantastically, or so my dad says. Something that did make me laugh though was the sheer amount of Japanese cars on the road in that area. I mean I knew the Black Country had a load of modified cars. But Jesus, we saw another 3 Evos within 5 minutes


Oh yeah and they had this Nissan Pao, never seen one of these outside of GT4 before.



Posted by: DLuZive Oct 16 2010, 11:28 AM

cool. I love Lloyd TSB's ad remixed with dubstep.

Also, I was driving behind an Evo 10, on the way to my uncle's who has a Ford Falcon Ba, with over 400hp, Garrett turbo. and my uncle also came over with his fully sick Celica, it's turbocharged, along with the full engine swap.. and he just bought a $75k HSV senator Series 2 Signiture. My uncles are rich, my family is not. Good luck joyriding.

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 16 2010, 11:55 AM

Evo Xs are pretty sick, we saw an Evo VI, and Evo VIII, and a IX. We also saw 2 MR2s, a Pulsar GTi-R and a Supra.

The garage itself was pretty sick. Look...








Posted by: _RX7 _ Oct 16 2010, 12:02 PM

R32... WANT.

Posted by: M.I.V. Design. Oct 16 2010, 12:05 PM

specialized in imports?

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 16 2010, 12:11 PM

Indeed, he had like 20 Nissan Figaros

Posted by: DLuZive Oct 16 2010, 12:12 PM

Awww man. I can get an R32 for 5.5k. or 4 door r33 for 6,800 which is sexy. even though I see those on road everyday, I love seeing them, and i still get excited, especcially rx7s, they are rareish in my area

EDIT: Here is my uncle's Celica: http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?trecs=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Ntk=CarAll&PriceFrom=463&__Ntt=purple&R=9377564&seot=1&silo=1011&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=purple&__D=purple&__sid=12B537E76D3B&Cr=0&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294962861%204294962171%20463%20408%20900&PriceTo=408&__Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&__Qpb=true&__Nne=15&__Dx=mode%20matchanyhe'she's selling it for the HSV he bought

Posted by: Gilf Oct 16 2010, 12:16 PM

Good choice : D

Posted by: DLuZive Oct 16 2010, 12:20 PM

baha.he has a red one of these http://tinyurl.com/HSVSenator

Posted by: Mkid Oct 20 2010, 01:21 AM

wtf, it comes riced from the factory? lol

Posted by: DLuZive Oct 20 2010, 07:40 AM

What? It has an LS something.

6.2 L 317 kW (425 hp) V8: Gen IV LS3
and look at the Series 1, he wants to swap that rear on.

Posted by: Mkid Oct 20 2010, 07:09 PM

I don't really know what I'm looking for, lol, but yeah, i think the rear was the ugliest part so it would be good to swap it out

the rims aren't all that great either.

Posted by: Mitch. Oct 21 2010, 06:22 AM

dluzive, WTFBBQGTFOMOFOLULZORSAUCEf**kINGBBBBBBEEEEQQQQQSAUCE......................






















.....want.

Posted by: DLuZive Oct 21 2010, 11:51 AM

Saw it tonight







went for a drive around the block, damn its fast

Posted by: Ed. Oct 24 2010, 12:19 PM

QUOTE (DMC-12 @ Oct 6 2010, 12:16 AM) *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkX44uFsgE0&feature=related

Bring it.


Yo, Ben, Recognise that Imp?


1.8 VVTi mid-mounted lump, 6-point integral steel roll cage, completely custom front steering gemoetry, and a MR-2 style rear link up to suspension, it's less than 700kg and puts out around 250~bhp, it's biblically quick.

Posted by: Victor. Oct 24 2010, 09:11 PM



DO THIS

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 25 2010, 12:57 PM

QUOTE (Ed. @ Oct 24 2010, 01:19 PM) *
Yo, Ben, Recognise that Imp?


lol ejay


DAY AFTER TOMORROW, FOLKS

Posted by: Alex (Ghost) Oct 25 2010, 01:08 PM

haha HSV commo. also awesome find.. and buy that damn GTR!

Posted by: DLuZive Oct 26 2010, 07:55 AM

It's a Senator, off carsales. smile2.gif

Posted by: Alex (Ghost) Oct 26 2010, 12:19 PM

same sh*t toung.gif

Posted by: DLuZive Oct 27 2010, 06:55 AM

QUOTE (Alex (Ghost) @ Oct 25 2010, 11:08 PM) *
and buy that damn GTR!

what GTR?

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 28 2010, 07:26 PM

Hey everyone let's look at some s**tty photos








Posted by: DMC-12 Oct 28 2010, 07:29 PM

Cool dood

Posted by: Mitch. Oct 29 2010, 06:24 AM

QUOTE (Ben.H @ Oct 17 2010, 12:55 AM) *

i spy with my little eye somthin starting with r33

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 29 2010, 07:05 PM

So I went fishing through the boot and I found something cool




The box for the Turbo Timer/Boost Controller. Inside it I found...



Instruction manuals for the aforementioned Turbo Timer/Boost Controller and the Boost Gauge, which we now know is also made by GReddy/Trust too.




What interested me most though was this...



It appears that there is an aftermarket HKS F-Con SZ ECU installed as well, pretty cool. It seems some serious money has been spent on this car in Japan, so far the mod list is as follows;

- Tein Adjustable Coilovers
- HKS F-Con SZ ECU
- GReddy Profec B-Spec II
- GReddy Boost Gauge
- Aftermarket Exhaust and Air Filter (Unknown manufacturer)

Me and my dad plan to get the wheels refurbed and repainted soon too, as there's a bit of kerb rash on one. Any colour ideas? Nothing stupid like orange or green, that s**t looks gay, and my dad's nearly 50.

Posted by: DMC-12 Oct 29 2010, 07:36 PM

Same silver or a darker gunmetal kind of colour

Posted by: J.red Oct 29 2010, 08:22 PM

I would say either the same color or gunmetal or bronze.

Posted by: .ecyrB Oct 29 2010, 08:26 PM

What Jay dot red said.

Posted by: Andrew Oct 29 2010, 08:43 PM

black

Posted by: Ben.H Oct 31 2010, 02:16 PM

lol so I was just looking at some replacement O.Z Racing centre caps because the current ones are f**ked, to put it lightly...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OZ-Racing-Centre-Caps-M595-63mm-Carbon-Black-Set-4-/280580769464?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4153eac6b8#ht_500wt_1156

How much?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MITSUBISHI-ALLOY-WHEEL-CAP-CENTRE-/110605307649?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19c0970f01#ht_739wt_905

Much better. Also, does anyone have any experience with painting brake calipers? It's just occured to me that the once red Brembo brakes are now a nasty faded pink, not good

Posted by: J.red Oct 31 2010, 04:23 PM

Yeah, my center caps are about $45 for a set of four. (they've got a little bit of carbon on them as well) I've replaced them 2 times. Next time I'm just going to repair the ones i've got.

Posted by: Mkid Oct 31 2010, 05:03 PM

You could just buy blank centercaps and get centercap stickers or just put centercap stickes on the stock ones if they are flat. I was going to do that for my civic when I bought Acura wheels (that ended up not fitting). They were enkei made wheels so I bought enkei stickers to put over the Acura stuff. I ended up just selling them along with the wheels though.

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 2 2010, 11:40 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xax4uUc6Ot0

Posted by: Mkid Nov 3 2010, 12:25 AM

I think mine sounds nicer toung.gif

You should really get it dyno'd or at least measure its 0-60 time, I'm curious.

Posted by: Mr.Acura-te Nov 3 2010, 01:29 AM

At least they have an EVO wink.gif lol

Posted by: .ecyrB Nov 3 2010, 01:33 AM

Remember what Jeremy Clarkson said to whatshisname about Evos?

Posted by: Mkid Nov 3 2010, 02:55 AM

QUOTE (Mr.Acura-te @ Nov 2 2010, 09:29 PM) *
At least they have an EVO wink.gif lol


Listen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oe19kSbwc

Thats stock toung.gif You know you lyke.

But yes, EVOs are cooler... I never said they weren't, it just wasn't the best choice for me and you know it so stop bringing it up toung.gif

QUOTE (.ecyrB @ Nov 2 2010, 09:33 PM) *
Remember what Jeremy Clarkson said to whatshisname about Evos?


So this is the cause of your facebook status!

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 3 2010, 01:12 PM

QUOTE (Mkid @ Nov 3 2010, 12:25 AM) *
I think mine sounds nicer toung.gif

You should really get it dyno'd or at least measure its 0-60 time, I'm curious.


No doubt we will soon, who wants to place bets on the outcome?! I'm guessing 4.9 0-60 and 307bhp.


QUOTE (.ecyrB @ Nov 3 2010, 01:33 AM) *
Remember what Jeremy Clarkson said to whatshisname about Evos?


What?

Also, speaking completely hypothetically (For now anyway), if my dad were to get some new rims, what would you recommend?

Posted by: Mkid Nov 3 2010, 03:24 PM

I'd probably go with something simple and painted white.

something like this:




Although the ones he has now look almost as good.

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 3 2010, 04:39 PM

Funny thing about them white wheels, my dad hates them. They do look cool though, they remind me of;


Posted by: Mkid Nov 3 2010, 04:42 PM

I only chose them because the car is white. I think white wheels looks good on that car if its white. I think it gives it that classic rally look. Show the pics I posted to your dad.

Posted by: J.red Nov 3 2010, 05:34 PM

Isn't the car silver? not white. IMO, white wheels don't really go well with a silver car. I would stick with a darker color. Gunmetal or bronze.

Posted by: DMC-12 Nov 3 2010, 05:34 PM

gunmetal, i don't think bronze would look quite so good toung.gif

Posted by: J.red Nov 3 2010, 05:42 PM

idk, i kinda like bronze on silver toung.gif

Posted by: Mkid Nov 3 2010, 05:53 PM

D\'OH!

I saw this pic

and thought that was his car. lol. I\'m not sure anymore about the wheels

You could always get wheels to match the ones I want toothygrin.gif
http://www.lancerregister.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=127215&stc=1&d=1234132112

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 3 2010, 06:45 PM

Gunmetal and bronze would both look good, I just thought they'd be a bit played out though. But I suppose the design of the wheel itself matters most anyway, I like those wheels Mike, but I prefer "fatter" spokes, know what I mean? I guess it's up to my dad at the end of the day anyway.

Just bought these:




Decent sound quality, here we come!

Alpine SXE-1725S 16cm/6.5" Coaxial 2-Way Speakers

220 Watts Peak
40 Watts RMS
4 Ohm Impendance
60Hz-20Khz Freq. Response

Posted by: Ed. Nov 4 2010, 10:37 PM

Needs more de-spoilered

Posted by: Mr.Acura-te Nov 4 2010, 10:55 PM

QUOTE (Ed. @ Nov 4 2010, 05:37 PM) *
Needs more de-spoilered


+1 i think they look better without a spoiler. that or get an aftermarket one that isn't so odd.

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 4 2010, 11:17 PM

But Evo Vs look s**t with no spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa0jzKAqKE

Posted by: Mkid Nov 5 2010, 02:06 AM

I think the spoiler gives it its evo-ness, without it, it just looks like a mitsubishi mirage with a bodykit.

Posted by: Mr.Acura-te Nov 5 2010, 06:25 AM



QUOTE (Ben.H @ Nov 4 2010, 06:17 PM) *
But Evo Vs look s**t with no spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa0jzKAqKE



QUOTE (Mr.Acura-te @ Nov 4 2010, 05:55 PM) *
+1 i think they look better without a spoiler. that or get an aftermarket one that isn't so odd.


Posted by: DLuZive Nov 5 2010, 08:48 AM

Mirage with a bodykit, lol. Over here that would be a hatchback with an Evo Kit. Unless you mean Lancer with evo kit, which I've seen which are ugly. And Evos are Bigger! shifty.gif

I like the spoiler.

NZ knows what to do with Mirages.


Posted by: Mkid Nov 5 2010, 03:31 PM

In america, all that generation of lancers/mirages were just called mirages. The name Lancer is fairly new in america.

Posted by: DLuZive Nov 6 2010, 12:18 AM

So Lancer is only Evo there?

Keep the spoiler on.

Posted by: Mkid Nov 6 2010, 01:55 PM

We didn't have lancer evolutions here untill like the Evo VIII

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 6 2010, 07:56 PM

You find me a decent, cheap spoiler for an Evo V or VI that is easily available in the UK, and isn't an Evo VI spoiler, and also, isn't one of the huge adjustable ones like you see on drift cars.

Speakers in tomorrow, if all goes well

Posted by: Mkid Nov 6 2010, 08:11 PM

I think a CF one would look cool, but it doesn't have to be huge.



something like that, but smaller would be cool imo.

It would help too cuz its for sure a lot lighter, so not rice

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 6 2010, 08:19 PM

Yeah they look cool on something like that time attack Evo, but that's got a full wide body kit to match. I've seen spoilers like that on cars such as Imprezas and it's not a good look if you haven't got a body kit to match, believe me

However thank you very much for suggesting them cos I came across http://www.fqperformance.com/shop/index.php?cPath=22_143&osCsid=de56d2661f2dd7ef30ac64fd061263ff website while I was looking for photos and it looks really good

Posted by: Mkid Nov 6 2010, 08:47 PM



I know its a game, but you get the idea. I think it looks fine.

Posted by: DMC-12 Nov 6 2010, 08:49 PM

it needs something to balance out the front end gasp.gif

Posted by: Andrew Nov 6 2010, 09:08 PM

leave the wing alone and get this


Posted by: DLuZive Nov 6 2010, 09:20 PM

I saw a Ralliart Evo, I didnt know they did that.

get this http://www.fqperformance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22_143_570&products_id=2371&osCsid=de56d2661f2dd7ef30ac64fd061263ff

Posted by: Kubason Nov 6 2010, 09:29 PM

keep that spoiler, just paint the center part black smile2.gif
it looks f**king ugly with that CF one when it has no wide body kit

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 6 2010, 09:31 PM

QUOTE ( Andrew @ Nov 6 2010, 09:08 PM) *
leave the wing alone and get this



Why would he do that? We don't live on a rally stage

@Kubason, I was actually looking for a carbon centre blade, couldn't find one though sad.gif

Posted by: Kubason Nov 6 2010, 09:33 PM

well since that evo doesn't need to be lighter - you are not going to race with it, are you? what about just imitation of CF?

Posted by: DLuZive Nov 6 2010, 10:09 PM

QUOTE (DLuZive @ Nov 7 2010, 07:20 AM) *
get this http://www.fqperformance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22_143_570&products_id=2371&osCsid=de56d2661f2dd7ef30ac64fd061263ff


Posted by: Mkid Nov 7 2010, 04:09 AM

QUOTE (DLuZive @ Nov 6 2010, 05:20 PM) *
get this http://www.fqperformance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22_143_570&products_id=2371&osCsid=de56d2661f2dd7ef30ac64fd061263ff


overkill much? lol

and I agree about the mudflaps... I never understood why people think that looks cool.

Posted by: DLuZive Nov 7 2010, 04:47 AM

I saw many Evo 5s and Evo 6s today.


oops




dem real te37s




BLACK ON ORANGE BITCH

Posted by: .ecyrB Nov 7 2010, 11:39 PM

*Orange on black.

smile2.gif

Posted by: DLuZive Nov 7 2010, 11:52 PM

yeah whatever, you know what I mean

Posted by: .ecyrB Nov 7 2010, 11:53 PM

Yes, it's alright.

Posted by: Mkid Nov 8 2010, 03:39 PM

QUOTE (Ben.H @ Nov 6 2010, 04:31 PM) *
@Kubason, I was actually looking for a carbon centre blade, couldn't find one though sad.gif




I'm probably gonna be using that on my B pillars and little areas as accents. You could use that on the blade.

Posted by: DLuZive Nov 10 2010, 02:30 AM

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=9573849&keywords=&SearchAction=N&__Ntk=CarAll&__Nne=15&__Dx=mode%20matchany&__D=evolution&silo=1011&seot=1&__sid=12B537E76D3B&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%204294964597&__Ns=pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|0||pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&__Qpb=true&__Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Cr=10&__Ntt=evolution&trecs=417

THIS IS AWESOME. How much was yours again?

Posted by: Ben.H Nov 10 2010, 09:39 AM

£5,995 ($9586.65)

Posted by: DLuZive Nov 10 2010, 10:23 AM

Ohhh s**t. We can get an Evo 2 for that sad.gif Is that American or Aus?

Posted by: Ben.H Dec 23 2010, 06:55 PM

Super late reply but I believe that was in USD

Maybe I should actually update this thread. Oh well, my dad said he plans to start spending money on this car in the new year, my dad got laid off though so don't expect super uber cool expensive awesome modifications. Matter of fact the only major modification he'd do would be to install a 6-Speed gearbox from a later Evo, and that's only because having a short ratio 5-speed gearbox on the motorway is really s**tty, noisy and expensive. Suggestions please

Also lol, I never knew how many rip-off Evo V bumpers you could buy for different cars





My personal favourite...


Posted by: Mitch. Dec 24 2010, 05:54 AM

now that one siliconed up lemon

Posted by: AndrewGMC Dec 26 2010, 06:46 PM

shadow bumper in nfs toung.gif

Posted by: Ben.H Dec 28 2010, 07:35 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCdEfFd2wg

Posted by: Stendert. Dec 28 2010, 07:53 PM

tsss. my dad got an old volvo and slapped an OEM rear spoiler on it

Posted by: DLuZive Jan 1 2011, 05:49 AM

You are amazing dude.

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