'I got a fever and the only prescription is more EVO'

2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII

I got a ride in this bad boy today. Jealous! Jay and I are no longer friends

Wait, so you bought an EVO VIII to go along with your EVO I?

Nice!

What is it? MR? RS? GSR?

Nice! Now get some 7 tail lights for it and it will look 100% better!

Oohh God that thing is sexy!

Oh baby, is that sexy.

Details?

Sexy sexy sexy! Love it, Jay

Pics but no details? What a dick tease!

Ahh c'mon Rob! You got to ride in it before my girlfriend did!

Thanks for all the comments, this thing is sweet!

Details:
-EVO VIII GSR
-70,000 miles, running 22psi
-Godspeed intercooler
-Godspeed throttle body
-HKS RS intake
-Perrin IC piping
-Hallman boost controller
-Autometer boot gauge and A/F gauge
-Blitz turbo timer
-Vortex generator

I'm really happy with the car, but I'm thinking of getting the rims powder coated. They are just painted flat black now. Opinions?

I also want to try and get some EVO 7 taillights, or I might just get these painted.

I matched the colour of the EVO 8 rims I took from you yesterday. Theres a few close colours, nothing exact. Swing by and we can refurb those painted black ones to near stock in colour for ya.

PS, thanks for the ride, and for not pointing at my boner

CT9A is my favorite...looks good, pity though, i really like the stock viii wheels...

Man thats a nice Evo. Great color choice too. How much did it run you to bring it here ?

This is my next question!

Sexy car! Good buy buddy. We will have to start our own Evo club and go cruuuuuzin! lol

Rob, I'll have to coordinate a time to get the tires removed so I can bring the rims up. I love the stock grey on an EVO 8 wheel. Looks so much cleaner.

I also had a boner when I was driving, so thank you for being too preoccupied hiding yours to notice mine!

Thanks! I knew someone was going to ask about the price... Let's just say it would have been A LOT smarter for me to put a down payment on a house than to buy another car!



Tim, I'd definitely be in for that, your X is pure sex!

Hey just noticed, left hand drive! no excuse not to come to the shootout!

Yeah, this one is a USDM chassis, so no trouble at the border or anything!

I'll be at the shootout as long as I can book the time off work.

Are we doing an Invasion this year or what?!

There's no trouble with a RHD vehicle crossing the border, my buddy with an R32 GTR goes to the USA a lot with his car, never had an issue.

They must be a little bit more relaxed up in your area.

I get nothing but trouble in my 93.

He told me they get annoyed that they have to get out of the booth to go to the other side of the car, but never any issues.

Do you go to the Fort Erie or Detroit? I find those guys a lot more stricter than Buffalo.

I cross into Buffalo almost weekly.

On a couple of occasions I've taken the EVO, and they usually give me a really hard time when crossing.

UPDATE:

I added a few parts to the car that I wanted to share with everyone:

OEM Wind Deflectors




Rexpeed CF Bumper Ducts/Oil cooler duct

Before:

After:

It's too bad those ducts didn't attach from the inside so you didn't see the screws and edge. Probably what's throwing me off lol.

Love the car regardless though!

Thats sexy.

Jay's exhaust thingy is the same way so I am thinking he wanted it that way, looks good. Ducts are for brakes?

Bought my Evo X in the states, the savings was unreal. Buying an already imported 8/9 or a clean X in Canada is humorously ridiculous. If you look at the trend of Evo 8-10 prices, they are not going down much. So hang onto it because before you know it, it will be a highly sought after car. I thought about getting a 9 for a DD, a clean one is going to run you $26k. LOL.

Oh, and buying stuff across the border is the greatest thing ever. I probably go every 2-3 weeks. 4.4L jug of Mobil 1 synthetic is $22....

Do you typically declare everything when you come back? What do you tell them you're going across for - shopping? Maybe I should get you to grab me oil - Royal Purple is 50% of the price it is here...it's disgusting how cheap stuff is there.

I do 90% of my shopping in the US, some local but most is shipped to my friends place, I just tell the customs I'm going to pick up my mail or whichever local place I'm going. I cross probably 5 times a week so they are all familiar with me now but it has never been an issue. The American's like us spending our money down there.

On the return back, just show your receipt for your purchases and you're all set, if its more than $50 they'll likely make you pay taxes on it, but you usually still save a good bit.

If your purchases are less than $50 they'll usually(I'd say 99% of the time) just let you go as it's not worth their time to collect such a small amount. I've been lucky though and declared $75-80 sometimes and still not be charged.

Just be sure to declare, it's not worth the trouble of getting caught. They get to trust you as well and things just get easier.

I've seen the price of some in Canada and they were ridiculous.

Buying mine in the States saved me quite a bit, and it had a lot less mileage than the handful that were over here.

Peter, you and I use the same place in the States to have things shipped, I'm pretty sure I saw a set of beautiful new slicks with your name on it a few months ago!

Anything I buy in the States, I ALWAYS declare. Like Jason said, it's just not worth the hassle. I find if you're honest with them, they treat you fair.

Funny...I always have NO issues getting IN to the States, but coming back I always get interrogated, even though I am always very clear in what I was doing across the border and always declare everything. I've been across the border countless times (and across many of the different ones) and without fail the Canadian guards for re-entry are almost always assholes. And this is usually at the least busy times of day/week for them, too, because I refuse to cross whenever there's likely to be a crowd. (Weekends, holidays, etc.)

I use USaddress but my system is complex, lol. My brothers or parents tell me when they need to order stuff online from the States (mostly Amazon), I coordinate their orders with when I need to pick up stuff I ordered. Then I go pick everything up.
This week I have to pick up a kitchen sink, 2 bathroom sinks and 3 faucets for my bro and tons of auto detailing stuff for myself. Then my wife and I go to the Walmart and buy misc things. You'd be suprised how much cheaper things like moisturizer, motor oil and shaving razors are in the US.

People may think it's not worth it, especially since I live in Toronto. But my bro's sinks/faucets orders would have cost an additional $500 + tax if he bought the identical ones in Canada. I'm also currently looking for a SUV for my wife in the US.

As long as the Loonie is standing strong to the greenback, I'll be shopping in the US for most purchases.

an easier way would be to have it shipped to SGS Can-am Mailbox in Niagra NY. You dont have to rent a box but you can if you want. I think that you can have it shipped there and they will hold ot for between $5-15. I used them years ago to have a full body kit shipped for my car. To ship it to NY was $150 to ship it to Canada was $400. WTF? I shipped it there and drove across and picked it up. Customs screwed me but thats another story, lol.

Across the bridge for me is Weir's Package and Freight. They charge $4 to hold on to it no matter what size. And as Peter said Walmart in the US has killer prices, especially groceries. I went from spending $200 every 2 weeks here in Canada to now about $120 - $130 for 2 weeks.

I actually stay away from most food items in the US. Their food regulations are very lax, whereas Canadian regulations are almost as stringent as the EU's.

Trying to convince my wife to let me buy a 93 rx-7 while I'm shopping for her SUV. Rolling chassis for $3k, hell ya.

A little winter update:

-Nisei slim battery tray for Odyssey PC680.
(Trying to free up some space for the catch can I bought)



MY BIG WINTER PURCHASE!

-Enkei RPF1's!!

Bad ass wheels.

I can't wait!!

Your car, I <3 it.

CBSA is RIDICULOUS!!!! EVERYTIME I go, my car gets searched, I get harassed like no one's business. And I have a spotless record. It ails me to no end.

LOVE THE EVO!! When you're looking to upgrade your crappy steering wheel to a nice sparco or momo, let me know. I'll take that crap off your hands

Thanks for the kind words fellas!

Can't wait to get my brembos back and my SS lines so I can put this car back together and mount these wheels!

Mike - I appreciate the offer but the steering wheel is staying put!

Are you getting the calipers redone? Sorry if you mentioned it and I failed at reading

The calipers are in process. I'll let jay post the results once finished hold on to yer boners

In this thread, there is a lot of discussion about boners.

In another thread, some people are calling each other butt pirates.

Has DSM CANADA GONE GAY?

We are a little anal about our cars!!
Beautiful Ride Jay!!

lol well put.

Nice wheels man!!!! Well worth the drive down Thanks Again for that!

Rob is Cauduro'ing my calipers. I've seen some teaser pictures and they look awesome! Can't wait to get them back.

Thanks for the kind words guys, much appreciated.

Nigel - great to meet you man, I hope the block works out for you!

what are you doing with your stock battery tray and tie-down?

I think you just invented a new verb. I like it

It's been a while since I've posted some progress.... simply because there hasn't been much!

I have managed to get some new parts though

First: BEAUTIFULLY refinished Brembo's from Bightside :D;



Second: 255/40ZR17 Star Specs :D;





I can't wait to get these tires and rims mounted!

I have some free time this weekend with the holidays so I'll be getting the car back together. More pictures to come!

Copy cat!!

Cant wait to tear it up with these tires myself. Excellent choice my friend. Im guessing we both wont regret our purchase!

Nice tires Jay. That size will look sweet on the RPF1's

Copy cat? He got the new version, you got the old. I've heard the new version is twice the tire vs the old one

It's like comparing iPhone4 to the 4s. At the end of the day, they're still garbage

Hey Darren, Fak off

Says Mr. BB. "Oh, I can't load UBB on here.. it's glitchy!"
GET A REAL PHONE!

Hopefully something that was made in the past decade, unlike the stone he's rocking right now

I hate BOTH!

So I finally had a day off, only because everything was closed. The weather was nice so I decided to get some work done on the EVO.

I have a butt load of parts that I've purchased over the winter, so it was a perfect opportunity to get things started.

Winter parts collection includes:

-SS brake lines
-ATE super blue
-Fresh Brembos
-RPF1's/ 255/40 Star Specs Z2's
-Grimmspeed master cylinder stopper
-Beatrush license plate bracket (got pulled over a few times for not having a front plate)
-Nesei Slim battery tray
-Odyssey PC680
-New brighter gauges (the stock ones are so dull!)



Brembo's installed! Teaser pic of new wheels!




Next step, getting my tires mounted and rolling this thing out of the garage!

Is that a hella horn I see?

Jay is Hella gay if he bought one of those horns lol!

I'm super hella gay because there is two ...

your rim is nicely filled!

Lmfao.

By a show of hands, how many people hate the stock EVO 8 altezza taillights?



I am not a fan of them at all. I bought a spare set of EVO 8 taillights with the hopes of just getting them tinted red to make them look like EVO 7 taillights. Those of us with blowup dolls or fleshlights know there's just no replacement for the real thing!




OEM EVO 7 Tailights! They completely change the look of the car. I <3 them.

Its unreal how amazing the car looks with those lights. Brilliant!

Like it a lot. Sweet license plate too!

Looks sexy with the 'new' lights. Mmmm

I have never seen a evo with altezza tail lights from factory.
Or maybe I have, but never noticed. haha

Sadly, every EVO 8 comes with these piece of sh*t rice bag taillights. Most owners get the EVO 9 ones, or spulge for JDM goodness.

In 2002/03 the R&D department at Mitsubishi was headed by a rice loving honda owner who that Altezza was the new thing.

Good stuff! imho, Mitsu really F'ed up on the VIII tail lights.

I think it was the very first mod my buddy did on his RR Evo VIII.

I blame 2 fast 2 furious...

Me too. It paved the way for making piss poor taste socially acceptable.

I wonder how the red tinted ones would look. If done right pretty sure it would look exactly the same. Looks good though.

It was high on my priority list, hence purchasing the spare EVO 8 set. Haha.

The stock altezza's stand out like a sore thumb on the RR and tarmac black. I will no longer have to cringe when I check out my car's ass.

Can't stand the altezza lights either.

They look great the way they are without blacking them out. Leave em like that for a while!

This guy was my inspiration when I bought spares.

Super clean, but a bit darker than stock EVO 7's.


http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-show-shine/421798-evo-8-tails-converted-7s.html#post7075637

Good work that was the only thing wrong with the car! Better than smoked IMO. Classy!

I need some alone time with your car. I promise I won't touch her.....

Latest update:
I've been waiting for this intercooler to be built for over a month, I'm happy to say it's finally here!

I wanted to upgrade the shitty eBay special intercooler that was on the car before. After seeing what was on the market, and talking to many vendors, I settled on the ETS intercooler. The guys are great and the product is excellent.





I can't wait to get this installed. The piping on this kit eliminates 2 feet of the stock piping and cleans up a lot of messy unnecessary bends that the stock piping had.

The piping is powdercoated wrinkle black, and they upgraded me to a 4" intercooler for FREE!

Wow man that thing is beautiful!

Looks great! Can't wait to see it on the car.

Nice! Let us know how the install goes, my friend want to upgrade his FMIC as well.

Awesome can't wait for more!

See ya tomorrow?

That's funny, I bought an intercooler from ETS for my Saab TurboX, it arrived damaged...twice now.

Mine was packed nice and snug.

Lots of packing peanuts, and a high density foam on both ends of the box. I'd blame the shipping company... Mine was shipped with UPS and we have all seen how they handle packages!

Here's my haul after a weekend full of driving!





-Carbon Creation carbon fiber EVO 8 hood (OEM style)
-VIS carbon fiber trunk (still don't know if I should leave it spoilerless or drill the holes. I'm leaning towards the clean look)

-XtremeStop drilled and slotted rotors and pads.
They are a Canadian company and apparently make some pretty good brakes. Their R&D is funded by the Canadian government. I decided to give these a try because the price was right, and I've gone a little overboard with my budget! I'll report back on how they compare to my tired Power Slots and EBC redstuff pads!

-Amsoil 10W30 Dominator racing oil.
We all know how much proper lubrication is important!

Some nice grabs, can't wait to see how she looks with it all on.

Hurry up with the install! I'm drooling over here

I'm predicting a lot of WIN in the near future

And go wingless, it's damn hot on a properly done Evo.

+1 for wingless!

The trunk lid is stupid light. I think attaching the wing is going to make the lid ass heavy and put more wear on it than you want.

Also, they're only gel coated. The boys in my body shop highly recommended clearing them to protect against UV rays. And of course, we're all drooling.

W.I.N.G.L.E.S.S

Damn son that thing is sexy!

Ugly rims don't suit evo.

Agreed.

Also...the tailpipes. What the hell is going on with those pipes sticking so far out the back they need a little orange flag hanging off them?

Hahaha, theres SO many evo's in the US that you need to do something that goes against the grain (esthetically) to get noticed!

If you think the rims and tailpipe are ugly then check this out!



And this picture is to help take the bitterness away from your eyes

he looks like he was confused when he painted that bay

That must be the result of huffing the AC refrigerant.