Lets see, I don't think I fully realize what all has been done to the car. This purchase is probably not the smartest thing I've ever done... I would have walked away from the car were it not for a few factors. The mods spooked me and made it more tempting at the same time. It was clear that car has never seen a winter and was garaged (kind of a shame). It has a HKS Catback/TBE (not sure what dp but it appears to be a turboXS DP with a hi flow cat), K&N Typhoon, HKS BoV (holy crap it's loud), full set of Autometer Cobalt guages, HKS Type 1 Turbo Timer, springs, I haven't been able to get in good light to see what color they are, 12 disc changer and full panasonic system that sounds very nice, full tint (nice work whoever did it), short throw shifter (brand TBD). Now all that considered. I drove another used Evo and an Evo 9, I've also been in plenty of stage 4 WRXs (mid-high 12 second cars) and this car feels faster. Something tells me there's a little ECU work done. I also negotiated a set of Nokian winter tires and extra set of stock Evo wheels into the price.

Here's the kicker, I told them I wouldn't consider the car unless I talked to a Mitsubishi dealer about it. They got out the phonebook and I called the Mitsubishi dealer I'd be getting it serviced at. It just happened to be the dealer that sold it and also serviced it and the service manager knew the mods on the car and thr owner and told me getting it serviced under warranty there will be no problem with the current mods. Also told me that they wouldn't hessitate to buy a car that was owned by the previous owner. IN addition there were no red flags (lets hope they're not messing with me). This dealer in particular has 2 people in their service department with modded Evos and one is the founder of the local Evo club so I'm guessing they overlook a lot of mods when possible. Then I found out that the owner of the Evo offered up his phone number and the stock parts on the car if the buyer wanted them. Lastly I found out it was traded in on an Accord Hybrid. All these things added up to an adult driver that took great care of this car and didn't skimp anywhere.

Now, I need to figure out what to do about the BoV and the Intake. I knew these were not great mods, though I thought they were not as bad for the Evo as they are for the WRX but correct me if I'm wrong. The plan right now is to enjoy being a total ricer for a little while and then put the stock BoV back on if I actually get it from the previous owner. If not I was going to go for a full recirculating BoV like the Forge, or are guys still having problems with that? Not sure about the intake yet, my understanding is it's not worth it more so than it will do damage on the Evos. I also know the K&N is crap, but going to do some readin to decide if I want to try to go back to stock of waste money on another intake (depends on if the original owner will just give me the stock airbox). Why people do useless mods to the WRX/STi and Evo I'll never know.

The other good news is AMS is about an hours drive from me and I have a funny feeling they might get a visit soon and also have a funny feeling they've seen the car before I'll miss the Subaru community, I'll probably still post over there a bit, but I've always posted more here than anywhere else (you guys are so lucky!).

 

Lousy pic but it's all I could manage without waking up the neighbors (damn you HKS). I'll get some more tomorrow after I dirty her up a bit. Also I don't think I've ever seen an engine bay so clean, my brand new WRX was dirtier than this.

 

bby happens to be my favorite evo color, the color is sort of funcky in your face kind of color. I almost bought an bby EVO VIII also from someone in the DCevoclub, but ended up not getting it for various reasons.

does it have a sun roof? i cant tell from the pics. the color combo on the recaros looks fantastic btw

 

Congrats on a great machine. I hope you got a killer deal on it, and a killer trade in. Enjoy.

 

Lets face it, there isn't much stealthy about an Evo if you know something about cars. Might as well have a color that announces itself with authoratah
I'm gonna finally try to meet up with BlueRen, maybe he'll want to take some pics so you guys can compare the blues and make fun of my ricer wing.

 

Congrats Ike, nice ride! I guess we can still let you post here since you can still say you have an '8'.

 

Wicked car. Don't beat up on folks too hard with it.

 

congrats Ike.

Nice car and definitely a move up from the plain jane wrx. I personnally like the sti better ( more reliable), but both cars will give you that permanent smile on your face. Nice color, looks in great condition. As long as you have a good mitsu dealer locally, I think it was a good trade. Have fun...

So...RicerIke?

 

I like EvilIke more

 

sweet car ike. I may have to change my name next year...plan on getting an M3 and MazdaspeedFeras prolly wont make any sense after that

 

are you planing on getting that badass $65k E90 400hp V8 M3?

 

nah a 1999 E36 and a brand new daily driver of some sort. But maybe if some more funds come my way i'll do it...i really like the E90 design it grew on me.

 

Ike, I was hoping you got this car:



Now that's a wing!

 

Its a great time to buy an used M3. Even E46 M3s are going pretty cheap these days (not exactly cheap, but cheap for M3s ) , a friend of mine is trying to sell his 2001 convertible with only 16k miles on it for 35k. Another friend recently sold his 2002 with 35k miles for $32k. In fact a lot of people are trying to sell their M3s now in anticipation for the new one. I think my dad is trying to get rid of his too, since he dosnt drive it much (I drive it more than him). I wouldnt be suprised if they go under 30k after the E90 M3 comes out. for 65k id start looking at the Z06 and upcoming GT-R before i look at the M3

 

Nice pick Ike...

 

Ike,

congrats on the new Evo! You gotta put Evo in your name somewhere otherwise you won't be able to pick on all the noobs and confuse the crap out of them.

We demand more pics...

 

EvilIKE!!!

 

its a smurf!!!!!

 

how bout IKEALTIMA, (don't think i don't notice it next to your new ride)

Congrats dude. nice car.

 

I just spent 5 minutes looking for something from Ikea in my garage

 

Who put an Evo wing on that charger...

 

congrats ike!

 

HAHAHA

 

Congrats. Nice car.

Even though the RX8 will definitely take it in the turns.







Kidding.

 

Ike! Congrats man! Nice choice.

But geez, this is gonna take time to get used to. It's like learning RXwannahave went buddhist or something.

Hey, didn't that year still have the neato little intercooler water sprayer thingie?