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Originally Posted by laythor (Post 3636406)

what options are on your car?

manual or automatic? trim level? miles?
for under 2 grand you're not going to get a body kit, so get that idea out of your head
if it's a manual transmission i would suggest getting the axial flow engineering short shifter, best mod for the car hands down.

Hello all,

Good posts so I thought I would ask a quick question. I just got a manual 2009 R3 in Aurora Blue (who in their right mind buys at?). IMHO the car already looks slick as it is. All I care about is performance. (handling and torque more than HP)

Stock it already has bilstein shocks, urethane foam filled cross members, 19" wheels with Z rated tires, air dam, etc.

In terms of performance mods does everyone think the short shifter is the best starting place? I was thinking of getting the ECU re-flashed. Anything else people have done that they feel made a big difference?

Thanks,
Coppertop

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Originally Posted by Coppertop (Post 3637642)

Please look at the other 40k threads that have been started asking for the same thing and don't try to thread jack someone else. Thanks. Don't look at Series 1 either...look at series 2.

All right,

thanks for the advice. I read some of the other threads, but a lot of the basic mods don't seem to be available for the R3s. It looked like the conversation was broadening from body kits, but whatever. Ill post on a different thread.

Have a good one.