Mitsubishiown
10+ Year Contributor
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- Feb 11, 2012
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Davison,
Michigan
Hello, I am fairly new to these forums all though I have read a lot of information over time through this forum. I will start with how I ended up getting this car. Before this I owned a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Gt. and I put tons of time and money into the car. Last week as I was driving home a kid pulled out in front of me when I was going 50mph and I hit him going around 45-50mph. This obviously totaled my eclipse but luckily I was okay. The only problem is that I didn't have collision so I get nothing for my car. I ended up finding this car for $4,400 about an hour away from my house so I went and bought it with money my dad lent me until I can pay him back.
The car is a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX Automatic with 83,000 miles and it is red in color. The paint is very good on this car but it does have some different spots that are fading and that need touched up along with a lot of little chips but nothing major. I drove the car home yesterday and on my way back I noticed when at stop lights it felt like it was going to die. Went to autozone got the alternator and battery tested both failed. So I got a new battery and had both tested again and now they both passed. So hopefully they will be okay going to test them in about 2-3 days from now.
Anyways now that all the stupid talk is over with my plans for this car are to get around 300-400whp out of this thing as well as keep it a daily driver. I heavily modded my other eclipses suspension and it cornered amazing but I hated it as a dd because it was such a rough ride and bumpy as hell. So I am going to keep this one stock as much as possible for suspension wise. I think it is already lowered on some form of struts/shocks and springs. Took some pictures of the car before I change the wheels on it tomorrow at work.
Sorry my picture taking skills suck! This is after I waxed and cleaned it
The wheels are pretty nice I like them but I work at discount tire so I bought brand new tires today along with having some nice wheels that I am putting on it tomorrow. I will get more pics of how it looks with these wheels tomorrow morning before I change them. Yes, it is missing a piece of the sideskirt I need to order it.
The car is a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX Automatic with 83,000 miles and it is red in color. The paint is very good on this car but it does have some different spots that are fading and that need touched up along with a lot of little chips but nothing major. I drove the car home yesterday and on my way back I noticed when at stop lights it felt like it was going to die. Went to autozone got the alternator and battery tested both failed. So I got a new battery and had both tested again and now they both passed. So hopefully they will be okay going to test them in about 2-3 days from now.
Anyways now that all the stupid talk is over with my plans for this car are to get around 300-400whp out of this thing as well as keep it a daily driver. I heavily modded my other eclipses suspension and it cornered amazing but I hated it as a dd because it was such a rough ride and bumpy as hell. So I am going to keep this one stock as much as possible for suspension wise. I think it is already lowered on some form of struts/shocks and springs. Took some pictures of the car before I change the wheels on it tomorrow at work.
Sorry my picture taking skills suck! This is after I waxed and cleaned it
The wheels are pretty nice I like them but I work at discount tire so I bought brand new tires today along with having some nice wheels that I am putting on it tomorrow. I will get more pics of how it looks with these wheels tomorrow morning before I change them. Yes, it is missing a piece of the sideskirt I need to order it.