Loose said:
Just to see if you believe the 10ga ETB, the CAI and the springs helped or not along with all the other modifications.
You see I want to do these things to my car but 2 things are stopping me. One, the expense to benefit ratio. I could drop a grand but is the gain in performance really worth it, and two the choice in product i.e the Tien vs. Eibach, AEM vs waiting for K & N vs the two piece.
I never owned a import sport compact so this whole mod thing is chinese to me. I just wanted your opinion oh holy GW.....are you happy with your wallet and more importantly, your car?
Tim (hi)
LoL... to be perfectly honest with you, this my first modded import, too. I've done stuff to other people's cars and I've modded my own American cars but the only other import I've owned was an '89 Tercel!
I tuned it and rebuilt the engine but the only mods were "bigger" 14-inch wheels and window tint.
I can honestly say that I am happy with all the mods I've done on the 3 so far.
CAI: $150-definitely happy
Springs: $221-definitely happy
ETB Ground: $0-I did it the same time as the CAI, so I can't tell any difference but hey... for free, it couldn't hurt.
Hot-Wired Lighter: $0-definitely happy
Air Horns: $400-definitely happy!
That's not including the dealer accessories that have been bought and installed. I think my grand total spent is something like $1100 right now but that's a lot of other crap, too (I keep a spreadsheet).
If you have to pay someone to do the work for you, then you can pretty much double the amounts.
As far as what brands to choose, that's something that everybody has to figure out for themselves. Because of the limited availability of parts, I passed over "Miss Right" and went to "Miss Right Now".
I researched both AEM and Eibach, read other people's opinions and decided that they were both good companies with reputable products.
Besides that, I'm a cheap bastard and they both have the least expensive parts. I'm not going to be racing this thing, I just want something more fun to play with on the street.