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dazedniteman · 01-29-2003, 10:10 PM

I'm new here and am interested in getting a Del Sol this summer. I plan on getting either a really cheap or one with front end damage and repairing it. My cousin rebuilt his with his dad last summer I believe and looks really good (he's on CarDomain, first page - I think it's called Konig_Twinkies, something about twinkies)
I am only 16 and this will be my first car and hopefully my only car until I finish up college. I've saved up a grand total of $3300 so far! lol and once I get a new job will hopefully have around $4000-$5000. Once I repair the car, I'd like to modify it a lot, making it look good, improving the engine, get some kind of sound system in there, maybe mess with the interior changing the seats, gauges. What would you recommend with someone with the amount of money that I have. I really want this to be a great learning experience as I hope to learn a great deal about cars in June when I spend the month with them in Ohio rebuilding this car. Also, I live here in shitty South Dakota lol and it can snow a lot, would driving in snow/ice be difficult to handle? What do you think I should do because I'd like to lower the car for looks because in my opinion, It doesn't look as good unless it is lowered at least a little bit. It just gives it a whole new look. The problem arrises when it snows, I don't know how much clearance I should allow myself to have, I want it too look really good but I also want to be able to drive it in the winter.
For what I'm looking for the order of importance when I rebuild the car will be: 1. Performance 2. Looks 3. Sound

I did do some research to some aftermarket parts that I might consider adding, what do you think of these (these were the highest rated ones on carreview.com):
Coilovers – (Eibach) Ground Controls

Shocks - Tokico Illumina Shocks

Springs - H & R Sport Springs

Struts - Neuspeed Strut Tower Bar

Exhaust - Borla Cat-Back System
Tanabe Racing Medalion

Headers - DC Sports Ceramic Coated Headers

Thanks a lot for putting up with all this, hopefully by July I will have a great new car and a whole lot of knowledge about cars
--Steve

01-29-2003, 10:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
dazedniteman Brand Spanking Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: South Dakota Posts: 8 Car: none at the moment, will rebuild one in june Mods:	Thinking about it... I'm new here and am interested in getting a Del Sol this summer. I plan on getting either a really cheap or one with front end damage and repairing it. My cousin rebuilt his with his dad last summer I believe and looks really good (he's on CarDomain, first page - I think it's called Konig_Twinkies, something about twinkies) I am only 16 and this will be my first car and hopefully my only car until I finish up college. I've saved up a grand total of $3300 so far! lol and once I get a new job will hopefully have around $4000-$5000. Once I repair the car, I'd like to modify it a lot, making it look good, improving the engine, get some kind of sound system in there, maybe mess with the interior changing the seats, gauges. What would you recommend with someone with the amount of money that I have. I really want this to be a great learning experience as I hope to learn a great deal about cars in June when I spend the month with them in Ohio rebuilding this car. Also, I live here in shitty South Dakota lol and it can snow a lot, would driving in snow/ice be difficult to handle? What do you think I should do because I'd like to lower the car for looks because in my opinion, It doesn't look as good unless it is lowered at least a little bit. It just gives it a whole new look. The problem arrises when it snows, I don't know how much clearance I should allow myself to have, I want it too look really good but I also want to be able to drive it in the winter. For what I'm looking for the order of importance when I rebuild the car will be: 1. Performance 2. Looks 3. Sound I did do some research to some aftermarket parts that I might consider adding, what do you think of these (these were the highest rated ones on carreview.com): Coilovers – (Eibach) Ground Controls Shocks - Tokico Illumina Shocks Springs - H & R Sport Springs Struts - Neuspeed Strut Tower Bar Exhaust - Borla Cat-Back System Tanabe Racing Medalion Headers - DC Sports Ceramic Coated Headers Thanks a lot for putting up with all this, hopefully by July I will have a great new car and a whole lot of knowledge about cars --Steve

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