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Can't decide between one of 2 mods.....help

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Old Jul 11, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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I dunno which of the 2 to get.


-Pioneer touch screen cd/dvd player

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-Tein Coil-overs







I'm already dropped on Tanabe DF210's:






but i still have the stock headunit:










Although i'm alread dropped.....it would be nice to go lower. Make the 18s more dramatic........but it would also be nice to have the flashy pop up dvd player........



which should i get.......i can only afford 1 right now.
Old Jul 11, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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Go with the dvd player, you already look good on the rims the coilovers would just be a finishing touch
Old Jul 11, 2005 | 10:04 PM
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use the money for a bunch of smaller mods
Old Jul 11, 2005 | 10:11 PM
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get the headunit
Old Jul 11, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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Your box looks great as it sits. I vote touchscreen.
Old Jul 11, 2005 | 11:10 PM
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touchscreen you already got a drop....just upgrade to koni yellows or something later..
Old Jul 11, 2005 | 11:13 PM
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video is for losers. complete waste of money. coilovers all the way.
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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I dunno. i would love me a set of coil overs but then again i cant deal with a stock head unit being there. id go coilovers if i was yous
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 12:34 AM
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Spend the money on leather or a regular headunit like an alpine 9855. The DVD playing ones are too expensive for what you get.
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 12:52 AM
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do you plan on watching videos in your car or are you just getting it for the bling-ness of it all? i say go with the coilovers, i t hink you'll make better use of them than you would a dvd touch screen.

or you could save your money.. yeah, save money and get something doubley crazy! like a supercharger ;)
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:01 AM
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leather would sound nice, but i'd like to keep the original RS2 cloth just for authantisty (sp?)

EEk13, if i got the dvd player yes, i'd just be using it for the bling factor. Would be cool to have "The Matrix" or something to the effect playing when my car's on display at a local show or something. Plus i like the touch screen feature to interface with all the audio features. I've had a Pioneer head before. A DEH-9300 with the organic EL display and that thing had MAD features. The stock head is decent, but i'm tired of the mushy base from the inline convertor and the boring look of it.
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:02 AM
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I'd love to get coil overs to completely slam the box.....but there isn't any camber kits for us and i'd really hate driving around like this---> /--\
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:06 AM
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um with these cars you do not get negative camber from lowereing even extreme lowering and there ARE camber kits if you wanted the negative camber
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:15 AM
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/\/\ news to me! haha
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:21 AM
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i say you should get the coilovers and SLAM IT
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Prototype_xB
/\/\ news to me! haha
yeah there's cusco front plates which can give you like 4 or 5 degrees neg or positive and even with a 3 inch drop my camber is near perfect still. most it changes is like 1 or 2 degrees nothing a cam bolt couldnt fix.
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 01:56 AM
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Coilovers.
Old Jul 12, 2005 | 06:08 PM
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the decision has been made:


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