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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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Radio and speakers. The oem ones are terrible!
Old Oct 16, 2010 | 01:54 AM
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So i installed my dezod n/a exhaust..And now just chilling for a bout a week and gonna grab CAI..any suggestions?
Old Oct 16, 2010 | 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by robin15
So i installed my dezod n/a exhaust..And now just chilling for a bout a week and gonna grab CAI..any suggestions?
I have the TRD/AEM CAI with the water bypass and a filter bag. I love it. We had hellacious rain all summer, and I never had the slightest hickup.

Aside from that - I like the GFI (ghetto-fabulous-intake) idea. Check out Dr. Isotope's website for a nice design for one. His GFI is probably a better performance piece than my CAI, and it's a lot cheaper - it just takes a little more work.
Old Oct 16, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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tint hands down
Old Oct 18, 2010 | 12:49 AM
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Coilovers, sway bars, strut bar, rims, tints. You'd have more fun with suspension mods than I/H/E.
Old Oct 22, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by N0AuTHoRiTy
Coilovers, sway bars, strut bar, rims, tints. You'd have more fun with suspension mods than I/H/E.
I agree, but i did the I/H/E setup because sometimes people have more fun with the sound and performance
Old Oct 24, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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catback or axleback exhaust
CAI
HIDs
Rims
Tint
full system
inbetween mods go for exterior/interior small easy mods
Old Oct 25, 2010 | 02:27 AM
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tint-stereo-suspension-wheels-i/h/e
in that order
Old Oct 25, 2010 | 03:16 AM
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Turbo,lsd,dragradials,tint
In that order
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 06:57 PM
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first mod i did was a weapon r sri.. as i think this should always be the first step in terms of engine mods, considering you dont have plans to boost. next thing i did was tint the taillights because it was cheap and i was able to do it myself.

here are my future plans for modding, in preferable order:
-tints all around
-cat back exhaust
-lowering springs/front strut bar/rear sway


and i think thats all im ever going to do for my tC. perhaps i may get some decent ventilated disk brakes when my current ones wear out... we'll see
Old Nov 24, 2010 | 12:47 AM
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when i got the car it had already came with the OEM lip kit and optional tint so the first mod i did myself was do the bottom to upper badge-less grill. after that was my injen intake and then it was to have a full street suspension set-up.
Old Nov 24, 2010 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by scion71tc
x2
X3, if i can restart from the beginning, i'd do that.
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