Tc13

Beginning of my build thread.

Brief biography :

Michael McDonough
Ripley West Virginia

Previous vehicles:
00 civic ex turbo
99 civic si basic bolt on's

Moderate mechanical experience


Purchased my 2013 Magnetic Grey MetallicTc (manual gearbox) in October of 2012 at the Bert Wolfe dealership in Charleston West Virginia. Drove it home from dealership with 24 miles on the clock. Currently at 6800 miles. No modifications add at dealerhip.

Current mods

Exterior :

-Tinted windows 35% front windows.
-20% backwindows
-5% windshield strip
-Yellow fog lights
- DDM tuning HID low beam 55w 8k


Interior:

- License plate LED
-Trunk light and map light LED
- 12 in Pioneer Subwoofer
- 500 Watt amp
- Capacitor

Drivetrain:

-PWJDM weighted shift ****
-Supertek Industries Short throw kit
- Universal drift style muffler

That's really all I've done so far. Anyone who's on the forum much.has prob seen me post a lot about exhaust and lowering springs. I'm currently researching different options until tax season rolls around.

WISH LIST:

-Raceland coilovers
-Wheel spacers
-Plasti Dip OEM wheels
-Custom Greddy RS axle back
-Bespoken HU






Also have two tasteful decals on my back glass.
TRD
Six sixty posse ( local car group )

Got a few pictures from a couple nights ago when I cleaned the car up.

I'll discuss later on which modifications I'm looking at and why I'm choosing them.







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Tc13

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Newman

When I bought mine, I also bought just the base car with nothing added on it. Though yours looks like its MGM(Magnetic Gray Metallic) like mine. I don't think they paint these cars Flint Mica...this color looks best on the car either way haha. Unless you had yours painted after you bought it or requested a special paint job for more $.
Do you think you're going to go turbo or will you keep it N/A?

Tc13

Staying N/A. After a few mods ill prob get a project car.
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Tc13

Just ordered a stub antenna. And a scion lanyard so i can.represent. lol
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Newman

Ok cool. Let us know what you will be modifying on the car in this thread because I'm also keeping mine N/A for daily driving and would like to know what sorts of things I could upgrade (things that I haven't thought of yet).

Tc13

That's the plan. Money has just been tight so I haven't really got to purchase anything yet. But here is a general list of what I want to do.

Exhaust ( Megan, greddy, tsudo )

Headers ( my goal is no CEL )

Light weight pulley ( looks like it gives the most hp gain)

Lowering springs

Sway bars

Strut brace

Maybe a front LIP

Keeping the factory wheels for now.
Thinking about plasti dipping the wheels but I'm not sure what color at the moment.

That's mostly what I want to do just keep it looking stock and not.change anything that mite jeopardize the longevity of the engine since its my DD.

@ Newman nothin u haven't heard of before hah

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Newman

Same plan on mine.
You might want to look into the Dezod green header. That's what I will be buying eventually, and it should not trigger any CELs as long as you install properly. it keeps the catalytic converter on the header which is essentially the only reason why you would get a CEL if you replace the header with one w/o the cat.

I just got my sway bars a week ago. Still waiting for a good moment to install them haha! I bet they will do great things for my car. Now I just have to pay them off on my credit card

Tc13

ya i originally got a credit card so i could buy parts but i lost alot of hours at work so i ended up maxing the credit card so now im saving untill i get my card paid down. Which sway bar did you get? im looking into getting a DC front strut brace. Ik alot of people hate on DC since its cheaper but i really feel that the 200 price on the TRD is redicoulous. When the DC is only 100. One thing ive thought about as well is having my friend FAB up a brace for me. He has done alot of metal fab work on cars. Hes done full exhaust and turbo manifolds and mulitple other things. Thats just one route i thought would be neat.

Newman

as far as the strut brace goes, it gives minimal improvement to handling by stiffening the chassis. you're probably not going to notice too huge a difference unless you are doing laps on a track.(your track time with the brace vs stock should be better by just a little bit) So if you get the cheaper one, i don't think it will matter I say go for it. I'm getting the TRD one but it's definitely not on the top of my things to do to the car right now haha. i might not get one for a long time. I'll only get it once i get the springs because you can combine the install on those two and save some time overall.

I got the TRD sway bars. Can't wait to put them on my car.

Tc13

Sweet. Do u have a build thread? Can't wait to see ur setup

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Newman

Well mine is stock right now. Only recently have i put in all weather floor mats. And the sways will be my first real upgrade.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=216247
^that's my thread. I've had the worst luck and got a cracked windshield earlier this fall. That's $600+ down the drain eventually (I haven't replaced it yet. probably not until i get pulled over/ticketed or it completely cracks)

Tc13

Dang that sucks well good luck with future upgrades

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Tc13

Ordered my pwjdm weighted shiftnob can't wait for it to show up

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Newman

what benefit does it have? Let us know what it did for the car after you installed it. maybe I'd want one too haha.

Tc13

Just got my pwjdm shift **** in. Installed it. I'm not sure if I like it.or not.

Benefits? Well you can definitely the weight of the **** makes shifting feel a lot smoother. I enjoy it. I've only.drove the car once since the install, so if I notice anything else I will report it.




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Tc13

Also got the stub antenna I ordered.
Haven't installed it yet. None of the adapters that came with the antenna worked so I'm waiting to hear back from a friend that can cut one of them to make it shorter. Hopefully I hear back from him soon.
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Newman

take a pic with the whole car. i can see its smaller but don't know by how much haha.
also is your reception good now that you switched? radio-wise.

Tc13

reception is worse lol. I will take a full picture 2 maro. I think your the only person that knows my thread exists. Lol

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