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I always love reading your stories and watching your videos. If nothing else this has been a great learning experience for you, and those of us that got to watch you along the way which is pretty cool.
I think the point you make that you cannot just slap a bunch of aftermarket performance parts on the car where everything just fits and works and has the same maintenance as OEM (and still warrantied) is a really valid one and there are many people on this forum that should put that into perspective before they start modifying their car. It is a really interesting perspective and one you don't usually read about because most people (I believe) that mod their cars sugarcoat the time, money, and headaches and tend to post mostly about how great everything is. And then these same people sell their cars 6-18 months after buying them.....
It seems you have come full circle. Which I can appreciate. I like cars too. I just work a lot and have three kids under the age of 10 and have come to the point in my life that I just don't have the time and patience to spend on my cars all the time. I also don't want to worry about my daily driver not running, or dealing with warranty denials because my car has been modified more than Frankenstein.
And for those of you saying "you should just wait 5 years until things mature" well spend some time on Evo or STI forums. Modifying is modifying. Yes many of these kits will be more proven and there will be more experience and knowledge around them, but there are still headaches along the way and the money and time never gets better.
Kudos to you Dezoris for documenting your journey and sharing it.
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