[Dylanacessna]

Originally Posted by Marchy

Dylan,

I have to say you're going by this all wrong and way to gung ho like a classic newby. I'm not even sure this is the right car for you if you're already looking to turbo and massacre the body. Ask yourself why do you want to do that to the car you just bought? Is it because you find the stock power lacking, or because you want the look at me wow factor? do you know that the RB kit is not reversible and requires cutting of the fenders? What if life happens and you need to sell in a year or two, are you ready to undertake finding the unique buyer for your modified car. If you turbo it, are you ready to incur the cost of a full rebuilt when the engine fails?

since you're asking i'll give you my 2 cents. Think long and hard if this is truly the car for you, test drive over cars that might suit your needs (something sporty but fast, g37, 2015 mustang, genesis, corvette etc...)

Whatever car you choose should be more than sufficient stock form until you decide what you actually want to do to it (if anything). If it is the car for you and you're ok with the stock power, the interior rattles, the fuel pump chirp, the clunky transmission, the lackluster sound system, then buy car. Then drive car for a while as you research the car mods you would like to do. There's a TON of information out there about all the things you want to do including other people who've already done it. Research, look up build threads, see what snags or hiccups they've run into along the way and really make sure you're ready to sink an extra 20-40k into the car because the list of mods you were talking about, you're looking at a HUGE chunk of change to pay someone to do the work done correctly.

oh and that's one more thing, do you even have a shop locally that can perform the work and do you have a tuner local who can make sure the engine doesn't blow up fast and gives you a few years of fun before the rebuild is needed.

anyway, good luck on your search for your car/hobby.

Starting off I just want to say thank you for the way you worded this post. You seem like your actually giving advice rather than being a ****. I'll go ahead an answer some of your questions. I want to do theses for both the wow factor and the fact that it's lacking in power. Where I'm from there's not much to do. Small town few people. But most of the people I know spend time at the strip just for fun with friends. We also have some small local car shows. So you can see why I'm interested in having a good looking car that's faster than stock. I do know the RD kit is irreversible and requires cutting, I'm okay with that. I am prepared if life happens, I have another car if anything happens to this one, my wife, kids and I both have free health care, and have money put away for emergencies. I DO NOT have a local shop that will do this for me, but I know where some are, they are a good drive but I'm willing to do that if need be. I do have a shop that I have access too to use as I please and I have someone with the know how. So we will be in the shop which is like 6 blocks away with all the tools we could need and he's going to help me learn and do the project with me. I will definitely do more research I know I've barely scratched the surface.