so 2 months later and I have just over 7K miles on the car already. Moving 7/8 to 5 miles from work, so that will be amazing having a ten minute round trip commute vs 4-5 hours
I've done a few, mostly cosmetic things to the car, though.
OEM Toyota clear side markers with amber bulbs to remain semi-legal
Invidia Q300 TI catback, mainly because I liked the blue tips and the quiet rumble it gives the car in anticipation of some UEL headers.
and some yellow fogs. These are a lot easier than I thought they'd be to install cleanly.
I installed a Raceseng Slammer knob, and have the red reverse lockout on order, since they were backordered. Pics when both are here. I absolutely love the shift knob. I was leery about spending so much on a shift knob, but the fit is absolutely perfect in my hand, the quality is absolutely top knotch, and best of all, it sat in 105 degree Georgia summer in my car, and when I got in it was the same warmth as a towel or something right out of the dryer. Absolutely perfect in every way,
to Raceseng.
Oh yeah, and I have some JDL UEL goodness coming my way, thanks to their group buy.
I have an STi Gurney flap coming sometime from Japanparts.com. Never ordered something from Japan before, so we'll see how long shipping takes on that.
Next up is an open flash tablet, since I saw a local tuner that is very highly recommended will tune using open flash. Then some Tom's tails and a lip kit, I have a rear diffuser already, but I got backed into and the car's rear bumper is getting fixed in a week or so, so the diffuser will go on then. Then, when the tires wear out, I'm thinking Rota Titan 17x8's in Hyper black (more of a gunmetal color) with Michelin PSS 225/45r17's, and of course either RCE yellow's or some coilovers. Then my build will be complete (minus some interior goodies). I like simple, understated looks, and I think this will be the perfect low key aggressive look. I'm purposely spacing everything out so there's always something fresh on the car to change it up. I'm so tempted to get it all now, haha, but I have moving expenses and furniture to get before car parts.
Probably my favorite thing I've done with the car so far is meet up with 86Atlanta , and roll into caffeine and octane with them. Everyone seems like a great group of guys and it was a lot of fun walking around the car show with a few of them. If anyone is in the area, I highly recommend joining the facebook group and going to some meetup's, you won't regret it.