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So I've been kinda putting this off until my car was worthy I guess you could say. Little bit of who I am, just turned 22 last July and I'm active duty Air Force. Stationed in west Texas. Coming from Hondas, I was new to the turbo world. My first car was a 1995 EJ1 and after that seized up from an oil leak, I got a 2008 civic coupe non-si. Didn't get around to working on that until after tech school.
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Sold that and bought the focus. 2014 ST1 with 22k miles.
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My first mod was a blow off valve like many others. Next was rallyarmor mudflaps. From there, I can't remember the exact order I did these mods in, but oh well. I got the green filter, Boomba wing risers, swapped out the halogen fogs with led's and got the depo racing intake.
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Went back to NC for my 21st birthday to see the family and I know I'll probably catch some heat for this, but my birthday gift was the full street scene front and side splitters.
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Next was the infamous straight pipe mod. Not gonna post a video but YouTube has plenty.
Took a few months off of buying mods but the next was the treadstone diy intercooler. I can't remember who created the original thread, but thanks to him big time. Also sanded the grill and added a tow strap.
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Next I got a pretty good deal on some brand new H&R springs and steeda rear sway bar. The spring install was a pain in the a**.
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Tax time came around and was able to snag an accessport for a sweet deal. Later I was lucky enough to find a set of 17x9 +45 Enkei RPF1's in our bolt pattern here in El Paso. This started a whole new adventure that I'm still working on. (I'll add my restoration thread later). Basically they went from this:
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To this:
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It's kinda hard to tell a difference, but once you see the restoration thread, you'll understand. Finally got them mounted and balanced with 255/45 BFGOODRICH G-Force sport comp2's.
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And this is how she sits now. Should be ordering a catless downpipe this next week and plan on getting a custom tune and catback exhaust soon after. No dyno results yet, but after I'm full bolt ons I plan to dyno it. Should be interesting at 4200 ft in the desert. Thanks for reading my build thread.
Sold that and bought the focus. 2014 ST1 with 22k miles.
My first mod was a blow off valve like many others. Next was rallyarmor mudflaps. From there, I can't remember the exact order I did these mods in, but oh well. I got the green filter, Boomba wing risers, swapped out the halogen fogs with led's and got the depo racing intake.
Went back to NC for my 21st birthday to see the family and I know I'll probably catch some heat for this, but my birthday gift was the full street scene front and side splitters.
Next was the infamous straight pipe mod. Not gonna post a video but YouTube has plenty.
Took a few months off of buying mods but the next was the treadstone diy intercooler. I can't remember who created the original thread, but thanks to him big time. Also sanded the grill and added a tow strap.
Next I got a pretty good deal on some brand new H&R springs and steeda rear sway bar. The spring install was a pain in the a**.
Tax time came around and was able to snag an accessport for a sweet deal. Later I was lucky enough to find a set of 17x9 +45 Enkei RPF1's in our bolt pattern here in El Paso. This started a whole new adventure that I'm still working on. (I'll add my restoration thread later). Basically they went from this:
To this:
It's kinda hard to tell a difference, but once you see the restoration thread, you'll understand. Finally got them mounted and balanced with 255/45 BFGOODRICH G-Force sport comp2's.
And this is how she sits now. Should be ordering a catless downpipe this next week and plan on getting a custom tune and catback exhaust soon after. No dyno results yet, but after I'm full bolt ons I plan to dyno it. Should be interesting at 4200 ft in the desert. Thanks for reading my build thread.
