Hello, I am brand new to this and any help you guys and girls can give me would be greatly appreciated. I have 1999 3.2 TL and I love it. I want a little more out of her though. I was thinking of spending about 500.00 to start and then go from there. My windows already have platinum tinting and now I want more power without killing my gas mileage. What are your best suggestions?

Thanks, Shaun.

 

-remove intake resonator
-clear headlight
-shift plate mod

all these things cost $0

 

...if done by yourself. Removing intake resonator and shift plate mod is fairly easy I think, but clearing headlights...I'd let someone with more experience in doing this (it's one of those easy said than done type of mods).

 

get the AEM V2 intake system. it is amazing! sounds hot! performs superbly! and i installed it in less than 30 min. it cost 279 delivered. otherthan that, for under 500 there isnt much you can do. good luck!

 

OBX headers! (yeah i know, they're not comptech..)

upper mesh grill (see my gallery for pics)

lower mesh grill ^^^^

2002+ tails are not too expensive too.


@cUr@-TL

 

whats the difference between the AEM V2 and the regular intake?!

 

If you want power than an AEM CAI is the way to go. Nothing sounds better than VTEC howling with a CAI!

 

Intake
Remove mid muffler
shift plate
mesh the grille

 

How do u remove intake resonator? And do the shift plate mod?

 

where is the intake resonator and what does it do if i remove it?

 

here is a link on how to do it
difficulty 1 out of 10

http://www.abunchofcars.com/diy_page.../resonator.htm

do a search on this website to find out more, there is alot of information on here

 

I gave the link for the resonator and the shift plate, just remove that little oval/square plastic piece then just pop up the black plastic around the shift plate, then unscrew the shift knob, then pull off the shift plate.

get some grafittii remover (however you spell it!) from home depot and spray it on, then just rub off the outer layer and there you go - that exposes the chrome color underneath! easy

 

on 99's only, the shift plate has a layer of paint on it covering up a chrome finish

you can, like OU said, take some graffiti remover and take off the paint to reveal that chrome finish
a lot of people on these boards like that, i'm not a big fan

what i did, was take off the shift plate, as well as the plastic piece that surrounds the shift knob stick, the thing that slides around and covers up the underneath stuff as you shift to different gears

i painted the shift plate a different color of silver, and painted the underneath thing to match it....i think it looks 100 times better than the stock look

i'll try to find a pic of what i'm talking about.....there's one around here somewhere

 

OBX headers=300bux and the CHEAPEST "go-fast" mod $ to hp.

 

can't forget debadging the rear, if u like that more simple/sleek look of course.

 

Shift plate mod?

Sorry, but I'm not too familiar this. Can someone tell me what exactly this is.

What mods do you guys do to it?

Pics will be helpful.

Thanks,

JayDee

 

see above

 

front license plate mod.

 

if i had 500 bucks, i would get the obx headers and aem intake. that should last you for a few weeks lol and then do every single free mod you got off this thread and already ur car is lookin real nice

 

So the shift plate is right inside the car in front of the console/armrest, do you have to remove the wood trim too get to the screws to take apart the shiftplate? And what do you do when you get to the shiftplate, lastly will it give me more power or harm my engine or tranny?

 

The shift plate mod is for cosmetics only.... It will not hur anything. You don't need to remove the wood.

 

like said, it's cosmetic only, and only requires taking off the surrounding trim from the plate

how do you post an image ??

if i can figure it out, i'll post a pic of my mod

 

pics would be awesome, does anyone know how to remove resonator and where exactly it is?

 

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ok, i have no idea how to post a pic

if anyone wants to explain it to me, i'll post a pic, if not, sorry

 

how do you remove the resonator and what does it do to the car? how much power gain

 

Picture


see if this works

ok, cool....notice the inside of my shift gate, it's painted the same color as the shift gate itself

much better than black

 

Try reading the posts. OU already posted a link showing how to remove the intake resonator.

http://www.abunchofcars.com/diy_pag...l/resonator.htm

It just makes additional growling sounds. It won't provide any power gains. Might be more benficial with a high flow drop in filter. Like the ones made by K&N and Comptech for our cars.

 

uncsuperman nice look in your shift gate, i definetely need to make a change in mine, sweet shift knob too!

 

wow, that's nice. gotta admit that looks much better than stock.

 

hey thanks guys....i will admit, i got the idea from another board member, can't remember who though

my shift gate was kinda scratched up, so i just decided to rough it up a bit, repaint it, along with the inside piece, so they'd match perfectly.....i was so satisfied when i got done

i've been thinking about painting the radio knobs so they'll match the shift gate too.....what do you guys think??

anyway, i found the shift knob just randomly at auto zone i think.....when i got it in the car, i realized the champagne/tan part of it matched the leather pretty closely, so it looks good i think

 

DOES THE 02 TAIL LIGHT FIT RIGHT INTO THE 1999 MOLDING OR DO U HAVE TO DO MODS???

 

New HID bulbs? If yours are the original from 99 they're probably pretty faded. I got a nice looking set of 6500k for 140 bucks shipped.

Changing out all of your interior lights/licence plates is pretty inexpensive as well