ok my birthday is tomorrow and i told everyone to get me money so i could get whatever i wanted definitely wanna do something for the car. here is what i want to get. what do you guys think would be the best idea for the 4 or 5 hundred bucks

cold air intake (was leaning for the ice box
headers either DC or Xs
comptech exhaust.
lowering springs
wheels
window tint
chip
UR pulleys (probably just the crank pulley underdrive style.)

or if you guys have any better suggestions they are very welcome. thanks
(can't find a website for the headers

 

get better brakes!

 

I would get the Icebox, tints, brakes.

Headers will help they are ~100$ for the XS.
exhaust is pointless execpt for noise.
lowering is way more than 500$$

 

but my car stops on a dime. but what type of brakes would you recommend and the website to get them.

 

oh and i want to get the thermoblock gaskets and throttle body spacer kit.

 

from what i've seen, no one have said anything definite about gains from the spacers. and as little as i understand about cars, the spacers keeps the engine cool. but sooner or later heat is gonna spread across the 1/4 inch or so spacer, and you'll be back to square one
if you're a generally lucky person, get headers. if you're not, they'll drive you deaf.

 

With the 4 or 500 bills. I would buy

Performance wise:
Headers & Pulleys.
Intake or spacers.

Suspension:

Shocks & springs (you can find them on the blackmarket for cheaper.)

or

Swaybars and rotor/brake pads.

 

You drive a gen2 TL and think it stops on a dime??? hahahahahaha
On those single piston calipers and weak pads and rotors?
My setup must give 7 cents change then!

Your avatar says you are young compared to ol grandpa here, so my guess is no true sports car experience to compare it to.

Others need to read about intake spacers and different types- if you dont have one, you have no honest opinion or factual statement to make-

 

i would have to agree with you on the peformance knowledge of the TL i was a huge mustang guy have built a lot of performance 5.0 motors so i do know a lot about cars when it comes to that this is just new territory for me.

 

and yeah compared to the mustang it does stop pretty quick.

 

BTW, spacers helped me on gas mileage. They were worth the buy for me.

 

just a quick question i bought the ngk iridium spark plugs and i went to gap two of them and they broke i called the guy at oreilly and he seemed to think that those didn't need to be gapped it this true

 

They come pregapped.

 

thanks their goes 14 dollars down the drain lol o well

 

headers/pulley/tint

 

Take the chip off the list. There is no chip for the TL. Get yourself a Apexi NEO or E-Manage and have it dynotuned after all your mods

 

what is an Apexi Neo and a E-manage

 

try the search feature here on azine, it really is your friend, and will make you friends

 

as will donuts and news of you turbo-ing your car