I've been wanting to create one of these for the longest time to document a picture timeline of my car, but figured I should wait until I had enough to show an actual progression. Now seems like a good time to do so.
Sadly I couldn't find any actual day 1 pic of it so this is as close to stock picture I could find. Ok so let's get started

2008

Stock with Stillen Grille and Stillen lip




2009

Added new wheels: XIX X17



Added Megan Racing axle-back Exhaust



Added Tanabe NF210 springs




2010

Added Ironman and tinted tails





Added Autokits-X Ryou grill + Molded AK CF lip + refinished the wheels black



Added Autokit V1 CF diffuser




2011

Dropped on Tein SSP coil + refinished the wheels in gunmetal + AK CF sides







Refinished the paint scheme on the molded autokit lip






2012

Added HKS catback exhaust + Removed AK diffuser and painted the valence Obisidian black





Additional pile of mods waiting to go on




Tein EDFC added




SSR MS1 added





Full CF interior by CF Element + M37 shift **** + custom led GTR button added



Added Project Mu pads and Drilled Slotted rotors all around





Starting the exterior conversion to a full JDM kit: adding an authentic Zele front bumper



Threw on the Cusco bar while I was at it



Swapped my Gold TS cap for the rare Black/Titanium TS cap



Added Arc Radiator cap



Tracked down some discontinued CF SSR caps




With the Zele bumper on







Full interior LED conversion




2013

I'm sure I've missed a few upgrades along the way but it's a fairly good recap i think. Here's how she currently sits as she waits for the next evolution chapter to unfold



Discontinued Veilside Turbine type Oil cap is finally here



Added Impul sides







Powder Coated my calipers




New Wheels are here: Work CV201 steplip










Back on the ground Aug 2013








Just arrived: Burnout KDXI rear spats

Pretty sure this is the first set in the US









Burnout Spats installed




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That's some pretty cool stuff....thanks for sharing !

 

Awesome progression..love the ssr's

 

Nice work, looks great!

 

hands down since i joined this forum 2 years ago (i think almost to the day today) your car has been an inspiration, showing me how great this car can look when done correctly. i may have gone a different course than you modding wise, but hands down love everything you did. loved seeing it in person last year at the vossen meet in miami too

 

Those are some top-notch, high quality parts Sir! Work of Art!!

If you sell that ARC rad cap... Please send my way

 

How do you like the project mu pads and how is the dust?

 

Great progress thread, love the repainted wheels & new grill. Those rotors look just like the ones I'm getting ready to install, are those from brakeperformance.com? And if so, how are you liking them? Those Tanabe springs drop pretty low compared to the sedan version, nice choice!
Everything you've done looks top-notch!

 

Thanks for the compliments. It's a been a fun journey and I've certainly enjoyed it so far and looking forward to what's next

Thanks Jon. Really like the Mu pads and dust level with them isn't bad at all considering this is a very low/no noise pad.


Yes they are the brakeperformance rotors. I've been very satisfied with them. I had the dreaded squeaky brake issue most experience on the stock setup. Switched to these and Mu pads and it's been on quiet ride ever since then. I've actually recommended them to a few people here who are also satisfied with them.

 

That looks beautiful, I'll be messing with my 37s soon and I've been thinking about going in a similar direction. Are you still running the stock air intakes? It looks like the OEM airboxes in one of the later pictures.

 

love the progress from the old wheels to the new updates!

 

One of my favorite G's on the board. Excited to see what's next!

 

Nice progress. Great looking car.

 

The intake are stock but I swapped in the HKS drop-in filters. For a while there I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do for intakes so I figured drop-ins would be best until that decision was made.

 

Did you get a dyno run before and after the catback replacement?