Pics of my Ralliart Colt & Ignis Sport

[Corosith]

The colt is standard at present (except for Sparco gearknob), but have ordered white-machined lip 18inch rims, replacement springs, ralliart stickers, greddy boost guage, K&N filter, sequntial shift light for mounting on the steering column and bee-sting replacement aerial. Would like to look into fitting an intercooler (ex-vr4 maybe), and something that every evo needs - an oil cooler kit! Shall post more photos as things get fitted. :)

[radiostar69]

Nice list of mods...shall be interesting to see the end result..welcome to the club!

[lovecolt]

Very nice. Welcome to the club. Oil cooler is one of my most mod in the future. Macca and i were thinking, since we can use a Evo's oil filter, then more than likely, we can use the same oil cooler kit. Maybe you can be our first voluteener to find it out :p

[hendo]

cant wait to see what you do with it

[Macca]

arggg

where did you get the K&N from my local repco called rocket indsutries and they have been out of stock and waiting for more from like june, the pannel filter im talking about 33-2881

i bought a ralli art one insted.

and yes the turbo sounds sooo much louder :D

nice car too, im now glad i bought black, for some strange reason

[Corosith]

Haven't actually got the panel filter yet, it is on order through Autobahn, Mt Barker, might set aside time this weekend to hard wire and mount the shift light and boost guage - time just seems to fly these days! Wheels & springs may have to be postponed till monday now due to damn work committments:rolleyes:

As for the colour I think red or white are the more traditional ralliart colours, used to have a black Suzuki Gti and was forever washing the thing!

[Steve-B]

hey corosith, id be keen to see some pics of the shift light your putting in, as i was looking at them awhile back.
for the intercooler setup, trust / greddy have one out at the mo, and a euro tuner has one out as well. both are pretty straight forward installs.
Keep us updated on your progress.
Cheers
Steve

[Corosith]

No worries, can do! I'm a bit more of a stealth tuner so things will be installed in sensible places where they will not attract unwarranted attention and be relatively street legal (no guages mounted on bonnets or that sort of bling:rolleyes: )

Cheers
Chris

[MLT.32E_RCOLT]

hey guys and girls nic to see im not the only one doing mods.

I have already put new had deck and amp to power up a 15" sub in the boot, also fitted an extra pocket above the deck and put a boost/vacume guage in to match the cluster panel, the turbosmart (evo) BOV bolts stright in and matches the rocket cover and with the wxtra wirring i had from the amp i made a EARTHING kit to the block, chassie, bodie and back to the batt (it looks mad), i also put a sun shade sticker on the wind screan saying "MIVEC mitsubishi motors" on it with black slimline weather shields. ill up load photos tomorrow

[Corosith]

Hi all,

I have fitted the greddy mechanical boost gauge as per the supplied pics, below the air-con controls as it is out of the way from prying eyes whilst still being visible to the driver.

The gauge holder is screwed and double-sided taped to the single DIN spacer hence avoiding drilling into any major dash plastics, and the vaccum hose runs out through a hole drilled in the back of the spacer. In the process of pulling the dash apart, I located the AUX cable for the stereo - at a later date I will run this to the glove box with an extension cable and permanently mount it there. Must say thanks to all those guys who posted pics and comments on how to pull the dash apart, it made the job so much easier!;)

The Hyperform shift light controller will also live alongside the boost gauge, but as an afterthought, I might also shift the boost gauge to the right and angle it up to the driver a little more. The actual shift light which has 4 sequential red LED's will be mounted on the steering column with the cable routed back behind the dash to the back of the single DIN spacer (very similar to the shift lights seen on the WRC rally cars!).

Will be getting 18 inch rims and lowered springs fitted tomorrow - can't wait! I shall post some pics for you tomorrow night!:cool:

Please see the attached pics,
Cheers, Chris!

[lovecolt]

Nice! Given for me, i will either shift the gauge to the left or right and leave space for another gauge ;)

Good to see you are going hard. Keep us updated.

[MLT.32E_RCOLT]

yae looks good but were i have mine you dont have to look down just look accross and it matches the gauges too tell me what you think.

i cant find how to upload photos can any one help

[Corosith]

yae looks good but were i have mine you dont have to look down just look accross and it matches the gauges too tell me what you think.

i cant find how to upload photos can any one help

When you post a reply, just scroll down the page below the message box to the button "manage attachements" in the additional options section. Enter here then click on browse if you have photos on your computer, select the desired photo then click upload. Just enure that the photo isn't rediculously huge, but this page will show you what is an acceptable file size. You can always click on preview post if you want to check out what the photos look like, hope that helps a bit!:)

RE the gauges, the ultimate setup would be the ralliart or dephi triple set for the single DIN mount, ralliart price it at a rediculous ~$2000+, but have seen the non-ralliart defi version for $650au on ebay. This is the reason for not mangling any of my dash plastics so I can upgrade in the future with this factory looking set of gauges.

Cheers
Chris

[lovecolt]

althought the ralliart/defi set looks the good (as in, integrated with the dash), but in reality, they are too small for any quick reference. hence, i would still prefer a set of decent 60 mm gauges

[Corosith]

Just some quick snaps of my new wheels, I think it sets off the red duco very well, pity the lighting wasn't more favourable! It looks a little low in some pics, but then again it's more due to the lie of the land and the weight of 4 rcolt wheels and springs in the back of the car.:rolleyes:
( Tyres -Kumho Ecsta Spt, 215/35Z R18 - Wheels 18x7.5)

Just found out this arvo that my K&N filter has arrived at autobahn, so I look forward to fitting it & see how it goes compared to the ralliart filter - I will try & post some pics once again!

[hendo]

wheels look sweet where did you get em? wheelworx? and the filter makes the car sound sweet. and when you go to get a zorst if you go to d&t in the city yhey will go you a good price if you become a member of gsr/evo and the club is also cams :)

[MLT.32E_RCOLT]

hey tell me what you think

[lovecolt]

18 fits perfectly. If i ever change rims, 18 it is ;)

Are you still on stock shock/spring?

[MLT.32E_RCOLT]

hey here is a pic of the BOV and the Earthing kit that i fitted and made

[Corosith]

wheels look sweet where did you get em? wheelworx? and the filter makes the car sound sweet. and when you go to get a zorst if you go to d&t in the city yhey will go you a good price if you become a member of gsr/evo and the club is also cams
3 Hours Ago 04:36 PM

Hi Hendo, yes I did get them at wheel worx ,they were very helpful unlike some other places which didn't seem too interested in the car (their loss!:p ). If I do the exhaust, it will only be from the rear muffler to the resonator, and also have it flanged so I can easily swap it over with the original.

[Corosith]

hey tell me what you think
1 Hour Ago 06:15 PM


Looks good - not too obious for mr plod, would look even better if you had a sheet of carbon fibre to cover across the spare DIN pocket, and mount the gauge in that - shouldn't cost much, and would look smick!:D I would need to replace my head unit before going down that path.:)

[Corosith]

18 fits perfectly. If i even change rims, 18 it is

Are you still on stock shock/spring?



Hi there lovecolt,

the 18" rims really fill out the guards nicely, and do not foul up against any of the guards, also look nice and wide (wider track - good offset). We were going to go with king springs but had to make do with Pedder sports springs due to lack of stock. Quite suprised with the results really (considering some of the posted comments about them), the ride is not quite as firm and crashy as the ralliart springs, but they load up nicely around corners and with the wider track the turn in seems a lot better - less understeer (could be due to lower centre of gravity). The steering wheel is also a lot easier to turn from a standstill.

She looks like a real tarmac rally monster now!:cool:

[Steve-B]

Mate congrats,
what are the brand of the rims, and series ? and the size...is it 18 X 8 ?

[MLT.32E_RCOLT]

would look even better if you had a sheet of carbon fibre to cover across the spare DIN pocket

yea i was thinking that or any thing than airbrush it cauz i do airbrushing in my spare time

[lovecolt]

yea i was thinking that or any thing than airbrush it cauz i do airbrushing in my spare time

do airbrush for our engine cover :D

[MLT.32E_RCOLT]

yea no prod i was actualy going to do something like that i have already done my petrol flap just let me know what you want and ill do it

[Steve-B]

mlt32e mate, im all up for you sharing your pics and ideas, but maybe start up your own members thread so corosith can have his...lol.
Cheers

[hendo]

i have some spare carbon fiber sheeting if u want some i have done the same

[Corosith]

i have some spare carbon fiber sheeting if u want some i have done the same

Where did you manage to buy the carbon fibre from and how much are we looking at to buy it retail?

Cheers

[MLT.32E_RCOLT]

have some spare carbon fiber sheeting if u want some i have done the same

that would be great if you dont mind obviously you know the size i need but ill make a template, were you from

[27AME]

Please tell me they're real Volk's and not Vork Ravs?

[Corosith]

No they are not real volks, bit too expensive for my liking and most probably come in the wrong offset! Suprisingly for an 18" wheel, they are much lighter than the standard 16" wheels, I was quite shocked when I picked up one of the standard rcolt wheels the other day, felt almost as heavy as a toyota landcruiser wheel!:)

The idea is that I save the 16's for any track duties and keeps the 18's for general driving, besides after buying a $25000 car, not everyone can afford rims that are worth quarter of the cars value (just source some real volk/rays stickers)! Cheers.

[Corosith]

Picked up the K&N filter today & will fit it tonight -looking forward to a drive with that fitted. Also received the replacement bee-sting aerial that gives you the choice betwen a short whip or medium size - unlike the fishing rod length aerial fitted as standard to the rcolt! The aerial was bought on ebay for around $15aus from aerials4cars in the UK ($15 includes P&H), and they come in balck or silver. Thought I'd better go out and fit it before posting (see pics) just in case I make a fool of myself if it didn't fit! And sorry about the dirty car! Cheers.:)

[Macca]

can you please provide a link to his ebay shop and that antenna?

[Corosith]

can you please provide a link to his ebay shop and that antenna?

No probs, just follow this link and search the store for colt or lancer, and ensure the aerial colour is black.:)

http://stores.ebay.com.au/Aerials4Cars

[Steve-B]

yeah, i saw them as well, i guess it all comes down to personal preference.

[Corosith]

Steve-B yeah, i saw them as well, i guess it all comes down to personal preference


The reception isn't very good on it, but I think I may have just forgotten to plug the aerial cable back into the head unit when I pulled the dash apart!:o
If not I can always put the longer section of aerial on - don't listen to much radio anyway.

Also fitted the K&N filter to the original airbox, at least you can now hear the turbo, and it sounds/feels like it has a few more herbs higher up when the MIVEC gets breathing.

[Corosith]

Received a couple of windscreen stickers today from ebay, couldn't decide between the two so I bought both. Stickers came with comprehensive fitting instructions and two plastic sqeegees for applying them. It's always hard to picture them on the car until they are actually mounted on the top of the windscreen - starting to think the mitsubishi rally sticker may be a bit too lairy - any recommendations and who else out there has fitted one of these or is it easier to get them done professionally?:confused:
Cheers:)

[27AME]

If you choose the bottom one I will buy the top one off you :)

[Corosith]

Finally I got a chance to install my shift light, plus wire up my boost gauge for the lighting. Also realised that I did leave the aerial plug out of the stereo last time I pulled everything apart, hence the crappy performance of the new bee-sting aerial (reception was fine once aerial cable was reconnected)!:o

The install was pretty easy really, I soldered the power for both the shift light and gauge lighting to the cigarette lighter cable spade terminals, as they were easy to get to and the lights would come on with the ignition, not the headlights. I had to drill a larger hole in the back of the DIN unit to cater for the square snap plugs on the shift light controller, the rest of the job really just involved routing cables behind the dash and double-sided taping everything down.

Now to go for a drive to set up the shift light (don't like revving the crap out of the engine with no load on it - good way to blow your engine!)

Please see attached pics!:)

[lovecolt]

The shift light and gauges do looks good. Nice work

[Macca]

looking good.

on a note to members If you need an illuminaion wire for lamps in gauges use the Hazzard swich plug

Pins 3 for +ve (should be green with white trace)
Pin 4 for -ve (should be the black wire)

I shall confirm these tomorrow when i connet my gauges

[Corosith]

Just thought I'd post a couple of nice pics of my ride from wheelworx, just after it was lowered and new wheels fitted, enjoy!:)

[Steve-B]

yeah man, Super hot..

[killercolt]

Nice work who lowered the car and the wheels look good what did they set you back.

[Corosith]

All done by wheelworx (wheels, locknuts, springs - king or pedders), $2500 all up. Tyres are Khumo Ecstas and are the equivalent of our standard 16" Yokohamas, I can tell you now that they grip very well, yet to hear a single sqeal from the tyres when pushed hard. Wheels are 18x7.5 and come with white or black centres and machined lip. My springs are pedders sports ryders and have lowered the car significantly, there is no bottoming out or scrubbing, with more negative camber on the front it now turns in a lot better (by, by understeer!), and more importantly a lower centre of gravity. I will look very shortly at getting some shockers with a shorter sroke to compliment the springs as well.:D

[Corosith]

Just received a couple of items I am going to fit to my colt from ebay. The first is an Eonon in dash DVD player with a TFT screen, IPOD connection/control and motorised flip down front panel. I bought it on an ebay auction for approx $150 brand new with about $50 postage, so if it the quality isn't that flash then I haven't lost out too much! Looking at the unit out of the box, it looks suprisingly good with a nice brushed metallic black finish on the face. The IPOD cable comes out of the back of the unit and will be installed in the glovebox. It also has a USB port on the front and also a mini USB/SD card slot on the top of the face. For more details see the following link:-

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/832-NEW-CAR-iPOD-DVD-PLAYER-w-3-6-TFT-LCD-MONITOR_W0QQitemZ300157658292QQihZ020QQcategoryZ32 826QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Also received an in dash single DIN gauge panel which will site under the new headunit, and will contain 3 digital gauges - when they finally rock up!

[Corosith]

Excuse the dirty car - Enjoy!

[Macca]

nice, im looking to get a 7" indash screen/dvd player, cause im not an ipod owner/user.

[Corosith]

nice, im looking to get a 7" indash screen/dvd player, cause im not an ipod owner/user.

Macca, are you looking at a known brand in-dash DVD player or something similar from ebay at more than half the price? I noticed that some of the in-dash units being sold from hong kong have panasonic TFT screens built in to them, so you can get resonable quality at a decent price. My car isn't a show can so I don't require top of the range items ($1000+ pioneer units), just good enough to satisfy me!:) Are you going to get an all-in-one unit, or a DVD player with a separate flip out screen to fill out the double DIN space?

[Macca]

Im going for the ebay item, i found a guy that sells them 5 minutes up the road, and does pick up!

Im going to get a single din 7" screen /dvd player with all the divx mp3 compatibility.

i want to use MP3 dvds mainly. but have the coolness of a screen.

they abre about $240

its going to run the audio out to the aux in of my alpine HU, which will also feed to my alpine processor.

[Catford]

Chris,

why did you remove the wheel stickers? - i like them.

[Corosith]

Unfortunately the stickers started to peels off after a few trips to the local car wash (high pressure water gun), I may look at getting proper rays/volk stickers sometime to replace them. The sticker residue was a bitch to remove though!:(

[Corosith]

Got some new pics, as you've seen from the cruise shots that I've fitted a one-piece vortex generator to my rcolt, and at last managed to fit the single DIN DVD player. Sounds 100% better than the standard deck, and the TFT screen although small has very good resolution. The ipod connection is yet to be properly mounted, most probably will go in the glovebox (full ipod control available from deck). I will mount the scangauge in the remaining room above the dvd player, currently I have a single DIN pocket temporarily filling the hole.;)

[Catford]

ROFL - gold

[Steve-B]

star wars.....really.....lol

[Macca]

nice nice!

i kinda looks a lil bigger than one din slot, but it could just be me. got a day time shot?

[Corosith]

nice nice!

i kinda looks a lil bigger than one din slot, but it could just be me. got a day time shot?

No worries, will post a couple tonight!

[Corosith]

nice nice!

i kinda looks a lil bigger than one din slot, but it could just be me. got a day time shot?

Here are some photos taken with the flash before and after installation (ignore wonky DIN pocket, will be removed when I fit the scangauge)!

[Corosith]

I got my Roadside assist card at long last, guess I won't have to rejoin with the RAA then! I also received the pictured key ring in the post from Mitsubishi (arrived separately), has anybody else received this?? I hope they accidently send me some carbon fibre front spoiler lips!:p

[lovecolt]

I only received a ralliart sticker....which is due to my signup on Ralliart site and not because i'm a ralliart owner :( But i do know they do give out random things to owners at different period of time. middleman off this forum received a ralliart backpack :D (but he's a evo 9..)

[Macca]

Yeh i got the keyring last night :P also got a road assistance card with my old rego on it last friday, then yesterday a new one turned up with the new rego on it.

Its good to see my dealer taking care of paperwork, i only told the service center my rego changed, and looks like they have entered the new details on mitsubishi's details :)

[aby82]

i don't think i've got a roadside card.. mine's just a sticker for the windscreen.. :S

[|2colt]

Ive just got the card lol....nothing else:(

[Macca]

The dealer put the sticker in my glovebox, and i have done 10,000 kms till i got the card (3 months ISH)

[SilverRabbit]

Wow... i just got a copy of my rego in the mail LOL

[Steve-B]

i didnt get sticker, keyring...nuthing..

[Corosith]

Maybe it was just Australian Motors in Adelaide??? Not sure where it came from!

[aby82]

i wanna a ralliart card! waa

[SilverRabbit]

Ooops... i posted too soon. I just got my ralliart card with the diamond warranty blah blah in the mail. So... now i retract my above quote LOL ;)

[radiostar69]

ohh that thing...i thought u guys were talking bout some other card...i didnt even realise that does anything...i just threw it in my bills draw and kept the keyring!

[Corosith]

Received my Evo blowoff valve today from we1hu1, can't wait to fit it and see how it performs - see pics!:)

[Steve-B]

awesome, props to We1, Legend !

[Steve-B]

coro mate, can you do a write up, or a super honest opinion of the eonon dvd player, looking @ them...but i cant decide...lol

[Corosith]

No worries, will do one tonight!

[Corosith]

Just thought I'd do a little review on the eonon DVD player which I installed into my colt a little while back now(see page 5,6 for pics of unit out of the box & installed). I bought it off ebay from hong kong from an auction (not buy-it-now), and payed only $152, with $59 postage - very reasonable for a player with so many features, even if the quality was in doubt!

The unit looks quite good, but the build is obviously not up to the standard of an Alpine, or JVC unit. The player itself I've found is not a true single DIN unit, but slightly larger, making it imppossible to fit a row of 52mm gauges in the space above. The face is motorised, and has not operated properly sometimes, but I found that was more to do with the face getting caught on the dash plastic below the unit. Sometimes I have trouble putting the face back on the unit, but I have found that it all comes down to technique in the end.

The DVD screen has great resolution with fantastic detail despite the size (reminds me of my playstation portable screen), and on the audio side, this player has a lot more ooomph than the stock mitsubishi 6 disc stacker. It has dolby surround with good effect imaging from all four speakers.

Really, the DVD was a bonus, should the DVD die tomorrow, it wouldn't worry me as I bought it for its IPOD functions. The unit is supplied with a long IPOD lead so you can run it to the glove box (am yet to do), and you have full control of your IPOD from the remote & head unit - no problems there!

Honestly, in the past I was sick of wankers smashing into my car and flogging all of my top end audio gear, so this is a godsend in a way - no big loss if it gets flogged as I only paid $200 bucks for it, would be different if it was a $1000 DVD player though, and even then it probably wouldn't come with the IPOD capability.

At the end of the day, it all depends on whether you want expensive brand name gear in your car, compared to chinese imports I suppose (these guys do supply standard units for some US carmakers so I've been told) Good Luck!:)

[Steve-B]

hmm, awesome stuff. thanks and props corosith. Mate also have you fitted your evo bov..i wanna compare notes on my latest mod...lol

[Corosith]

Just received my Version-R metal badging (yes all metal!), am yet to decide where it will sit, most probably right next to the "colt" badge on the rear would be sensible.
Any of the blemishes you can see on the badge in the photos is just the sticky tape attaching it to the cardboard.

See link for pricing.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290178552805&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

[Corosith]

Put on my new badging today, looks pretty smick I reckon!:)

[Steve-B]

yeah, the colt badge by itself looks so ugly / standard for the colt range...but with the VR it looks alot better.

[Macca]

heyyy that looks nice!

[Corosith]

At least people car read it and know what it is now, rather than go "is that a normal colt or just a fibreglass body kit"!!:)

[Morph]

love your car coro - the white wheels suit it so much!

http://www.wheelworx.com.au/customer_gallery1/images/P1000132.jpg

[Corosith]

Thanks for that, I see you've been on the wheelworx site!:)

[Morph]

yep - was flicking through the customer gallery and thought 'hang on, i know that car!'

How much lower was your car after the springs were installed? Any issues with scraping the front bar on driveways/speedhumps?

[Corosith]

No, not really, can't say I've scraped any speed humps or anything, in fact after lowering, the car is actually lower with the original 16 inch wheels on as the 18"s have a larger rolling radius. The colt isn't hellishly low, just that the 18"s really fill out the guards, with the 16"s on, the colt has just a nice stance, not too low to be picked on by the cops, but almost half practical! The only things I do hate hitting are those stupid cement blocks they stick in car parks to stop your car rolling forward! Really should have gone 17" as it would have been a bit more practical, and tyres a hell of a lot cheaper as well!:)

[Corosith]

Got my Ralliart filter today have yet to fit it, but will be interesting to compare it to the K&N that I already have installed! I also received a sheet of genuine carbon fibre, which I shall use on the dash around my scangauge and other switches.:)

[Corosith]

Also received my oil cooler and filter relocation kit, looks like a good little project, especially with regards to mounting and putting all the bits & pieces together! Looks pretty good quality for a no name brand, and since the guy took so long to send it he also threw in an external 400hp fuel pump - stuff knows what I will do with that!:D

[lovecolt]

Nice one Coro. Would be very interested to see the result of the oil cooler. Where did you get it anyway?

[Corosith]

just off an australian ebay store, do a search and I'm sure you'll find several universal units up for sale !:)

The seller was Vpss92 and the kit cost $235 including postage.

[Morph]

very interested to see how the Ralliart filter compares to the K&N coro

[Corosith]

Yeah, I fitted it last night (damn that bloody battery and holder!), but have yet to drive it for a comparison, will keep you posted!:)

[Corosith]

I went for my first drive today with the Ralliart Filter fitted, and suprisingly it is heaps quieter than the K&N (just about can't hear the turbo). As for performance, the K&N seems to flow a lot more air low down in the rev range, really a bit hard to tell! Problem is, with the K&N filter, the sucking sound of the turbo is so loud, it always make your colt feel about 5-10kw faster!
The Ralliart filter is probably made to be a lot quieter to cater for noise emission laws, and it also is approved for your warrranty as a stock Mitsubishi part.

Value wise, the K&N craps all over the Ralliart filter as it only costs around $70, and is reusable whereas the Ralliart Filter is not, in fact I'm not even sure of how long the Ralliart Filter is to be used before replacement!

There you go, if you like to have an engine bay full of Ralliart parts, want a performance filter that is not too loud, but wil flow bette rthan the stock filter, and are willing to fork out the money for a non-reusable filter, then the Ralliart Filter is for you.

If you want more flow, loud turbo induction noises, and a reusable filter for only a small price then the K&N may be for you!:)

[lovecolt]

So, does that mean you are going to sell the ralliart filter already, Coro? :D Will take it off you at a discounted rate :D

[Corosith]

Jeez, you're quick off the mark tonight Lovecolt, no I won't be selling it, as it is always handy to have a few filters lying around the place ,and it does look the part!:D

[lovecolt]

Jeez, you're quick off the mark tonight Lovecolt, no I won't be selling it, as it is always handy to have a few filters lying around the place ,and it does look the part!:D

damn, almost though i'm gonna snatch a bargain :p

[Corosith]

Some new pics of my ride!:)

[Steve-B]

so thats the swift rear diffuser ?

[Macca]

where did ya get the ralliart sticker?

[Darthrev]

very nice pics Coro :)

[Corosith]

Steve-B - so thats the swift rear diffuser ?

That's correct, a few of us managed to get them on ebay just before the seller went bust - the difference between this and other models is that it does not have the aerial hole in the middle like the Evo type ones!:)


Macca - where did ya get the ralliart sticker?

I assume you mean the window sticker Macca? If so, I got it from Hong Kong on ebay for a pittance, it came with fitting instructions & squeegy to remove the air bubbles. I trimmed a fair bit of the black off the bottom of it, to make it legal as possible and so the wipers won't scrape over a large amount of it.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ralliart-Sunstrip-Sticker-Lancer-Evo-Colt-Ralliart-FTO_W0QQitemZ370009763072QQihZ024QQcategoryZ36677Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Boemtjing]

You got some nice looking mods overthere :cool:.

[Corosith]

Fitted my front air dams at last, what a bastard of a job! I fought 10 million mossies to get this done, tried to do it with the front bumper in place, only to have to pull the whole thing off in the end! Also forgot to plug my spots back in - easily fixed though! They are not a perfect fit, but they still look pretty cool, certainly makes the front end more aggressive. Will post some better photos later, will have to make do with a phone camera for now:)

[aby82]

nice one coro! :) yeh they r a bit of a bitch to fit.. but its all worth it when u see the fin product! :D

[Corosith]

Some more!:)

[Steve-B]

what offset and camber are you runnin coro ?

[Corosith]

Is that due to the third photo from the rear? Sorry, no idea what camber I am running, will have to get a wheel alignment sometime to see if everything is set up properly! With regards to the offset, am also not sure, it may be on the inside of the wheels, will check next time I take them off! Sorry I am not much help.:)

[Steve-B]

useless..lol

[Corosith]

Just had my Ralliart Exhaust fitted - very nice indeed! (exhaust courtesy of Matt) Gives a nice burble, with a nice deep exhaust note without being too droney (and so it should for the money - lol!). Driving in the cold hills air last night, it seems to have a bit more pickup down low with boost seeming to come on earlier, but aside from that, it sounds the part.:)

And yes, I know my car is dirty!:rolleyes:

[bor3dboi]

looks nice.. how much you pay for it? and could u do a vid on it?

[fauxpas]

looks nice.. how much you pay for it? and could u do a vid on it?

Ditto, especially on the vid...

[lovecolt]

Very nice Coro. Is that the 2nd hand exhaust from Matty?

[Corosith]

Yep, another part of Matt's Ralliart inventory, was pretty easy to refit (lazy me went to exhaust shop!:D )

Once again, I wanted the legal, factory item versus anything that was too loud or drony. Matt gave me a pretty good price for both the exhaust and heat shield (not fitted yet), considering the retail ask for the exhaust alone is over $1200!

Matt's still trying to figure out how to fill in the holes on his rear bumper from the heat shield screws.

The other option would have been to purchase the HKS item, which is pretty much identical.:)

[Corosith]

OK here's the vid I took of my exhaust with me trying to video, rev the car, and control the dogs at the same time! Enjoy.:)


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[lovecolt]

LOL, i like your sidekick at the end of your video :D

[bor3dboi]

lol cute and funny Dog...

p.s exhaust sounds great!!

[Morph]

looks the part, sounds good too Coro :)

lol @ dog running in front of camera

[Julz]

hard to hear any difference in sound, hopefully i'll b fitting a canon muffler on the weekend :)

[fauxpas]

That's the great thing about meets, you can get to hear the BOVs and exhausts n shit...

Most exhausts I've heard sound OK, but nothing grabs me yet...

[Corosith]

The video doesn't really do the exhaust any justice unfortunately, but it does have a nice sound to it under full load - enough to be noticed but not annoy the crap out of my neighbours. Call me old, but I've had many a car with cannon mufflers, supertrapps, sebrings etc etc, but I can live with this unit without having to put up with constant low frequency droning and worrying about cops wacking defect stickers on me.:)

One other thing you have to remember, the 2 cats and resonator probably do more to quieten down the exhaust down, rather than just the rear muffler. Delete resonator and you will probably get a meatier sound, but at the expense of irritating droning under load - not much fun on long trips!

[Corosith]

Got some nice pics of my colt from in our work shed - enjoy!:)

[koshy]

looks awesome with those white wheels....leave em on aye coro!

[ommeh]

i must admit the white rims on the car are starting to make me thing on colour change on choice of rim's lol!!

[Julz]

white rims get dirty too quickly esp with our brakes!

[Corosith]

Not if you get decent brake pads, the standard rcolt ones seem particularly bad at creating dust (worst out of any car I've ever owned). Then again, it's a good excuse to go and show your car off at the car wash!:)

[Macca]

You have lowered it yeh? What did ya use?

Oh and what size rims again?

[hendo]

they would be pedders or king springs and they are 18"

[Macca]

Coro can you write up a review on living with 18's please and lowered, and now the airdams.

Oh and on the Kuhmo tyres you are using too ;)

I need as much info as possible ;)

[Corosith]

No worries Macca,

as Hendo said, the springs are lowered pedders progressive rate springs, they sit a little lower than the ralliart ones, but not by much. They are by far the best modification I have done to this car so far (aside from the TMR mod), and transform the handling - less body roll, excellent handling. It's not too crashy - especially on the original rims & tyres, but is a little more crashy on the 18" rims - depends on what stiffness you are prepared to live with. As Alan Heaphy has indicated, the standard shocker valving is fine to cope with the lowering, and they seems to handle things fine.

I find my car rides fine on 18" rims, but for the sake of tyre costs, 17" rims would be the best compromise - with more rims & tyres available, therefore cheaper prices. They handle fine in the hills, with plenty of grip due to the large footprint (7.5 inches). The advans on the 16" rims are definitely a sticky combination, and I reckon 17" rims with the advans would be an excellent combination. I generally use my 18" rims for around town duties, and if I go on a hard cruise, I might pop my 16" wheels back on.

The air dams pretty much look after themselves, handling wise, its a bit hard to tell the difference - if any at this stage. It would be somthing you might notice more on the track rather than the road anyway. I haven't managed to wack any gutters or speedhumps yet, and quite frankly if people are worried about scraping & bottoming out with the lowered colt - don't, it's easy to live with day to day! The only place I scrape a little is on my driveway, but that is pretty steep, and only does it with two people in the car.

The other thing with the air-dams is that if you look at the side-one profile of your bumper, you will notice that if you hit anything, the front of the bumper will cop it well before anything actually hits the air-dams! If you are worried about hitting things, get the FRP air-dams, not the Carbon F ones , they are cheaper, and will eb easier to fix.

The Kuhmo Ecstas I find handle really well for a cheaper tyre, they have worn pretty well so far, but then again, our colts are pretty light vehicles. The advans will wear quick, but that is due to the soft compound for what is essentially almost a racing tyre.:)

[Macca]

How many Kms you got fromt he ecstas?

Im just deciding what size wheels to go with, my advans are worn, so i cant just pop them back on for track work, thou, i dont think ill be doing tonns more.

I just wanted to get what its like to live with 18's on a lowered colt with airdams, i got mine in the first GB too, and have only scraped them once.

What price did the rubber come in at for the 18's i have seen the 17;s version for around the150-170$ price range, and was reccomended the tyre as a very good mid range price by some evo guys.

[Corosith]

Can't tell you what price they were, but for springs, wheel, & tyre package, I paid $2500. I've only done 15000kms, so the wear on the tyres is only minor. I haven't had them let go on me yet with hard driving either.

If you want to live day to day with the one set of wheels & tyres, then settle for 17" wheels, everything is cheaper, & will be more comfortable for city & long distance travelling. As you've seen with Hendos colt, 17" wheels still look excellent, most guys mistake his wheels for 18" wheels!

One other thing with 18" wheels, the rolling radius of the wheels is slightly increased, and as result the colt will sit a little higher than a colt with 17" wheels. It is such a difference that can get a trolley jack under my colt with the 18" wheels on, but not if I have the 16" wheels on.:)

[why_bother]

is your ralliart muffler the same as the TMR one?

http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00142xf4.jpg

[Corosith]

Yep, they are both the Ralliart Muffler (you can see the faint Ralliart writing down the side of the tip in that photo)!:)

[GavinTan]

Got my Ralliart filter today have yet to fit it, but will be interesting to compare it to the K&N that I already have installed! I also received a sheet of genuine carbon fibre, which I shall use on the dash around my scangauge and other switches.:)

Hey Corosith, could you point me in the right direction where you bought that carbon fiber from? I'm in need of it for my Scangauge as well...

Thanks mate!

[Corosith]

I bought mine off ebay from the US, there are some reasonable prices if you look hard enough. An A4 sheet or 2 should be heaps for our dash, the seller I've listed seems to have very reasonable prices for gloss finished CB sheets (real carbon), especially for the shipping (some guys trying to charge $40+). The sheets come in 1 or 2mm thickness, both would be stiff enough for a dash panel.:)

Put in an offer, you might get lucky!

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5141/b9421xa7.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/A4-sheet-of-carbon-fiber-1-0-mm-0-0393-ID-0109_W0QQitemZ130202869216QQihZ003QQcategoryZ34056 QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

[Corosith]

Sorry, but our workshed seems to be a real good place to take photos, so I couldn't help myself!:p (please excuse the resolution & clarity, they were taken with a 1.3 megapixel LG phone!)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1443/070308094003qr0.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7398/070308094100aa6.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6163/070308094101zi7.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2882/070308094200pf9.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8027/070308094201ei7.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/7079/070308094001sa3.jpg

[husky510]

Not bad for a phone cam!

[Corosith]

Yeah, I should have shrunk the photos down a bit - would have looked a bit better, nevermind. Can't see the corrosion on my rims though, the flecks of white hot metal from my brakes have attached themselves to the chrome lip making a hell of a mess. I think it may be time to get the rims stripped and powdercoated, been thinking of changing them to all black.:)

[ommeh]

Coro what size are your rims again??

They were 18"?

[Corosith]

Yes, 18x7.5.:)

[[BANNED]]

Couldn't tell me the offset could you mate?

I like that offset, maybe even a little bigger :)

[Corosith]

Boy, that job was fun - not! Blisters galore, yet the best thing to get the double-sided tape off was simply a hair dryer, rag and lots of patience. Eucalytus oil & orange label remover were only really good for the renmant residue, I tried floss and fishing line but to no avail. At least the group buy wing looks good, the only real issue I had was the middle mounting post bolt hole was in the wrong position, but that was easily fixed. Sorry about the crappy phone pics, I'll get some better ones up tomorrow.

Now all I need is the little Ralliart sticker for the rear wing, should be able to find one on ebay no doubt.:)

What do you know, exactly what I was after for the princely sum of $15 from the UK - two wing badges that will fit perfectly.

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8459/5da41yw6.th.jpg (http://img409.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5da41yw6.jpg)

[hendo]

verry nice mate

[why_bother]

oooh err

[Corosith]

These pics are a little better, er excuse the grubby colt!:)

[why_bother]

Looks the business, man I can't wait to get my car back after seeing yours lowered! Also, if you're not going to keep that ralliart muffler clean I'll have to confiscate it from you. Sorry, but that's just the way it is.

[Corosith]

Got my other wheels back on again, time to take some decent photos with the wing added!:)


http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5577/cwing1dd5.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6451/cwing2ok9.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3040/cwing3cc1.jpg

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8074/cwing4an1.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1849/cwing5zi7.jpg

[GM Grey]

OoOoOoO ... luv those wheels! Howmuch were they?

[Corosith]

Thanks GM, please refer to post no. 46 to answer your question.:)

Note: I tossed the vork/ravs stickers and added the ralliart ones then sprayed a clear laquer over the top to protect them - also ditched the chrome centre caps! The chrome dish parts of the wheels are a bitch to keep clean, the downside to cheap rims I guess.

They also now come in black with a red outline on the rim edge - probably inspired by the time attack wheels.

[hendo]

lookin clean

[rino]

Man NICE photos!!!

[Corosith]

Using tomorrows cruise as motivation, I decided to replace the awful looking fake carbon fibre dash panel that houses my scangauge and intercooler water spray switch with real carbon fibre. It now looks much nicer and was cut out a bit better than the original acrylic insert. It is held on with heavy duty velcro for easy removal, and I used my dremel to cut the CFibre using the old panel as a rough template. The carbon fibre sheet was purchased from ebay and was about as big as an A3 sheet of paper.:)


http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/553/cf1aj1.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6869/cf2jr9.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/276/cf3rm1.jpg

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4210/cf4ur4.jpg

[hendo]

nice job

[koshy]

looking good coro, and what are you going to use the other carbon fibre for? the air con controls?:D

[Corosith]

Nah, thought about it last night, and I haven't thought of a use for the rest - it's pretty inflexible so its no good for curved surfaces. Guess I could always make nice CF key tags with it!:p

[lovecolt]

Nah, thought about it last night, and I haven't thought of a use for the rest - it's pretty inflexible so its no good for curved surfaces. Guess I could always make nice CF key tags with it!:p

Make me one :D

[Macca]

Looks nice, exactly what i want to do.

[Corosith]

Some nice crissy pics of my colt grazing in the back yard!:)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6415/coltc1iy3.jpg

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/4356/coltc2re6.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/4836/coltc3vv8.jpg

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8591/coltc4gl9.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/4130/coltc5tk7.jpg

[koshy]

lookin good coro, i like that first picture the most, wash ya car this morning to did ya?:D

[hendo]

nice shots what settings did you use for that top 1 looks sweet

[Corosith]

Yep I gave her a wash, couldn't be seen all dirty for Christmas! The camera was a Nikon D80, and I used the Photoscape to finish off the photos. In particular I used a vignetting filter & a graduated tint, also darkened the photo a little.:)

[Corosith]

Got bored today and was also sick of the constant battle with brake dust, so what better to do than paint my wheels a lovely metallic charcoal! Turned out pretty good in the end, the photo below looks weirdass due to the colt being jacked up on one side, the photo was also pretty crap!:D

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/1603/pb240001es0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/pb240001es0.jpg/1/w320.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img128/pb240001es0.jpg/1/)

[why_bother]

@%(@#$^!@@(*$Y@$ what the?!#*)(*%&

put some more photos up :)

[pAuL]

more pics! that looks pretty good

[Corosith]

All in good time, still finishing off the last wheel as we speak!:p

[Corosith]

Finished at last, took the best pics I could considering I had a point & shoot camera and it was dark! I like the result very much, probably the colour I should have gone with in the first place, more practical and a lot meaner!:cool:



http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6335/coltwheel3jr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/coltwheel3jr4.jpg/1/w599.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img90/coltwheel3jr4.jpg/1/)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4994/coltwheel4ju4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/coltwheel4ju4.jpg/1/w600.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img90/coltwheel4ju4.jpg/1/)

[ommeh]

10 points from me :)

[Corosith]

A couple of better pics from this morning. I like how the ralliart stickers have an embossed look under the paintwork.:)

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5015/coltrear2ts5.jpg


http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3744/coltsidedz8.jpg

[hendo]

looks good mate

[Frogman]

I thought it would end my battle too, but I didn't put a clear coat on top(not advised to) and after a week and a half my shiny black wheels went a dark matt grey colour. To make it worse it now takes 3 times as long to get them shiny black again :(

They look good now, let us know how they go :D

[Corosith]

Well that wasn't very good advice you were given Frogman, definately put several layers of clear on, then at least if they get scratched it'll only be the clear thats damaged, not the undercoats??:confused:

[Frogman]

oh well... They are only the stockers :D

[why_bother]

hey i like the idea of the sticker under the paint, nice. i would have done the same thing.. prime it, a few hearty coats of colour & a whole bunch of clear coat.

two thumbs up, hope the colour holds up for ya.. they look like factory items.

[Corosith]

Wacked my stock rims on and headed for the flinders ranges for the weekend, had a great drive with next to no one on the road, only millions of locusts ready to fill up my front grill (see pics)! It's going to be fun clean this lot up!:)

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3280/flinderscolt1rj9.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/803/flinderscolt2zd0.jpg

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6216/flinderscolt3bc1.jpg

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1895/flinderscolt4ym3.jpg

[ommeh]

thats a lot of bugs i see in your grill lol~

[Corosith]

Managed to sneek in a few out-doors shots of my colt today with its newly painted wheels. Its all clean and ready go for Monday's brekky cruis!:)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4402/smalcoltbd5.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8670/smalcolt2qv1.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8544/smalcolt3iz4.jpg

[27AME]

mate the wheels look great... now all you need is some red wheel nuts!! would look fantastic!

Let me know how the paint on the rims goes... I'm thinking of painting mine either gloss or matte black but I was gonna pay to get it done professionally(take the rim off the tyre and spray the WHOLE wheel - costs about $60 per rim). If yours works out alright I might consider doing it myself. IMO black just looks a whole lot meaner... not so rally but still.

[filofaith]

yeh man looks the goods in black really nice example of a Red Rcolt, nick go matte looks meaner ;)

[why_bother]

this is the first time i've flicked through this one since you put the new pics up, they look montrous don't they.

white was cool, but they look much meaner and way huger now. sweet, see you monday.

[Corosith]

It's just an illusion, no really, dark cloured wheels look good as they tend to blend into the wheelsarches/flares and give the colt a completely different look, it sort of looks less slab side if you know what I mean!.

[Darthrev]

Yeah i prefer the darker rims on our cars, looking good mate

[Corosith]

Just a quick update on the spray can paint job on the wheels, so far there has been no peeling, chipping, scratching or any problem whatsoever with the paint. It has been about a month since I painted them and I couldn't be happier. There is also the bonus of being able to touch them up if any scrapes are encountered rather than have to rely on a paint shop to do it for me (and empty my pockets).

In total I used one can of matt black, one can of satin black, one can of metallic grey and one can of clear coat to do all four wheels (and a lot of wheel cleaning).:)

[pAuL]

did you tape up the tyres and pop out the caps?

i might look at doing this

[Corosith]

I did tape up the tyres initially but in the end I didn't worry about it - too much of a pain in the ass to tape up circular objects( fully inflated)! Firstly I sprayed between the bead and the edge of the rim then just cleaned up any overspray with a turps soaked rag, you just have to make sure you clean it up straight away before the paint dries as I don't think copious amounts of turps splashed everywhere would be too good for the rubber! I used the flat colour first as it seems to take to smooth surfaces better than gloss or satin paints. Then I just built up the layers with satin black, then metallic grey and lastly several gloss coats to protect the surace from light scratches. I started this project in the morning and had the wheels on my car all painted up that night (paint dried very quickly due to 40+ temps).

There are a miriad of colours out there that you could paint your wheels, it's cheap, easy and a very effective change to make to your car, especially if you get sick of your current rim colour (or are fed up with brake dust)!:)

[Corosith]

My Beatrush short shifter arrived today from japan, I've posted a couple of pics of the box contents and now I shall go out to try and fit it!;)
(includes shifter, cable tie, beatrush sticker and fitting instructions)
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5294/beat1s.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8682/beat2.jpg

[Corosith]

Here is a short video of me going stupid with the new shifter in place and gee it was fun fitting it (not a job for stubby fingers). What did I think of it, well it's a little notchy but then again, the standard one is not all that flash, but there is a very noticable reduction in the amount of distance needed to shift gears. The other thing I like about this shifter was the extra height so now the knob falls into hand perfectly (no jokes about knobs, ok!):p

Oh yeah, sorry about the sideways vid!

<a href="http://img531.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf00756501980ae6.flv"><img src="http://img531.imageshack.us/img531/6237/dscf00756501980ae6.flv.th.jpg"/></a>

[Spaceboy]

now you can grab your knob, and beat(rush) it off!

[Corosith]

There's always one!:p

[ommeh]

fark me thats short!

nice one :D

[Corosith]

....from the video it looks like I am not even getting it into gear (first to second), but when I slot it into reverse you can see that I don't have to move the lever very far. Next time I might do it a bit slower, looks like I'm changing gears on speed or something.:rolleyes:

[Spaceboy]

....from the video it looks like I am not even getting it into gear (first to second), but when I slot it into reverse you can see that I don't have to move the lever very far. Next time I might do it a bit slower, looks like I'm changing gears on speed or something.:rolleyes:

indeed
you were playing with your your shaft furiously
:p

[Julz]

what would be good is to see a photo of the stock shifter next to the short shifter just to see what is different (i.e. the pivot point) and whether the total stick length is any different.

[lovecolt]

Almost thought you are using the joystick, playing Street Fighter if i didn't see the gear knob there :D

[Blaze]

That is sweet as.
Short shift is next on my list now.

What gear knob do you have there? Its shiny

[Corosith]

I'm pretty sure overall length of the lever has been increased (did look but can't remember), they would need to do this anyway to keep the shifter at standard height. Mine now sits probably a couple of cms highter than standard.

I just went for a drive to get some milk (and to test the shifter), and wow what a difference. I'm so used to the sloppy standard long throw gearshift that I found it a little while to get used to changing gear so soon. Also the shift action has firmed up compared to the sloppy standard one, overall, very happy for what was really a minimal outlay.

The gear knob is a Sparco X-fast, I orignally bought such a long gear knob so that I could increase overall height on the standard shifter.

[MissRalliart]

Your car is always clean! Mine likes to pick up every single dust and dirt it comes across.

By the way I'm loving your charcoal rims! Much more than the white! I was going to powder coat mine, but I thought i may aswell buy new rims. Rays preferably! And the front lip is starting to really grow on me. Love your car, it's hot!

[Corosith]

Thanks for the compliment, but my colt isn't exactly clean all of the time - for photos yes, but normally it sits in the carport & gathers a layer of dust and road grime! The charcoal rims are definitely proving to be easier to deal with versus white rims - especially since I still have the standard pads.

I am getting quite used to my new short shifter, and it doesn't feel as short as it was when first installed, but it is still a good improvment over standard. especially taking the cost into account.:) Now, if only my seat was about 1 inch wider and sit about 1 inch lower, it would be a perfect seating position for me.:p

[MissRalliart]

You've probably been asked this a dozen times, but i couldn't find the post but are your 18" giving u a hard time turning since it's lowered also? I went to The tyre factory and the guy there said it will fit, but i really shouldn't be putting 18" on the colts. Really disappointing because it's only an extra 2"s. And do you have trouble going over speed humps and gutters since you've dumped it?

[why_bother]

you really shouldn't have too much of an issue with that setup (dumped on 18s) but you'll sacrifice a bit of grip & a nice ride.. unless you spend top dollar on suspension packages you're pretty well guaranteed to have a fairly harsh ride on 18s with lowered springs.

ask coro, that's his setup

[Corosith]

Yes you do sacrifice ride quality but then again if I get sick of it I just put my stockies back on! Missralliart, I highly recommend 17" wheels as they are a much better compromise with cheaper tyres available, the wheels are generally cheaper and more plentiful, plus the ride is more acceptable (oh my kidneys!).

With regards to scraping, I've had next to no problems with that issue, only started getting a few scrapes after I fitted the front air dams and now I have to be careful going up some steep driveways / gutters.

If I had my time over again I would have gone with some wide 17" wheels for day to day driving, I was just impatient when I first got my little colt! If you go with some nice dark rims, it's very hard to tell the difference between 17's & 18's anyway.:)

[Corosith]

This was a bit of an impulse buy, but since Lovecolt gives rave reviews on his Blitz throttle controller I thought I'd try out its competitor - the Pivot 3-drive throttle controller. I bought it direct from the Pivot site for a bit over $400 including the plug/wiring loom to suit the colt and postage. Hopefully by the time I'm back from exploring for gold it would have arrived ready for fitting. The fitting instructions pretty much mirror what is involved with the blitz unit, that is an interceptor plug for the throttle sensor and a power cable - easy peazy!
I will post an update when it arrives and give a full review.:)
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3568/1017320081206145957.jpg

[filofaith]

nice buy will be waiting for that review... please be good :D

[why_bother]

afterthought

has anybody with a throttle controller tried a front mount setup?

that 'trust' check compares the TPS with airflow..

how does this box not set the ECU off if it's sending different signals to the ECU with the same amount of air going into the engine & the ECU is running that periodic 'trust' check?

[Macca]

you kinda answered it your self. the TPS throttle position sensor is seperate to the throttle control system. the ecu will still get an un edited throttle position.

[Corosith]

Whilst I am waiting for my throttle controller and for TMR to get back from Fiji (for intercooler piping), I thought I'd chew up some time by taking a few arty photos!:)

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5674/redcolt8.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1417/redcolt5.jpg

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[koshy]

nice and clean, havent you been driving in this weather?! cause i havent seen you on fullarton lately haha and while your waiting for your throttle controller you could put your IC in!!!!!

[hendo]

oooooooooooo perty

[Corosith]

koshy - nice and clean, havent you been driving in this weather?! cause i havent seen you on fullarton lately haha and while your waiting for your throttle controller you could put your IC in!!!!!

Nah, have been away for a bit (work)hence why you haven't seen me - I also had to wash my colt yesterday as it was covered in yellow pollen from our poxy pine tree.

I must say now that the belair train line has been dug up, there are tons of extra cars on the road every morning - driving to work is fast becoming a chore!:rolleyes: Might consider going through Crafers and down the freeway to Norwood if the traffic gets any worse.

Haven't even looked at putting the intercooler in yet as Jason is away, and he has the silicon joiners/clamps and metal tubing that I require to complete the job - until then the front bar stays on!:p

[why_bother]

hey i'm back, i'm on late shift this week so i can get you that piping on saturday morning.

supposed to pick the car up from the paint shop this morning because it got a respray where it got key'd, not ready till lunch time.

morph is taking those air dams too. so i think he'll be getting that on saturday. i've gotta look at and potentially buy a full mahogany bedroom suite on saturday so i'll have to work out a time for you to get the pipes.

[why_bother]

correction, just had a call and i'm leaving for malaysia on saturday. are you or will you be around during the week before 3pm any day? i could arrange to drop off or whatever

[Corosith]

I have to go to Perth tomorrow for two days, but I'll be back in the office on Thursday if that is convenient. I'll PM you my address details, thanks Jason.

[Corosith]

My Pivot throttle controller rocked up at home whilst I was away, I'll try and fit it up tomorrow to see how it goes. Here's a few pics to keep you going in the meantime! Notice that you do actually get instructions in english as well as japanese. There are actually 7 increments in the sports mode, obviously from stupidly responsive through to something that rids us of that annoying delay on overrun and on initial acceleration.:)

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8374/p1000413u.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1582/p1000417b.jpg

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[Macca]

looks nice and plug and play

[Morph]

Interested in seeing what sort of a difference it makes Coro. Car is looking good! :)

[stylo]

How's the unit Corro ? I've driven with the Blitz controller unit and it is .. interesting !

[Corosith]

It's excellent, see the write up in the mods section!:)

Here's the link!
http://www.rcolt.com/showthread.php?t=1723

[Corosith]

I got sick of trying to find a decent spot to put my boost gauge, so I made some room! I ended up ripping everything out of the dash, including the scangauge, made up a panel of carbon fibre to fit in the cavity, and mounted the gauge and intercooler spray switch. Unfortunately in the process of putting the dash back together, I must have shorted out the globe in the gauge - not happy jan! Good excuse to get a new gauge now - as I am not sure how to replace the globe on these greddy gauges??

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5117/p10103748239870.jpg

[ob1tanobey]

I got sick of trying to find a decent spot to put my boost gauge, so I made some room! I ended up ripping everything out of the dash, including the scangauge, made up a panel of carbon fibre to fit in the cavity, and mounted the gauge and intercooler spray switch. Unfortunately in the process of putting the dash back together, I must have shorted out the globe in the gauge - not happy jan! Good excuse to get a new gauge now - as I am not sure how to replace the globe on these greddy gauges??

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5117/p10103748239870.jpg

Wtf!? wheres the stereo?

[Corosith]

It's called the engine!;)

[ob1tanobey]

It's called the engine!;)

its music to ur ears.. not me..

o man, i can't live without music...

[filofaith]

next the sound deadening will be gone and the whole car will be stripped ;)

[Corosith]

I went for a bit of a drive yesterday (annual leave) to Moonta Bay for something to do, and ended up getting stuck behind a guy in a mobile motor home taking up the whole road (quite literally a house), talking about slow! Also managed to take a few colt pics as usual, enjoy!:) ...and yes, I know my wheels are dirty!:p

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2850/housed.jpg

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[DamoMcTitz]

yoll Coro,

That first pic, is that just outside of wakefield? Moonta Bay is nice! great meals at the round hotel overlooking the jetty. That would be a great cruise with about ten colts i reckon :)

[All-hope-is-gone]

nice car... starting to like red a bit more..

[Payload]

Looks good... and your wheels are clean as! haha. You should see mine. They are in a constant state of dirtyness cause i dont wash the car as often as i probably should. Cant wait to get my black rims on there, problem solved haha

[BN01]

Lol, yeah, if those are what you call dirty, i dont want you to see mine at the moment :eek:

[<G>]

Great pics, the metallic red that Mitsubishi use is a terrific colour, its deep n glossy when polished, your duco looks immaculate.

Yesterday i used the Zaino Z-2 PRO then over the top of that the Zaino Z-CS Clear Seal & including the black trim, WOW :D

[Corosith]

<G> Great pics, the metallic red that Mitsubishi use is a terrific colour, its deep n glossy when polished, your duco looks immaculate.

Yesterday i used the Zaino Z-2 PRO then over the top of that the Zaino Z-CS Clear Seal & including the black trim, WOW

Yeah, I washed my colt earlier that morning, didn't matter though as it rained most of the way back and now it's covered in crap again!:p I really need to give the colt a decent detail, but maybe once summer is here.:)

[Macca]

Looks good lowered on the stock rims and the ralliart bolt ons

[Corosith]

If I had the money, all the gear would be from the ralliart catalogue - I prefer to stick to the "factory look", all I need now is a set of 08" wheels and an LSD.;)

[Corosith]

Been to a 21 year high school reunion in Mount Gambier (scary), took some pics on the way back (at lake alexandrina and the wellington punt on the murray river and the Blue Lake in the Mount). As you can see the water levels are pretty low in the lower lakes pics, nice drive all the same!:)

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[Corosith]

Finally I've had enough of just listening to engine noises, so I picked up a JVC KD-R606 cheap for $199 and some kenwood 6.5" speakers for the front doors. Fitting the head unit was a doddle (apart from the billions of mozzies), with the mitsubishi plug from the previous head unit making wiring a pretty simple affair. I chose this unit as it was cheap but good in quality and looks, has selectable screen colours to match the dash lighting, and also IPOD/USB connection.

Unfortunately my greddy boost gauge had to go due to lack of room, and I'll have to make up a spacer panel or use a pocket to fit in the open space above the head unit, and finally find a place for the intercooler spray switch to go back in.

The speakers will have to wait till tomorrow now (I need a garage like TMR_colt!).

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7852/jvc2.jpg

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[koshy]

i knew you would crack sooner or later listening to engine noises:D

[Corosith]

I'm starting to make vroom vroom noise at night so I've been told!:p

[Macca]

nice headunit for the price :D

[Corosith]

Funny man, your selling tactics will not work on me!:p Will have to look into some red led's though, just not the $16000 ones.:)

[DamoMcTitz]

Its an old jedi mind trick!

[Corosith]

Boring 06" wheels now colour coded gunmetal. looks heaps better than the silver in my opinion. Just a stop-gap measure till I get some decent 16" wheels once I sell enough of my crap on ebay!:p

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8360/coltwheels2.jpg

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[filofaith]

welcome to the darkside :p

[wombat]

They look nice man, really complement the colour of your car (although would look better after a wash :p ). Powder coated or did you paint them yourself?

[ELEGNT]

nice work man! about time:p

[Corosith]

Gunmetal paint, wet & dry sandpapered the wheels - still need to put some clear coats over them as the can I had crapped itself!:) Also just hit 40000kms on the odometer today.

Besides the $200 worth of Meguiars cleaning products that I bought the other day, I also received more cleaning gear for Christmas - no excuse now!

[Ralli Girl]

They look mint done like that like that really suit your car.

[Corosith]

It was a real bastard to clean them up, at least I won't have to worry about cleaning them so often.:)

[steel]

Looking good. What rear spoiler is that?

[Corosith]

steelcarnage - Looking good. What rear spoiler is that?

The spoiler is an exact replica of the ralliart wing, except in fibreglass not carbon fibre - it was purchased as a part of our group buy a while back, and for a portion of the price of the real thing!:)

[Corosith]

Finally finished diddling around with the dash, ended up putting a plastic pocket in the remaining single DIN space and the scangauge fits into it quite nicely. Also installed some Kenwood KFC-E1662 3-way speakers into the front doors (straight fit), piss easy thank to Rdsters write ups in the "How to" guide section - a huge improvement!:)

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[Corosith]

At last, a quiet weekend to fit these damned UR bars (swaybar & rear 4 point brace). The swaybar was a pain to fit with me having to resort to the ol magnetic probe to get the bolts into the holes, and quite frankly I'm not too happy with the way it fits. Unlike the other fitments on this forum, I chose to use the two large bolts and modify the bolt holes on the bar so I could get it to sit reasonably flat without resting on the corner of the protruding bolt hole. I certainly didn't want bolts with tons of washers try to fill out the gap, so I'll see how it goes for now, I might end up just getting the cusco one.

The rear under brace was piss easy to fit, undo four bolts, wack it on with some loctite on the bolt threads and presto! I am yet to go for a drive, so hopefully I will noticed a difference, if not, the swaybar might come off till I get something more suitable for the rcolt. (both items originally intended for NA MIVEC colt - there are some minor differences in the rear torsion beam design hence the fitting issues, but the brace is ok).

....and yes, my colt is freakin dirty - accidently took a short cut on a drive yesterday on a very dusty road (not rally driving!):)

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5984/swaybar2.jpg

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3924/brace1.jpg

[pAuL]

i put my rear one on the same way

[Corosith]

pAuL - i put my rear one on the same way

At least there are no clearance issues that the other guys have had with the bar banging on the torsion beam - that would drive me nuts!;)