Performance Parts Zone

 Todays Ride of the Day is a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse that belongs to James Miller.

 Heres whats he’s done so far, with big plans for the future:

 TEIN-S Spring
 18 Drag DR-5
 20% tent
  

The supreme court is going to hear an appeal concerning vehicle emissions and carbon dioxide.  You can read the full story here.  As i read the article, the first thing that came to my mind was “What effect will that have on my modifying my vehicles exhaust system?  I mean, will this simply mean more stringent controls on aftermarket exhaust systems, or will this eventually lead to legislature to ban them all together?  I urge everyone to read the article and keep checking back with us as we track this news to see what it means to the world of aftermarket parts.  We will also be keeping you up to date as to what the SEMA organization will be doing to keep this from hurting our hobby. 

We are about to start the buildup of an 04 Mazda RX8.  I figured i’d let you guys in on it from the beginning, so feel free to subscribe and check back for updates and pictures as we build this car with the ultimate goal of a magazine feature.
We want this car to have a clean look with a hint of race car attitude, but we also want the car to have some power to back up its styling.  The car came to us with a set of 20” HPD MSR wheels, Mazdaspeed replica body kit, a Seibon Carbon Fiber Hood, and a Magnaflow Exhaust already installed on it.  We may leave the hood, and even the body kit, but the wheels have to go because they just don’t work with our theme for the car.  We have yet to decide what performance parts we want to use and that’s where we would love to hear from you.  Let us know what you think we should use in the build-up of this car. Give us your thoughts on exterior styling, performance parts, and suspension pieces.  For the next month or so we will be sourcing parts, so send us your suggestions soon. 
More to come soon….