20-Year Before and After

[9!'clipseDOHC]

I just bought the DSMtuners 20-year Anniversary shirt (it's an awesome shirt by the way), and that inspired me to recreate a picture from the day I first bought my 1G, back in January 2003. I was just a 16-year-old kid with a $250 car (with a snapped timing belt and front passenger fender bender that had to be towed to my house). Fast-forward 21 years and I'm now 38-years-old with a wife and 3 kids and a garage full of cool vehicles, but this old 1G still brings me joy! Anyone else have any similar before and after pics with extended periods of time in-between (10, 15, 20+ years)?

 

[slugsgomoo]

I love it! I'm a year away from the 20th anniversary of buying my Galant, so I'll have to find an old picture I can do something like this with

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

Absolutely, do it!

 

[bo0st2]

Nice 1G

What's the retail on one of those

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

Nice 1G

What's the retail on one of those

Thanks!

I’m not sure if we are going with Fast and Furious quotes and I should say “more than you can afford pal” or if you actually mean the original retail price, which I got curious about and just looked up, and it was $16,693 for a GS (which is what mine was originally) or $18,683 for a GSX (which is what it has become).

 

[o0GuitarKid0o]

Nice 1G

What's the retail on one of those

More than you can afford pal! Jk FnF reference I hope haha

 

[Indyxc]

Haha this is great.

I was into DSMs from 15 (my first car) to my mid 20s, then I got into other things. I recently got back into cars, and picked up my dream car for my 40th birthday. The dream car got car excitement going again, and now I am looking for a Eclipse Spyder GST.

Photo back from May 10th, 1999 when I got my car. About a month before I had my drivers liscence, on my learners permit.

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[9!'clipseDOHC]

Haha this is great.

I was into DSMs from 15 (my first car) to my mid 20s, then I got into other things. I recently got back into cars, and picked up my dream car for my 40th birthday. The dream car got car excitement going again, and now I am looking for a Eclipse Spyder GST.

Photo back from May 10th, 1999 when I got my car. About a month before I had my drivers liscence, on my learners permit.

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Awesome, thanks for sharing! What’s the dream car?

 

[Indyxc]

I said I'd never buy a non awd, not turbo, not manual, then I drove my 2016 Porsche GT3 RS...

My brother had a 98 RS, both our cars in 99.

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[9!'clipseDOHC]

I said I'd never buy a non awd, not turbo, not manual, then I drove my 2016 Porsche GT3 RS...

My brother had a 98 RS, both our cars in 99.

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Wow! Thats a beautiful car, congratulations!

 

[Indyxc]

Thanks!

Hows the DSM scene these day? Forums look slow. Anywhere to buy parts anymore?

I left in ~2008 or so. I got the above car for my 40th mid life crisis. My wife wants a convertible for her 40th, so I found a 99 GST Convertible for her . She thinks it's "cute" and is open to buying it. Probably going to buy it. 99 GST manual with 49k miles.

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[bo0st2]

I said I'd never buy a non awd, not turbo, not manual, then I drove my 2016 Porsche GT3 RS...

My brother had a 98 RS, both our cars in 99.

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Nice car, what's the retail on one of those?

Thanks!

Hows the DSM scene these day? Forums look slow. Anywhere to buy parts anymore?

I left in ~2008 or so. I got the above car for my 40th mid life crisis. My wife wants a convertible for her 40th, so I found a 99 GST Convertible for her . She thinks it's "cute" and is open to buying it. Probably going to buy it. 99 GST manual with 49k miles.

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There's tons of vendors still that sell parts, for some parts you might need to look in the classifieds/Ebay if you can't find them on a site like Extreme PSI, or STM

 

[Indyxc]

Nice car, what's the retail on one of those?


There's tons of vendors still that sell parts, for some parts you might need to look in the classifieds/Ebay if you can't find them on a site like Extreme PSI, or STM

MSRP was about $208, and thanks to the popularity of the GT3RS the retail is still basically the price.

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

I've got a few pictures of my first car somewhere. I will look and post them. It was a 1990 eclipse gs. I got it in 1994 when I was in the 11th grade. Ive had several since then. Always 90 or 91. I like the pop ups.

 

[19Eclipse90]

First is my brother's 1993 GS that he got in 2001. That's what got he and I into it -- more me than he at this point.

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He ended up selling that and picking up a 1996 3000GT base model before I found my first 1990 GS, around September 2003. My family still has this car around and it is turbo swapped.

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Then, March / April of 2004, picked up my current 1990 GST that needed a clutch at the time, with something like 175k miles on the clock.

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It had its glory days around 2010 and is now used mainly as a daily driver with nearly 370k on the odometer. I realize the general idea of the trend is to see improvements but, meh…

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[o0GuitarKid0o]

First is my brother's 1993 GS that he got in 2001. That's what got he and I into it -- more me than he at this point.

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He ended up selling that and picking up a 1996 3000GT base model before I found my first 1990 GS, around September 2003. My family still has this car around and it is turbo swapped.

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Then, March / April of 2004, picked up my current 1990 GST that needed a clutch at the time, with something like 175k miles on the clock.

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It had its glory days around 2010 and is now used mainly as a daily driver with nearly 370k on the odometer.

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What front bumper is this? Would love that on my laser as I don't wanna mount a wing on it but that front looks amazing

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[19Eclipse90]

It’s the OEM MB631110 bumper with the “optional” MB631124 lip.

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It did look alright even though it had met too many parking blocks before getting to me. Shame on me, but I’m pretty certain I threw out the lip some time ago. Still have the bumper cover, just in case.

 

[Pjj]

Thanks!

I’m not sure if we are going with Fast and Furious quotes and I should say “more than you can afford pal” or if you actually mean the original retail price, which I got curious about and just looked up, and it was $16,693 for a GS (which is what mine was originally) or $18,683 for a GSX (which is what it has become).

I always thought you couldnt awd swap a 1g? and it was only a 2g thing

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

I always thought you couldnt awd swap a 1g? and it was only a 2g thing

I swapped in a bare AWD chassis, check out my build thread: https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/9-clipsedohcs-1g-dsm-build.418713/

 

[Bigmike4g63t]

20 years ago for me was a 1990 Talon Tsi AWD.

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[DreamChaser7]

24 years ago for me..my second and current one. Did we all choose the same angle? Lol

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[9!'clipseDOHC]

24 years ago for me..my second and current one. Did we all choose the same angle? Lol

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Gotta show its good side! That really cool you still have the same one!

 

[DreamChaser7]

Gotta show its good side! That really cool you still have the same one!

It’s literally the only goal I set for myself at a young age that wasn’t either failed or accomplished at this point. She’s there til the end..just taking a little longer than desired.

 

[jamel16]

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Here is mine picked up in 2003 for 400.00. Still dumping money into her till this day .

 

[92AWDHX40]

Sounds like 98 percent of us dumping money m