New kid on the block, thought i would say hello to all the fellow chicagoans. One question though, which shops do you guys go to, to get your work done?

 

i've done my own work so far.

 

well i dont have any tools, unless people wanan help out lol.

 

better save for some tools first, much cheaper to do everything yourself, unless you absolutely have no clue, most things are easy...

 

seriously? all bolt-on? i dunno im still looking at all the parts avaliable. i mean is the car that easily accessable from underneath to take off pullies and such?

 

everything is from up top in the engine bay unless your doing transmission work, at least so far for me it had been...only gonna completely pull the motor when i do the rebuild

 

ok was wondering, it just looked really small to me to be doing work from up top.

 

for me yeah it's been bolt ons. getting a turbo setup together but thats a whole nother animal. i borrow my father in laws tools. he's got everything you could need. and i would be more then happy to help, anytime.

 

Not for me, changing the oil was a mother ******* bitch! I hate where they put the filter =\

 

lol y is the oil so hard.... im 18 and it was a piece of cake, took 15 mins including the time to drain the oil.... i do all my own work, exceept tint and part of my exhaust b/c i suck at welking

 

Welll now i guess im just gonna have to try and get parts sneakly shipped to my house and do installs on days when no one is home to snitch on me lol

 

snitch on you? sounds like a cool covert ops mission.

 

where do you live in chicago i would be happy to help out

 

eh you know when you live at home with your parents still, they dont understand the concept of hooking/ fixing up your ride. The only concept they catch behind this hobby is that your wasting money and i dont want to hear it lol

 

parents.....wife.......upgrades.......money......i ts all the same. my wife hates it but trys to understand. my in laws are absolutely clueless, so i down play what i am up to when i borrow tools. the only pesrson that really likes my car and the work i'm doing is my mother, go figure.

 

its typically a guy thing, there are some girls though

 

mmy gf is getting into it... her mom just got an 06 eclipse GT..... yesterday my gf got an identical one but the 4 cyl.... thats a keeper. both r black like my car

 

thats cool, i hear the 4cyl versions are slowwwwwww though

 

yes yes
luckily my boyfriend's dad was a mechanic, their garage has anything and everything, so just liftin it up and working has been a piece of cake, and luckily his brother is a welder....so I got lucky on that end there is a shop on the south side off of archer that does good work, and P and L motorsports, for those that went to HIN (which im not countin many but still) im sure ya saw their amazing cars