so besides the rough shifting which could be anything...and my paranoya lol...i absolutely love this car(03 cpe 6mt)..ive looked for a new car for about 4 months after getting rid of my wrx...this is by far the nicest car ive looked at...gets a lot of looks everywhere i go too...anyone got any good suggestions on an intake?? and should i do an exhaust or intake first?? thanks

 

Any brake squeal yet?

 

uhm yea, jwt pop charger, with a 5/16 spacer, z tube, and hugh flow cats, with hks exhuast should do the trick, and maybe a supercharger...

 

yea the break squeak too but its just in reverse...weird huh..but anyways im getting some new front pads and that should be it...but i dont know what mods to do in what order...my screen is first though

 

Hopefully it doesn't get worse. Congratulations on the new car!

 

question for you rj...is there a reason to go with the jwt popcharger vs. lets say an injen cold air??i mean money wise i see why but is there really much of a difference between them??

 

I couldn't tell ya man, just got my car last week myself. :-/

 

whatd you get exactly and for how much? if you dont mind me asking

 

Plenum spacer ? Ztube intake ?

 

no lol i was talking about his car sorry....but im interested in what type of intake i should do...cai...jtw pop with z tube or what???

 

Congrats on the new car. Personally other then the looks I dont really like my car. I dont like the way it shifts even with a new clutch and flywheel, there is lots of road noise and everything is expensive as ****, brakes ,tires etc... Great looking car tho.

 

yea i hear ya there...my road noise is very quiet though...shifting is rough too and it worries me everytime i drive my car.....2nd gear is like the worst right now but ill see if it gets better after i get some new fluid in it and its not 10degrees outside...and i think i need a rear alignment too...but looks wise i love it and it gets looks everywhere i go...im just really paranoid about it lol...i was thinking about going to cottaman transmissions to have them take a look at it and see if i needed any new syncros or anything. I just hate how rough it can be sometimes and thats the only reason why id have it looked at...next mod though is probably going to be the topspeed exhaust after my alpine flip out

 

I had my tranny fluid changed and a new clutch and flywheel replaced last week. I have noticed if the tranny is cold it shifts like ****, after it warms up it shifts better but not as good as a sports car should shift. I think its ****ed up that a 40000 car has this many problems. I have never had a problem with a manual transmission like this. I would never buy another G, this seems to be a common problem along with many others. If I wasnt so upside down I would trade this bitch in.

 

Sounds like you bought it for looks (as do most of us) and then discovered an inheritance of brake problems and tranny issues-- hopefully this is where it ends. The Coupe is generally driven hard by owners and then sold as they begin to spot the nickel and dime **** falling apart. This is what we do with our competition race bikes (the kind you pedal) after 1-2 years of competition. The bike looks beautiful (and new may sell for >$4K), the components are worn out and can cost >$1500 to replace on the high end ones. Good luck!!!.

 

never had any problems with trany and thinkit shift nice had coupe never changed clutch or flywheel on it when sold it had about 86k miles and now sedan

but then again im from russia had an audi there that was barly ever able to put into gear onfirst try