hey I just decided that I want to mod my 03 6mt coupe, and I was woundering what the best first mod would be, through your experiences or just what you know to be the best first mod...thanks

 

window tint & alum pedals.

 

clear corners, tint and Z tube in that sequence. It's hard to believe, but those 3 things were enough to keep me happy for an entire month

 

I would get lowering springs. My first mod was a Z tube and jwt pop charger.

 

My first 2 mods were exhaust and intake. You choose.
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I would keep it simple at first with some mods as mentioned. However; you need to plan on what extent you are going to take the mod game. For example: I would not do a cat back, if you plan on headers and cats later. While you are down there, I'd do all three at once, and intend to on mine. Careful planning is the best way. I'm 45 years old and have been modding everything I've owned since I bought my first car at 15. Yep, took my driving test in my own car. What I like to do is get a spread sheet going and research parts, price, etc... and fill in all the blanks and then search all different vendors. Buy things by mail order and not pay taxes. This allows you to end up with more parts for the same money spent. If you can have patience you will end up with more for your money in the end. If you are going to do extensive modding, you will probably find out it costs a lot more than you imagined when it is all down on paper. I don't want to scare you off the mod trail, but it is good to plan or a lot of times you end up wishing you'd done this or that first down the road. As a big fan of make your car your own, have fun in whatever you do.

 

i had my clear corners and alum. pedals sitting in my garage a month before my car actually arrived, installed the same day i got the car, then came the real money, oem front lip and ut rear lip spoiler, next is tint.

1.Clear corners
2. aluminum pedals
3. spoilers or tint
4. intake
5. wheels/tires
6. suspension
7. exhaust
8. FORCED INDUCTION!!!!

got it all planned out

 

It really depends on what route you want to go...is the car fast enough for you / does the car already look good enough for you? Mod whatever you feel is missing. For speed, test pipes/plenum/intake would be your best bets from what I understand. For looks, I guess you can decide if you want to work on the interior (shift ****, pedals, etc) or outside (body, rims, etc).

 

clear corners then z-tube, both very easy to do yourself.

 

ha, I dunno if it counts as a mod, but I just debadged. I just got my coupe a few weeks ago. I was looking at doing hypergrounding as my first real mod. I know that it is all 'theoretical' and whatnot, but I think it's pretty cheap and will give me some experience poking around inside the car.