I saw a listing on craigslist last week about a 03 5.5 gen with the 6 speed and titanium package for sale about 15 minutes from my house. So today on my day off i went up there and talked to the guy and looked at the car. Man it is soo nice and clean i couldnt believe it..It only had 1 prev. owner and the inter is mint black leather and all black trim.. The test drive was amazing lol especially compared to my 91..I talked the guy into selling it to me for 8k which i didnt think was a bad deal at all considering it has only 87k miles :] heres the listing of it..http://www.johnsonsokusedcars.com/in...53678&ref5=261

i will be taking many more pictures and i look forward to being apart of the 5th gen crew !!

 

great pick up man, enjoy it. i know you will cuz i fell in love with mine in 10min of driving it.

first mod es shifter bushings, and relco sts. trust me its a world of a difference!

 

You did well, nice car.

 

I was looking at that one when I was shopping 5.5 gens.

Car looks nice but I bet you coulda talked him down another 500+

Regardless- nice ride and congrats

 

appears you got the HLSD as well, nice find and welcome to the 5.5 club!

 

Nice find, you will enjoy the car for sure. I will take the hood bra if you don't want it...

 

(inside joke)


Nice pick up, OP. Those leather seats look in amazing condition. You're going to have a blast modding that 6MT.

I'd recommend the nose-bra-delete mod. It's real easy.

 

Welcome to the HLSD crew.

 

HLSD crew sux!!!!













lol! j/k


awesome machine bud! very jealous of ur find OP!

 

Good job! Now MOD IT!!!

 

Great pick-up dude.....looks good.

 

Nice find.. Now lose the hood protector.. And then as they said MOD it..

 

LOL! thanks all you guys for the support and wishes.. when i purchased it it actually didnt have the bra on the hood so thats not a factor anymore haha,but anyway eya the interior is so clean i fell in love with it lol. First time driving it and i took it down a back rd. and nailed it XD...so niiice, i love the dark crome like wheels and im just looking to lower it for the first mod along with a few cosmetic repairs ;P!! SO Excited!

 

Welcome may the force be with you! My other is a 03 Titanium Edition A/T as well!

 

Thx cmax:] its cool having a 5.5 gen and a 3rd gen in the back yard lol but for my first 2 mods i want coil overs and a lip kit so jw are the tein ss coilovers the best or are there other just as good but cheaper brands....what do you guys recommend? also i love the max tuning front lip and full kit but looks like they are like 800 bucks.. anybody have any cheaper outlets?? Thanks u guys again!

 

Congrats on the find ! Mine example is almost identical.

Tein SS coilovers would be a great place too start. As others have mentioned the Energy suspension bushings and short throw shifter mod really give the car better "feel" for very little money.

 

nice buy! welcome to the 5th gen crew

 

Agreed - those hood protecters do more harm than good IMO.

 

8? Since its 6spd and has the leather and is in good condition I guess that is why the 8 is a good price. I am trying to sell my car to get a manual one. Mine is an 02 SE Auto, the body is a little ruffed up so I am only trying to get 5500 out of it. It also does not have leather seats just cloth. Around the same miles I just hit 90k. I really am just bored with the auto and want a nicer standard one to toy with.

 

Good find man, good luck with your new 5.5

 

Heres the first pic i took as soon as i got it into the garage lol and heres a little snip of the origonal window sticker that i got that tells it all ;] hopefully many more to come and btw this car is SICK!!


The window sticker pic sucks but it just lists the titanium package, meridian package, and the leather package with the hsld and other stuff, o and that it was 30 grand new lol

 

there's no pic there, my man. we wanna see this beast!

 

tomorrow my friend in the day time ima give it its first photoshoot lol!

 

..Congratsulations!..new toys are fun huh?..I couldn't handle the huge turning radius on the 02 I picked up recently, and I finally just removed the bump stops.
Seems to have no negative impact, and makes parking the beast a lot easier...still sux compared to a 4th gen, but better, and an easy mod.
Have a blast!

 

How did you remove the bump stops?

 

What I call bump stops are called stopper bolts in the FSM ,and are located on the steering knuckle. They contact the LCA as you turn the steering wheel to the limit. They usually have a plastic cap on the end, but this may have fallen off (which btw usually means you get a metallic clunk when you reach the steering limit that sounds like hell-caps can be replaced). The bolts are easy to remove, but may have the usual corrosion.
NOTE: I've never heard anyone mention any subsequent problems(rubbing or wear) after removing the stopper bolts. I examined the steering/suspension geometry at the limit with them removed, and I didn't see any potential problem-EXCEPT-if you DO remove the bolts I wouldn't recommend turning your steering wheel full lock at anything other than parking lot speeds to avoid putting any added strain on your outer CV joints, and especially, don't turn to full lock and accelerate..I'm sure that would cause problems. Not to scare anyone, but remove at your own risk- I only removed them to allow me a smaller turning radius when parking, and I'm never anywhere near the steering limit any other time.

 

I have the same exact car. congrats.......

 

Nice find good luck on finding the maxxtunning lip their hard to come bye
I'm trying to talk a friend in to sell his to me for 500 and he still won't let it go

 

yea lol gotta love the turning radius lol i noticed that when turning out of the parking lot when test driving but its no biggy i might try taking the bolts out i dunno tho i havnt even gotten a chance to really inspect the underneath yet so ill get to it sooner or later, im loving the 1st and 2nd gear in this thing lol all i hear is chirping but yea i might just get the stillen front and rear but that maxxtuning 1 is the 1 i really want, anyways i cant wait to start modding and makign this thing look sickk! btw i neglected to get any nice pics today although the weather was beautiful lol ill try again tomorrow :P

 

Nice find, I have the same color car except I have the grey interior. The mods that I'd recommend are the do it yourself STS and the CAI.

 

I know im getting to it a little late but heres a couple BIG( sorry abotu that) pics of my car(s) ....I will get around to taking moe once ii figure out how to fix the sizing lol







And here is my first mod lil i couldnt stand opening the hood and seeing rusty bolts and rusty radiator mounts and also my electric hood stop shut sensor mount.. They looked disgusting compared to the clean azz engine bay so i fixed that...







O and btw i was just wondering How the Hell did this Frikin Cricket get into my Tailight!!!??

 

I have a couple (smaller) bugs in one of my taillights. I still don't know how they got in there! And WOW, those seats are in pristine condition. Nice pick up OP!

 

Hey, you've got extra cricket! That's pretty funny.

I have what looks like a sesame see in one of my lenses. Drives me nuts.

 

Nice car, wish I could have found a 6 speed.

 

You have the insect mod. Now wait till a bird trys to get in there to eat the cricket....

And yes, looks like you have my car's twin sister, at least the exterior. Mine has the Frost interior.

 

That was a great find. I couldn't find a decent 02-03 when I was shopping for a Max a few months ago.

 

thanks all but yea that cricket makes me mad lol, i wonder tho if i took the tailight out and made a hole somewhere un noticeable... but thats the hard part i think that where its located i couldnt rly make an unseen hole.. but ill see what i can do untill then he gets to ride for free >;[

 

Nice ride, the color looks sic!!