Location: Gold Coast
Model: ES Sportback MY10
Colour: White
General interests: Guitars, Amps & Gear
Current mods: n/a
Planned mods: CIA, Catback, 18" rims
How you found out about ClubCJ: Google
Hi guys, new member here. About to pull the trigger on a MY10 hatch I found on Gumtree. The seller works at a garage so I was gonna get him to do some mods on the car upon purchase and work the extras into a little package for me. I don't want to spend more than about a grand on upgrades, so I might have to go bit by bit.
Pretty much every review or comment I've read about the cj lancer is that it suffers from bad cabin noise, from both the tyres and the CVT. So as a first measure I'm planning on changing out the stock tyres and putting an exhaust on it to give it a bit of a better noise.
I was looking into18" rims. From what I can tell from other posts on this forum, Kumho KU31 is a good basic tyre that'll cut down on road noise, but as yet I'm not sure on what kind of alloys to get. I'm quite into the black/red pinstripe look, but not the silver (not with a white car, anyway). Any suggestions?
As for the exhaust, I was considering either an axleback or catback. I'm definitely not into the mega ricer growl... I'd defo prefer something deep and understated, you might even say 'classy'? Any suggestions on this as well? Go custom for a quick axleback and get a better note, or splash out a bit more and get a brand-name one?
Further down the line I'd like to put in a CAI... K&N seem popular, and pretty affordable. But this won't be for a while.
Anyway that's where I'm at at the moment.
Love the forum, been getting heaps of great info off it, and like the general vibe. Nice community
Cheers, Craig
