MP5 Noobie
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
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Mad Hatter
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- 02 Axiom, 02 MP5
Welcome, I'd go with a cold air intake. A good place to start would be the for sale section of the forum, for any of your mods.
hello Kings...and welcome to the club...
just a few things....some of the other guys said it....but it really all depends on what you are going for...and what is more important to you...
one thing for sure....unless you turbo your car its never going to be a real hot thing to drive..and even then its still not the road burner that people would like to hope it is and unless you upgrade your transmission, it most likely won't hold up depending how hard you are on it........but things can help our beautiful little cars. Intake, exhaust, you could replace the cams.....that sort of thing if you are sticking with the NA route. As for looks....tint the windows as dark as the law allows.....lower the car to your liking, and when the time comes for new tires...upgrade to 17's and some good performance rubber as well. Depending on if you are into TUNES or not...you could always upgrade the sound system too. I think it was mentioned once....you may want a second job just to pay for your mods! lol
oh yeah...another thing.....which is sorta of a pet peeve with some....you called your car an MP5....well its a P5....an MP5 is an automatic assult rifle that hte military uses... (stash), just so you know.
just a few things....some of the other guys said it....but it really all depends on what you are going for...and what is more important to you...
one thing for sure....unless you turbo your car its never going to be a real hot thing to drive..and even then its still not the road burner that people would like to hope it is and unless you upgrade your transmission, it most likely won't hold up depending how hard you are on it........but things can help our beautiful little cars. Intake, exhaust, you could replace the cams.....that sort of thing if you are sticking with the NA route. As for looks....tint the windows as dark as the law allows.....lower the car to your liking, and when the time comes for new tires...upgrade to 17's and some good performance rubber as well. Depending on if you are into TUNES or not...you could always upgrade the sound system too. I think it was mentioned once....you may want a second job just to pay for your mods! lol
oh yeah...another thing.....which is sorta of a pet peeve with some....you called your car an MP5....well its a P5....an MP5 is an automatic assult rifle that hte military uses... (stash), just so you know.
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- carbon grey 2005 SP23 sedan
hey Robert! Welcome to the forums! Here's my recommendations for mods. It really depends on if you want performance based or appearance based mods I think.
Performance:
1) Cold Air Intake
2) Catback exhaust (also kinda appearance related since now you have a nicer looking exhaust pipe in the back of you car...mine's bigger and shiny...ooo)
3) Shortshifter
4) Header
5) Rear Strut?
Appearance:
1) Tint
2) DaveB guage rings for your tach and speedometer, etc.
3) blackened headlights (see how-to section on how to paint your headlights - this was actually my first mod...took one day a $10 of paint and it's by far the best mod I've done for the money)
4) Paint your upper grill (if you car's not black) (also in the how-to section under JDM upper grill - also a very subtle and sweet looking mod...especially on a white p5 like mine hehe)
Performance:
1) Cold Air Intake
2) Catback exhaust (also kinda appearance related since now you have a nicer looking exhaust pipe in the back of you car...mine's bigger and shiny...ooo)
3) Shortshifter
4) Header
5) Rear Strut?
Appearance:
1) Tint
2) DaveB guage rings for your tach and speedometer, etc.
3) blackened headlights (see how-to section on how to paint your headlights - this was actually my first mod...took one day a $10 of paint and it's by far the best mod I've done for the money)
4) Paint your upper grill (if you car's not black) (also in the how-to section under JDM upper grill - also a very subtle and sweet looking mod...especially on a white p5 like mine hehe)
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- Das Pretzelwagon
As far as looks AND performance, you can't beat a good set of springs and struts. I have an Eibach prokit and Tokico HP combo on my car, and I love it. The drop suits the car, and it improves the handling greatly.
You can put springs on the stock struts, but remember that they will eventually wear out.
You can put springs on the stock struts, but remember that they will eventually wear out.
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
sir nuke, you need to bust out with the fridge o beer hello....sad times when such welcomes are forgotten. 
yeah....I use to have that welcome in a notepad file so I could cut and paste it....it got lost in a formatt....the pic of the fridge is around somewhere......since I do come here often now....maybe i just need to work up the welcome file again.Captain KRM P5 said:sir nuke, you need to bust out with the fridge o beer hello....sad times when such welcomes are forgotten.
DaveB Rings
ok so im going through reading a s*** load of the forum stuff and like everyone is raving on and on about DaveB rings or whatever, what are they exactly are they the 3 lights that make your gauges blue or whatever? and also if anyone knows anything about the MP5 meetings in Lewisville Tx please contact me on AIM or e-mail
Peace
Robert
ok so im going through reading a s*** load of the forum stuff and like everyone is raving on and on about DaveB rings or whatever, what are they exactly are they the 3 lights that make your gauges blue or whatever? and also if anyone knows anything about the MP5 meetings in Lewisville Tx please contact me on AIM or e-mail
Peace
Robert
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- Das Pretzelwagon
DaveB rings are just that: little metal trim rings that go around your guages and make 'em prettah!
