My Probe, Then to now

[shaun708]

The week before my 16th b-day my dad brought home this


It wasnt what I wanted at all, I had hoped for a civic as a 16yr old with a ricer mentality but it was a car. After Driving it for a year my Dad and I started minor body work fixing dents and dings in preparation for fresh paint and then disaster struck, i was t-boned by an excursion who ran a red light.

This is what was left of the car, the hit was on the passenger side luckily. We completely stripped the car of every useable part to put to use on this beauty that I picked up for $300


It had no engine and as you can see had multiple color body panels. It was someone elses project that they gave up on so i gladly picked it up. Then the real work began....

Painting the engine bay black

Freshly rebuilt KLDE

Finally got the engine in, now time for paint, so after months of body work the first line of paint goes on

then some more...

and more...

finally done...pretty much

[shaun708]

all put back together and freshly painted!!!!!


then it was time for new rims and a mach 1 lip



Then it was time to get low, unfortunately i dont have pics of the yonaka coilover install. This is a pic of the front after...


And finally after drooling over stanced cars and saving my monies i purchased better offset wheels! yay!




And this is how the car sits now...


I just wanted to post some pics of the progression my car/s has taken. I am not extremely active on here but i think its nice to know what people have been through with their cars so now you know my story. I have learned so much in the last 3 years and have grown to love the probe. It helps when you have a dad who is a master mechanic and has about 35 years experience. He has taught me so much and I'am thankful. Dont be fooled though 90% of the work done on this car was by me with his supervision.

some future plans:
-ATX-MTX swap
-Boost
-Rear seat delete/false floor
-AutoPower roll bar install
-Black interior swap

Thanks for looking!

[KnezicDex]

Excellent The paint is great, even tho i prefer black or white. I would have gotten white rims but not all have same taste. I would suggest painting the calipers into the same color as the body.

[dukes193]

Love it. What are the specs on your wheels i know there cobra replicas but what off set and size? spacers?

[4stpgt]

NICE WORK IT LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN WORTH IT!!!!The stance and lip is the look I like on all my probes

[MakatoMotors]

Looks nice. love the rims and lip!

[MIHELA]

Looks good. Looks like all you have left to do body-wise is adjust the panel gaps. Are you going to go turbo eventually?

[driven4ubro]

What's them rims called? There badass. What size?

[BradsPGT]

Looks awesome, the paint is really nice. The stance looks great, its exactly what I want to do. I have the mach1 lip waiting to go on, and plan was for coils this summer but I think I'll put that on the backburner. Colleges eats money not to mention super low in Canadian winters isnt too smart (and Im not paying for an alignment twice a year if I have to adjust coils)...

[pile_of_rd1]

Looks great dood! I had no idea you did that much work to it. Love the new rims and the mach1 lip..

(tint that shit lmao)

[blk97probeGT]

Looks awesome buddy, nice and clean. The stance you have is dead on!

[shaun708]

Excellent The paint is great, even tho i prefer black or white. I would have gotten white rims but not all have same taste. I would suggest painting the calipers into the same color as the body.

That is in the works, i would like to do a big brake set up in the future and when i do that ill paint them

Love it. What are the specs on your wheels i know there cobra replicas but what off set and size? spacers?

They are 17x9 +24 no spacers

NICE WORK IT LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN WORTH IT!!!!The stance and lip is the look I like on all my probes

def worth it! ive learned sooo much its crazy! i love the stock look with just a lip, very clean!

Looks nice. love the rims and lip!

Thank you!

Looks good. Looks like all you have left to do body-wise is adjust the panel gaps. Are you going to go turbo eventually?

yes indeed, i got rear ended christmas weekend so my rear bumper is in need of repair but nothing to bad, i picked up a bumper at the jy and ill paint it when it warms up the get the lines perfect. Turbo will come after the Mtx swap. its an auto at the moment.

What's them rims called? There badass. What size?

03 cobra replicas in 17x9

Looks awesome, the paint is really nice. The stance looks great, its exactly what I want to do. I have the mach1 lip waiting to go on, and plan was for coils this summer but I think I'll put that on the backburner. Colleges eats money not to mention super low in Canadian winters isnt too smart (and Im not paying for an alignment twice a year if I have to adjust coils)...

thank you! the paint was very frustrating as it was my first time painting a car and by my own admission im very anal about my car but it turned out ok. There are a few spots that you can see up close id like to fix but overall im happy. Yea i just got an alignment but luckily i get them for $25
it pays to know the manager at Big O

Looks great dood! I had no idea you did that much work to it. Love the new rims and the mach1 lip..

(tint that shit lmao)

Yea thats why i thought id make this thread, i enjoy seeing the progress all of you have made and are making on your cars and wanted to show you guys what ive done thus far. I think those rims are perfect
im so happy with them.

Once again thanks for all the compliments and replies!

[4stpgt]

keep em coming!!

[daweb]

looks great i love to see it when kids take so much time and pride in their work you 've done one hell of a job

[shaun708]

looks great i love to see it when kids take so much time and pride in their work you 've done one hell of a job

Much appreciated, ive gotta thank everyone on here for giving me inspiration and turning me into a probe guy haha