RE: best starting parts
 

CAI probably AEM, header DC sports all the way, exhaust, probably an EVO II, then some Tein S-techs, and a set of Ebay strut bars.

RE: best starting parts
 

hmm, if i were to start all over i think i'd just wait a couple more months to save up enough money to get everything at once. CAI intake, intake manifold, headers, cat-back exhaust, suspension, short throw shifter, and wheels.

RE: best starting parts
 

Short shifters rule!

RE: best starting parts
 

Do your total plan first , what do you ultimately want? Then do the air intake and exhaust that will work with the end plan assuming you will keep the same engine. So many want to do the cosmetics first and that just makes people laugh at you. ( Ha-Ha....ricer ! )
do the total performance package.....THEN the gingerbread.