How Much Money I Spent To Build My Evo X (Full Mod And Price List)

[@JacksonStrain]

Hey guys hope you enjoy the video, it was crazy to go through and work out exactly how many changes I've made to the car and the price I've spent to get it to this stage

[@kr3am818]

Just a question. Would you trust it to use it as a pure rally car the way it is atm? Not a dumb question just asking for your thought. I have a black ralliart btw and i agree they are a very nice car. I wish mine was phantom black its a beautiful colour.

[@JacksonStrain]

@@kr3am818 it's too low as it sits right now as I learned from a cruise a year ago when we went off road and I kept bottoming out, was a lot of fun to rip the handbrake up for the corners and get sideways though. But ive built the car more the mountain roads than rally courses haha

[@kr3am818]

@@JacksonStrain haha thats why i asked. Because i see a lot of people lowering there evos and they are commonly known as rally cars but props to you my friend. Ohh also, dont sell your car for less than what you would pay for as is. And dont sell it to some young dumb kid who thinks society owes them, sell it to someone who is mature and sees the same potential as what I or you do. You seem like a nice down to earth and mature person that i would hangout with.

[@JacksonStrain]

@@kr3am818 yeah if we had any good dirt roads around here I'd probably raise the suspension back up and take it for little rally runs all the time but instead we have lots of great mountain roads so lowered is the better option for me. No plans to see anytime soon and still have more plans for the car yet so don't need to worry there. Thanke Alex I appreciate the kind words

[@jethrox827]

That's a great round up of costs, ive got lots of mates who blow money on new cars every few years like Golf Rs and new WRXs and have no attachment to these cars, others blow it on piss up trips to the US and Europe. None of this is equivalent to building something you love and care for like an Evo ;)

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks Jethro and that's exactly my thoughts on it, yeah I could easily have sold and been through multiple cars by now and just added wheels and exhausts only to them and would have lost way more money than what I've sunk into my Evo. But instead I've been able to build my dream daily driver and enjoy the process

[@Schoolofmonkey]

Hmm, it's amazing when you lay it all out how much things add up to. When I'm done on the RA it'll be around $66,000, its um ok wow territory. But the question is this what we've spent would we buy another sort of sports car or it was worth it. I think it's worth it to keep these car's around and proving their place is history 👍

[@JacksonStrain]

Yeah it definitely all adds up and a lot of my car was built on a budget with used parts and deals i got. I would consider an R35 GTR or an Audi RS3 but with everything I've spent i still wouldn't be able to afford either with the purchase price of my car plus the mods list.

[@Tiagotaf]

You car looks soooooo beautiful! Congrats man! The blue/black hue is fantastic! Have you considered upgrading the dash to the newer TFT color display? It makes such a great difference from the monochromatic red, and it's not that expensive. I say that because mine came factory with it, and when I drove a friend's older car with the monochrome one, it felt really awkward. And, the display color is black/blue/white so it would even make your interior look nicer as well. It's just a suggestion, and not really something that will make any difference other than being easy on the eyes. I just find it so fun to look at the white SAWC graphics, while the red is harder to see.

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks Tiago I appreciate that, and yes I really do want to get the colour display and it has been on my list of part to get for a long time, unfortunately they go for fair bit of money here in Australia but I will eventually get one as the interior is my next area I want to modify

[@M_Weber]

Yyyeeess this is the video I've been waiting for. Also, at 10.06 a day, for 6+ years, I could buy this.

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks Matt, yep definitely wrote this one down on the list of videos to make after you suggested it. I didn't think of it that way but I like it haha

[@Mxniac]

I’m thinking about whether I should spend money and do up my lancers outside and when I hit my opens I should put a Ralliart turbo in it, or I should just save and buy an Evo X in a couple years.

[@JacksonStrain]

My advice would he to buy parts to do up your Lancer that you can then swap back out and put into an Evo or RA once you upgrade. So keep all stock parts and change things like lights, interior pieces, headunit ect

[@Mxniac]

@@JacksonStrain oh true good idea like just part out the upgrades and chuck in the stocks when I’m ready to upgrade

[@JacksonStrain]

Yep exactly, start off with some swappable parts and see how you go from there

[@seekyou88]

Great video, can't wait to see your new steering wheel and work on the alcantara interior

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks mate, yeah definitely keen to see how it all comes together now that I'm mostly happy with the exterior mods and Performance side of things

[@ImDizzo]

really nicely done evo. Love it

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks man I appreciate it

[@olegg8444]

yeah I was waiting for this video. all the parts are very good quality, and you took care of it very well, no wonder 6 years without problems(I hope haha). evo is the car I don't regret a single penny spent on, and will spend many more😅

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks mate, it was definitely built on a budget over the years and some of the parts I can't actually remember what I paid so just put retail prices. But yeah no regrets as its been amazing to create my dream daily driver and when I bought It and saw modified Evos around while mine was stock I never expected one day I would actually get it the stage it's at now

[@olegg8444]

@@JacksonStrain it's wonderful to see the dreams come true, especially when you put a lot of hard work into it. big respect to you, and I'm sure your evo will get even more powerful and more unique than the ones you were looking at

[@JacksonStrain]

@@olegg8444 thanks man I really appreciate the kind words and support 🤘

[@kenmaller2456]

Still love the stock BBS wheels I think they suit the evo’s , it’s a shame they didn’t do more of an offset say a 32+ offset would of been good. Me personally I like stock evo’s. You’ve done a great job on the car Jackson 👍

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks Ken, and yeah if the BBS came in a 9.5 size instead of the 8.5 I'd have kept them for longer as I do like them but after a few years running I wanted a different look plus a wider tyre. It's definitely evolved (no pun intended) over time that's for sure

[@jgrules]

Any thoughts of doing a widebody at some point in the future or are you going to leave it stock body

[@JacksonStrain]

I do like the stock body so I don't think I will but you never know. I would maybe go with the Varis V1 kit but not the widebody panels as I do really like that look too

[@nanytt8506]

Hey mate just wondering when u talk about pre-owned parts where about you grabbing stuff like that so many good deals I’m assuming Facebook marketplace but just thought I’d ask

[@JacksonStrain]

Hey mate, yeah Facebook marketplace, ebay, Facebook groups ect Just gotta be quick before someone else buys the stuff usually haha

[@4b11thatch]

What a transformation 😱 I would assume the mods are still happening,are you really ever done?🤣

[@JacksonStrain]

Haha yeah it never ends as i will always find more to do it seems

[@razelglorioso7031]

Hey man! May i ask whats the spring rate of your mca suspension?

[@JacksonStrain]

Ahh I can't remember off the top of my head, I'll have to grab the bit of my paper from my glovebox and double check as it wasn't the off the shelf specs and they were customised to suit the car by AK racing

[@ike_ucer]

I really like your car that dark blue wheels man 😍 MAAD the prices going up its my dream car 🔥 evo x 🤩 but unfortunately can't afford get in at the moment 😞

[@JacksonStrain]

Thanks mate, im very happy with the car currently. Yeah its crazy how much prices are going up on these at the moment but hopefully you can get one soon

[@Kmma95]

We build evo 5 to tens. Exellent engineered cars. We recentley had a fq360 as were in the uk and we get the fq models. All we did was a cat delete and a stage 2 remap was too crazy. Its a shame the usa didnt get the fq models.

[@JacksonStrain]

They really are well engineered, I wish we got the FQ stuff here in Australia too although I have seen a few FQ400 8s imported here.

[@Kmma95]

@@JacksonStrain you dont have to do much to the fq360 and fq340s but if you do the platform will take it. None of them feel laggy at all were as subarus you have to wait for a bit then the boost comes in very hard.

[@Kmma95]

Evos are very hard to run in the uk due to petrol tax insurance and so on

[@Mxniac]

Where did you get the respray? I’m getting a evo x style front bumper and rear bumper that’s custom made for lancers but it needs a respray

[@JacksonStrain]

For the aero kit I got painted by a friend of a friend who no longer does painting. I can reccomend a place that I've used since though if you're in Brisbane area

[@Mxniac]

@@JacksonStrain I’m from around Coomera ways but my dad works in brissy so I could sort something out

[@JacksonStrain]

Ok ill reach out and get the name of his new business as he's changed shops since I last saw him

[@zhichaochen3160]

Hey Jackson, Do you mind I ask you a question again? :D - I am having trouble to figure out how the DRL works on the EVO X MR，is this even available to Australian model? the headlight housing definately has the bulb in place and they H11 style bulb. does the DRL work on your MR?

[@JacksonStrain]

Hi mate in Australia we don't get DRLs we instead have AFS which is adaptive lighting system and basically when you turn a corner it will light up beside you so you see gutters ect at night. Not sure if it can be converted to be used as a DRL like in the U.S but im sure it could. I don't have it working on my car as it's a GSR with SST but on my wifes MR it works and is great

[@zhichaochen3160]

@@JacksonStrain Huh, that explains why the fuse box was missing the relay and fuse for the DRL. Thanks mate, Mystery solved:D Know any Australian forum for this kind of question?

[@JacksonStrain]

@@zhichaochen3160 i don't really know of any forums but I have seen this question asked recently on a Facebook group pretty sure its called Mitsubishi Evolution X owners Australia

[@leventebalazs9705]

FQ 440 of the shelf?? with waranty, not a better option?

[@JacksonStrain]

Those were only made for the U.K and are extremely rare from what I've seen. I just had a quick look on autotrader in the UK and only came up which converts to $83,000 aud so definitely a better option to build your own Evo rather than buying an FQ440 as it will be half the price

[@TEAMHYBRID007]

How much would it cost to take all those parts off and put it on a standard Lancer 2008 there's 16 model that's what I would do you would have yourself a under $8,000 Evo fully customized and upgraded

[@JacksonStrain]

A lot of the performance parts and body parts wouldn't fit on a standard lancer unfortunately so it's hard to say what It would cost as really just the interior, wheels and suspension stuff would be able to be transferred over

[@ianjohnson4541]

Have you upgraded the rods?

[@JacksonStrain]

No engine is stock and unopened

[@4bvenom733]

Did you spend 50k like the wrx did and making 400hp. I like how you make most of everything black on the inside

[@JacksonStrain]

Nope around 10k (AUD) on the engine to make the kind of power. Thanks mate in definitely a fan of blacked out interiors and next will be to make the interior a bit nicer with some alcantara and leather bits

[@4bvenom733]

I like the oem jdm recaro seat with red stitching

[@zacklow8792]

Hi, can I know where to get the cluster with dual gauge pod?

[@JacksonStrain]

Hi Zack i got it from custom gauge surrounds Australia, if you search them on Facebook and send them a message they will make you one as they are made to order

[@zacklow8792]

@@JacksonStrain I tried sending them message, but no reply.

[@JacksonStrain]

@@zacklow8792 it's just one guy and he should reply when he gets a chance hopefully. Usually takes a day or so

[@zacklow8792]

@@JacksonStrain oh, okok hopefully soon. Haha. Thanks mate.

[@rogueassassingaming9498]

Money well spent I say

[@JacksonStrain]

Hahaha no comment

[@BruTJezuS]

where did you find the bumper ??

[@JacksonStrain]

Hi the bumper is the factory one that comes on the car, it then has an OEM Aero lip which is from Mitsubishi but hard to find these days

[@BruTJezuS]

@@JacksonStrain yikes 😭 , Thank you !! I greatly appreciate it !

[@LeviathanVZ]

It’s a shame there isn’t much originality in aftermarket lights. Most are trying to replicate other cars and the few original ones are a little over the top

[@JacksonStrain]

Completely agree and that's why I prefer the OEM styles. I have since changed to a set of Depo LED lights since making this video and you can see them in some of my more recent uploads

[@LeviathanVZ]

@@JacksonStrain Yeah I’ve seen them, they look killer man

[@manujakaluarachi3943]

ur wheels and suspension alone cost more than what i bought my es CJ for lol

[@JacksonStrain]

Haha yeah I may have spent a little too much 🤣

[@manujakaluarachi3943]

@@JacksonStrain when u have a car like an evo it doesnt hurt spending a bit you know!

[@JacksonStrain]

@@manujakaluarachi3943 yes that's true