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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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Post Hi all, newbie here

Just thought I'd drop you guys a line and introduce myself banana.gif

I'm Chris, 30 years old, living in the UK and I'm currently serving with the British Army. I'm driving around in a 2.7 V6 Coupe, which I love, and I'm chuffed to bits with finally finding a web site dedicated to modifing these awesome cars biggrin.gif

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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Welcome (US Army here) you came to the right place. Id say search a little bit, but some of the best mods for them seem to be clutch (if your manual) and boost. You have a few options on the latter thanks to a decent aftermarket backing of the 2.7 cool.gif
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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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USAF here stationed in Germany. Welcome to the site. =)
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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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TONS of great info here. Is there anything you're looking for specifically for your car? We can definitely help and point you in the right direction. Are you going for performance only, looks only, or a combo of both? smile.gif
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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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Welcome to the forum! picss?? please! smile.gif
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 02:04 AM
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Yeah, we can help with pretty much anything you might need. smile.gif
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 03:13 AM
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Cheers for the welcome guys, good to see some fellow squadies on here smile.gif

I suppose I'm looking at modifing the coupe as a whole, I don't want to do to much to the exterior other than wheels, ride height, big brakes (F+R) and a few small cosmetic issues (lights, spoiler etc.). Under the bonnet, I want to gain a few extra horses wink.gif, exhaust (complete), air filter etc etc.

I suppose I want to give her that little something so that when I'm at the lights I can leave those little boys in their novas, civics etc eating my dust Plus it'd be nice to show off that V6 growl
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 06:00 AM
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Does anyone know of any sites/shops here in the UK that specialise in the Hyundai Coupe??
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 06:50 AM
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Doubt you'll find any shops that are geared towards the coupe only, but I'm willing to bet any performance or race shop out there can you get the parts you need.

You also could order online or ebay, and have stuff shipped to you. Intake and exhausts are super easy to install yourself with just basic tools. Anything else, you can probably just take to a mechanic and have them do what you want or install certain parts.

Same with exterior stuff....you could probably find a body shop to paint or install stuff pretty easily. smile.gif
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 10:10 AM
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I haven't done alot to her yet, just fitted my old Alpine headunit with iPod brain. Sitting in the garage I have a race header waiting to go on, but I've heard I have to take the engine out to install it :s is this true?? Has anybody DIY'd a V6 header before? Surely it can't be that hard :s is it?
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