The "Hello, I'm me" thread..

[Danube_3KGT]

So, I'm Houston and I drive a 1996 Danube Blue Mitsubishi 3000GT. I am a detention officer near Tulsa, Oklahoma. I figured I would introduce myself a little in order to better meld into the crowd here since I am transitioning over from "The site in which we don't speak of." Enough about me though.. about my car..

According to 3S (3000GT/Stealth) Story Teller | ypass.net heres some info on my car.


Your 1996 Mitsubishi 3000GT is one of 3233 that received VIN numbers. Based on the order of the serial numbers, your car was the 1181st out of the 3233 that were made that year.

There is 1 car matching your year and model with a serial number under 100. The cars with the last 6 digits ending less than 100 are most likely kept in a mueseum or used for the final crash/road testing, but CarFax information is generally not available for them. Since this car will probably never be sold or registered, your car is more accurately the 1180th out of the 3232 available. For more information on this, check out The Serial Number Problem

Your car was built in the 3rd week of July 1995. Of the 6096 vehicles made at the Nayoga plant, your car was the 2815th vehicle to be created that year.

There are 23 other cars that were made with both the same interior and exterior color. There are 52 cars with the same exterior color and 224 cars with the same interior color.

Note: The production order is assigned based on the order of the serial number.

Other Numbers
Exactly Identical (*) 21
Mechanically Identical (**) 1119
Same Model+Option Package 3232
Same Model+Build Date 311
* Model, Interior & Exterior color, Equipment, Chassis
** Model, Equipment, Chassis

So far I have replaced the stock shoes with some 18" Tenzo R Passion 5 spoke black wheels, and the 96' lexan headlights with a set of glass 94' robo/halo modded ones. Under the hood I have replaced the spark plug plate with an aluminum one from 3SX, and have also installed one of their radiator covers, a chrome oil cap, and plenum plug covers. I hand sanded the plenum and rear valve cover and painted them with heat resistant paint while I had them off replacing the stock "lifters" with the 99' lifters sold on 3SX. I recently purchased a set of door seal accents made be a local guy I plan to install soon.

Im looking for a few cheap ideas on how to clean up the engine bay a little more.. I thought about purchasing some dark blue tubing to cover some of the random wires and hoses with and accent the bay with a little more color. I'm currently pondering buying the 3SX Fluid Reservoir Cap Covers and UP Engine Covers Dressup Kit from them.

Anyone have some ideas they're willing to share? or point out some cool tips or other sites that might sell some cool, crazy stuff like.. battery covers or something cool..

Pictures.. (some photos may be from before I had the engine painting and stuff done.. due to a crap camera and bad weather..)



(someone on another site asked me if I had been actually driving around with the VC off when I posted this next photo..)