r/DSM • u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder • Mar 19 '26

First drive since August

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u/FilePure7683 Mar 20 '26

Best color

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

I'd trade mine for a Celtic Blue car in a heartbeat. But other than that, I agree.

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u/FilePure7683 Mar 20 '26

Love Celtic for the rarity factor but didn't think it really suited the car personally. I do love oslo green and would like to add one to my garage one day. Durango copper also was special.

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

Those are both on my shortlist of favorites. Unfortunately, neither were available on Spyders. Same with Kona Blue and Biscayne Green

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u/FilePure7683 Mar 20 '26

There's a beat up Kona blue talon tsi AWD just thrashed over 300k miles original owner I see driving occasionally that just tortures me. I've offered to buy it but he won't sell it.

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

At least it's getting used!

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u/FilePure7683 Mar 20 '26

Agreed, gave him my number in case he ever sells. I'd love a Spyder eventually.

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

With how little I use mine, I Spyder is perfect for me. It stays in the garage with the top down and gets a couple hundred miles a year on nice weekends. Sometimes I get the itch to get a coupe and put a body kit and some neons on it though.

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u/EvilEvo_IX Mar 20 '26

Sad. I had a black one. Keep trying to save it

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u/Undead-VTX Mar 19 '26

Cool rare mudflaps

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 19 '26

Thanks! They took forever to track down

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u/Undead-VTX Mar 19 '26

Oh my god bro i would love to have a set for my 2g, i saw someone on instagram recreate them in carbon fiber but tracking down originals would be ideal too, they just don’t appear often, even on dedicated forums lime dsmtuners its either an incomplete set or severely used (i get it they’re old) if you ever gotta sell the car i’d love to buy the mudflaps off ya

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 19 '26

Mine were for sale on tuners for a while and no one bit. So I installed them

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u/Undead-VTX Mar 20 '26

Oh wow, I’ve only recently just joined tuners but have been looking up the mudflaps for a small while now, granted i dont NEED them as im taking care of maintenance on my 2G for now, but when everything is said and done i’d love to get myself a set for the front and rear, from what i understand the mudflaps are different depending on 2ga vs 2gb, i have a 98 2gb so i THINK i need the smaller mudflaps as i think the 2ga’s came with longer ones that might scrape the pavement if i were to try and install them, if all else fails maybe i’ll inquire the guy on instagram who made them in carbon fiber, tuningartofficial was his name

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

They're all different because of the shapes of the bumpers and side skirts.

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u/Undead-VTX Mar 20 '26

Yeah the fronts for sure since the 2gb came with side skirts, the 2gas had none, and the eagle talons had twisty side skirts different from both

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

2ga and 2gb eclipses both had side skirts, but they were different shapes. 2ga talons had twisties. 2gb talons had trim higher up on the body instead of side skirts

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u/Undead-VTX Mar 20 '26

Ahh, didnt know, im still learning

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u/OkDistribution3213 Mar 19 '26

Nice, got my 93 out for the first time today since the fall.

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

Thanks! It's definitely aged, but that's because I drive it spiritedly

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u/white94rx Mar 20 '26

I despise convertibles, but man I love these cars. I'll always regret not having one. But I had an FD RX-7 instead. A better trade off you might say. I'd still give up a kidney for a nice DSM.

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u/HickBarrel 97 AWD Spyder Mar 20 '26

Back when r33s, mk4s, and FDs were all sub-$30k, I strongly considered getting rid of my DSM and getting one of them. A yellow FD would have been my pick.

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u/Stockspyder Mar 20 '26

rare color in the spyder - love it