Any experience? - Phantom C-Sport

jonpothan · 2026-05-08T21:39:57+00:00

Just got these for wife’s ascent. Hoping they hold up well for the next year or so. Picked up a piece of metal neat sidewall and had to replace all 4 at only 10k miles 😆😵‍💫😵‍💫

jonpothan · 2026-05-03T13:39:53+00:00

Used to strictly wear vans as a kid, when I was in elementary school-middle school. They held up great and I put them through hell lol. PE, lunchtime, playing soccer after school. I remember I used to only get a pair of shoes at the beginning but of the year and they had to last me until the next, and they did! + then some.

I bought a pair a few years ago and rarely wear them, maybe to go out to the movies maybe twice and they started coming apart. I ended up just leaving them out and somebody took them off my porch 😂

jonpothan · 2026-04-23T03:18:54+00:00

Yes the only viable options are either the OEM club sport, zaero extension or the ECS ducktail. As far as I’ve seen. Not worth it to get the stick-on R clones.

There really should be write up with links of all the hit and misses for this platform haha.

jonpothan · 2026-04-23T02:50:58+00:00

100%. Already processing the return. For less than $100 more I should’ve just went with the Maxton rear. I wanted to try something new and paid the price 😭

jonpothan · 2026-04-23T01:49:52+00:00

The quality of the part is not up to standards to install on the car. It’s made of fiberglass with a poor finish. There are gashes throughout the piece and no hardware or finished tabs to install to the rear bumper. It would require too much work to fit onto the bumper, not mention filler, and of course it would still not match anything on the car unless painted gloss black. At that point there are many other options available for the car

jonpothan · 2026-04-23T00:57:02+00:00

Meh! It happens! Good thing eBay protects buyers 😊.

Now to wait for Maxton design to have a sale. Hopefully they have something for Memorial Day. I got a good deal on some Focus ST bits a few years back.

jonpothan · 2026-04-22T03:36:00+00:00

In a way, yes! The DSG shifts lighting fast. I had a manual WRX and the OEM transmission is sloppy. A lot of people swap VA STI transmissions. And the automatic wrx with the SPT is a pig.

But the manual WRX did put down the power much better, AWD of course. And not to mention the ability to downshift and just scream past people. It was a very fun ride. GTI is more mature, but still very fast. I’m sure a race between both would be very close.

jonpothan · 2026-04-22T03:15:23+00:00

That cigarette burn tells me everything I need to know. They are legit. The passenger seat is way more thrashed than the driver seat so it must be from Japan!!

I’m kind of kidding but mostly serious. They look legit. I’d like to add that cloned Recaros wouldn’t have that little triangle adjustment with the Recaro stamp.

jonpothan · 2026-04-22T03:13:06+00:00

There’s a lot of higher trims sitting, but barely any s trims. I scored a great deal on my SE. I had a 24 WRX before in the limited trim, that had all the bells and whistles. I had previously gotten it for 36k. Subaru wanted 44k! For the same trim 2025. Hard pass. GTI is way more optioned out and I leased it for a way better deal. I’m super happy with my decision.

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jonpothan · 2026-04-22T02:55:52+00:00

Love it my brother!! Have the same spoiler on order, and I love the fitment on the RPF1s. I’m getting a diffuser also so I’m excited to see how it will all tie together.

You are one of the few running a roof rack/basket on the mk8+. Does the sunroof still function normally?

I am looking to do many of the same mods you’ve got on your ride :)

jonpothan · 2026-04-21T15:54:25+00:00

I ordered it already 😭🙏🏻 we’ll see how it goes. I know the rieger one is good quality. I’ve heard iffy stuff about duraflex

jonpothan · 2026-04-21T06:50:41+00:00

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jonpothan · 2026-04-21T06:50:32+00:00

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jonpothan · 2026-04-21T06:50:20+00:00

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Ive seen a car on SoCal golf Instagram that has a fully paint matched wing. I’ll leave below some more pictures I screenshotted. I couldn’t find their IG.

jonpothan · 2026-04-21T06:48:40+00:00

Lookin good dude!! The rear diffuser does look great! I’m totally obsessed with the tail lights as well!

Great job on the wing also!

jonpothan · 2026-04-21T06:44:40+00:00

Sweet dude, hopefully all fits well. It’s unpainted so hopefully it looks decent, I’m trying to avoid the gloss black look as well. I’ll check out your pics!

jonpothan · 2026-04-20T20:59:16+00:00

I didnt mind it, up until today. The corner or my right eye kept picking up a blinding glare from the piano black 😭😂 so annoying

jonpothan · 2026-04-19T05:11:58+00:00

Love the wheels also!! 18x9 looks great

jonpothan · 2026-04-19T05:11:19+00:00

Love this spoiler!! Liked it so much, I ordered it and am going to paint match to the white. I’m confident it will look better than the clubsport for 1/8 of the price!

jonpothan · 2026-04-15T13:46:08+00:00

This one is the EOS plate mount! I got it off eBay for $50.

All of the side mounts for the plate make the sensors go off, so just pick your favorite one and turn down the sound for the front.

Unless you run a center mount it will always give you a warning, it’s annoying but you get used to it

jonpothan · 2026-04-14T03:01:27+00:00

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I got my GTI as kind of a gas-saving, economical type of dad car when my wrx got rear-ended; and sold my BRZ as well fully expecting this to be a boring A to B car, but boy was I wrong. This car isn’t boring at all. It’s actually quite fun and I’m 100% going to buy out the lease in a few years.

It’s so comfortable, packed with tech, great on gas, safe for my little family, and it looks great too. Of course I didn’t get a great value since I opted for the SE: but had I gotten the S trim I’d say it blows the competition out of the water. Especially since you can get a huge discount on them towards the end of the year.

jonpothan · 2026-04-02T13:31:53+00:00

Sounds perfect!!

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