Alpina_Blue

I’d love to know if anyone has ever seen those Aero wheel covers in the 1988 brochure (page 12). It sounds like these were actually part of the Sport Handling Package according to what it says? https://importarchive.com/brochure/mitsubishistarion1988_01

I had a custom turbo back exhaust built by a local shop for my car, but it looks like you can still buy all of the exhaust components new from MK1/Mookeeh https://www.mookeeh.com/shop/starion-parts

Thanks to @psu_Crash I was able to get a hold of the vector logos that Natallica used to create custom floor mats for a group buy back in the day, so I figured I'd share that here in case someone else needs it, see attached. It's an EPS file, which is a vector format, and includes the "Star Wars" Starion logo, Conquest logo, rear hatch Conquest graphics, a custom Starion version of that, TSi logo, flatty "turbo" logo and more. I hope it can help someone else trying to reproduce these! Conquest & Starion Hatch logos_Mike.eps

Welcome back, an 89 Starion is a very rare find!

While a 500kb limit might have been fine back in the day, modern phones usually take photos around 2-3mb at a minimum. While there are many free image compression tools online, getting an image below 500kb might not be possible and it’s an extra barrier to entry on the site, the same with using an outside file hosting service. And 73kb like the SHP wheel example above might only be possible if you were uploading from a flip phone. Our cars might be from the 80’s but it would be nice if this site allowed for a more modern user experience, I’m sure it would boost engagement.

I prefer the early logo with the more stylized font as well, however, my car is an 87, so the later, more blocky logo would be more appropriate. That said, I’d be ok with either in vector format @psu_Crash Thanks, just sent you a PM

Hi, does anyone have a vector file of the Starion logo? I haven't seen a decent set of original Starion floor mats in burgundy for sale in years, so I was thinking of buying new mats and having a local custom embroidery shop recreate them for me (well, kind of). Thanks!

I was pretty surprised to see this pop up, it’s rare to see such a nice flatty for sale these days, only the second one listed on BaT. It’s hard to imagine this isn’t one of the better examples left out there - very cool, especially with the digital dash. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-mitsubishi-starion-2/

I would highly recommend anyone in the DC area check out the Old Town Festival of Speed next year, May 19th, it was an amazing event and free to the public. Apparently almost 50K people showed up this year. It’s not often you can get up close and personal with a Ferrari F40 and many more amazing cars. Some dude shot video of most of the cars there this year:

Thanks guys! I recently had some paint work done on the front to correct a few rock chips and discoloration on the driver side headlight and such, but most of the paint is original. I’m only the 2nd owner, the original owner kept the car in amazing cosmetic condition over 72K miles, it just took about 2 years to sort out all the mechanical issues haha. Other than the recent paint work, all I’ve done is condition the leather and do a few clay bar sessions. If I can ever find a set of OEM Mitsubishi floor mats in burgundy it will be complete!

Haha yes, I actually came to the same conclusion after giving it a bit more thought. I’m sure it was just a “fan/pan” typo. Thanks as always guys!

Below are a couple photos from the Old Town Festival of Speed in Alexandria, VA this past weekend. I've attended in the past as a spectator but submitted my Starion this year and it was accepted by the judging committee in the vintage Japanese category. There were 150+ cars this time, many were seriously impressive by any measure (a F40 showed up), and they were expecting 40,000 people to attend the event, so it was cool to be included. It was great to see how interested people of all ages were in the Starion, I must have talked to nearly 100 people throughout the day and saw countless people taking pictures. Many were old school Mitsubishi fans (one dude had a Galant VR-4 he's owned since new!), some remembered loving it as a kid, most had no clue what the car was and a lot of people were just into the 80's look. I was parked next to a midnight purple R32 GT-R and the Starion got significantly more attention. It was great to be able to share the car with so many enthusiasts and spread the Starion gospel.