the albuq community is pretty good up there. If your from albuq, there are a bunch of guys out there that buy crashed evo's and sell them for parts so there is no shortage of parts up there. I would stick with the 03-04 evo if i could, more parts and a handful of guys out there know what they are doing. I however live in cruces where i can do most of the work myself but if you plan on comming to cruces for a weekend or whatever let me know. I can introduce you to some guys that might give AMS a little competition