Im a little late on here but about a month ago i bought my first subaru. Its a 03 wrx. So far it is killing my wallet. im always doing stuff to it and its too hard to stop haha. This car is really fun to drive and i am proud to be a Subaru owner! Things ive done so far: SRS 3 inch catback exhaust (sounds amazing) Carbon fiber scoop carbon fiber side markers grimmspeed downpipe grimmspeed master cylinder brace HKS bov Aftermarket halo style headlights Tinted reverse lights Compustar remote start system took out resonator box double din deck 2 12 inch subs Future mods: Getting a grimmspeed EBC External wastegate stage 2 tune Rims (after winter) Coil-overs/springs (after winter)
First of all welcome to the site! and congrads on your new ride. You state that you have an aftermarket DP and your future plans involve a stage 2 tune. I'd get er tuned ASAP! as you should already be tuned.
yeah Ive heard it wont run as good if its not tuned. I was just hoping to do a few more things to it before it gets tuned bc i didn't want to have to get it tuned right away again. But im satisfied with my mods right now so im going to call around right now and make an appointment. Thanks for the heads up!
It's way more than "it won't run good" your ecu doesn't know you have modded your car so it's running like it has no mods. Basically get it tuned ASAP if you want to avoid catastrophic failure in the future.
Where is the best place as far as knowledge for Subarus and reasonable pricing to get it tuned? I have looked at Map, Bullwinkle, and Rs motors. They all seem pretty similar. Any suggestions?
Thanks! i didn't even know they existed. It doesn't look like they have a website but i found out a lot of info about them on here. I sent an email out to them right away.
They are a great group of guys, Nuke will get you tuned up, and you will have piece of mind that you will not be damaging your car.
How do you like the halo headlights? I was thinking about looking in to some like that do you have any night pictures of them?
I love the Halos! To me they help make the car look much better day and night. They were really easy to install and the only issue ive had is one of the bright bulbs burnt out right away. The lows and brights plugged right into the factory plug. The halos were wired to my running lights. below are 2 pics with just the running lights and one with low beams
They do look pretty sweet thanks for the pictures man might have to pick up a pair of those sometime soon.
+1 Yeah you should really tune your car when you are adding parts to it. I would say a smart way to go from here on out is to talk to your tuner about the parts you are going to be adding to see if you will require a tune. Also this is a good idea because they could offer advice to help you from having to upgrade that part later. You can't go wrong working with NF, good people and they know Subaru's.
Sounds good! I have emailed them over at NF performance and I'll hopefully be getting a tune this friday. I'll make sure to go loaded with questions.
Thanks everyone! Haha and yeah if you are in mankato u will probably see me cruising quite a bit. It is definitely an addiction.
Yeah I've seen you as I walk to campus from the parking lots... I'm the one with the multi-colored wagon with the gold banner and ridiculous stickers, the red bugeye wagon is my brother, SeanKelly on here
Red wagon has a nice exhaust and BOV? If so I've seen that one around. It sounds nice. Haven't seen the multi-colored one yet but I will keep my eyes peeled.
New grimmspeed boost control solenoid is in and my car got a stage 2 tune From Nuke today turbo putting out 17psi.
