My WRX- a work in progress

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  1. TheWRX
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    LOL....yeah...but the 04 05 are SO SEXY...I feel like they stand well to present everything that says subaru...
     
  2. T-REX5000
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    well I get my car back from the body shop thursday to fix the hail damage and its for sale after. 2005 wrx with vf39

    I'll educate you on bikes, just PM me. Let me know what you want and I can tell you what to get and what you will like with the money you have to spend
     
  3. Mr.Boracus
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    Weekend update!

    Stage two install and reflash was a success! Took a little longer than I had hoped for but after we got mine installed and learned the tricks it took us maybe 3.5 hours on my brothers and I had a lot of fun learning how these things piece together.

    We both went with:

    Invidia N1 catbacks
    Invidia Bellmouth downpipe
    Grimmspeed coated up pipe

    As usual the up pipe was the real headache as well as the lower heat shield on mine, rusted beyond belief! If you are doing this yourself I would highly recommend gunk liquid wrench over pb blaster but thats just me!

    Other than that were on the finishing stages of my repair process hopefully sometime this week it will go in for painting and fine tuning, ill keep you updated but maybe in a couple weeks I'll see some of you at firestone.

    Enjoy some pictures of the install process and its completion.

    Grimmspeed Uppipe with coating:
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    Shout out to Grimmspeed sweet up-pipe and thanks for getting them there for us!

    wrenching the lower heat shield (PITA shield) rusted nuts and bolts arent that great!
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    o2 sensor removal required a lot of percison
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    Lower heat shield off
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    My brother (Panko on the boards) putting the finishing touches on!
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    All done!
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    Model shot
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    ill be available for stage 2 installs!
     
  4. Natural2JZ
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    looks great... sad to see my bros car so fixed up haha.. good job.. should make the 02 and 06/7 twins... same mods and looks.. keep up good work, i know my brother wouldnt have gotten this far for a while haha
     
  5. TheWRX
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    Hmmmm...ur really pushing me to buy another rex NOW...lol...Nah i'll wait..
     
  6. Mr.Boracus
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    Come on Moh, Ditch the sport bike and get an 04/05, you know you want to!

    Question, did your A/C ever work or did the condenser/pulley tightener burn out completely?

    I might even help you install stage 2 ;)
     
  7. Mr.Boracus
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    Opened my hood after driving home from work today to find this.

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    WRX 1 , Mother nature 0
     
  8. Taras
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    Nice job. I might need some minor frame work too. So maybe you can hook me up?
    I got a stock grill, with badge for bugeye. PM me if interested.
     
  9. TheWRX
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  10. Michael48
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    Warmed up and ready to eat :laugh:
     
  11. pksublime
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    i've heard of that, but never seen it
     
  12. Mr.Boracus
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    All DONE!!!!

    And then there was SRP!!!

    here are just a couple of pictures, I'll have more coming tomorrow!

    I think it looks great and that he did an awesome job but you can judge for yourself! like I said more about it tomorrow after work!

    If you need any work let me know he can do it well, and hes very reasonable.

    Getting the window set in.
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    Just today
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    scroll to the front page of thread for before pics, I'll take more detailed ones tomorrow!
     
  13. Natural2JZ
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    wow looks like new.. ill have to see it in person when mo does.. well done.
     
  14. yangsTa
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    Looks great. So.. you wanna sell it to me now? LOL.
     
  15. Mr.Boracus
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    Hey All,

    few more photos gotta take some more didnt realize I fail so bad at taking pics! But enjoy a couple!

    haha I like it too much to part with it!

    Fender was painted, notice A pillar, reconstructed, painted and smoothed.
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    door was painted as well as quarter panel, bumper cover was not on this side
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    Rear bumper cover scratches and discoloration were fixed, Moh will notice the difference, trunk lid was not painted
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    Side profile
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  16. wrexinator03
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    bad ass bud i still got that emblem for the front if ya want it lol
     
  17. hella_sti
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    wow nice restore! The paint turned out really well!
     
  18. TheHoboMan
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    Looks good dude! Nice job....
     
  19. Mr.Boracus
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    Thanks guys!

    Yeah I'm really satisfied with it for now, hopefully I can make it up sometime soon!
     
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    WOW!!! looks great man!