The Official "Spotted" thread v2.0

Monday, 4/20 around 2 pm at the parking lot outside O'Reilly's in Champlin received a "Nice Wagon!" note on my car from Urabus, thanks!

Today, 35W northbound 2:45-3pm - Silver bug eye wagon, lowered, mud flaps, exhaust, really nice clean wagon! Grabbed a couple of pics!

 

I used to work back in that area too at Zero-Zone right by the cement place. There was @BroCo and his Silver STi, there was an 11' - 14' black WRX sedan, and a black STi same model year all back in that area, plus my black 13' WRX.

 

Saw a bunch of Subies this week.
06-07 WRX at Cub in Champlin. (We exchanged waves again later in the day)
15 WRX x 3 (WRB x2 and a black one at the pet place right off 169 and 12 by the river).
Saw a few bugeye's. Saw a couple FXT's. Very cool to see all of these out.

 

Loud silver Bugeye/Blob eye WRX Wagon right off of Carlson Parkway. You had another loud car in front of you, but I wasn't able to catch a glimpse.

 

Silver sti GD bodystyle turning off of hwy 10 in Elk River this morning. I was in the GR hatch at the stoplight. Your exhaust sounded great!

 

What time was this? I don't have an STI, but I do have a wingless GD that is silver.

 

It was around 8:30.

 

3 hours after me.

 

saw a 02 red wrx with a black SPT decal on the side of the car at 29th ave NE and silver lake road yesterday at about 330pm. wasnt close enough to wave, and there was a cop in front of me.

 

All of the work buddies were in today!

 

^What, y'all skurred the other's goona door ding ya?

 

I suppose, at least the paint would be a close match!

 

Spotted a couple Subies on 494 northbound in Maple Grove while I was dealing with getting rear ended.

 

Oh no Are you alright?

 

Yeah I'm fine. Car ... Not so much.

 

The most important thing is that you're okay. Be glad you didn't get rammed on your side of the car. Like they say, you can replace cars, but you can't always replace people.

 

The far right WRB STi I have spotted on the Mendota Bridge a few times (east bound)!

Also, almost daily on 110 going the opposite direction of me (west bound in the AM and east bound in the PM) I see a white 11+ sedan with tint, a '15 WRB WRX with tint, HIDs, and mudflaps, and a guy that I used to see often in a WRB bugeye (super clean) now in a white GR STi hatch with gold wheels. I have tried spotting all of them before, but never figured out if they are on here.

 

That's mine! I'll keep my eyes out for you!

 

06/07 STI with exhaust and perrin wing stabilizers by Lefevres Trucking in Elk River around 12:40. I was in the DGM hatch, you revved as you drove past me. You must work in the area? I see you a few times a week.

 

silver saabaru driving down 394 round 7:15 tinted bronze wheels exhaust

 

TR parking lot! This brought back memories for me. I worked there for 9 years! I remember the black STi from when I was there.

BTW, the MY15 took my spot!

 

Yep! Just finishing up 8 years out there myself... My how time flys.

Those two are hit or miss, some days they're out there and some days they're in the main lot.

 

Do you work at MTS?

 

I do not, one of my buddies does though. 05 STI?

 

That sounds about right, it's WRB, I just remember the CHR decal on the trunk!

 

Spotted @Ryan FailRad on 35W north just now. Spotted you as soon as I saw you getting on the highway! My wife was like, what's a Failrad? Haha. Cars looking good man!

 

Thanks! Except the front end is terrible lol bumper hardly stays on any more. Saw your black emblems, I like that a lot!

I am a failrad!

 

I saw a black 04-05 sedan with white rims in riverdale and was planning in going one way home but decided to get gas at another station that had 92 instead of 91 so I turned around and caught up to them as they were turning onto left onto coon creek blvd. And while working I had to go to the Osseo and Rogers store so on the way to the Rogers store from the Osseo store I saw a silver bugeye sedan with green rims and green mudflaps and the car sounded really good.

 

Saw a WRB 02-03 wrx being towed by a red ford pickup, to apitz garage in Lino Lakes, sucks for whatever broke. Car looks clean though! i was in my STi hatch

 

Thank you! I like the black emblems too, but they look a lot better from far away. I will be re-doing them again sometime in June, as I still didn't get it just right. The XT and Forester side keeps coming out well, but it's the "SUBARU" and "Symetrical AWD" badges that have caused grief... but for now, it's definitely manageable.

 

WRB 2015 WRX that was cruising right next to Wayzata Central Middle School at about 5 PM~

 

Just remove those ones! Do you dip them on the car or something?

 

I did. Do people usually remove them to dip them and then put them back on? What is used for the adhesive?

 

When I did black emblems on my Mazda, I bought new emblems and had them painted with actual car paint. But idk why you couldn't continue dipping them on the car if it works for you

 

Are you using plastidip @JuStaWRX? Or are you using a off brand of plastidip or something else? I had pretty good luck with the plastidip the time I used it on my previous vehicle. It wasnt coming off at all like I thought it would, it stayed on pretty well but the main thing is to put at least 4-6 coats on it so that it looks decent. The main thing is to take the tape off when the paint is still a little wet so that the lines come out crisp and not all freyed. Ill be spraying my hood either tomorrow or this coming weekend with it and Ill post pics of it on here.

 

I am using name-brand Plasti-dip. I actually did two rounds of it because in the removal process, it kept on coming up off of the emblems and not breaking at the creases as expected. I tried both with heavy coats, and light coats, and was sure to come at it with different angling after the initial coat. I will try it again though. These little nit-picky things seem to be what drive me the craziest, and if it is not perfect, I hate to keep it on there. Maybe I was leaving it to dry too long?

 

Yea you prolly are leaving it dry too long, its not like regular paint where it takes like an hr to fully dry. This stuff takes only like 2-3 mins if its a normal coat, and you want to peel the tape off before it fully dries. Theres a youtube video that has the edging process deal which it does take a little bit to get completely right but they have all kinds of videos so Id say before you do another set watch a couple videos and see how theyre doing it first. But Id hit the edges of the emblems first and take the tape off then do the middle part of the emblems and make sure to have at least 4-6 light coats or like 2-3 heavier coats on there so that it doesnt get pulled up as easily. If you want to pm me and we can talk more about it there Id be fine with that so we arent taking up posts on here with plastidip stuff lol

 

It seems as if you've done it enough times to know that you want them black now, so ever thought of just painting them? If so, SEM makes a pretty good spray paint called automotive trim black. It dries flat black, and usually dries in a few minutes. Much thinner than plastidip so it'd probably be much easier to peel your tape line when finished.

 

Finally I've been spotted! Good to know there are other enthusiasts at TR on the forums

I park out in that corner every day! You should join us in the Subie corner more often

 

I saw a all black 06-07 sedan with red mudflaps on hwy 10 across from the college then saw a white 08+ sti hatch turning onto hwy 10 going east from Thurston ave then on the way home saw another bugeye wagon only in a blue the color looked really cool

 

I'm transitioning off of TR (just a consultant out there currently) but I'll definitely be in the corner whenever I'm out there!

 

Spotted on 694 east. silver fozzie with swooshes and outlined black STI in front of drivers door that had a accident. Looked great other than there.

 

That was outside the body shop at DCTC today


Also this confused civic.