What did you do to your subaru today?

installed used 05 STi radiator from vangstaboi on my 02 bug, put back stock air box on top of perrin shroud, added redline wetter coolant additive, lube rusty nuts, clean engine, air blow dust inside engine, top mount, radiator, pulleys, alternator, alot of sand and dust! Oil change, feel really good now.

 

Clutch and Flywheel came in today, will be installing those either tomorrow night or Saturday morning. :naughty:

 

I put on the new hood which was ordered from bumper warehouse prior to me buying the car. Ofcourse the fitment isn't perfect. But it might be because my radiator support is tweaked from when prev owner hit a deer... top pass is tweaked a little and i'm pretty sure the pass side panel is too. I also got the new (used) hood scoop on too, no more broken hood scoop and dented hood and cracked up front bumper! Let's just say I've got a project on my hands. =)

 

Drove it back from Wisconsin... The Forester got 30.6 MPG this afternoon. 28+ going up, ~30 on the way back. Very happy with this car.

 

Group N motor mounts. What a PITA! I am excited to feel the results though.

 

That was a real pain huh? I'm planning on doing mine tomorrow....

 

It sure was! I am not super mechanically inclined, but i had a coach present

Iirc, edo performance has a good writeup on it...

 

yea, I think I saw that write-up. Fortunately Jesse (jrex) has a hoist that he is going to let me use tonight. Hopefully will be a bit easier to access the mounts. I hear the passenger side is the fun side

 

Over the past couple weeks I've put on the summer wheels, lowering springs, and a Varis carbon exhaust shield. Had a friend take a few pics yesterday.

 

^^that is a fine looking automobile!

 

Oh, and today I performed surgery on one of my ballasts because it got water in it. Luckily I was able to fix it. For those of you thinking of clearing your headlights... take the time to make sure they are sealed good when you put them back together! I had to do it twice

 

Bummer. She's a head turner. Very much digging the understated vibe.

 

Drove 10 hours home from St Louis. Pulled the TMIC, fixed the boost leak (again) then got a car wash.

 

Was it the cap on the throttle body side of the hose?

 

BINGO! I had an issue getting the TMIC back in place the first time... the hose wasn't perfectly put back in place. I loosened, twisted a tiny bit, and the intercooler fit on perfect! Good thing it isn't any heavier, my arm is still weak from being broken and it was boarder line pushing my limits adjusting it. But all is well. Went for a test drive and car wash... seems to be fine.

 

Removed a block of rust, I mean my trailer hitch last night. Anyone want a class 2 trailer hitch for a 99 Legacy?

 

put my h-brace on finally!! i had a lift so i spent more time deciding Wat other suspension stuff i want than actual install.

 

Got the group n mounts done last night and it wasn't too bad. Only one battle wound (smashed hand), almost stripped a thread, and a couple donor parts from Jesse's car

Overall, really wasn't a bad job. The key to removing the difficult rear mounting bolts, is to place your ratcheting wrench on the nut, and then have someone else hold a pry bar against the wrench so it stays on the nut. Connect another wrench to the open end of the ratcheting wrench for more leverage, and you're golden.

Thanks again Jesse for the help (and parts) !

 

Installed the sub finally and gave her a quick interior detail over the weekend.

 

How do you feel about the sub? Worth the money?

 

No, but it's factory and it's better than not having one...

 

I'll have to check this out when its not so nasty outside. Good to meet u sir!

...Threw my new Hankook evo's on my summer rims and than detailed the inside. A lot of yellow lab hair over the long winter.

 

Yeah, I know that is what people usually say.


Brian what do you think?

 

It's a custom aftermarket 6" sub. I just quick hooked up a 35x35 watt amp (non-bridgeable) that I found stored away. It hits hard, but could use more power and filtering I think. I got lows and highs now, but nothing in the middle range really.

As for a stock Subaru woofer, I recently installed one into Tonie's car. Gave her some more bass on top of her already awesome system.

 

I really would like to upgrade my system..... but less than I want more power.... so?!?!?? I guess I wait for Xmas?

 

Took the car on a little shake-down lap of Blaine to work any kinks out of the setup before autox this weekend.

 

Nice! Did they have open lapping at BIR or something?

Also, what suspension are you running?

 

BIR = Brainerd International Raceway.

I'm guessing he meant that he took it for some "spirited" driving around the city of Blaine.

 

didn't drive it, but took a picture of it. lol

 

Wasn't today but I recently purchased the last of what I need to finish my "phase 1" plan.

 

Reinstalled turbo (now rebuilt with 8cm housing) with new GS uppipe. Waiting for Koyo radiator and some brake pads to get the car ready for BIR on Monday.

 

What springs are these^^? Auto-X at valley fair this weekend? I might try to swing down and watch if I get a few spare minutes.

 

Those are 10k/8k springs. (clarification: BC inverted coilovers)

Yup, I'll be at autox. Note that it was moved to canterbury due to flooding. You gonna run at all this season? I'll bet all your new toys put you in some dumb class, huh?

 

Summer bumper and fogs were installed last night.

 

installing feal struts today. very excited for this as with 4 dead sti struts it felt like my pelvis was being reduced to dust with every bump

 

** insert horribly inappropriate reference to Latina ex-girlfriends here **

 

Lol that's actually pretty funny Surly!

 

Dropped it off @ GrimmSpeed to test out some new products for the 09 (08+) WRX.... product installed, installation video made, car is now back in my possession.... sitting in my parking ramp waiting for me to get off of work.... will post more details when the product release is posted on this inter-web thing.

 

Who's coilovers are you running, that was not something that you ran last year was it? My car would have already been in ST I believe. This over the last couple of weeks it has received a brakes and RCE yellow springs, I dont know if that would change my class. Oh and tuning for E-85. Did you ever get some real tires? Tire rack just cleared out 12 225/45/17 VR700's for about 80/piece.

 

They're BC inverted coils. I was totally stock last year. Yup, got some real tires.

ST huh? I thought you had a different turbo and more in there for some reason. All I know is more boost = BSP and a different turbo means something more. If you're still on the stock turbo, you may be in BSP with me. I don't know what porting and things do either.

 

I may be confused with the classes and know that when I was at the midway even it was tough to get an answer on what class the car would fall into. The turbo is not stock and I know one guy I was talking to said it would be some crazy fast class? Regardless I will get out a couple of times this year and get abused by the people who actually know how to drive their cars

What all have you done with your car? Nuke is going to be tuning the car Sat morning so hopefully I will be able to make it down to the auto-x to poke around a little.

 

well drove the car only from dans over in bloomington back to my house in eagan so far and im already a believer. The struts are amazing! Its like the perfect combination of handling from a soft coil over and the ride comfort of a stock wrx strut. In this case you really can have your cake and eat it to.

 

Shaving the front bumper and doing the front plate relocation kit from grimmspeed.

 

Nice, I'd like to see some pics. I originally saw this over on saab92x.com

 

should be done being painted monday night tuesday morning I will do some pics then.